Dear Task Force Participants,
With this e-mail, I'd like to announce the start of the IEEE
P802.3cb/D2.3 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Backplane Working Group 3rd
recirculation ballot.
Open date: Friday 24th February 2017
Close date:
Saturday 11th March 2017 23:59 AOE
As stated in the attached announcement, the ballot group for this draft
is the IEEE 802.3 voting membership as of Friday 29th July 2016. All
comments received before the close of ballot will be considered, the one
limitation however is that if you are not a member of the balloting
group, and therefore cannot cast a ballot, you cannot designate comments
as TR or ER since you cannot cast a Disapprove ballot.
Cordially,
Dan Smith
Chair, IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Backplane Task Force
-----Original Message-----
From: Law, David
Sent: 25 February 2017 00:03
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Subject: [STDS-802-3] +++ 802.3 WG 3rd RECIRCULATION BALLOT: IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Backplane D2.3 ballot
Dear Colleagues,
This is the announcement of the electronic IEEE 802.3 Working Group 3rd
recirculation ballot on the Amendment IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s
Backplane. Remember that voting, as well as attendance, is a requirement
to maintain your IEEE 802.3 member (voter) status <
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>. Instructions for accessing the draft, casting your ballot and
submitting comments follow this announcement. Please review the
commenting instructions below to ensure you are using the most up to
date tools.
The ballot group for this draft is the IEEE 802.3 voting membership as of Friday 29th July 2016.
Because this is a recirculation ballot, YOU ONLY NEED TO CAST A BALLOT
IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE FROM THAT WHICH WAS RECORDED ON THE
INITIAL BALLOT OR LAST RECIRCULATION. If you voted previously and your
vote has not changed, the last ballot cast will be carried over to this
ballot and you do not need to cast a new ballot.
BALLOT SCOPE:
During this IEEE 802.3 Working Group 3rd recirculation ballot, the scope
of the ballot is the substantive changes between IEEE P802.3cb/D2.2 and
IEEE P802.3cb/D2.3 and the unsatisfied negative comments.
CRITERIA FOR STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT:
One of the responsibilities as a balloter is to ensure that draft is
consistent with the criteria for standards development (CSD) responses
which are available at <
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mentor.ieee.org_802-2Dec_dcn_16_ec-2D16-2D0125-2D00-2D00EC-2Dieee-2Dp802-2D3cb-2Ddraft-2Dcsd-2Dmodification-2Drequest.pdf&d=DwIGaQ&c=IGDlg0lD0b-nebmJJ0Kp8A&r=U0g6zTQA9ogRfTVZXMFWt9daOr_1NefP29n4n0vsWLM&m=gaIJT_a0mTt2ePS9cjrSK5Xw8uIHHCW5-qNoCBrsI14&s=M2pfrc5lW277BPKAq2Yyc9HzHuymYDzBVkngvp0csSM&e= >. An Approve vote indicates your agreement that the draft is consistent with the CSD responses.
BALLOT OPEN:
Friday 24th February 2017
BALLOT CLOSE:
Saturday 11th March 2017 23:59 AOE
The Project Authorization Request for this Amendment is available at <
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ieee802.org_3_cb_P802.3cb-5FPAR-5Fmodification-5Fapproval-5F092216.pdf&d=DwIGaQ&c=IGDlg0lD0b-nebmJJ0Kp8A&r=U0g6zTQA9ogRfTVZXMFWt9daOr_1NefP29n4n0vsWLM&m=gaIJT_a0mTt2ePS9cjrSK5Xw8uIHHCW5-qNoCBrsI14&s=zEp8ZACbIZj_QeDSYD7Tcla_UCx3B0cyU01-EymPCjE&e= > and includes the following:
TITLE:
Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layer Specifications and
Management Parameters for 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation over Backplane
SCOPE OF PROJECT:
The scope of this project is to specify additions to and appropriate
modifications of IEEE Std 802.3 to add 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Physical
Layer (PHY) specifications and management parameters for operation over
backplanes consistent with current storage interconnect applications
within a single rack.
NEED FOR THE PROJECT:
There is a greater bandwidth need than the current 1 Gb/s Ethernet
connectivity over backplane that serves rotational storage devices
("Hard Disk Drives", HDDs). The object based HDD market is expected to
grow significantly to meet the growing cloud storage demand and the
existing 1 Gb/s solution is already bandwidth limited. While existing 10
Gb/s and higher speed solutions fulfill the bandwidth need for HDD's,
they do not lend themselves to optimized system cost. The sustained
bandwidth needs for HDD are on the order of 2.5 Gb/s to 5 Gb/s and this
new standard will provide an optimized system cost vs. performance
solution in this growing market segment.
Thank you for your participation in this ballot and careful review of the draft.
David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group
Phone: +44 1631 563729
Email:
david_law@xxxxxxxx
Dan Smith
Chair, IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Backplane Task Force
Phone:
+1 303 709 3140
Email:
daniel.f.smith@xxxxxxxxxxx
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