RE: [10GBASE-T] September interim meeting
Bruce,
Generally, when the
group can agree on clear objectives, then they can finish the rest of the work.
Fuzzy objectives often indicate a lack of real concensus.
In November, I will
also be expecting arguments that support the 5 criteria based on the objectives
-
especially:
Broad market
potential - evidence that there will be a broad market the minimum requirements
of the objectives are met.
Technical
feasibility - is it feasible to meet those minimum
requirements
Economic feasibility
- when you have met the minimum requirements will cost be suitable to make it a
viable product in the markets?
In the discussions
at the plenary, a power consumption issue was raised by some of the speakers.
If the broad market
potential is based in part on use in devices such as end nodes (including
servers in data centers), then an objective for power consumption such that this
can reside in server card formats would be important. Can it fit within the
power constraints of a PCI Express board and an Infiniband board (remembering
that one has to allow some power for the MAC and probably TOE/RDMAP
engine)?
Looking at the
objectifves in agenda_1_07_03, I don't see any that address power consumption or
the abilitiy to live on server card formats. In a quick search, I also didn't
find any material on power consumption in the presentations that have been made
to the study group. I hope that in September the group will address the issue of
power.
Regards,
Pat
Brad:
Thanks for the follow up.
I am
confident that if we can agree on crisp, clear objectives for 10 Gbps reach
and media supported in September that we can get our PAR approved and move
into Task Force mode, which is where the real work
begins.
Bruce
At 06:35 PM 7/24/2003 -0700, Booth, Bradley
wrote:
Study Group Members,
Just to let others that were not at the meeting know
the outcome of the 802.3 Working Group meeting, the Study Group will have to
complete its PAR, 5 Criteria and Objectives in November. This gives
the Study Group the task of completing the PAR, 5 Criteria and Objectives in
4 months. This will make our September Interim meeting extremely
important. We will need to complete the effort as much as possible to
pre-submit to the 802.3 Working Group prior to the November Plenary.
November will permit us the ability to modify the PAR, 5 Criteria and
Objectives prior to asking 802.3 to put the PAR on the NesCom agenda.
The September Interim meeting will focus on the completion of our PAR, 5
Criteria and Objectives.
Thanks,
Brad
Chair, 10GBASE-T Study Group
Bruce Tolley
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Gigabit Systems Business Unit
Cisco Systems
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