Re: [10GBASE-CX4] CX4 cable, NIC, etc
Hi Chuck,
You bring up some good points. We will discuss them at the meeting in
Vancouver tommorrow. It is our intention to have
a MDI compliance (NIC, Switch, whatever) and a cable compliance
so perhaps we need to break the PICs out to reflect that.
Thanks for the input,
Dan
>Hi,
>
>Simple question:
>
>Will there be such things as a "10GBASE-CX4-compliant cable
>assembly", or a "10GBASE-CX4-compliant NIC", as standalone items?
>If so, would we want to have separate PICS sections, e.g.
>54.12 for PMD, 54.13 for cable assy (i.e. baseband medium)?
>
>Am I out in left field expecting users to buy compliant NICs
>from one vendor, a compliant cable from another vendor, and
>just have it work?
>
>54.12.1 could be read such that only a complete implementation,
>consisting of both PMD *and* medium, is able to "comply" with
>802.3aj. Is that the intent? Does that give the type of interop
>that our customers expect?
>
>Apologies if this is an old discussion. It's new to the mail
>reflector. :-/
>
>Cheers,
> Chuck Harrison
> Far Field Associates, LLC
>