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[802.3_CU4HDD] IEEE P802.3cb/D2.4 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Backplane Working Group 4th recirculation ballot

Dear Task Force Participants,

With this e-mail, I'd like to announce the start of the IEEE P802.3cb/D2.4 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Backplane Working Group 4th recirculation ballot.

Open date: Wednesday 19th April 2017
Close date: Wednesday 3rd May 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.

Best regards,

Dan Smith
Chair, IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Backplane Task Force 


-----Original Message-----

From: Law, David
Sent: 19 April 2017 04:36
To: IEEE 802.3 Working Group <stds-802-3@xxxxxxxx> <stds-802-3@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: +++ 802.3 WG 4th RECIRCULATION BALLOT: IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Backplane D2.4 ballot

Dear Colleagues,

This is the announcement of the electronic IEEE 802.3 Working Group 4th 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 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ieee802.org_3_rules_member.html-23DOT3&d=DwIGaQ&c=IGDlg0lD0b-nebmJJ0Kp8A&r=U0g6zTQA9ogRfTVZXMFWt9daOr_1NefP29n4n0vsWLM&m=IPp-iJ_rc6-6F-Ubq6mp6v89PcIGlfd_kW0Ux51xa3Q&s=Xii1YDpBAb3SDrUKU90HCIlwwaF9CjK5xtcOgx77lJ4&e= >. 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 4th recirculation ballot, the scope of the ballot is the substantive changes between IEEE P802.3cb/D2.3 and IEEE P802.3cb/D2.4 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=IPp-iJ_rc6-6F-Ubq6mp6v89PcIGlfd_kW0Ux51xa3Q&s=PuCBxauG_3S-Cl8bTCj0k0pJeGBWRM50HwCPW-zlLrk&e= >. An Approve vote indicates your agreement that the draft is consistent with the CSD responses.

BALLOT OPEN:
Wednesday 19th April 2017

BALLOT CLOSE:
Wednesday 3rd May 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=IPp-iJ_rc6-6F-Ubq6mp6v89PcIGlfd_kW0Ux51xa3Q&s=AoVUGRJhENlvtlhWzrHuj09Gr5Xw2e2Y0g0kMmxjY18&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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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BALLOTING ON: IEEE P802.3cb draft D2.4



Instructions for accessing the ballot documents, casting your ballot and submitting comments follow.



HOW TO ACCESS THE DRAFT

The draft is posted for your review for balloting purposes only, and neither the draft nor access information should be copied or redistributed to others in violation of document copyrights.



The IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Backplane draft D2.4 may be downloaded from:



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Username: [IEEE 802.3 or IEEE 802.3cb username]

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Please submit comments against the above draft.



A comparison file between IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Backplane draft D2.3 and D2.4 is also provided to both focus and ease your review. Please DO NOT comment on this comparison document. This draft may be downloaded from:



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All comments, and their dispositions, from the 3rd recirculation ballot may be downloaded from:



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HOW TO CAST YOUR BALLOT



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HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS



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