Re: [8023-POEP] System Architecture
Hi Yair,
I'm not sure about this idea of N x 2P. The case of 2 x 2P PDs behind a
single RJ45 (or 8 pin connector to use the term used in your slides) is
certainly a special case we need to look at. But since the RJ45 has only
8-pins you cannot provide any more than 2 x 2P PDs behind a single RJ45.
Anything from 3 x 2P upwards requires multiple RJ45s.
However I would not classify the case of a system with multiple RJ45s that
chooses to implement PDs behind N of these connectors as a case of N x 2P.
This is simply a case of multiple PDs that happen to be located within the
same system. The fact that these multiple PDs happen to be located in the
same system should have no impact on the specification. I would go as far
as to suggest that such system (however system can be defined - within
same box/chassis/packaging) specifications, certainly in respect to
Detection and Classification, are beyond the scope of the project.
There are products that ship today that provide two RJ45 and implement two
PDs behind them to provide redundancy. I believe these are compliant with
Clause 33 of IEEE Std 802.3-2005 and certainly would not agree with
retrospectively imposing requirements on these.
Regards,
David
owner-stds-802-3-poep@xxxxxxxx wrote on 14/06/2006 00:14:40:
> Hi all,
> Please find my action item for tomorrow's meeting.
> It is revised presentation from May meeting that focus on the concept
> 4P=2x2P and the more general case of N Pairs = Nx2P..
> Please feel free to comment.
> Thanks
> <<Flexible PD implementation driven Architecture 002.pdf>>
> Yair
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