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Geoff,
I would propose a friendly amendment that the objective read:
The reason I offer this amendment is that the existence of an LED to indicate Link Integrity is not specified in the IEEE 802.3 standard (i.e. implementation specific), but the Link Integrity Test Function is in the standard. I agree with your rationale for this objective.
Cheers,
Brad
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From: Geoff Thompson [SMTP:gthompso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 2:20 AM
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Subject: A proposed additional objective
Colleagues-
At the meeting in Hawaii I intend to propose the addition of the following
Objective for the DTE Power project:
- Maintain normal functionality of Link Integrity LED
Rationale: The loopback scheme proposed at York or variations thereof would
loopback the transmit to receive of a hub or switch in the closet. This
would nominally result in the Link Integrity LED lighting in the closet on
a false basis as a result of new equipment shorting transmit to receive for
a legacy hub or switch. This would be a FALSE indication in terms of the
training of the customer base, i.e. the LED would be on when the device at
the far end was turned off.
See you in Kauai.
Geoff
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