Re: FW: Please read - proposed WG termination

>Hi IPoIB folks,
>
>My name is Eitan Zahavi and I work for Mellanox Technologies.
>As my responsibility is IB management software I would like to update the forum
>Mellanox would be interested in contributing to the existing MIB drafts.
>We already have several minor issues with the
>draft-ietf-ipoib-ibif-mib-07.txt and draft-ietf-ipoib-channel-adapter-mib-06.txt
>
>What is not clear to me is how do we work with the forum on these issues?

Just join the list (which you already did) and bring your comments/issues
to the list before it's too late! (May already be too late though.)

Jerry

IPoIB co-chair

>
>Please advice
>
>Eitan Zahavi
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: H.K. Jerry Chu [mailto:[email protected]] 
>> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 8:38 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
>> Subject: [Ipoverib] Please read - proposed WG termination
>> 
>> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> With the DHCP over IB draft in IESG's hand, we are done with all the
>> basic IPoIB work, including the architecture (informational),
>> encapsulation, and DHCP (standard tracked). Now seems a good time to
>> decide the next step for the WG.
>> 
>> The work on IPoIB connected mode and most of the MIB drafts started a
>> while back (2003/2002). Over the years the interest/participation level
>> on these work has not been high, and now the work seems to drag on
>> indefinitely. The AD has recently questioned whether the remaining work
>> should be continued or not.
>> 
>> The following is a quick update on their status:
>> 
>> 1. IPoIB connected mode
>> draft-ietf-ipoib-connected-mode-00.txt
>> updated recently
>> 
>> 2. MIB drafts
>> IPoIB Textual Conventions MIB draft-ietf-ipoib-ibmib-tc-mib-06.txt
>> 
>> IPoIB InfiniBand Interfaces MIB draft-ietf-ipoib-ibif-mib-07.txt
>> 
>> IPoIB subnet Management Agent MIB
>> draft-ietf-ipoib-subnet-mgmt-agent-mib-07.txt
>> 
>> IPoIB Channel Adapter MIB draft-ietf-ipoib-channel-adapter-mib-06.txt
>> 
>> IPoIB Baseboard Management Agent MIB
>> draft-ietf-ipoib-baseboard-mgmt-agent-mib-02.txt
>> 
>> IPoIB performance Management Agent MIB
>> draft-ietf-ipoib-perf-mgmt-agent-mib-03.txt
>> 
>> The above 6 MIB drafts have gone through the
>> MIB doctor (Randy Presuhn) review late 2003 and
>> updated accordingly. All the updated drafts expired
>> in April 2005.
>> 
>> 3. IPoIB Subnet Manager MIB draft-ietf-ipoib-subnet-manager-mib-00.txt
>> 
>> Submitted 3/2004 but has expired too.
>> 
>> If you want to see any of the above work continue in the WG, AND is
>> willing to participate to get the work completed, please speak up NOW!
>> You will have until Sep. 20 to do so. After that unless there is
>> evidence a "sufficient" interest level on any of the work above still
>> exists, the WG will be disbanded (or become dormant in order to handle
>> the on-going work on the standard-tracked RFCs) and the unfinished work
>> abandoned.
>> 
>> Note that authors of the above drafts may choose to resubmit their
>> drafts as individual submissions if they want to continue to pursue
>> their work at IETF.
>> 
>> Thank you!
>> 
>> Jerry & Bill
>> 
>> IPoIB co-chairs
>> 
>> 
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