Subject: Re: Liaison to CCAMP from IEEE 802.1

From: "Adrian Farrel" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:56:39 -0000

Hi,

IEEE 802.1 have sent us a reply regarding the use of VLAN tag translation.

See this at the link below or on the CCAMP liaison page - see 
http://www.olddog.co.uk/ccamp.htm

Discussions on the GELS list, please.

Adrian
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Jeffree" <[email-masked]>
To: "Adrian Farrel" <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>; "Romascanu, Dan (Dan)" <[email-masked]>; 
"Bernard Aboba" <[email-masked]>; "Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" 
<[email-masked]>; "Ross Callon" <[email-masked]>; "Bill Fenner" 
<[email-masked]>; "Brungard, Deborah A, ALABS" <[email-masked]>; 
<[email-masked]>; <[email-masked]>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Liaison to IEEE 802.1 from IETF CCAMP

> At 17:47 10/11/2006, Adrian Farrel wrote:
>>To: IEEE 802.1
>>From: IETF CCAMP Working Group
>>Cc: Dan Romascanu, Bernard Aboba, Bert Wijnen
>>     Ross Callon, Bill Fenner, Deborah Brungard
>>Subject: Control plane operation of Ethernet Bridging
>>Status: For Information
>>
>>Dear Tony and Mick,
>>
>>We would like to clarify the previous Liaison from CCAMP with respect to 
>>Ethernet bridging behavior.
>>
>>We have received requests to evaluate the use of GMPLS protocols for the 
>>control of bridging in Ethernet networks. At this time we have not 
>>initiated any work.
>>
>>We recognise IEEE's authority to define and maintain the Ethernet data 
>>plane, and fully understand IEEE's concern for other SDOs to adhere to the 
>>IEEE's specifications. We would like to assure you that within the IETF's 
>>CCAMP working group we have the understanding that any Ethernet  work 
>>shall only be based on IEEE specified data planes.
>>
>>For your information, we have defined the following rules and process for 
>>advancing this work within CCAMP:
>>
>>Rules:
>>
>>A. Data plane (i.e. the data forwarding of established flows) 
>>specification is out of scope and must not be discussed within CCAMP.
>>
>>B. CCAMP will not work on the specification of GMPLS except for data 
>>planes that are already approved by an SDO with responsibility for the 
>>Ethernet data plane. It is expected that the primary SDO in this case is 
>>the IEEE.
>>
>>Process steps:
>>
>>1. Decide upon the data plane behavior to be controlled using GMPLS.
>>
>>2. Ensure that the data plane to be controlled is approved and documented 
>>by an SDO with responsibility for Ethernet (i.e., the IEEE).
>>This may be a null op in the case of existing standards, but might require 
>>work in the other SDO for new standards or for profiles of existing 
>>standards.
>>
>>3. Start protocol work in CCAMP with an explicit pointer to the approved 
>>data plane.
>>
>>4. When it is clear that protocol work is progressing, CCAMP will liaise 
>>with the other SDO to get their blessing for using a control plane for the 
>>nominated data plane and to confirm that that data plane is really 
>>approved.
>>
>>In addition, we expect to liaise our status during the development of any 
>>control plane extensions.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Deborah Brungard and Adrian Farrel
>>IETF CCAMP Working Group Co-Chairs
>>
>>
>
> Colleagues -
>
> Please find our response here:
>
> http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2006/liaison-ieee-802-1-ietf-ccamp-1106.txt
>
>
> Tony Jeffree
> Chair, IEEE 802.1 Working Group
>
> IEEE 802.1 website: http://www.ieee802.org/1/
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