Editing Networking/MonthlyCalls/2014-11-10

OCP Networking Project Call - Nov 10, 2014

=Agenda=
* Follow-up on Paris workshop - http://opencompute.org/wiki/Networking/Workshop-2014-10
* Potentially moving monthly call earlier in day to accommodate folks in Europe and/or Asia
* Status on various specs and initiatives, previous action items
* More SAI discussion, determine in-person meeting time

=Attendees=
'''Please write your name, organization, and whether you'd prefer Dec 2, Dec 9 or either for a F2F meeting in Silicon Valley to discuss the Switch Abstraction Interface
'''
* Omar Baldonado (Facebook) - either
* Carlos Cardenas (UTSA) - Dec 2
* Chuck Hudson (HP) - prefer Dec 2
* Lionel Pelamourgues (OPtumSof)
* Subi Krishnamurthy(DELL) - prefer December 2
* Bruce Barkhouse (Kuatro Technologies) - prefer Dec 9
* LIk Seng Lim (Delta Products) - prefer Dec 9
* Pathangi Janardhanan (DELL) - Prefer Dec 2
* Scott Feldman (none) - can't make it, no funds
* John-Nicholas Furst (Akamai)
* John Jones (EZchip) - prefer Dec 9
* Christopher Wong (Avago)
* Rob Sherwood (Big Swich Networks) - Pref Dec 2; cannot make Dec 9th
* Hitesh Wadekar(Clarkson University)
* Michael Payne (JPMorgan Chase) - Prefer Dec 2: Dec 9 also works
* Aviad Raveh (Mellanox)
* Guohan (Microsoft)
* Jack Kohn (Juniper) Prefer Dec 2nd
* Ben Gale (Broadcom) - Dec 2nd preferred, Dec 9th OK
* Marc Randolph (Dell)
* Peter "Doofus" Krey (OCP / Krey Associates ) Dec 2 ... already traveling Dec 9th ...
* Curt Brune (Cumulus Networks) - either works
* Sanjay Sane(DELL) - Dec 2
* Ed (Barefoot) - Dec 2
* Omar Sultan (Cisco) - Dec 2 Pref, Dec 9 OK

=Minutes=
* [http://opencompute.org/wiki/Networking/Workshop-2014-10 Paris Overview]
** 90% of attendees are first timers
** Any interest for the Serial Concentrator?
*** Would like to have one but not be the first to build one
** Any interest in IPMI on network devices?
*** Not really tied to IPMI but something like Chassis Manager in OCP-Server
** Any interest in increasing the bw between control and data plane?
*** Yes, but what is the quantitative mark should we strive for?

* Broadcom/Interface Masters Contribution
** Still working on License, expecting final contribution by end of year
* Mellanox Contribution
** Still working on License
** Box(es) being sent for ONIE compliance
* Accton Contributions
** AS57XX-54X (48x10GB + 4x40GB), accepted by OCP-IC
** Open Rack Switch Adapter
*** Working to address feedback by OCP-IC and to resubmit later this year
* Alpha Contribution
** SNQ-60x0-320F (32x40GB), reviewed by OCP-IC and need to submit additional files/docs.
* ONIE Update
** 2014-11 release next week
** Added 15 new platforms in this release (huge!)
** Preliminary ARM (32bit) support coming
** Canonical support to integrate ONIE into MaaS and to take ONIE to the server
* Draft: Pluggable Modules Compliance (Optics)
** First draft sent out, already received good feedback
** Aiming to have draft mostly complete by end of year to start testing in 2015
** Elephant in the room, proper testing optics is going to be expensive
** Need to work out a solution to spread costs -- topic to be addressed to OCP-F

* Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) Update
** F2F seems to be most request by members, Dec 2 seems to capture most of attendees
** For those that plan on attending, should be
*** very familiar with the SAI draft
*** any questions or concerns on the draft should be sent the mailing list so that it can be addressed (either on the list or the f2f)

* Open Forum
** Introduce Linux switch driver model and Rocker switch (Scott Feldman)
** Linux switch driver against emulated switch ASIC (rocker) (net-dev linux kernel mailing list)

= Announcements =
* Face to face meeting for SAI to be announced shortly (week of Nov 11) for Dec 2