Subject: Getting the DLSw Special Interest Group Started

From: "T. M. Danninger" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 15:53:23 EDT

Let me add my welcome to those that have already started to use it.
Wayne's suggestion of using the IETF rules as a starting point is a good
one.  I also think that it's a bit of overkill for a group as focused
as the DLSw SIG is.  However, having a written charter and some set of
operating rules certainly makes sense.  I don't think we want to wait
on the technical exchanges until we have the operating rules worked out.

I would like to have some proposals to work on in June at the next AIW
meeting.  In order to further that I suggest that each organization with
members on the DLSw SIG draft a ordered list of DLSw enhancements
that they'd like to see (with very brief descriptions) and send it to the
exploder.  After some appropriate time for exchanges and clarification
(say a week or two) we can form a globally ordered list;
pick the top n enhancements and begin preparing real technical proposals.

What do you all think?

Meanwhile we can be working out the AIW/SIG process?

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From: "Shannon Nix" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 11:10:32 EST

On Mon, 26 Apr 93 15:53:23 EDT, T. M. Danninger wrote:

>...
Netlink's DLSw wish list:
1) Ethernet support ( 802.3 and DIX)
2) Support for Node Type 2.1 ( XID3 negotiation)
3) Architected Flow Control Mechanism
4) Abstracting the transport protocol between switches to support other
   transports, most notably APPN.
5) Prioritization of traffic at the DLS queuing points as well mappings 
   to the supported transport backbones.
6) Capabilities exchange.  The ability for two DLS implementations to 
   negotiate the intersection of their supported function.

Rgds, Shannon Nix
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