Subject: Interoperability test press release

From: "Peter W. Gayek" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 95 11:11:41 EDT

Everyone,
Early on in planning the upcoming testing, we discussed issuing a joint
press release when it was over.  I thought maybe I could help this goal
along by getting a copy of an APPN Multivendor Connectivity Test press
release and changing it to describe the DLSw test.  (If you compare
you'll see I removed a bit of IBM bias from the former).  The result is
attached, and can be a first draft if everyone would like.  Of course
it may need some wording changes after next week is over, so maybe we
should revise it together late in the week as the test is winding down.
Hopefully this will be a short discussion and not distract from the
real work of doing the testing.

If there are no objections, the regular AIW press relations person here
would be glad to issue the release right after the test.  The wording
would be verbatim whatever we all agree to next week.  Does this sound
reasonable to everyone?

Peter Gayek
IBM Corp.
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DLSw Version 1 Interoperability Test

A DLSw Version 1 Interoperability Test was held October 2-6, 1995
in Billerica, MA at the Bay Networks test lab.  This interoperability
test was a meeting of multiple vendors to test their AIW Version 1
(RFC 1795) DLSw implementations and verify they can communicate
successfully.  3COM, ACC, Bay Networks, Cabletron, Cisco, Data Connection
Limited, Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM, Proteon, and Synaptel
were participants testing their DLSw implementations.  This was the
first test meeting of DLSw vendors under the auspices of the DLSw
Related Interest Group (RIG) of the APPN Implementers Workshop (AIW).

The testing began with pairs of DLSw products establishing TCP
connections and performing DLSw capabilities exchange.  Once these
connections were established between a given pair of DLSw products,
the DLSw implementers tried out a variety of end station connection
scenarios, including:  SNA type 2.0 and 2.1 nodes on token-ring to
a host, SDLC-attached end stations to a host, and NetBIOS end stations
on token-ring to each other.  In addition, the DLSw vendors created
congestion scenarios to test new DLSw flow control procedures, and
tried configurations where each DLSw product had multiple DLSw partners.
< could add sentence here with a total # of different combinations
tried (APPN claimed 150 combinations) >

The DLSw Version 1 Interoperability Test was very successful, promoting
interaction among developers of key industry DLSw implementations.
Information, tips and techniques were exchanged with a common goal of
multivendor DLSw connectivity.

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From: "rak" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 95 08:51:56 EST

Peter,
     
     Please allow us to review and approve the final release prior to its 
     delivery to the press.

        Bob Koch

        [email-masked]

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Subject: Interoperability test press release
Author:  [email-masked] at INTERNET
Date:    9/28/95 12:38 PM

Everyone,

Peter Gayek
IBM Corp.
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A DLSw Version 1 Interoperability Test was held October 2-6, 1995
in Billerica, MA at the Bay Networks test lab.  This interoperability 
test was a meeting of multiple vendors to test their AIW Version 1 (RFC 
1795) DLSw implementations and verify they can communicate successfully.  
3COM, ACC, Bay Networks, Cabletron, Cisco, Data Connection Limited, 
Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM, Proteon, and Synaptel
were participants testing their DLSw implementations.  This was the 
first test meeting of DLSw vendors under the auspices of the DLSw 
Related Interest Group (RIG) of the APPN Implementers Workshop (AIW).