Subject: SIG meeting agenda

From: "Ralph Case" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 95 14:07:43 EDT

Thanks for your input on items for the SIG agenda.
This is what I have so far.  If you have other items
that should be discussed, please let me know.  I'll
try to work them in to the agenda as well.

APPN ARCHITECTURE REFERENCE SIG - PRELIMINARY AGENDA FOR AIW 7 MEETING
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  We will be seeking approval for several items.  You've
  already seen discussion of these items on the mail
  exploder, but please review the list.

APPROVED ITEMS
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NON-CANONICAL ENCODINGS FOR TOKEN RING SIGNALLING INFORMATION IN DLUR

  This item is documented in abs8229.txt and
  arch8229d.psbin.  This was discussed at AIW6.  Comments
  were  requested by 3/14/95.  None were received, so this
  is now APPROVED.

ITEMS FOR APPROVAL AT AIW 7
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ENHANCED TOPOLOGY GARBAGE COLLECTION AND UNKNOWN CVS IN A TDU

  This item is documented in arch8084f.psbin,
  arch8102.psbin, and arch8200f.psbin.  This was discussed
  at AIW6.  Comments were due by 12/16/94.  We will ask for
  approval at the meeting.

TDU WAR DETECTION AND ELIMINATION

  This item is documented in arch6308.psbin.  This was
  discussed at AIW6.  Comments were due by 12/16/94.  We
  will ask for approval at the meeting.

ADD XID1 SUPPORT TO DLUR/S

  This item is documented in abs8256.txt and
  arch8256d.psbin.  We will ask for approval at the
  meeting.

CORRECT SENSE DATA ENCODING IN DLUR PROTOCOL ERROR ALERT

  This item is documented in abs8257.txt and
  arch8257d.psbin.  We will ask for approval at the
  meeting.

CORRECT ACTIONS ENCODING AND ORDERING IN DLUR CONFIGURATION ERROR ALERTS

  This item is documented in abs8258.txt and
  arch8258d.psbin.  We will ask for approval at the
  meeting.

FURTHER CLARIFY DLUR PROCESSING OF SHORT RSP(BIND) RUS

  This item is documented in abs8259.txt and
  arch8259d.psbin.  We will ask for approval at the
  meeting.

ADD DLUR PROCESSING OF WHOLE BIUS REQUIRED INDICATOR (WBRI)

  This item is documented in abs8259.txt and
  arch8259d.psbin.  We will ask for approval at the
  meeting.

ADD DLUR PROCESSING OF EXTENDED UNBIND RUS

  This item is documented in abs8259.txt and
  arch8259d.psbin.  We will ask for approval at the
  meeting.

OTHER CHANGES, CLARIFICATIONS OR TIPS TO DISCUSS
________________________________________________

  Some of these may result in proposals to amend the
  architecture, but none have specific proposed changes
  available at least two weeks prior to the meeting, so no
  approval will be requested at the meeting.

PUBLIC DATA NETWORKS SIGLET

BASE / OPTIONS UPDATE

  We discussed this at AIW 6.  A proposal for changes was
  posted on the mail exploder, but more work is needed
  before we ask for approval.  We will discuss how to
  proceed on this item.

DETECTING NNS WITH DUPLICATE CP NAMES WHEN ONE IS A VRN

  We will discuss the problem and propose a solution.  This
  is related to discussions we have had before.

MODIFICATIONS TO SESSION ROUTE BUILDING

  (Improvement to Topology Nonverify Algorithm)

  This was discussed at AIW6.  There is a new proposal
  based on the discussion.  This proposal will be presented
  and discussed.

ALLOWING NNS TO IGNORE COS SUPPLIED BY CLIENT END NODES

  We will discuss the problem and propose a solution.

GENERALIZED ODAI USE

  Discussed at AIW5 and extensively on the mail exploder.
  We will review the discussion and determine what specific
  changes are required.

DLUR SIGNALLING INFORMATION DEFINITION

  This is a new discussion regarding where signalling
  information can be defined for DLUR.

LOCATE TIMEOUTS

  This is a new item to discuss a problem and propose
  solutions.

FORWARDING A BIND RECEIVED OVER A LEN CONNECTION

  This is a new item to discuss a problem and propose
  solutions.

ADJACENT CP NAME CHANGE (FUNCTION SET 1004)

  Some questions about this function have arisen.  We will
  discuss and clarify the architecture.

PARALLEL TG SUPPORT COMPATIBILITY

  Some questions about this function have arisen.  We will
  discuss and clarify the architecture.

Ralph Case                    [email-masked]    (919)254-1882
APPN/APPC Architecture
IBM Networking Hardware Division