Re: [forces] item #9: Openflow Relationship

Joel <joel@stevecrocker.com> Thu, 03 January 2013 18:33 UTC

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Subject: Re: [forces] item #9: Openflow Relationship
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I think this is valuable work.  I would be happy to comment on it, and 
would like to see the WG take on the work.
While it would be somewhat lon, a combination of the two documents might 
make sense.

Yours,
Joel

On 1/3/2013 6:48 AM, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
> [I know it is still slow week - but we gotta complete going
> over these suggested work items]
>
> What it is
> ----------
> Illustration of OpenFlow to ForCES relationship.
> Refer to:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-hares-forces-vs-openflow/
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-haleplidis-forces-openflow-lib/
>
> Why this is needed:
> -------------------
> OF has taken the industry by a storm and has shaped the SDN
> world. ForCES has been doing SDN for years.
> It is of informational  value to compare and contrast ForCES with
> OF.
> It is is of informational value to show that ForCES can be used in
> conjunction or in place of OF.
> It is valuable as well to learn technically from OF on how we could
> add missing useful features to ForCES.
>
> Please respond whether you:
> a) are interested in doing the work
> b) will review the work
> c) find the work interesting and it should be done in the WG
> d) do not think we should do this work
>
> cheers,
> jamal
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