RE: iSCSI-08 Draft Availability?

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Since Julian answered the question addressed to me (and properly so),
I'll answer the one addressed to him.  I'd hope to see all major technical
issues closed by the end of the year (the December IETF meeting in Salt
Lake City will be the place to close issues not already closed on the
list).  A new version of the draft would be prepared and WG Last Called
sometime in early 2002 - WG Last Call will run for at least 4 weeks,
and it may take more than one attempt to complete WG Last Call.
At that point the draft will be submitted to the IESG - between their
review and IETF Last Call, I'm going to guess middle of next year
as the earliest that iSCSI will get approved as an RFC.  This is a
longer version of (1) in the message forwarded below.

WARNING: Substantial technical changes can occur as a consequence of
comments made during both WG Last Call and IETF Last Call, as well as
concerns the IESG has in reviewing the document.  It will be risky to
assume that completion of WG Last Call implies no further substantial
technical changes.

Thanks,
--David

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trang Nguyen [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 6:40 PM
> To: Julian Satran; [e-mail]
> Subject: RE: iSCSI-08 Draft Availability?
> 
> 
> Hi Julian,
> 
> Do you have a schedule of when iSCSI protocol will be finalized?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> *********************************
>  Trang Nguyen
>  [e-mail]
> *********************************
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of
> Julian Satran
> Sent: August 30, 2001 3:43 PM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: iSCSI-08 Draft Availability?
> 
> 
> 
> Next week - provided we get some things cooling down. Julo
> 
> "CLEMENT,ERIC L (A-Roseville,ex1)" 
> <[e-mail]>@ece.cmu.edu
> on 30-08-2001 21:46:12
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> Please respond to "CLEMENT,ERIC L (A-Roseville,ex1)"
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> To:   "'[e-mail]'" <[e-mail]>
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> Subject:  iSCSI-08 Draft Availability?
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> 
> Hi David,
> 
> Do you know what timeframe the iSCSI-08 draft will be available?
> 
> Regards,
> Eric
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> 
> Here's what the WG chairs think the current status and schedule
> is for the drafts that the IP Storage WG is working on (including
> three individual submissions that have agenda time in Orange
> County).  This is probably not 100% accurate, but should be
> close.  Draft authors - please send any corrections to me.
> 
> Apologies for being tardy on this - this should have been done
> about a month ago, but I have negative "copious spare time".
> Going forward, the intent is to produce an updated version of
> this prior to each WG meeting.  Proposed revised charter will
> be coming in the near future, with milestones based on the
> completion guesstimates below.
> 
> Thanks,
> --David
> 
> -- iSCSI
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-07.txt
>      To be a proposed standard RFC.
>      Large portions are stable, major open security and login issues.
>      -08 will be a functional/technical revision, document 
> restructure/
>           reorganization expected in -09 version.
>      Hope to close all major issues by December 2001 IETF meeting
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-boot-02.txt
>      No major open issues, possible minor issues in DHCP usage.
>           DHCP material to be extracted into a separate
> standards-track draft.
>      Remainder to become an informational RFC, after the main iSCSI
> document.
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-reqmts-05.txt
>      To be an informational RFC.
>      Has completed WG Last Call, currently being considered 
> by the IESG,
>           IETF Last Call has not been issued.
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-name-disc-02.txt
>      To be an informational RFC.
>      Specification portions that must be standards track are 
> being added
>           to the main iSCSI specification.
>      No major open issues, hope to close any other issues by December
> 2001 IETF
>           meeting.  Plan to issue WG Last Call for this with main
> iSCSI draft.
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-slp-01.txt
>      To be a proposed standard RFC.
>      Close to done.  Issues in this general area seem to come 
> up in the
>           context of the naming and discovery draft (name-disc-02)
> rather
>           than this draft.
>      WG Last Call will be after the naming and discovery draft.
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-mib-02.txt
>      To be a proposed standard RFC.
>      Next (-03) version expected in September, should be 
> close to done.
>      WG Last Call will follow main iSCSI draft.
> 
> draft-black-ips-iscsi-security-01.txt
> draft-aboba-ips-iscsi-security-00.txt
>      Unlikely to become RFCs in their current forms.
>      New drafts on iSCSI Security for discussion at Orange County
> meeting.
>           Security requirements will be specified in the main iSCSI
> document.
>      Some remaining portions of one or both drafts may become an
>           informational RFC.  Whether to do this and what portions to
> use
>           are subject to discussion.
> 
> -- FC Common Encapsulation
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-fcencapsulation-02.txt
>      To be a proposed standard RFC.
>      No major open issues.
>      Will accompany FCIP and/or iFCP drafts in Last Call, 
> probably after
>           December 2001 IETF.
> 
> -- FCIP
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-fcovertcpip-05.txt
>      To be a proposed standard RFC.
>      Large portions are stable, major open security issues.
>      Hope to close all major issues by December 2001 IETF meeting.
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-fcip-slp-00.txt
>      To be a proposed standard RFC.
>      New draft for discussion in Orange County.
>      Hope to close all major issues by December 2001 IETF meeting.
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-fcip-mib-00.txt
>      To be a proposed standard RFC.
>      New draft for discussion in Orange County.
>      Likely timeframe for closing final issues is March 2002 IETF
> meeting.
> 
> -- iFCP
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-ifcp-04.txt
>      To be a proposed standard RFC.
>      Large portions are stable, major open security issues.
>      Hope to close all major issues by December 2001 IETF meeting.
> 
> draft-tseng-ifcp-mib-00.txt
>      To be a proposed standard RFC.
>      New draft for consideration in Orange County, will be 
> proposed for
>           approval as an official WG draft.
>      Likely timeframe for closing final issues is March 2002 IETF
> meeting.
> 
> -- iSNS
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-isns-04.txt
>      To be a proposed standard RFC.
>      Relationship to SLP for use with iSCSI seems to be settled, no
>           other major open issues.
>      WG Last Call to follow iSCSI and iFCP drafts.
>      Hope to close any remaining issues by December 2001 IETF meeting.
> 
> draft-gibbons-isnsmib-00.txt
>      To be a proposed standard RFC.
>      Relatively new draft, London meeting approved it as an official
>           IPS WG work item, next version will be draft-ietf-ips-...
>      Likely timeframe for closing final issues is March 2002 IETF
> meeting.
> 
> -- Framework
> 
> draft-ietf-ips-framework-00.txt
>      Has not been updated by author team since original revision.
>      Likely to be abandoned in the absence of renewed interest.
> 
> -- SCSI MIB
> 
> There's been talk about working on this, but no draft has 
> appeared, yet.
> 
> 
> ----- Document Completion Guesstimates ------
> 
> A rough guess is 3 waves of documents:
> 
> (1) Main protocol standards.  Close technical issues at 
> December 2001 IETF
>      (or before), WG Last Call in early 2002, submit to IESG before
>      March 2002 IETF Meeting.
>      - iSCSI
>      - iSCSI Naming/Discovery
>      - FC Encapsulation
>      - FCIP
>      - iFCP
>      Last Call scheduling will be an issue, as there are at least two,
>      and possibly more 4 week (or longer) WG Last Calls required for
>      the above that probably should not overlap with each other.
> 
> (2) Supporting Protocol Documents.  Close technical issues at December
>      IETF if possible (but above documents have priority).  WG Last
>      Call to follow above, probably in March-April 2002.
>      - iSCSI Boot
>      - iSCSI SLP
>      - FCIP SLP
>      - iSNS
>      iSNS Last Call should not overlap iSCSI Last Calls, 
> hence at least
>      two will be needed, but 2 week WG Last Call periods 
> should suffice
>      for these documents.
> 
> (3) MIBs.  To follow supporting documents.  Final opportunity 
> to discuss
>      at March 2002 IETF Meeting, with WG Last Call to follow shortly
>      thereafter.
>      - iSCSI MIB
>      - FCIP MIB
>      - iFCP MIB
>      - iSNS MIB
>      Probably need two Last Call periods, but again, 2 weeks each
>      should be sufficient.  May move Last Call schedule up if
>      MIBs are ready to go earlier (e.g., after December 2001 IETF
>      meeting).
> 
> The waves will overlap in practice, but each main protocol document
> needs to make it through WG Last Call before any WG Last Calls are
> issued for documents that depend on it.  So for any protocol, wave
> (1) has to come before (2) and (3), but (2) and (3) can run in
> parallel, and the different protocols may run on different schedules.
> 
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