Re: [sami] Bringing new work into the IETF

["So, Ning" <[e-mail]>]

Benson,

Thank you for bringing ODCA to my attention.  I have had very limited exposure to DMTF, and no exposure to ODCA at all.  After reading a bit more on their work, those SDOs appear to be better places for the type of work I have in mind.  I cannot cover those SDOs, so I will alert internally to have other people involved.  

 
Best regards,
 
Ning So
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-----Original Message-----
From: Benson Schliesser [mailto:[e-mail]] 
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 10:36 AM
To: So, Ning; Thomas Narten
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [sami] Bringing new work into the IETF

Hi, Ning.

On 8/22/11 8:52 AM, "So, Ning" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Thomas Narten said:
> Are you saying you want interoperabilty between hypervisors? That is, 
> You want to be able to move a VM from hypervisor type A (i.e, from 
> vendor A) to a hypervisor of type B (i.e,. from Vendor B), and you'd 
> like the IETF to develop standards that allow this?
> 
> [Ning]:  Yes. 
> ...
> [Ning]:  It is important to have a common agreement on requirements.  
> I stated my opinion and use case.  I will reach out to the carriers I 
> have been work with in other areas to see if they also have the 
> similar requirements.  If it is true, then IETF has to play a key role 
> in this.  Other SDO such as DMTF will also play a key role.  I hope 
> the use cases and requirements can drive player agreement/participation, especially secondary players.

It's good that you mention the DMTF.  You should also investigate other groups such as ODCA (http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/), which has a working group on this topic.

Assuming that hypervisor compatibility, control APIs, etc, are worked out in a different forum - what role do you think the IETF has in this space?  I have my own thoughts on this topic, but I don't want to put words in your mouth. Can you be specific?

Thanks,
-Benson