Howdy, I want to give everyone a heads up; I received word that it looks like voting key generation for the networking group is taking longer than expected (we're the biggest group) and that they will be sent in the next hour or two.
Thanks. +--+ Carlos On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Carlos Cardenas <car...@cumulusnetworks.com > wrote: > Howdy, > > Today's the start of voting for the next set of co-chairs for Networking. > In the next few hours, y'all will be receiving voting keys that allows > y'all to cast a vote in this election. Each voting key is tied to your > email address and once the key has been used to cast a vote, it is no > longer valid. If you haven't received your key by 1400 CDT (1200 PDT), > please reply to this thread and someone will help you out. > > I wanted to take the time and say that the last couple of years have been > very exciting for the industry. > > Since being elected with Omar, our focus has been making open networking a > viable solution and moving science projects into being industry proven > solutions. Take a look at these key OCP accomplishments that have changed > the industry for the better: > * Pick an open networking switch, there's at least 4 NOSes that support > that platform. This wouldn't have been possible without ONIE; the defacto > method for installing a NOS on a given switch. > * End users can now choose the silicon they want. The death grip around > the vendor's SDKs has loosened with various efforts such as SAI and > switchdev. > * Enabling 'Consumer Reports for Open Networking' for end users to adopt > open networking with confidence. > https://www.iol.unh.edu/registry/opennetworking > * Open Networking has gained a significant foothold in the data center > with sights on replicating those successes into other closed networking > silos such as campus, branch, and wireless. > > And of course, some baseball stats: > * There are 14 officially accepted switches with another 11 in the pipeline > * Three official software projects (ONIE, ONL, SAI) with another three in > the pipeline (APD, OOM, FlexSwitch) > * OCP L1 Interop Testing has certified 43 configurations with about 20 > different pluggables (AOC, DAC, and optics) with many more lined up for the > August Plugfest > > All of these key milestones that happened under our stewardship wouldn't > have been possible without y'all. > > The power of open networking is real and with y'all's continued support in > OCP Networking, we can ensure open networking will trickle down to all > segments of networking. > > +--+ > Carlos >
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