Consortium for On-Board Optics

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Consortium for On-Board Optics
Consortium for On-Board
Optics
FIRST FACE-TO-FACE MEETING
APRIL 14, 2015 @ ARISTA NETWORKS
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Agenda
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Welcome and Introductions
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Review of Organization Structure and Goals
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Planning/Formation of Working Groups
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Funding and Timeline
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Meeting Planning
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Discussions and Q&A
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Working Group Formation (Members Only)
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Welcome!
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Thank You!
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To the Members for their incredible response!
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To Arista Networks for hosting our first meeting
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To the team that has gotten COBO where it is today.
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When Legal Creates the Name –
Board Mounted Optical Modules
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COBO Value Proposition
Member contribution driven organization to develop
specifications and recommendations for optics and
optical modules for mounting on printed circuit boards.
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Organization Goals
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Develop COBO Specifications and associated documentation
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Electrical interfaces
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Pin-outs and board layout
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Thermals and airflow
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Board-mounted or socketed
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Propose technical requirements or direction for additional COBO
Specifications
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Engage in other strategic and development activities
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Liaisons with other standards bodies
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COBO Operations
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Member driven contributions (bottom-up)
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Re-use or reference other industry specifications where appropriate
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Working Groups can focus on target market applications
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Datacenter client optics vs. transport line side optics
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Server vs. switch optics
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Development of white papers or technical recommendations
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Ability to take approved specifications to other organizations
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Develop interoperable and interchangeable solutions
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Organization Structure
Steering
Committee
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Chair
Secretary
Brad
Treasurer
Christophe
General
Working
Group 1
Chair
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General
Working
Group 2
Chair
Technical
Working
Group 1
Chair
Technical
Working
Group 2
Chair
Steering Committee
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Arista Networks
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Broadcom
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Cisco
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Juniper
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Mellanox
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Microsoft
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Working Groups
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Currently no working groups formed
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Recommended initial focus/efforts
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Use Cases
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Investigate potential use cases such as datacenter, telecom, industrial, etc.
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Determine areas to focus work such as pin-out, thermal, electrical, etc.
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Use to initiate technical working groups to create specifications
Liaisons
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Which organizations are co-travelers? IEEE, OIF, T11, etc.
Conference calls to support efforts
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Funding
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Many models used throughout the industry
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Typical expenses
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Executive/Managing Director
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Administrative, technical administration/support, legal
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Website creation and support
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Fees based on membership level and revenue
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Budget
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Cover startup costs
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Build/hire services as need to support the work of the volunteers
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Membership
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Founding members: 17
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Steering members: 6
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Associate members: 11
Since launch on March 23, 2015
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Associate members: 6
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Pending members: 4
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Investigating: 10+
Growth is very encouraging to support funding the organization
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Industry Reaction
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Multiple press articles issued across the industry
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OSA offer for a panel at OFC 2016
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EETimes, Network World, Lightwave, etc.
Organizer to contact us in June during planning phase
Michael Lebby reached out about coordination with new DoD consortium
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Not many details at this point in time as contact occurred yesterday
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Meeting Planning
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Next meetings (members only)
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Targeting the week of June 15th for a full-day meeting in Seattle, WA USA
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Looking to possibly co-locate August and October meetings with OIF meetings
in Ottawa and Shanghai, respectively
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Goal is to try to have meetings coincide with other industry related events
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Meeting locations will rotate globally to be as fair as possible
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Members are welcome to host a meeting
Conference calls to be used to help progress the work between meetings
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Next Steps
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Formalize working groups
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Treasurer and team will work on the budget and fee structure
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Finalize details for June meeting
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Liaise with other organizations
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Discussion
Q&A
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Thank You!
Next Meeting: Week of June 15th in Seattle, WA
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