Re: MSA’s and network architecture

[Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

> In your fair proposal, MSA is related to network architecture as a way
> to standardise pluggable (optics). But as always standards are
> incomplete, ambiguous and do not guarantee interoperability, so it
> will take some time for industry to decide what is 'correct'
> interpretation of MSA. Implying when you buy early in life cycle new
> optics, you may want to source more carefully and test, compared to
> buying later in life cycle sourcing pluggables anywhere with 0 testing
> is relatively low risk.

Amen to that.

Cheers,

Etienne

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 8:39 AM Saku Ytti <saku () ytti fi> wrote:

> We could also add an explanation to our proposals for the acronym. :)
>
> In your fair proposal, MSA is related to network architecture as a way
> to standardise pluggable (optics). But as always standards are
> incomplete, ambiguous and do not guarantee interoperability, so it
> will take some time for industry to decide what is 'correct'
> interpretation of MSA. Implying when you buy early in life cycle new
> optics, you may want to source more carefully and test, compared to
> buying later in life cycle sourcing pluggables anywhere with 0 testing
> is relatively low risk.
>
>
> On Wed, 18 May 2022 at 09:32, Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG
> <nanog () nanog org> wrote:
> > Just to add a bit of fun to the mix - perhaps multi-source agreement was
> intended :)
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Etienne
> >
> > On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 3:59 AM Martin Hannigan <hannigan () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > > All,
> > >
> > > Why do MSA’s matter as related to network architecture?
> > >
> > > Thanks all —
> > >
> > > -M<
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale
> > Assistant Lecturer
> > Department of Communications & Computer Engineering
> > Faculty of Information & Communication Technology
> > University of Malta
> > Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
>
>
>
> --
>   ++ytti


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Department of Communications & Computer Engineering
Faculty of Information & Communication Technology
University of Malta
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