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Clear description of the referenced document:
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Name:
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IEEE 802.1AX-2020
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Title:
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IEEE Std. 802.1AX-2020: IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Link Aggregation
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Status of approval:
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Approved in 2020
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3.
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Justification for the specific reference:
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G.8021 models link aggregation functionality as specified in IEEE Std 802.1AX-2020.
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4.
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Current information, if any, about IPR issues:
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Information on IEEE standards can be found at http://standards.ieee.org/db/patents/index.html
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5.
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Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:
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The document is in existence. It is very widely used technology.
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6.
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The degree of stability or maturity of the document:
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It is an approved IEEE standard. The 2014 revision was approved in December 2014.
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7.
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Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:
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This specification is related to the 802.1 suite of standards developed by the IEEE.
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Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:
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IEEE Std 802, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture./
IEEE Std 802.1AC, IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks—Media Access Control (MAC) Service Definition./
IEEE Std 802.1Q, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks—Bridges and Bridged Networks./
IEEE Std 802.3, IEEE Standard for Ethernet./
IETF RFC 1213 (IETF STD 17), Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II, McCloghrie, K., and M. Rose, editors, Mar. 1991./
IETF RFC 1321, The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, R. Rivest, Apr. 1992./
IETF RFC 2578 (STD 58), Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2), McCloghrie, K., D. Perkins, and J. Schoenwaelder, Apr. 1999./
IETF RFC 2579 (STD 58), Textual Conventions for SMIv2, McCloghrie, K., D. Perkins, J. Schoenwaelder, J. Case, M. Rose, and S. Waldbusser, Apr. 1999./
IETF RFC 2580 (STD 58), Conformance Statements for SMIv2, McCloghrie, K., D. Perkins, J. Schoenwaelder, J. Case, M. Rose, and S. Waldbusser, Apr. 1999./
IETF RFC 2863, The Interfaces Group MIB, McCloghrie, K., and F. Kastenholz, June 2000./
IETF RFC 3410, Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet-Standard Management Framework, Case, J., R. Mundy, D. Partain, and B. Stewart, Dec. 2002./
IETF RFC 3414 (STD 62), User-based Security Model (USM) for Version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3), Blumenthal, U., and B. Wijnen, Dec. 2002./
IETF RFC 3415 (STD 62), View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Wijnen, B., R. Presuhn, and K. McCloghrie, Dec. 2002./
ISO/IEC 10165-4:1992, Information technology—Open Systems Interconnection—Structure of management information—Part 4: Guidelines for the definition of managed objects.
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Qualification of
IEEE:
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The IEEE was recognized under the provisions of ITU-T Recommendation A.5 on 1 November 1999. Qualifying information is on file with TSB.
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Other (for any supplementary information):
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None.
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