Network File System Version 4 (nfsv4)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 2009-03-18

 Current Status: Active Working Group

 Chair(s):
     Brian Pawlowski  <beepy@netapp.com>
     Spencer Shepler  <shepler@storspeed.com>

 Transport Area Director(s):
     Magnus Westerlund  <magnus.westerlund@ericsson.com>
     Lars Eggert  <lars.eggert@nokia.com>

 Transport Area Advisor:
     Lars Eggert  <lars.eggert@nokia.com>

 Technical Advisor(s):
     Leif Johansson  <leifj@it.su.se>

 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:nfsv4@ietf.org
     To Subscribe:      https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nfsv4
     Archive:           http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/nfsv4/current/maillist.html

Description of Working Group:

No description available


 Goals and Milestones:

   Done         Issue strawman Internet-Draft for v4 

   Done         Submit Initial Internet-Draft of requirements document 

   Done         Submit Final Internet-Draft of requirements document 

   Done         AD reassesses WG charter 

   Done         Submit v4 Internet-Draft sufficient to begin prototype 
                implementations 

   Done         Begin Interoperability testing of prototype implementations 

   Done         Submit NFS version 4 to IESG for consideration as a Proposed 
                Standard. 

   Done         Conduct final Interoperability tests 

   Done         Conduct full Interoperability tests for all NFSv4 features 

   Done         Update API advancement draft 

   Done         Form core design team to work on NFS V4 migration/replication 
                requirements and protocol 

   Done         Submit revised NFS Version 4 specification (revision to RFC 
                3010) to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard 

   Done         Strawman NFS V4 replication/migration protocol proposal 
                submitted as an ID 

   Done         WG Last Call for RPC and NFS RDMA drafts 

   Done         WG Last Call for rfc1831bis (RPC version 2) 

   Done         WG Last Call for NFSv4.1 Object-based layout 

   Done         WG Last Call for NFSv4 minor version 1 

   Done         WG Last Call for NFSv4.1 block/volume layout 

   Done         Submit NFS Minor Version 1 to IESG for publication as a 
                Proposed Standard 

   Done         Submit Object-based pNFS Operations to IESG for publication as 
                a Proposed Standard 

   Done         Submit pNFS Block/Volume Layout to IESG for publication as a 
                Proposed Standard 

   May 2009       WG Last Call for Requirements for Federated File Systems 
                draft-ietf-nfsv4-federated-fs-reqts-01 

   Sep 2009       WG Last Call for rfc3530bis (NFS version 4) 

   Oct 2009       WG Last Call for Administration Protocol for Federated 
                Filesystems draft-ietf-nfsv4-federated-fs-admin-00.txt 

   Oct 2009       WG Last Call for NSDB Protocol for Federated Filesystems 
                draft-ietf-nfsv4-federated-fs-protocol-00.txt 


 Internet-Drafts:

Posted Revised         I-D Title   <Filename>
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Jul 2004 Dec 2008   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-rpcrdma-09.txt>
                Remote Direct Memory Access Transport for Remote Procedure Call 

Jul 2004 Apr 2008   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-nfsdirect-08.txt>
                NFS Direct Data Placement 

Oct 2005 Dec 2008   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-minorversion1-29.txt>
                NFS Version 4 Minor Version 1 

Jan 2006 Dec 2008   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-12.txt>
                pNFS Block/Volume Layout 

Jan 2006 Dec 2008   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-obj-12.txt>
                Object-based pNFS Operations 

Nov 2007 Dec 2008   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-minorversion1-dot-x-12.txt>
                NFSv4 Minor Version 1 XDR Description 

Aug 2008 Jan 2009   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-rpc-netid-06.txt>
                IANA Considerations for RPC Net Identifiers and Universal 
                Address Formats 

Sep 2008 May 2009   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-federated-fs-dns-srv-namespace-01.txt>
                Using DNS SRV to Specify a Global File Name Space with NFS 
                version 4 

Sep 2008 Jul 2009   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-federated-fs-admin-02.txt>
                Administration Protocol for Federated Filesystems 

Sep 2008 May 2009   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-federated-fs-reqts-03.txt>
                Requirements for Federated File Systems 

Sep 2008 Aug 2009   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-federated-fs-protocol-03.txt>
                NSDB Protocol for Federated Filesystems 

Apr 2009 Apr 2009   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-rfc3530bis-dot-x-00.txt>
                NFSv4.0 XDR Description 

Apr 2009 Apr 2009   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-rfc3530bis-00.txt>
                Network File System (NFS) version 4 Protocol 

 Request For Comments:

  RFC   Stat Published     Title
------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------
RFC2623 PS   Jul 1999    NFS Version 2 and Version 3 Security Issues and the NFS 
                       Protocol's Use of RPCSEC_GSS and Kerberos V5 

RFC2624 I    Jul 1999    NFS Version 4 Design Considerations 

RFC3010 PS   Dec 2000    NFS version 4 

RFC3530 PS   May 2003    Network File System (NFS) version 4 Protocol 

RFC4506Standard  May 2006    XDR: External Data Representation Standard 

RFC5403 PS   Feb 2009    RPCSEC_GSS Version 2 

RFC5531 DS   May 2009    RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification 
                       Version 2 

RFC5532 I    May 2009    Network File System (NFS) Remote Direct Memory Access 
                       (RDMA) Problem Statement