US networking equipment supplier Emulex is participating in the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) plugfest with its recently launched LightPulse 16Gb Fibre Channel (16GFC) Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). The plugfest will take place at the UNH-IOL, where cable and data centre operators and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) device vendors will have the opportunity to test the recently ratified 16GFC standard in a neutral, multi-vendor environment. Backwards-compliant with previous FC standards, 16GFC protects existing storage infrastructure investments. Interoperability testing of...
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Emulex Participating in the FCIA Plugfest with New LightPulse 16Gb Fibre Channel HBAs
October 24, 2011
COSTA MESA, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced it is participating in the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) plugfest with its recently introduced LightPulse 16Gb Fibre Channel (16GFC) Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). The FCIA Fibre Channel Over Ethernet and 16GFC Plugfest will be held October 24-28 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) and represents the first time 16GFC will be tested concurrently with Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).
SCSI Trade Association Reports Plugfest Event
October 11, 2011
Oct 07, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- The SCSI Trade Association, a member-run industry association established to support and promote SCSI technology, announced that the 12th Serial Attached SCSI Plugfest was held Sept. 19-23, at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory.
Oracle speeds up ZFS Storage Appliance line, other data storage news
October 11, 2011
Oracle Corp. upgraded its Sun ZFS Storage Appliance line with enhancements to its Hybrid Storage Pool technology and the addition of Hybrid Columnar Compression support. The Sun ZFS Storage Appliances enterprise NAS systems use the Hybrid Storage Pools to accelerate IOPS performance. Oracle claims the 7420 model performed at 137,066 IOPS in the SPC-1 benchmark. Hybrid Columnar Compression is designed to decrease the data storage footprint for archived OLTP databases and data warehouses. The compression feature works with the Oracle...
UNH-IOL enhances scope of Data Center Bridging (DCB), FCoE test efforts
October 7, 2011
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL - Durham, NH) announced that it has boosted its Data Center Bridging (DCB) testing services by updating existing test suites and test tools in accordance with the finalization of all IEEE Data Center Bridging (DCB) standards. Proclaiming itself "the first and only independent laboratory to offer testing for all DCB standards," the UNH-IOL reports it has seen a growing interest in DCB, as evidenced by membership in the lab's DCB Consortium doubling...
UNH-IOL boosts Data Center Bridging (DCB), FCoE testing efforts
October 5, 2011
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL - Durham, NH) announced that it has boosted its Data Center Bridging (DCB) testing services by updating existing test suites and test tools in accordance with the finalization of all IEEE Data Center Bridging (DCB) standards. Proclaiming itself "the first and only independent laboratory to offer testing for all DCB standards," the UNH-IOL reports it has seen a growing interest in DCB, as evidenced by membership in the lab's DCB Consortium doubling...
UNH-IOL first and only independent lab to offer testing for all data center bridging (DCB) standards
October 5, 2011
DURHAM, USA: The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, has enhanced its entire spectrum of Data Center Bridging (DCB) testing services by updating existing test suites and test tools in accordance with the finalization of all IEEE Data Center Bridging (DCB) standards.
Vendors need to test their equipment to ensure it operates with both IPv6 and IPv4.
October 4, 2011
IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is gaining in importance because IPv4 has run out of addresses. IPv4's 32-bit address just isn't long enough. IPv6, with its 128-bit address field, will provide enough IP addresses for a long time.
UNH-IOL First and Only Independent Laboratory to Offer Testing for All Data Center Bridging (DCB) Standards
October 4, 2011
DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, today announced it has enhanced its entire spectrum of Data Center Bridging (DCB) testing services by updating existing test suites and test tools in accordance with the finalization of all IEEE Data Center Bridging (DCB) standards. The first and only independent laboratory to offer testing for all DCB standards, the UNH-IOL has seen a growing interest...
SAS Data Center Storage Advancements Highlight the 12th SCSI Trade Association Plugfest Event
October 4, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The SCSI Trade Association (STA) (http://www.scsita.org/), a member-run industry association established to support and promote SCSI technology, announced today that the 12th Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Plugfest was held September 19-23, 2011, at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). Sixteen companies, including both STA members and nonmembers, attended the event.