The Ethernet Alliance is pleased to announce that eighteen of its members will join together for a live multi-vendor, multi-technology interoperability demonstration live at SC10 in New Orleans, November 16-18. The demonstration will feature equipment from: Amphenol, Broadcom, Brocade, Chelsio Communications, CommScope, Cisco, Dell, Emulex, Force10 Networks, Fulcrum Microsystems, Intel, Ixia, JDSU, Mellanox, NetApp, Panduit, Spirent, and Volex. Leading the testing set-up is The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broadbased testing and standards conformance...
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ETHERNET ALLIANCE TO DEMONSTRATE 40 GIGABIT AND 100 GIGABIT ETHERNETAND DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGIES AT SC10
October 8, 2010
IXIA and PMC-Sierra Demonstrate Interoperability of Precision Timing Technology at ISPCS 2010
October 7, 2010
IXIA's Timing Over Packet “ToP” Test Solution and PMC-Sierra's (News - Alert) Carrier Ethernet/OTN Framer Validate Industry Readiness of Mobile Backhaul Synchronous Packet Networking.
HSE Plugfest Demonstrates Interoperability of Ethernet Products
October 7, 2010
ast month, to verify the interoperability of 40G and 100 Gbps Ethernet test equipment, switches, routers, NICs, transceivers and cabling products, 16 Ethernet Alliance members including Altera, Amphenol (News - Alert), CommScope, Cisco, FCI, Finisar, Ixia, Leviton, Mellanox Technologies, Opnext, Panduit, Siemon, Vitesse Semiconductor, and Volex Group gathered at Ixia’s iSimCity in Santa Clara, Calif. This week Ethernet Alliance announced the summarized results of the Higher Speed Ethernet subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE (News - Alert)...
IXIA and PMC-Sierra Demonstrate Interoperability of Precision Timing Technology at ISPCS 2010
October 6, 2010
Ixia, a leading, global provider of IP performance test systems and PMC-Sierra, Inc., the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, today announced successful interoperability of IEEE 1588v2 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) at the 2010 ISPCS Plug-fest, held September 27-28 at the UNH-IOL. Ixia's timing over packet (ToP) test solution is the first and only in the industry to evaluate the functionality, conformance, and performance of IEEE 1588v2 and Synchronous Ethernet implementations on telecommunication network equipment. PMC-Sierra's PM5422 META 20G Carrier...
Ethernet Alliance Completes Industry’s First Interoperability Event for 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet
October 5, 2010
The Ethernet Alliance has announced the summarized results of the Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE Std. 802.3baTM-2010, 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet. Sixteen Ethernet Alliance members including Altera, Amphenol, CommScope, Cisco, FCI, Finisar, Ixia, Leviton, Mellanox Technologies, Opnext, Panduit, Siemon, Vitesse Semiconductor, and Volex Group gathered at Ixia’s iSimCity in Santa Clara, California during the week of September 13, 2010 to verify interoperability of test equipment, switches, routers, NICs, transceivers and cabling...
IEEE Approves 802.3az
October 4, 2010
On September 30, IEEE approved the standard for Energy Efficient Ethernet, IEEE 802.3az-2010. Eight days prior, we published “Energy Efficient Ethernet brings new testing challenges,” an article by Jeff Lapak and Jon Beckwith, senior engineers at the UNH-IOL. The article covers the testing aspects that many engineers will have to confront.
Tools aid debug and validation to MIPI M-PHY specification
September 28, 2010
At the MIPI Alliance All-Members meeting in Athens, Greece, Tektronix Inc. has introduced tools that enable engineers to use its DPO/DSA/MSO70000B series oscilloscope to start performance verification and debug for the MIPI Alliance M-PHY standard.
Tektronix Introduces Industry's First Test Tools for MIPI M-PHY Debug and Validation
September 27, 2010
Support for New High-Speed M-PHY Specification Includes DPOJET toolset, and M-PHY DigRFv4 Decode for Tektronix Oscilloscopes
Energy Efficient Ethernet brings on testing challenges
September 23, 2010
Like so many industries, the networking industry is looking to reduce energy consumption. Ethernet equipment manufacturers are in the midst of a standardization effort to reduce the power they consume. IEEE 802.3az is the developing standard the will define how networking products cut energy usage by introducing a “sleep” mode. If you’re responsible for testing Ethernet PHYs (physical-layers) you need to understand how the technology will work and what tests it will need.
Ethernet standard to cut energy use
September 22, 2010
The addition of an EEE-compliant "sleep" state will add complexity to Ethernet devices, test equipment, and test procedures.