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UNH-IOL launches SDN interoperability consortium

July 13, 2016

The University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Lab has launched a new consortium focused on testing elements and applications in software-defined networks.

UNH-IOL will support SDN interoperability testing between controllers and switches, conformance and performance testing when the consortium officially opens on Aug. 1. The testing group recently moved into a new, 28,000-square-foot space and already has an extensive SDN switch testbed including OpenFlow, NetConf, RestConf and others. UNH-IOL said that at this stage in SDN market development, stakeholders from...

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AppFest 2016: Testing at UNH-IOL

May 25, 2016

Rick Bauer provides a recap of the recent ONF AppFest at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab in this two part series.

We just returned from the second annual ONF AppFest, sponsored by the ONF Testing & Interoperability Working Group and the ONF Testing Leadership Council. In our next post, we’ll cover a similar event hosted by Beijing Internet Institute (BII) in Beijing—another ONF testing event (too much to cover these days!) The North American event was held...

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ONF to Hold 2nd Annual AppFest For Application and OpenFlow Interoperability Testing at The UNH-IOL

April 6, 2016

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 6, 2016 – The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of open Software-Defined Networking (SDN), today announced open registration for the organization’s annual interoperability event. AppFest 2016 will be held May 16-19, 2016 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, and also an authorized OpenFlow® testing lab. This year’s AppFest will feature ONF’s first-ever...

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OPNFV Project Welcomes New Members Openet, ETRI and UNH-IOL

January 19, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The OPNFV Project, a carrier-grade, integrated, open source flexible platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services using Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), today announced that Openet, a supplier of real-time BSS (business support systems) to communication service providers, has joined as a Silver member while the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) have joined as Associate members. Launched just over a year ago, the OPNFV project is supported by a growing group of 55+ member companies committed to advancing a flexible, open source framework for NFV.

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Trusting White Boxes

October 20, 2015

The IT kit in data centers could get a lot more efficient and less wasteful, if people move to standardized, “white boxes” based on open standards, instead of the proprietary kit they use now. But so far, there’s a trust issue: can you rely on a no-name box?

There are definite signs that users are moving towards converged hardware, including unbranded servers. According to a survey of 850 IT decision makers by 451 Research, the majority of enterprise data...

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UNH-IOL Publishes Open Compute List

October 15, 2015

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) has released an Open Networking Integrator’s List public directory of independently validated, interoperable combinations of networking products that are based on Open Compute Specifications.

The list is based on successful completion of interoperability and conformance tests performed at the laboratory’s most recent Open Networking Plugfest, held September 21-25, 2015 at the UNH-IOL. Devices tested during the Open Networking Plugfest included network operating system (NOS) software, 10G and 40G switches, optical modules,...

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New List Details Open Network Interoperability

October 13, 2015

The networking project of the Open Compute Project and the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab today jointly released what they are calling the "consumer reports for open networking" -- an open networking integrator's list of hardware, operating systems, cables and optics that are known to work together.

They are calling the UNH-IOL's Open Networking Integrator's List, which you can find here, "the first and only public directory of independently validated, interoperable combinations of networking products that are based...

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Open Compute tests launched at University of New Hampshire

October 9, 2015

A university testing lab with more than 25 years experience has published a list of interoperable networking products meeting Open Compute Project (OCP) standards have been listed online, making it easier for data center builders to create efficient flexible IT systems.

The University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) has published the Open Network Integrator’s List - a compilation of products which have been validated as interoperating under the networking standards emerging from the Open Compute Project - the...

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UNH-IOL Releases Open Networking Interoperability Test Results

October 9, 2015

DURHAM, N.H.-- Today, at the Open Compute Project (OCP) Foundation Engineering Workshop in Boston, sponsored and hosted by Fidelity Investments, the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, unveiled the industry’s first and only Open Networking Integrator’s List. The Open Networking Integrator’s List will enable choice for enterprises and datacenter operators and spur competition in the data center networking solutions market. The UNH-IOL also announced the...

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UNH-IOL Holds Second Open Networking Interoperability Plugfest

July 29, 2015

DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) hosted the second Open Networking Solutions Plugfest to support the acceleration of Open Networking Solutions and to prepare the community for a certification program. The event, which was held during the week of June 15, 2015, was the next iteration in a series of Plugfests aimed at validating the compatibility of optical transceivers and cables with bare-metal open switches running varying Networking Operating Systems (NOS) software, all from multiple vendors....

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