The critical role of standards in today’s environment is often overlooked, because their inherent nature is to make sure you don’t notice it working. Imagine going on a job interview in a world without standards. If you were to ask someone for directions to your interview, they might tell you it’s 500 steps away, but they have a longer stride so you ended up having to walk 1000 steps and you were late. You take out your laptop to give...
Ethernet News
The 25 Gigabit Ethernet Rollout: Expect the new Ethernet standard show up quickly in data centers and campus networks
October 18, 2016
IP traffic is predicted to grow 10 fold in less than 10 years. This fact alone speaks to why even incremental increases in Ethernet speeds are important. The ever-rising demand for data is driven by cloud services and already can be seen in early Internet of Things devices. This trend helped lead to development of the 25 Gigabit Ethernet data rates. Even though the technology is rather new, in the two years since the 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium was created,...
5 Challenges for 25G Ethernet
September 28, 2016
The UNH-IOL has been testing Ethernet products since its inception in 1988, and over the years we have come across some Ethernet products that really puzzled us. Here are the top problems we see.
Not supporting or disabling auto-negotiation: The importance of auto-negotiation (Aneg) to 100G interoperability was acknowledged by making it mandatory to be fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 Clauses 92 and 93. The more recent 25G standard also mandates Aneg.
Not supporting Aneg could...
UNH-IOL capitalizes on data center growth with 25G Ethernet testing service suite
September 14, 2016
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) has begun offering 25 Gbps Ethernet Testing at its facility in Durham, New Hampshire, targeting equipment vendors that are selling to data center providers and service providers that are using higher network speeds to support cloud-based services.
While 10G is still a dominant network speed, Ethernet technology is migrating to 25 Gbps per lane to take on current silicon and system design. What makes 25 Gbps compelling is that it is...
UNH-IOL First to Offer 25G Ethernet Testing Services
September 13, 2016
DURHAM, N.H., September 13, 2016 – The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, announced today the introduction of the 25 Gigabit (25G) Ethernet Testing Services at its state-of-the-art facility. Currently available to members of the 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium , UNH-IOL’s new services enable vendors to better prepare for market deployment of 25G...
Ethernet Alliance Plugfest Showcases 100 Percent Interoperability of IEEE 802.3™ Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Products
September 7, 2016
BEAVERTON, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 – The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of Ethernet technologies, today shared details of its Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) Plugfest at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) in Durham, New Hampshire. The event demonstrated IEEE 802.3™-based PoE interoperability among devices from Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Linear Technology, Microsemi (Nasdaq: MSCC) and Texas Instruments.
“The plugfest showed that there is clearly market enthusiasm for standards-based PoE...
New RoCE Interoperability List Features Higher Test Speeds, Additional Vendors
August 25, 2016
August 24th, 2016 by Rupert Dance, IBTA Compliance & Interoperability Work Group Co-Chair -- It’s that time again! Having finalized the RDMA over Converged Ethernet ( RoCE ) test results from Plugfest 29, the IBTA is pleased to announce the availability of the new RoCE Interoperability List . Designed to support data center managers, CIOs and other IT decision makers with their planned RoCE deployments for enterprise and high performance computing, the...
UNH-IOL Licenses Ethernet Test Tools for In-house Validation
August 9, 2016
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, announced today the first commercial availability of two previously proprietary Ethernet testing tools: a Universal FPGA-based Ethernet Test (UFET) System and a 10 Gigabit System. These tools will be available to UNH-IOL member companies for purchase in late summer, 2016. Open access to these tools advances the UNH-IOL’s mission of improving data communications by allowing manufacturers...
Ethernet and NBASE-T Alliances to Host Joint Plugfest to Drive Widespread Deployment of Next Generation 2.5 Gbps and 5 Gbps Ethernet Technology
July 25, 2016
BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capitalizing on the groundbreaking market impact of the most deployed Ethernet specification to-date, the 1000BASE-T standard, the Ethernet Alliance and the NBASE-T Alliance today announced a new collaborative effort designed to accelerate mainstream deployment of 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T Ethernet. This technology multiplies network throughput of the more than 70 billion meters of Cat5e and Cat6 cabling sold throughout the last 13 years. As part of the push to leverage this massive infrastructure, the two...
New Features of 12Gb/s SAS Storage Interface for Enterprise Storage Tested at SCSI Trade Association Plugfest Event
June 9, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 8, 2016) - Validating the versatility, reliability and scalability that Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) has as a storage interface for enterprise-class storage, the SCSI Trade Association (STA) today announced the successful completion of its 17th SAS Plugfest, the fifth for 12Gb/s SAS. The event was held May 23-26, 2016, at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). Thirteen companies, including both STA members and non-members, participated.
"At this Plugfest, drive support for new...