PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) today announced 28 companies and laboratories that participate in the IEEE P1904.1TM Working Group have achieved an important milestone in the development of the IEEE P1904.1 Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (SIEPON) standard. This draft standard is largely complete from a technical perspective and has entered the IEEE P1904.1 Working Group letter ballot phase. The IEEE P1904.1 Working Group began its work in January 2010 and reached this important milestone after 20...
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UNH-IOL Deploys CloudShark for Securely Storing, Annotating, and Sharing Packet Capture Files
September 7, 2011
PORTSMOUTH, NH--(Marketwire - Sep 6, 2011) - QA Cafe, a leading provider of IP testing solutions, today announced 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 deployed the CloudShark platform for securely collecting, storing, tagging, and sharing packet-capture files. Capture files record network traffic within a specific period of time. Research teams at UNH-IOL generate hundreds and sometimes thousands of capture files each week in...
Ethernet Alliance Completes Interoperability Test Event for EEE Std. 802.3azTM-2010 Energy Efficient Ethernet
August 23, 2011
The Ethernet Alliance announces its successful Energy Efficient Ethernet subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE Std. 802.3azTM?2010 Energy Efficient Ethernet. There were six Ethernet Alliance members including Broadcom Corporation, Intel, LSI, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., Qualcomm Atheros and Vitesse Semiconductor. These companies gathered at the UNH-IOL, the Interoperability Lab at the University of New Hampshire, in Durham, New Hampshire during the week of August 8th, 2011 to verify interoperability of EEE devices that support the 100BASE-TX and...
G.hn home wiring broadband technology ready for prime time
June 8, 2011
The G.hn family of standards, developed by the ITU, is designed to enable gigabit per second communications over the wiring commonly found in residential premises: ac power, telephony and coax. The aim is that a single G.hn chip in a TV or other piece of domestic equipment will be able to communicate over whatever of these three media is available.
G.hn Moves From Specification to Reality
June 7, 2011
BEAVERTON, OR--(Marketwire - Jun 7, 2011) - In a win for the wired home networking industry, four G.hn chipset manufacturers converged in Geneva, Switzerland for the world's first open G.hn Interoperability Plugfest. A joint effort of HomeGrid Forum and the Broadband Forum hosted at the ITU-T's global headquarters and organized by University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), the event presented the first open opportunity for silicon vendors to test the interoperability of their products, based on the G.hn home...
ATTO Technology Validates FastFrame FCoE Product Interoperability at FCIA Plugfest
June 2, 2011
ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, announced today the successful testing of its FastFrame Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) at the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA)-sponsored Plugfest, conducted at the University of New Hampshire's Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL). Testing took place May 16 through May 20, 2011 and ATTO's FastFrame CNA's, including the industry's first Quad Channel Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) CNA, tested interoperable with the Fibre Channel and FCoE products...
Ethernet Alliance Completes Interoperability Event for 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet
June 2, 2011
The Ethernet Alliance has today announced the summary 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. Fourteen Ethernet Alliance members including Berk-Tek Systems (a Nexans Company), Broadcom, Brocade, Extreme Networks, Ixia, JDSU, Juniper Networks, Mellanox Technologies, Opnext, Panduit, Siemon, Spirent Communications, TE Connectivity (TE-formerly Tyco Electronics) and Volex Group plc gathered at the UNH-IOL, the Interoperability Lab at the University of New Hampshire in Durham,...
Extreme Networks Demonstrates Data Center Bridging for FCoE-Based Storage at Industry Plugfest
May 25, 2011
Extreme Networks, Inc., (Nasdaq: EXTR) today announced product support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols in multi-vendor environments. The company recently launched its Extreme Networks "Open Fabric" data center solutions providing increased scale, virtualization, and automation to maximize performance and efficiency.
Fibre Channel Industry Association Continues to Validate Fibre Channel Advancements in Multi-Vendor Testing
May 24, 2011
The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators and vendors, today announced the completion of the FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) Plugfest, which was held during the week of May 16th at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL).
Emulex Participating in Industry InterOperability Events at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab with OneConnect UCNAs
May 23, 2011
Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the leader in converged networking solutions, today announced it is participating in two industry events that will focus on successful technology interoperability with emerging protocols such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI over Data Center Bridging (DCB). Both plugfests are held at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL).