With the IEEE's work on the 802.3ba Ethernet standard complete, University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) believes its new consortium will be able help members of the Ethernet product food chain prepare 802.3ba-compliant products.
The recently ratified 802.3ba standard specifies two Ethernet speeds--40 Gbps for computing and networked storage applications and 100 Gbps for core networking applications.
While the passing of the standard was a solid step for the Ethernet industry, the IOL consortium will provide vendors a way a neutral testing environment to ensure the products they are building meet their service provider and enterprise customer base. For a $24,000 yearly membership fee, the IOL consortium will distribute the cost of performing independent testing and validation for vendors that are developing products that follow the evolving 802.3ba standard.
For more:
- see the release here
Related articles:
IEEE's 802.3ba standard sets stage for 40, 100 Gbps Ethernet
UNH-IOL's facility becomes Energy Efficient Ethernet test bed