Whether you need to transmit and receive data over a few millimeters of PCB trace or across an ocean, you can choose from a variety of instruments and software to test how well your data-communications link is working. To address applications ranging from I2C to 400 GbE and beyond, vendors are debuting new instruments, upgrading existing ones, and introducing software enhancements to handle challenging data-communications measurement tasks.
Ethernet News
InfiniBand Trade Association Announces Results of First Ever Active Cable Time-Domain Test From Plugfest 21
August 30, 2012
The InfiniBand® Trade Association (IBTA), a global organization dedicated to maintaining and furthering the InfiniBand™ specification, today announced the results of the Plugfest 21 InfiniBand device and cable conformance testing, as well as the latest additions to the IBTA Integrators’ List. During April’s Plugfest 21 (PF-21) at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL), testers added the active cable time-domain testing procedures to the methodology for verifying vendor products for compliance with the InfiniBand™ architecture specification as well as...
Ethernet Alliance completes second 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet interoperability event
June 6, 2011
The Ethernet Alliance announced the summary results of its Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE Std. 802.3ba-2010, 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet. This is the second such interoperability event hosted by the Ethernet Alliance; the first event was held in September of 2010.
Ethernet Alliance releases white papers on 40/100G interoperability testing
November 18, 2010
The Ethernet Alliance announced the release of a collection of new white papers including two interoperability white papers. The first interoperability white paper details the test results of the Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee’s plugfest for products designed to support IEEE Std. 802.3ba-2010, 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet. The second interoperability white paper covers the Ethernet in the Data Center subcommittee’s data center bridging (DCB) plugfest that included the first interoperability testing of IEEE Std. 802.1Qau-2010 Congestion Notification (QCN).
UNH Starts 40/100G Ethernet Interoperability Testing
July 28, 2010
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) this week launched a consortium for companies preparing 40/100G Ethernet products compliant with the IEEE 802.3ba standard.
UNH Starts 40/100G Ethernet Interoperability Testing
July 28, 2010
Network World — The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) this week launched a consortium for companies preparing 40/100G Ethernet products compliant with the IEEE 802.3ba standard.
University launches testing consortium for 802.3ba 40/100G networking
July 28, 2010
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) this week launched a consortium for companies preparing 40/100G Ethernet products compliant with the IEEE 802.3ba standard.
Power over Ethernet Consortium Releases New LLDP Test Suites
June 16, 2010
The UNH-IOL Power over Ethernet consortium has released two of its latest test suites. Both Clause 33 PSE Data Link Layer Classification Test Suite and Clause 33 PD Data Link Layer Classification Test Suite are now available for testing. These test suites have been developed to help implementers evaluate the functionality of their IEEE Std 802.3at™-2009 based products.