The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, today announced that as a result of the lab's leadership and innovation in the area of IPv6 interoperability testing, membership in the IPv6 Consortium has increased by 142 percent in the last 12 months. In the wake of the Number Resource Organization's (NRO) central IPv4 address pool depletion announcement, the UNH-IOL remains focused on helping member companies identify...
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College students flocking to mechanical, civil engineering
February 21, 2011
One of our more interesting research opportunities is the inter-operability lab, or IOL. They have consortiums made of industrial partners, and I believe they're working with around 150 different companies. The primary function is on testing hardware and computers to see how well they meet international software standards and protocols, such as wireless communications and internet technologies.
Ethernet Alliance to host interoperability test event
February 16, 2011
The Ethernet Alliance Higher Speed Ethernet Subcommittee (HSE) will host an IEEE 802.3ba 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s interoperability test event. It is scheduled for the week of 18 April in Durham, New Hampshire at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL). The Ethernet Alliance invites both members and non-members to participate in this 40G and 100G Ethernet interoperability test event for equipment designed to the IEEE 802.3ba standard.
Ethernet Alliance plans second high-speed plugfest
February 16, 2011
At its second plugfest, the Alliance plans to conduct more extensive and more rigorous testing against the IEEE 802.3ba standard.
FCoE I/O convergence and virtualization
February 14, 2011
Virtualization was enabled in part by the prevalence of high performance Fibre Channel SANs in Fortune 1000 data centers, and Fibre Channel has recently been enhanced to help further enable virtualization in the data center. This includes the development of the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol, which transparently leverages Fibre Channel’s installed base of SAN upper layer management.
Top 5 testing challenges for 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Ethernet
January 31, 2011
Whether from the data center to the consumer or from high-performance computing environments to service providers, the need for increased bandwidth for transporting data continues to grow. The latest Visual Networking Index forecast by Cisco predicts that Internet traffic will grow fourfold over the next four years, with video content being the number one component driving the growth.
Top 5 testing challenges for 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Ethernet
January 31, 2011
Whether from the data center to the consumer or from high-performance computing environments to service providers, the need for increased bandwidth for transporting data continues to grow. The latest Visual Networking Index forecast by Cisco predicts that Internet traffic will grow fourfold over the next four years, with video content being the number one component driving the growth.
Extreme Networks announces product support for Data Center Bridging protocols
January 13, 2011
The IEEE and UNH-IOL have contributed to the development of standards-based protocols to improve the overall performance of data and storage over Ethernet networks.
Extreme Networks moves to multi-vendor environment
January 13, 2011
Shows storage and deployment benefits through university tests
Extreme Networks moves to multi-vendor environment
January 13, 2011
Shows storage and deployment benefits through university tests