Recent Quotes View Full List My Watchlist Create Watchlist Indicators DJI Nasdaq Composite SPX Gold Crude Oil Hydroworld Market Index Markets Stocks ETFs Tools Overview News Currencies International Treasuries FCIA Announces the Successful Completion of its 41st Interoperability Plugfest By: PRLog March 07, 2024 at 19:03 PM EST The week-long event attended by over 10 Companies focused on 64GFC, Fabric Notifications and FC-NVMeMINNEAPOLIS - March 7, 2024 - PRLog -- As another affirmation of the continued innovation of the Fibre Channel (FC) standard and reinforcing its status as the industry's most reliable and robust storage networking transport protocol, the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) announced the completion of an industry plugfest to ensure functionality and interoperability of 64GFC Gen 7 products. The plugfest was held during the week of October 23rd, 2023, at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) with 10 companies participating."The FCIA members companies and guests were thrilled to return to the UNH-IOL to conduct our 41st industry plugfest to validate the continued development of the latest FC technologies," said Mark Jones, president emeritus, FCIA. "After five days of intensive lab testing, all participants came away with an assurance of industry-wide interoperability for 64GFC Gen 7 products that are now emerging in the marketplace."The results of this plugfest provides assurance to the Fibre Channel SAN community that the latest 64GFC specification meets the needs of flash storage technologies. The event was also notable for providing the first multi-vendor testing of the latest Fabric Notification features, as well as the first multi-vendor 64GFC over DWDM demonstration.Key test accomplishments from the plugfest include:Physical conformance to FC Physical Interface-7 (FC-PI-7)64GFC transceiver conformance testing64GFC, 32GFC, and 16GFC interoperability and backwards compatibilityMulti-topology use case conformance64GFC to 64GFC fabric over DWDMLarge multi-vendor and high availability redundant fabric conformanceMulti-Vendor Fabric Notification testing of FPIN-CN, FPIN-LI, FPIN-PN, FPIN-DNUNH IOL INTERACT v20 NVMe conformance testingMultiple vendor FC-NVMe initiator and target interface operationsI/O validation over direct-connect and switched fabric topologiesConcurrent NVMe and legacy SCSI trafficBackward compatibility with previous FC speeds, fiber optics, and fiber cablesPacket inspection using updated industry tools The nine participating companies were:Amphenol CorporationBroadcom Inc.Cisco SystemsHewlett Packard EnterpriseMarvellSANBlaze Technology, Inc.Teledyne LeCroy, Inc.Adtran Inc.EXFO Inc.UNH-IOL"FCIA-sponsored plugfests continue to allow participants to validate interoperability of FC products including backward compatibility of FC products at 32GFC and 16GFC to new Gen7 64GFC and self-healing fabric notification capabilities," said Barry Maskas, FC plugfest chair, and storage network consultant at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "We are also excited to see wide participation with industry standardization of FC-NVMe-2 as validated by the breadth of participants in our NVMeoF INTERACT V20 test track. We can see that the methodology for interoperability and compatibility that has been proven successful by the participating FC companies, allows customers to grow their storage infrastructure and take advantage of speed and functional improvements."To learn more about 64G Fibre Channel Gen 7 and the FCIA plugfest, please visit the FCIA website at www.fibrechannel.org/.ContactAlec Robertson***@brodeur.comPhotos: (Click photo to enlarge)Source: FCIARead Full Story - FCIA Announces the Successful Completion of its 41st Interoperability Plugfest | More news from this sourcePress release distribution by PRLog Data & News supplied by www.cloudquote.io Stock quotes supplied by Barchart Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes. By accessing this page, you agree to the following Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
FCIA Announces the Successful Completion of its 41st Interoperability Plugfest By: PRLog March 07, 2024 at 19:03 PM EST The week-long event attended by over 10 Companies focused on 64GFC, Fabric Notifications and FC-NVMeMINNEAPOLIS - March 7, 2024 - PRLog -- As another affirmation of the continued innovation of the Fibre Channel (FC) standard and reinforcing its status as the industry's most reliable and robust storage networking transport protocol, the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) announced the completion of an industry plugfest to ensure functionality and interoperability of 64GFC Gen 7 products. The plugfest was held during the week of October 23rd, 2023, at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) with 10 companies participating."The FCIA members companies and guests were thrilled to return to the UNH-IOL to conduct our 41st industry plugfest to validate the continued development of the latest FC technologies," said Mark Jones, president emeritus, FCIA. "After five days of intensive lab testing, all participants came away with an assurance of industry-wide interoperability for 64GFC Gen 7 products that are now emerging in the marketplace."The results of this plugfest provides assurance to the Fibre Channel SAN community that the latest 64GFC specification meets the needs of flash storage technologies. The event was also notable for providing the first multi-vendor testing of the latest Fabric Notification features, as well as the first multi-vendor 64GFC over DWDM demonstration.Key test accomplishments from the plugfest include:Physical conformance to FC Physical Interface-7 (FC-PI-7)64GFC transceiver conformance testing64GFC, 32GFC, and 16GFC interoperability and backwards compatibilityMulti-topology use case conformance64GFC to 64GFC fabric over DWDMLarge multi-vendor and high availability redundant fabric conformanceMulti-Vendor Fabric Notification testing of FPIN-CN, FPIN-LI, FPIN-PN, FPIN-DNUNH IOL INTERACT v20 NVMe conformance testingMultiple vendor FC-NVMe initiator and target interface operationsI/O validation over direct-connect and switched fabric topologiesConcurrent NVMe and legacy SCSI trafficBackward compatibility with previous FC speeds, fiber optics, and fiber cablesPacket inspection using updated industry tools The nine participating companies were:Amphenol CorporationBroadcom Inc.Cisco SystemsHewlett Packard EnterpriseMarvellSANBlaze Technology, Inc.Teledyne LeCroy, Inc.Adtran Inc.EXFO Inc.UNH-IOL"FCIA-sponsored plugfests continue to allow participants to validate interoperability of FC products including backward compatibility of FC products at 32GFC and 16GFC to new Gen7 64GFC and self-healing fabric notification capabilities," said Barry Maskas, FC plugfest chair, and storage network consultant at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "We are also excited to see wide participation with industry standardization of FC-NVMe-2 as validated by the breadth of participants in our NVMeoF INTERACT V20 test track. We can see that the methodology for interoperability and compatibility that has been proven successful by the participating FC companies, allows customers to grow their storage infrastructure and take advantage of speed and functional improvements."To learn more about 64G Fibre Channel Gen 7 and the FCIA plugfest, please visit the FCIA website at www.fibrechannel.org/.ContactAlec Robertson***@brodeur.comPhotos: (Click photo to enlarge)Source: FCIARead Full Story - FCIA Announces the Successful Completion of its 41st Interoperability Plugfest | More news from this sourcePress release distribution by PRLog