OpenFabrics Alliance to Host InfiniBand-iWARP Interoperability Test Event.Event at University of New Hampshire's Interoperability Lab to Feature Products from Leading Equipment Vendors that Support the OpenFabrics Software Stack DURHAM, N.H. -- The OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA OFA - Optimal Flexible Architecture ) today announced that it is hosting the second OpenFabrics Interoperability Test Event October 11-13 at the University of New Hampshire's renowned Interoperability Lab in Durham, New Hampshire Durham is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 12,664 at the 2000 census. Durham is home to the University of New Hampshire. History . The event will provide OFA members with a venue to validate their products' ability to interoperate with each other using InfiniBand and iWARP (RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) A communications protocol that provides transmission of data from the memory of one computer to the memory of another without involving the CPU. InfiniBand, Virtual Interface (VI) and RDMA Over IP are all forms of RDMA. over Ethernet) networked environments. Participating companies will test their network equipment in a cluster of eight servers running the OpenFabrics software stack and Linux and Windows operating systems. The equipment to be tested is expected to include InfiniBand host channel adapters (HCAs), InfiniBand switches and gateways, and InfiniBand-based storage targets as well as iWARP-enabled network interface cards (NICs) and 10 GbE switches. The testing will include iWARP-only, InfiniBand-only, and transport-independent protocols and middleware. The latest OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) software and other driver and protocol-layer software from OpenFabrics will be used in server nodes to test interoperability with switches, gateways and storage targets. "As the OpenFabrics software stack matures, it will create valuable opportunities for companies to differentiate their products by offering high-performance computing solutions that are open, flexible and highly adaptable," said Jim Ryan, chair, OpenFabrics Alliance. "The OpenFabrics Interoperability Test Event is an important barometer for measuring each company's progress toward that goal. It will offer industry watchers and IT decision makers alike valuable insights into who is serious about RDMA interoperability." The University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH IOL IOL Intraocular lens, see there ) and OpenFabrics Alliance are developing the OFA-UNH IOL Logo Program for OFA members whose products are proven to support the OpenFabrics software stack and are interoperable. The marketing logo is intended to help companies drive adoption of products that are included in UNH IOL test events and pass the necessary interoperability evaluations. For event and registration information, go to http://www.openfabrics.org/conference/oct2006plugfest. IBTA IBTA InfiniBand Trade Association IBTA Instituto Brasileiro de Tecnologia Avançada IBTA Instituto Boliviano de Tecnologia Agropecuaria IBTA International Business Travel Association IBTA International Business Training Association Plugfest to Precede Interoperability Test Event Immediately preceding the OpenFabrics Interoperability Test Event, the InfiniBand Trade Association The InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) is the standards organization that defines and maintains the InfiniBand specification. It is an industry consortium. The IBTA was established in 1999, and its most prominent members include Cisco, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, QLogic, Sun and (IBTA) will sponsor the 10th IBTA Plugfest. That event is slated for October 9-10. The Plugfest provides an opportunity for IBTA members to test their products for compliance with the InfiniBand architecture specification as well as interoperability with other InfiniBand products. This event requires separate eligibility and registration. For more information, please visit http://www.infinibandta.org/events. About OpenFabrics Alliance The OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) develops and licenses open source software for RDMA transport-agnostic fabrics. The organization was founded in June 2004 as the OpenIB Alliance with two goals: to develop a Linux-based InfiniBand software stack for acceptance into the kernel, and for the Linux distributors to include and support this stack. In 2005, with encouragement from Microsoft, the Alliance expanded to develop and support a Windows stack. In 2006, with the decision to integrate iWARP (also known as RDMA over Ethernet) into the same software stack, the Alliance has become fabric, or transport, agnostic. This transport agnosticism allows other RDMA interconnects to leverage the OFA software. The OFA is comprised of technology vendors and end-user organizations including: AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , Appro, Chelsio, Cisco, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) , DataDirect Networks, Dell, IBM, Intel, Linux Networx, LSI Logic, Mellanox Technologies, Neterion, Inc., Network Appliance, NetEffect, Oracle, PANTA Systems, QLogic Corporation, Rackable Systems, Silicon Graphics, Inc., SilverStorm Technologies, System Fabric Works, Sun Microsystems, Tyan Computer Corp., Symantec, Voltaire, Xsigo Systems and the following research members: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. , Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National and Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), is a major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratory with two locations, one in Albuquerque, New . |
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