SA Forum and CP-TA Team Up to Drive Interoperable COTS Products.CP-TA to Add SA Forum's Hardware Platform Interface (HPI HPI abbr. history of present illness ) to its Interop Deliverables BEAVERTON, Ore. -- The Service Availability Forum
"CP-TA plans to leverage SA Forum's HPI specification and compliance test suite in the creation of our interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. documents," said Shlomo Pri-Tal, CP-TA chairman. "SA Forum specs (SPECificationS) The details of the components built into a device. See specification. are an important part of our interoperability roadmap, and addressing HPI is the first step." "By developing test suites based on HPI, CP-TA will enable companies adopting SA Forum specifications to test their conformance con·for·mance n. Conformity. Noun 1. conformance - correspondence in form or appearance conformity agreement, correspondence - compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and to the specifications," explained Asif Naseem, SA Forum president. "This moves SA Forum members closer to interoperability, and further solidifies our position in the marketplace." Initially, the partnership allows CP-TA to include the SA Forum's HPI specification and corresponding test suite in its planned certification program. The agreement focuses on certification for AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA platforms. CP-TA plans to address HPI in early 2008. "CP-TA will continue its role as the interoperability certification leader and will reference SA Forum specifications as it incorporates them into its certification program," added Naseem. "Through collaboration, we can truly enable the COTS ecosystem that we all desire." About the Service Availability Forum The Service Availability Forum[TM] (SA Forum) is a consortium of industry-leading communications and computing companies working together to foster an ecosystem that enables the use of commercial off-the-shelf building blocks in the creation of high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. network infrastructure products, systems and services. To achieve this goal, the SA Forum develops and publishes high availability and management software interface specifications while promoting and facilitating their adoption by industry. SA Forum membership offers the opportunity to help frame and implement the Service Availability solution. For more information, visit www.saforum.org. About the Communications Platforms Trade Association The Communications Platforms Trade Association is a global organization of communications platform and building block providers whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of SIG-governed, open specification-based communication platforms by certifying interoperable building blocks. For more information about CP-TA, visit www.cp-ta.org. |
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