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September 28, 2007

OpenFabrics Alliance to Host Interoperability Event

DURHAM, N.H., Sept. 26 -- The OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) today announced that it is hosting the fourth OpenFabrics Interoperability Event from Oct. 4-12 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) in Durham, New Hampshire.

The event will provide OFA members with a venue to validate their products' ability to interoperate with each other using the OpenFabrics software stack in InfiniBand and/or iWARP network environments. Products that complete the testing successfully will be eligible for the OFA-UNH-IOL logo.

"Our interoperability testing has taken on much greater significance since we implemented the OFA-UNH-IOL logo program," said Tuan Phamdo, chair of OFA's Interoperability Working Group. "Several of the industry's most prominent network equipment manufacturers have already earned the logo for numerous products."

Phamdo continued, "Network gear that carries the logo assures corporate IT professionals that the items have proven their interoperability in demanding environments. This is critical for maintaining network availability and performance, and protecting major IT investments. The logo indicates to those responsible for data center operations that the products can be deployed with confidence and peace of mind."

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 includes InfiniBand host channel adapters (HCAs), InfiniBand switches and gateways, and InfiniBand-based storage targets as well as iWARP-enabled network interface cards 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.

For event and registration information, go to http://www.openfabrics.org/ or visit http://www.iol.unh.edu/services/testing/ofa/events/Invitation_2007-10 _OFA.php.

About the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) tests networking and data communications products. The university established the laboratory in 1988 with the dual mission of providing a neutral environment to foster multi-vendor interoperability and conformance to data communications networking standards while educating students for future employment in the industry. The laboratory has since grown into one of the industry's premier independent proving grounds for new technologies. For more information, visit http://www.iol.unh.edu/.

About OpenFabrics Alliance

Founded in 2004, the charter of the OFA is to develop and evangelize a unified, transport-independent, open-source software stack for RDMA-capable fabrics, including InfiniBand and RDMA-over-Ethernet. The software stack includes RDMA-capable upper-layer protocols that are used in Linux and Windows operating-system environments. In addition, OFA manages interoperability testing of the software stack across different vendor platforms and product types. OFA is comprised of software and hardware technology vendors, system integrators and end-user organizations. For more information about the Alliance, visit http://www.openfabrics.org/.

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Source: OpenFabrics Alliance

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