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- TIA-942 Data Center Networking Applications: 10 Gigabit Ethernet Over Twisted-Pair Copper
- In parallel and subsequent to the development of TIA-942, the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet working group published two twisted-pair copper standards, 1000 Mb/s Ethernet designated 1000BASE-T and 10 Gb/s Ethernet (10 GbE) designated 10GBASE-T, both standards are targeted at meeting the increasing bandwidth requirements for data center applications. This white paper...
- Tags: Data Center, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Solarflare Communications, Data Centers, Ethernet, Storage, Network Technology, Networking, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2008-02-19
- OMSTPD - Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) Implementing Data Over DWDM v8.0
- View Available Dates and LocationsIn this lab-intensive course, get an introduction to the data features and functions of Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform MSTP dense wavelength-division multiplexing DWDM Release 8. You will learn the important theoretical concepts that underlie data encapsulation and how the concepts are...
- Tags: Card, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, DWDM, Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Card, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- Training 2008-01-01
- The Convergence of Ethernet and Ethernot: A 10-Gigabit Ethernet Perspective
- Off late, a vast number of interconnect technologies such as InfiniBand, Myrinet and Quadrics have been introduced into the System-Area Network SAN environment; the primary driving requirements of this environment being high-performance and a feature-rich interface. Ethernet, on the other hand, is already the ubiquitous technology for Wide-Area Network WAN...
- Tags: 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Environment, SAN, Convergence, Ethernet, Storage Area Networks (SAN), InfiniBand, Network Technology, WANs, Networking, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Twenty-Port, 10-Gigabit Ethernet Switch LSI and Its Applications
- The next-generation Ethernet technology - 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) - has a transmission rate of 10 Gb/s. Given the recent growth of server system performance and larger amounts of data to be processed, 10 GbE has been attracting attention in the IT industry as a high-speed network technology for connecting...
- Tags: 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Server, Fujitsu Ltd., Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-10-01
- New Trends Make 10 Gigabit Ethernet the Data-Center Performance Choice
- Technologies are rapidly evolving to meet data-center needs and enterprise demands for efficiently handling and managing increasingly bandwidth-hungry applications. These technologies include the advent of multi-core servers, server consolidation and virtualization, high-density computing, and networked storage over Ethernet. This white paper discusses those evolving technologies, their impact on Input/Output (I/O)...
- Tags: Data Center, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, I/O, Multi-core, Ethernet, Data Centers, Network Technology, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-09-01
- OC-192c/STM-64c and 10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN PHY
- The introduction of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) WAN PHY into the IP/Ethernet networking community has led to confusion over the applicability between 10 GbE WAN PHY and OC-192c/STM-64 interfaces. Both of these interfaces support transmission at 9.6 Gbps, support SONET/SDH framing, and can be connected to SONET/SDH ADM or...
- Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., 10-Gigabit Ethernet, SONET/SDH, Ethernet, WANs, Network Technology, Optical Networking, Networking, Fiber Optics, Telecommunications
- White papers 2007-08-01
- About the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Standard
- 10 GbE Physical layer specifications PHY and supported media and reaches, as defined in IEEE 802.3 2005. In Ethernet standards, the different optical and copper media are known as types of physical media-dependent interfaces PMDs. The 10 GbE MAC operates at 10 Gbps at its service interface towards PHY...
- Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., 10-Gigabit Ethernet, MAC, Media, Rate Adaptation Mechanism, Ethernet, Network Technology, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Marketing
- White papers 2007-07-01
- Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series 10 Gigabit Ethernet Modules
- The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series has 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet modules and 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet modules. These modules support pluggable optics to support distances up to 80km over single-mode fiber, 300m over multimode fiber, and 15m over copper. The 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module provides up to 64 10...
- Tags: Cisco Catalyst, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Module, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-05-01
- Copper and Glass: Securing the Foundation of your 10 Gigabit Datacenter
- How much time and money would you save if you could assure the performance of your 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) network—before you turned up service? How much confidence would you gain by knowing your 10-gigabit cabling was installed according to standards? As networking technologies evolve to meet...
- Tags: Data Center, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Network, Fluke Networks, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-03-01
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet Unifying Fabric: Foundation for the Scalable Enterprise
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet is positioned to fulfill many expectations of Ethernet LAN technology that have been long anticipated but not yet realized by its predecessors and their alternatives. This paper discusses the criteria for creating a virtual data center and how 10 Gigabit Ethernet can meet these criteria through its...
- Tags: 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-02-01
- 10 GbE Rising Factors Driving the Emergence of 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- IT capacity and demand are on a collision course for the datacenter. Industry trends such as Chip Multithreading CMT, multicore CPUs such as CoolThreads, Intel Xeon, and AMD Opteron, blade computing, and virtualization are just a few of the significant advances that have increased datacenter capacity. But the demand for...
- Tags: Data Center, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Data Centers, Ethernet, Storage, Network Technology, Networking, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-02-01
- Unleashing the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Market: Proving 10GBASE-T Performance and Reliability Under Worst-Case Conditions
- With the advent of 10GBASE-T for 100 meter links of twisted pair copper cabling, 10 Gigabit Ethernet is moving into the market to provide simple, cost-effective, standards-based products for enterprise and data center networks. 10 Gb/s Ethernet on copper will more than halve the cost of 10 Gb/s links, by...
- Tags: Copper, Meter, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Solarflare Communications, Solarflare, Ethernet, Data Centers, Network Technology, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-01-28
- Analysis of 10 Gigabit Ethernet Using Hardware Engine for Performance Tuning on Long Fat-Pipe Network
- With the rapid progress of network technology, several OC-192c lines are settled across the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean and now 10Gbps network is ready for round-the-world communication. However, it is difficult to use the bandwidth efficiently by TCP/IP communication. This paper develops programmable 10Gbps wire-rate packet analyzer TAPEE...
- Tags: 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Performance, Network, Hardware, Analysis, Ethernet, Tcp/Ip, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-01-24
- 10-Gigabit iWARP Ethernet: Comparative Performance Analysis With InfiniBand and Myrinet-10G
- iWARP is a set of standards enabling Remote Direct Memory Access RDMA over Ethernet. iWARP supporting RDMA and OS bypass, coupled with TCP/IP Offload Engines, can fully eliminate the host CPU involvement in an Ethernet environment. With the iWARP standard and the introduction of 10-Gigabit Ethernet, there is now an...
- Tags: 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Performance, High-performance Computing, Remote Direct Memory Access, Queen, iWARP, Ethernet, InfiniBand, Remote Access, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-01-22
- An Analysis of 10-Gigabit Ethernet Protocol Stacks in Multicore Environments
- This paper analyzes the interactions between the protocol stack (TCP/IP or iWARP over 10-Gigabit Ethernet) and its multicore environment. Specially, for host-based protocols such as TCP/IP, one notices that a significant amount of processing is statically assigned to a single core, resulting in an imbalance of load on the different...
- Tags: Virginia Tech, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Protocol, Multi-core, Analysis, Imbalance, Ethernet, Tcp/Ip, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-01-01
- The Storage Area Network Goes Global: Combining the Reliability of iSCSI With Full Error Recovery and the Performance of 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- As the demand for bandwidth grows, so does the reach of networks. Users need to access data globally, from multiple locations around the world, quickly and transparently without breaking budgets. Data centers locked into servicing only local users unnecessarily constrain growth and expansion. These five factors - cost, bandwidth, reach,...
- Tags: Ethernet, iSCSI, Recovery, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Performance, SAN, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Building for Bandwidth: How to Choose the Right Cabling Infrastructure for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE)
- The same scenario faces network planners today as cabling systems are designed to withstand multiple replacements of active equipment. Most active network equipment - including computers, servers, Ethernet switches, routers and hubs - have a maximum useful life of three to five years before they become obsolete. In contrast, structured...
- Tags: Bandwidth, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Network, Ethernet Alliance, Ethernet, Networking, Network Technology
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Modeling the 10-Gigabit Ethernet ASC WAN
- The Advanced Simulation and Computing ASC program continues to support and encourage the development of a modeling and simulation infrastructure to make these goals a reality. The Distance Computing Network has been making make the ASC resources available to users throughout the tri-lab environment for over five years. Whereas the...
- Tags: 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Network, Sandia National Laboratories, Modeling, Distance Computing Network, Research & Development, Network Technology, Networking, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-07-01
- Internet Exchanges: Moving to 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- Internet Exchanges (IX points, or IXs), sometimes also known as Network Access Points NAPs or Metropolitan Area Exchanges MAEs, are facilities designed expressly to simplify interconnection BGP peering and traffic exchange among independent ISPs and other carriers. With the growing popularity broadband Internet access, ISPs are increasingly dependent on...
- Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Network, Internet Service Provider, IX, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Ethernet, Networking
- White papers 2006-05-01
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Data Center Architectures
- Consolidation of data center resources offers an opportunity for architectural transformation based on the use of scalable, high density, high availability technology solutions, such as high port-density 10 GbE switch/routers, cluster and grid computing, blade or rack servers, and network attached storage. Consolidation also opens doors for virtualization of applications,...
- Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Ethernet, Data Center, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2006-05-01
