Major InfiniBand device and cable vendors to attend Plugfest with the goal of gaining product inclusion in prestigious IBTA Integrators’ List
DURHAM, N.H. – March 6, 2008 – The InfiniBandSM Trade Association (IBTA) today announced its 13th Compliance and Interoperability Plugfest, taking place March 10-14 in Durham, N.H. The event provides an opportunity for InfiniBandTM device and cable vendors to test their products for compliance with the InfiniBand architecture specification as well as interoperability with other InfiniBand products. Testing will be hosted and conducted at the University of New Hampshire’s Interoperability Lab (www.iol.unh.edu) which includes more than 30,000 square feet of lab space.
The event will include testing of many double data rate (DDR) devices and new test procedures in development for testing quad data rate (QDR cables). Successful compliance testing provides a solid basis for succeeding in the OpenFabrics Alliance 5th Interoperability Event which follows the IBTA Plugfest.
Products that pass testing gain inclusion in the IBTA Integrators’ List which is designed to support data center managers, CIOs, and other IT professionals with their planned deployments of InfiniBand architecture solutions.
The Integrators’ List is published following each official IBTA Plugfest. The Integrators’ List began in June 2003 and includes devices from IBTA member companies that were tested and comply with the IBTA Integrators’ List policy posted at: www.infinibandta.org/itinfo/IL/IL_Policy_Mar2007.pdf
Participation in the Plugfest is the primary way for IBTA member companies to gain IBTA approval for their InfiniBand-related equipment. The cost to attend this two-day event is $300 per vendor.
Following Plugfest: OpenFabrics Alliance’s 5th Interoperability Event
Following the IBTA Plugfest, the OpenFabrics Alliance will be conducting their 5th Interoperability Event from March 17- 21. This session will focus on interoperability using the software stacks developed from the auspices of the OpenFabrics Alliance. This event requires separate eligibility, cost and registration. For more information, please visit: http://www.iol.unh.edu/services/testing/ofa/events/Invitation_2008-03_OFA.php.
About the InfiniBand Trade Association
The InfiniBand Trade Association was founded in 1999 and is chartered with maintaining and furthering the InfiniBand specification. The IBTA is led by a distinguished steering committee that includes Cisco, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, QLogic, Sun and Voltaire. Other members of the IBTA represent leading enterprise IT vendors who are actively contributing to the advancement of the InfiniBand specification. The IBTA actively markets and promotes InfiniBand from an industry perspective through public relations engagements and unites the industry through IBTA-sponsored developer conferences and workshops. For more information on the IBTA, visit: www.infinibandta.org
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