INTEROPERABILITY
OIF Transport SDN API interoperability demonstration focused on SDN-based programmability, control and automation in open, partially disaggregated transport network architectures. By collaborating with other industry groups, such as Open Networking Foundation (ONF), MEF and Telecom Infra Project (TIP), these multi-vendor interop demos have aligned the industry on standard open architectural frameworks and application programming interfaces. Te planned demo will test enhanced T-API and OpenConfig API spec use cases, such as streaming telemetry.
Summary Te OIF, celebrating 25 years of success in 2023, is supported by a membership that spans the entire industry value chain and continues to tackle the industry’s toughest interoperability challenges head-on. OIF members continue to identify the industry’s needs and requirements and rapidly develop solutions that directly impact and facilitate global connectivity in the open network world. Tere is no end in sight for OIF based on all the new activities started in 2022, ensuring a busy future delivering interoperable solutions that enable a bright future for networking, compute and storage industries.
Peter Jones Ethernet Alliance Chair, Cisco
In 2023, Ethernet will mark its 50th anniversary. Five decades since its invention, Ethernet’s dominance continues and it remains the technology to beat. Ethernet is everywhere. It encompasses a singularly broad range of choices and options to serve a diversity of users, and its constant innovation fans greater adoption of the technology to fuel business growth. Ethernet is the foundational technology that powers the internet and the cloud. As highlighted in the Ethernet Alliance 2022
Ethernet Roadmap, the expanding application horizon, including building automation, data centre, enterprise and automotive, is the catalyst driving Ethernet’s development. From the beginning, Ethernet has enabled the
development of our hyper-connected world, and will continue to do so. 800GbE will accelerate
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The Ethernet Alliance Ethernet roadmap
the arrival of ground-breaking innovations like the metaverse and pervasive IoT, by making it possible for system vendors, service providers and chip manufacturers to cost-effectively improve the performance of hyperscale data centres and network backbone technology. Demonstrating interoperability across a
wide range of legacy systems and emerging technologies reinforces Ethernet’s inherent flexibility and shows why it has established itself as the foundation of networking globally. As Ethernet advances towards Terabit speeds, assuring interoperability is more critical than ever. Seamless connectivity is a must for businesses and end-users. Te Ethernet Alliance helps promote and facilitate interoperation regardless of implementation, through its multi-vendor interoperability events across the ever-evolving Ethernet ecosystem. Ethernet Alliance interoperability
As Ethernet advances towards Terabit speeds, assuring interoperability is more critical than ever”
Fibre Yearbook 2023
demonstrations bring together a wide range of current and next-generation products. Tey showcase interoperability and test solutions for 25Gb/s up to 800Gb/s. Our members represent the full spectrum of Ethernet technologies and products, including providers of NICs, switches, routers, ICs, pluggable modules, cable assemblies (for example, DAC, AEC, AOCs), and test and measurement solutions to enable innovative networks of every type and size. As a global consortium dedicated to the
continued success and advancement of Ethernet technologies, the Ethernet Alliance is closely
aligned to the development of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards. In 2022, Ethernet Alliance showcased QSFP-DD and OSFP ports with 800- Gig capable optics, 800-Gig capable DACs and 800-Gig capable products, while the IEEE 802.3 Working Group is defining the 800GbE standard. Providing our members the opportunity to
test their equipment with existing and future standards enables delivery to the market of highly interoperable products with 100/200/400GbE, and 800GbE/port capabilities in the near future. Ethernet Alliance members represent a large
ecosystem of different devices operating at this new speed. Member companies with 800-Gig, 400-Gig and 100-Gig devices work with each other to ensure interoperability. Current and future products and systems are on full display at Ethernet Alliance interoperability events, and help advance real-world applications by building confidence in the technologies. For example, successful interoperability of network equipment with 112G electrical lane interfaces that support high bandwidth 800GE applications and emerging 400GE digital coherent optical (DCO) transceivers are critically important to data centre operators. As we approach Ethernet’s 50th birthday and
beyond, the Ethernet Alliance will continue to prioritise collaboration and interoperability in community-led, standards-based activities, and showcase the latest technological advances in high-speed Ethernet, enabling flexibility, reliability and new services required to support next generation network evolution. n
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