Absolute Analysis Showed FCoE Protocol Test Solution

Absolute Analysis, in protocol test tools, announced its participation in a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Plugfest. The event, hosted by the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), included the use of Absolute Analysis’ leading InvestigaBrocade Encryption Switchtor 10Gbps Ethernet protocol analyzer with long range Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+) and 10GBase-LRM standard support in a live FCoE test environment.

Plugfest Promotes FCoE Standards
“The Plugfest is the first ever industry interoperability test of FCoE technology and we are proud and excited to demonstrate our industry leading capabilities,” said Dennis Murphy, President of Absolute Analysis. “FCoE simplifies the management of the data center environment and further extends the choices available to users of Fibre Channel. Absolute Analysis is demonstrating Investigator test and measurement solutions that support Data Center Ethernet standards at speeds up to 10Gbps in conjunction with time correlated Fibre Channel solutions at speeds up to 4Gbps,” added Murphy.

Investigator provides line rate capture, analysis, generation, measurement, impairment simulation, and error injection capabilities for its supported protocols, including Ethernet, Fibre Channel, FICON, Serial Attached SCSI, Serial ATA and other protocol suites. These functions are used to implement test solutions for development, quality assurance, production, and field support applications.