100-Gig Ethernet Takes First Step

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mugwhump 12/5/2012 | 3:47:32 AM

re: 100-Gig Ethernet Takes First Step Perhaps some opposition from certain vendors . . .

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Petabit 12/5/2012 | 3:47:32 AM

re: 100-Gig Ethernet Takes First Step OC768 is equivalent to STM256, not STM64.

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roma_shukla 12/5/2012 | 3:47:32 AM

re: 100-Gig Ethernet Takes First Step Was wondering about the reasons why IEEE was not approving this standard before?

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lostinlight 12/5/2012 | 3:47:31 AM

re: 100-Gig Ethernet Takes First Step When are we going to have a webinar on this?

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Hanover_Fist 12/5/2012 | 3:47:30 AM

re: 100-Gig Ethernet Takes First Step just as soon as the networking vendors' marketing departments put the finishing touches on their latest 'we beat everyone to the 100GbE game and have been shipping 100GbE ready gear for the last five years - and have beta customers already testing our gear (although we can't tell you who they are yet)' slideware

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Pete Baldwin 12/5/2012 | 3:47:28 AM

re: 100-Gig Ethernet Takes First Step Duly noted -- thanks Petabit.

Another change: We're removing the brief mention of the Ethernet Alliance, as they didn't want it to sound like they were controlling this whole effort.

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trevord 12/5/2012 | 3:47:27 AM

re: 100-Gig Ethernet Takes First Step Another correction: it should be "factor of 10" not "factor of 1". Every whole number is a factor of 1, including 40!

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Pete Baldwin 12/5/2012 | 3:47:26 AM

re: 100-Gig Ethernet Takes First Step Another correction: it should be "factor of 10" not "factor of 1". Every whole number is a factor of 1, including 40!

Ok, now, *that's* just a typo. My math isn't that bad!

Thanks, Trevord.

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PO 12/5/2012 | 3:47:15 AM

re: 100-Gig Ethernet Takes First Step Ah, yes, the old argument that says "We used 10 last time, so we have to go with 10 again this time." That's what counts as "logical" these days? Hmm.

Are "they" looking for 100-Gig short-haul (e.g. 100 feet or less)? Long haul (100 miles or more)? Seems to me very different technical requirements could apply. Fiber only? Copper only?

So far, it sounds like some folks want a new line coding (and dedicated hardware development) for this "new" Ethernet, with a targetted deployment volume perhaps in the low hundreds over the next couple years, but expect the cost to be comparable to current systems which share hardware (and development costs) with thousands of other (e.g. SONET/SDH) devices.

Yeah, I'd expect the vendor community to jump right on that.

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