Google, Microsoft Partner With Network Vendors on New Ethernet Standard
July 2, 2014
Grazed from DataCenterKnowledge. Author: Yevgebut Sverdlik.
Google and Microsoft have teamed up with Arista Networks, Broadcom and Mellanox to create a consortium around a new Ethernet standard for connecting servers to top-of-rack switches in data centers to support the next generation of cloud computing network requirements.
The 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium’s aim is to promote quick development of higher-bandwidth access networking equipment needed to support workloads in hyper-scale data centers whose requirements will soon surpass the 10 Gigabit per second Ethernet and 40 GbE protocols being supported today, according to the members…
The specification for is available royalty-free to any vendor who joins the consortium. It prescribes a single-lane 25 GbE and dual-lane 50 GbE link protocol…
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