www.iol.unh.edu LLDP-MED Interoperability Curtis Simonson Santa Fe, NM 11/8/05 TIA TR41.4 Meeting
Presentation Outline UNH InterOperability Laboratory Overview Who, What, Where, Why? Technology Areas UNH-IOL Services Plugfests LLDP-MED Interoperability Plugfest Technology Adoption Plugfest Test Items Lab Testing and Plugfest Topologies Plugfest Beyond LLDP-MED When? (Plugfest Timeline)
What is the UNH-IOL? Non-profit organization within UNH Research Department 100% commercially funded by more than 125 companies Consists of 19 internal business units (Consortiums), organized by technology focus
Technology Areas IEEE 802.1 Ethernet Switching LLDP, 802.1X, VLANs, STP Flavors 802.11 Wireless LANs VoIP IPv6 Moonv6 deployment testing IPv6 Ready Logo testing xdsl ADSL (2, 2+) SHDSL and VDSL Ethernet Power over Ethernet 10/100/1G Ethernet 10Gigabit Ethernet MPLS Services IPv4 Routing Storage Networks iscsi & Fibre Channel iwarp SAS & SATA
Who is the UNH-IOL? 100 undergraduate students, 20 graduate students and 20 full-time (mostly UNH students/alumni) Where is the UNH-IOL? Durham, New Hampshire (60 miles north of Boston) 32,000 square feet of lab space in Goss Building
Why UNH-IOL? UNH-IOL Mission: Provide a neutral ground to establish multi-vendor interoperability and standards conformance 3 rd party reports increase product confidence Plugfests improve technology adoption Public whitepapers document technology status Detailed testing reduces product development cycles Well maintained, multi-million dollar interoperability test beds efficiently pool resources Custom UNH-IOL test tools provide unique test capabilities Educate students for the telecom industry
UNH-IOL Services Technical Testing Consulting Plugfests, Technology Demonstrations and more
UNH-IOL Plugfest Facility 7200 square feet 60 interconnected stations w/power & phones 3 small conference rooms 110/220VAC & 48VDC Sophisticated copper and fiber patching system
Recent UNH-IOL Plugfests Optical Internetworking Forum Multiservice Switching Forum OSRM (GMPLS w/ntt) SCSI Trade Association Moonv6 IPv6 Network N+IInteropNet SUPERDemos DSL Forum
LLDP-MED: Technology Adoption Feedback from the industry Majority of enterprise customers are not aware of the full capabilities of LLDP & LLDP-MED Technology unproven in a multi-vendor environment Solution: Educate the Enterprise Coordinate a public, multi-vendor LLDP & LLDP-MED interoperability demonstration Generate a realistic whitepaper analysis and status report of the technology Not a Bake-off focus on interoperability and feature verification, not performance
Plugfest Test Items Endpoint-to-infrastructure LLDP-MED interoperability Infrastructure LLDP interoperability Demonstrate simplification of VoIP deployment Network Management Systems SNMP/LLDP interaction Push network policy Inventory management Phone tracking in network Power over Ethernet E911 functionality and more
Pieces to the Puzzle IP Phones Switches/Bridges Routers Wireless APs Gateways Servers Controllers Network Management Systems
Basic LLDP/802.1X.io Test Setup Sample 802.1X Interoperability Test Setup
Extended LLDP/802.1X.io Test Network
Plugfest Beyond LLDP-MED Include Enterprise Customers Input on test plans and network topologies IEEE Std 802.1X interoperability 802.1X/LLDP-MED interaction VoIP interoperability SIP and H.323 Layer 2 Protocols VLANs, xstp, etc. Triple Play
When? (Plugfest Timeline) Plugfest organization (Q4 05) Test scenarios Conference calls Funding model Participation commitments (Q1 06) Plugfest execution (Q2 06)
Contact Information Curtis Simonson Bridge Functions Consortium Manager InterOperability Laboratory University of New Hampshire 121 Technology Drive Suite 2 Durham, NH 03824 +1(603) 862-3525 +1(603) 862-4181 (fax) simonson@iol.unh.edu