Spring 2012 Open Industry Network Performance And Power Test Report

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The IT Industry’s Forth Open Network Performance and Power Consumption Test

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Announcing the Fall Active-Active Network Fabric Lippis Report Test with Ixia at iSimCity

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Lippis Enterprises and Ixia are very excited to announce a new test suite for active-active cloud network fabrics plus a more flexible timetable for this fall’s industry testing schedule.

The active-active fabric test is in addition to the 10GbE & 40GbE data center switch Lippis performance and power consumption benchmark test. Vendors may choose one or both tests to submit products. The fall testing schedule will span over three months, providing greater flexibility and lab access for vendors to submit products.

Lab time is available the first week of each month, starting in September to November. The following weeks are available for suppliers to test their equipment:

Week of September 10th,
Week of October 8th,
Tentatively the Week of November 5th.

The 10/40GbE Data Center Switch prospectus for the Fall 2012 Lippis Report test at Ixia’s iSimCity is now available and can be downloaded here.
The active-active fabric test prospectus can be downloaded here.

To participate, prospectuses need to be signed and returned to both Nick Lippis nick@lippis.com and Michael Githens mgithens@ixiacom.com no later than end of day August 15, 2012.

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IBM System Network’s RackSwitchtm G8124E, G8264 and G8316 ToR Switches Being Tested @ iSimCity

While the Lippis Report test were being conducted of the IBM System Network’s RackSwitchtm G8124E, G8264 and G8316 ToR data center switches at Ixia’s iSimCity, Dan Tuchler, VP of Product Management at IBM joined me to discuss the firm’s latest product investment. We talk cloud network architecture, Software Defined Networking and what’s unique about the new G8124E, G8264 and G8316 ToR switches.

New Active-Active Ethernet Fabric Test and Flexible Schedule

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Lippis Enterprises and Ixia are very excited to announce a new test suite for active-active cloud networks at the modern iSimCity plus a more flexible testing schedule. The active-active test is in addition to 10GbE & 40GbE data center switch performance and power consumption test. Vendors may choose one or both tests to submit products. The fall testing schedule will span over three months providing greater flexibility and lab access for vendors to submit products.

The industry is offering multiple active-active protocol options such as Brocade’s VCS Fabric, Cisco’s FabricPath, Juniper’s Qfabric, TRILL or Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links, SPBM or Shortest Path Bridging MAC mode, ECMP or Equal-Cost Multi-Path and MLAG or Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation Protocol. We plan to test them all. This video explains the new Active-Active Ethernet Fabric test and flexible schedule.

2012 Networking Industry Predictions

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Andre Kindness, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research, joins Zeus Kerravala, principal at ZK Research, and I for our annual predictions podcast. We discuss Cisco, IBM Network Systems, Huawei, Juniper, Extreme, Arista, Nicira, Big Switch, Verizon, AT&T, HP Networking, Citrix, F5, Riverbed, Brocade, Broadcom, Meru, Aerohive, Ruckus, Meraki, Infoblox, Palo Alto Networks, Polycom, Embrane, et al, and what 2012 will bring for them and you. Enjoy, Nick

Fall 2011 Open Industry Network Performance And Power Test Report

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The Lippis Report App for iPhone Now Available

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a screenshot of the new Lippis Report for iPhone appWe have a new app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch available on the App Store. Now you can get all of your favorite Lippis Report content in a native app on your iOS device. The app features:

  • Update Notifications, so you’ll be alerted when a new Research Note or download is available.
  • Easy sorting by download type, so you can get just the type of content you want, when you want it.
  • Listen to all of the latest Podcasts directly on your iDevice.
  • Read our white papers and Research Notes.
  • Watch the latest videos from the Lippis Report.
  • Easily share content via your Twitter, Facebook or Email account.

Follow the link above for the free download.

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HP Networking Nearly 2 Years After 3Com Acquisition: What A Disappointment

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On Tuesday Auguest 16th a week before HP’s news of potentially exiting the PC business, Zeus Kerravala, Senior VP of Research at the Yankee Group and Andre Kindness Senior Analyst at Forrester Research joined me in a round table discussion to reflect on HP Networking. We assess HP Networking’s progress since it announced the acquisition of 3Com back in Nov of 2009 and its prospects for the future. In a word our mutual assessment is disappointment with major short and long-term threats from Huawei. But there is hope for the future if HP can create a bold new vision for the industry and execute it. If you are going to listen to one podcast this year about HP, this should be it.

The Open Cloud: The Nexus Between Open Source and Cloud Computing

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The Open Cloud: The Nexus Between Open Source and Cloud Computing

The next wave of cloud computing’s growth will be fueled by the growth of open-source software. From Eucalyptus to Openstack, and OpenNebula to Nimbus, open-source is growing in importance at all layers of the cloud compute stack. Today’s CIOs see open-source as a viable alternative to proprietary software both in their own data center as well as in the public-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.

In order to learn about the increasingly important nexus between open-source and the cloud, please join GigaOM Pro and Rackspace for a free one hour analyst roundtable on June 15 at 10 a.m. PDT.

We’ve assembled a panel of cloud experts, including:

  • Paul Miller, Cloud Curator, GigaOM Pro – Moderator
  • Nick Lippis, CEO/Industry Analyst/Consultant, Lippis Enterprises Inc.
  • Derrick Harris, Infrastructure Curator, GigaOM Network
  • Jonathan Bryce, Co-Founder, The Rackspace Cloud

Some of the questions we’ll discuss include:

  • How open source fits within the public and private cloud environments
  • The potential benefits of utilizing open-source within cloud environments
  • The relationship between open-source and cloud-computing standards
  • Are there downsides to going with non-proprietary solutions?
  • How to prepare your business to transition to an open-source cloud environment

 Who should attend:

  • CIOs
  • IT decision makers
  • Cloud platform providers
  • Service provider executives
  • Enterprise software and technology vendors

This free webinar, hosted by GigaOM Pro and our sponsor, Rackspace, will take place Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 10 a.m. PDT. Register today to get a glimpse into The Open Cloud.

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Available Now: The 10GbE Private/Public Data Center Cloud Network Fabric Test Results Report

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I am happy to announce the availability of the full test report results detailing the performance and power consumption measurements of the following companies’ products:

· Alcatel-Lucent’s OmniSwitch 10K,
· Arista’s 7504 Series Data Center Switch,
· BLADE Network Technologies’, an IBM Company, IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124 and IBM BNT RackSwitch G8264,
· Force10 Network’s S-Series S4810,
· Hitachi Cable’s Apresia 15000-64XL-PSR,
· Juniper Network’s EX Series EX8216 Ethernet Switch
· Voltaire®’s Vantage™ 6048

You’ll get:

· Detailed profiles of each product.
· Performance test results, including latency, throughput, congestion, IP multicast and cloud simulation.
· Power consumption measurements detailing how much energy each product consumes per 10GbE port with a projection of its energy cost per year and over three years.
· How the new ToR switches perform with the new Broadcom, Marvell or Fulcrum Micro chips that every vendor is starting to use.
· Anomalies explained such as Arista’s HOL blocking and back pressure detection during congestion test, or Hitachi’s 64Byte VLAN tag issue during latency test.
· Detailed recommendations on cloud network architecture and which products to use.

To view a sample and download your copy CLICK HERE

Fall 2012 Open Industry Cloud Network Evaluation of 10/40Gbps Ethernet Fabric

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The Lippis Report is happy to announce the availability of the Fall 2012 round of industry data center switching performance, virtualization and power consumption test evaluating 10/40Gbps Ethernet fabrics. Lippis Enterprises has teamed with Ixia for the execution of this important cloud networking industry test. If your company produces 10GbE and/or 40GbE data center switches, then it is invited to participate free of charge.

Test week is scheduled First Week of September, October and November, 2012. Equipment suppliers have until end of day PT August 1, 2012 to signup for a test slot, but don’t wait until then, as test slots will be gone. There are only a few test spots available as we have received a number of commitments already. The test prospectus can be downloaded HERE detailing logistics, test methodology, schedule, test result promotion and FAQs. 



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Force10 Networks S-Series S4810 Test Results

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This report details the test results of the Force10 Networks S-Series S4810 enterprise Top-of-Rack (ToR) Ethernet switch. All 48 10GbE ports of the Force10 Networks S-Series S4810 are populated and tested for performance, throughput, latency and power consumption. The Force10 Networks S-Series S4810 test results are then compared against IBM BNT RackSwitch G8264, Voltaire Vantage™ 6048 and Apresia 15K ToR switches.

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BLADE Network Technologies, an IBM Company, IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124 & G8264 Test Results

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This report details the test results of the IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124 & G8264 enterprise Top-of-Rack (ToR) Ethernet switches. All 24 and 64 10GbE ports of the IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124 & G8264, respectively, are populated and tested for performance, throughput, latency and power consumption. The IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124 & G8264’s test results are then compared against Force10 Networks S4810, Voltaire Vantage™ 6048 and Apresia 15K ToR switches.

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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch™ 10K Test Results

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This report details the test results of the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch™ 10K enterprise core Ethernet switch. All 256 10GbE ports are populated and tested for performance, throughput, latency and power consumption. The OmniSwitch™ 10K’s test results are then compared against Juniper’s EX8216 and Arista Networks 7504 core switches.

To download the test report, please click here