IEEE Standards Will Unite High-Speed Ethernet, Says Force10

The special elements of the high-speed Ethernet market will congregate as IEEE standards are adopted, according to Force10 Networks. President and chief executive officer Henry Wasik praises the IEEE - the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for its work on the P802.3ba standard, ratified for both 40 GbE and 100 GbE.

He says: "We entrust the IEEE for their efforts as the standardization of 40 and 100 GbE is a key step, from a bandwidth perspective, toward converging storage, compute and network resources on to Ethernet technology."

Force10 Networks adds that its own employees were involved in the early stages of the consent process, demonstrating the desire among clients for higher Ethernet speeds to become possible.

John D'Ambrosia from Force10 Networks also co-wrote the 2008 Ethernet Alliance Technology Overview of 40 and 100 GbE, which was published following the IEEE's own journal of a draft adjustment to the 802.3 Ethernet standards, an important step towards unifying 40 and 100 GbE within its specifications.