SYSTIMAX(R) Solutions and Solarflare(R) Communications Announce First Standards-Compliant 10GBASE-T Server Adapter Public Demons
January 31 2007 - 9:47AM
PR Newswire (US)
Industry's First Performance Demonstration Shows Robustness of 10
Gigabit Ethernet to 100 Meters on Unshielded Twisted Pair
RICHARDSON, Texas, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SYSTIMAX
Solutions(TM) from CommScope (NYSE:CTV), the worldwide leader in
structured connectivity solutions, and Solarflare(R)
Communications, a leading provider of high-performance 10 Gigabit
Ethernet silicon, announced today the industry's first public
performance demonstration using Solarflare's Solarstorm(TM)
10GBASE-T server adapters and the SYSTIMAX GigaSPEED(R) X10D
cabling solution. The demonstration occurred in a demanding alien
crosstalk environment to show the robustness of 10 Gigabit Ethernet
to 100 meters on unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cabling. SYSTIMAX
Solutions and Solarflare Communications are actively collaborating
to demonstrate the advances in cabling and electronics that will
enable the mass-market adoption of 10GBASE-T. In December 2006, the
SYSTIMAX Solutions Technical Bulletin "10G over UTP is Real: a
Demonstration of 10GBASE-T Bandwidth and Throughput" described the
reliable performance of the Solarflare 10GBASE-T 10Xpress(R)
physical layer devices (PHYs) and the SYSTIMAX GigaSPEED X10D
Solution over 100 meters of UTP in a demanding alien crosstalk
environment. The IEEE 802.3an Standard for 10GBASE-T requires that
all PHYs for 10G on twisted pair copper reach 100 meters. In the
public demonstration in France, the Solarflare Solarstorm(TM)
10GBASE-T server adapter, the industry's first 100-meter reach
10GBASE-T server adapter, delivered near 10 Gb/s throughput,
operating error-free over the worst case channel: four-connector,
100-meter, and in a demanding alien crosstalk environment. The
ability to use high-performance 10 Gb/s Ethernet connections for
copper cabling is expected to make 10 Gigabit Ethernet more
suitable and accessible to data center and enterprise networks.
Solarflare believes it will do this by lowering the cost of 10 Gb/s
networking while increasing its flexibility and scalability by
enabling plug-and-play RJ-45 connectivity that supports channel
topologies with up to four connections. This collaboration between
SYSTIMAX Solutions and Solarflare Communications demonstrates that
10 Gb/s UTP cabling products and 10GBASE-T Ethernet network
products such as the ones they are offering are ready for
widespread use today. Solarflare was the first PHY vendor to ship
standards-compliant, 100-meter reach 10GBASE-T samples to customers
in September 2006. The Solarflare Solarstorm server adapter
reference design is an evaluation platform for Solarflare's
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) customers. It combines the
Solarflare Solarstorm(TM) 10G Ethernet Controller silicon, which
was announced 29 January 2007, with the 10Xpress(TM) 10GBASE-T PHY.
"The Solarstorm 10G Ethernet controller delivers the optimal
balance of performance, power and price, enabling the widespread
implementation of 10 Gigabit Ethernet throughout data centers and
enterprise networks," said Bruce Tolley, Vice President of
Marketing at Solarflare. "We believe the combination of
Solarflare's new Solarstorm 10G Ethernet Controller and 10Xpress
10GBASE-T PHY will accelerate deployment of 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
"Solarflare has been committed to solving the difficult technical
problem of supporting the Ethernet standards and the clear
requirement from standards and customers for 100-meter reach
10GBASE-T products," Tolley continued. "The combination of our
server adapter reference design with the GigaSPEED X10D 100-meter,
4-connector channel delivered an impressive, reliable performance
in a public forum by providing error-free transmission exceeding
the error rate requirement in the IEEE 802.3 10GBASE-T standard. We
believe this clearly shows that our solution is robust and that
solutions for 10 Gigabit Ethernet on UTP copper are available right
now." SYSTIMAX Solutions believes it was the first vendor to
provide a full 100- meter UTP solution that guarantees compliance
with both the ratified IEEE 802.3an standards for 10GBASE-T and the
new Category 6A/Class EA cabling standards. In December 2004,
SYSTIMAX Solutions launched the SYSTIMAX GigaSPEED X10D Solution to
provide a next-generation cabling solution that supports both the
bandwidth needs of today's enterprises and the needs of more
demanding applications - such as high-resolution video, grid
computing, storage area networking (SAN), and network attached
storage (NAS). "The 10GBASE-T standard was ratified in June 2006.
Our Category 6A cabling products have been shipping since 2004. The
reliability demonstrated by our GigaSPEED X10D Solution and the
Solarflare 10GBASE-T products confirms our vision that 10 Gb/s over
twisted pair cabling will move quickly from early adopters to
mass-market - similar to the movement we saw when the 100 Mb/s and
1 Gb/s standards were ratified," said Luc Adriaenssens, Senior Vice
President of R&D and Technology, Enterprise, CommScope. "The
cost reduction and power consumption curves are very steep for
network electronics. As enterprises look back on how their
bandwidth needs have grown and changed over time, they should look
closely at what they expect their bandwidth needs to be in the
future with respect to investing in 10 Gb/s-enabled twisted pair
cabling. We believe they should be evaluating Category 6A cabling
and 10GBASE-T products now." This industry-leading 10GBASE-T
performance demonstration is being conducted 30 January to 2
February at Cisco Networkers 2007 in Cannes, France. Solarflare
Communications designed the Solarstorm 10 Gigabit Ethernet
controller to deliver the industry's lowest-power, lowest-latency
100-meter solution, and to leverage the host CPU as efficiently as
possible resulting in an attractive price/performance ratio.
Solarstorm server adapter reference designs (10GBASE-T,
10GBASE-CX4, and XFP optical) are available now and each one is
priced at $1,500. The Solarflare 10Xpress 10GBASE-T PHY supports
distances of at least 100 meters on UTP Category 6A cabling. The
PHY is currently sampling. Pricing is available upon request. For
more information about these products, contact: . The SYSTIMAX
GigaSPEED X10D Solution is one of many industry-leading copper,
fiber, and patching solutions introduced by SYSTIMAX Solutions in
recent years. To offer the enterprise market more information on
the important role these connectivity solutions play in building a
reliable network infrastructure, SYSTIMAX Solutions has developed
an educational document, "A Guide to 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Technologies". To receive a free copy of this document, email your
request to . About SYSTIMAX Solutions SYSTIMAX Solutions from
CommScope (NYSE:CTV) is a worldwide leader in structured cabling
systems and provides integrated end-to-end connectivity solutions
for video, voice, data and building management applications in both
wired and wireless enterprise networks. SYSTIMAX Solutions supplies
its high-performance and market-leading range of products through a
network of highly skilled BusinessPartners. The product range
includes the copper-based GigaSPEED X10D and GigaSPEED XL
Solutions, the fiber optic LazrSPEED(R) and TeraSPEED(TM) Solutions
and the iPatch(R) Real Time Infrastructure Management System. The
SYSTIMAX AirSPEED(TM) Solution adds a wireless option to the
portfolio. Drawing on their Bell Labs heritage, the people of
SYSTIMAX Labs who have spearheaded these innovations will continue
to play an integral role in the future success of SYSTIMAX
Solutions. Currently the company's BusinessPartners install an
average of over 1,000 miles (1,600km) of SYSTIMAX cable every day
in approximately 130 countries worldwide. For further information
please visit http://www.systimax.com/. About Solarflare(TM)
Communications Inc. Solarflare Communications Inc. is a leading
silicon vendor delivering Ethernet products that enable the rapid
adoption of 10 Gigabit for data center and enterprise networks.
Solarflare was the first company to demonstrate and sample to
customers a standards-compliant, 100-meter reach 10GBASE-T PHY. The
company's high-performance Ethernet solutions will lower the cost
of 10G networking for data center and enterprise customers. The
privately held company is headquartered in Irvine, California with
a development center in Cambridge, UK. For more information, visit
http://www.solarflare.com/. Forward-Looking Statements All
statements in this press release that are not historical facts
should be considered forward-looking statements that are based on
information currently available to management, management's
beliefs, as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future
events. Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of
performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other
factors, which could cause the actual results to differ materially
from those currently expected. For a more detailed description of
the factors that could cause such a difference, please see
CommScope's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In
providing forward-looking statements, the company does not intend,
and is not undertaking any obligation or duty, to update these
statements as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise. DATASOURCE: CommScope, Inc. CONTACT: Fiona Nolan of
SYSTIMAX Solutions, +353 1 204 2000, or ; or Sacha Arts of Slider
& Associates for Solarflare Communications, +1-408-356-3099, or
Web site: http://www.commscope.com/ http://www.systimax.com/
http://www.solarflare.com/
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