Testing FCoE and data center bridging at UNH’s InterOperability Lab

Date: Feb 13, 2012

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) is a leading independent lab that tests and validates the interoperability of network devices from vendors across the world. In this video Mikkel Hagen, a testing manager with UNH-IOL tells SearchNetworking.com about the work that UNH-IOL provides and the testing it is doing with data center bridging and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) products. TechTarget’s director of news and features, Shamus McGillicuddy, also got a behind-the-scenes tour of the lab. Read his blog about his UNH-IOL tour.

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