navigation search university of new hampshire interoperability laboratory type private industry computer networking founded 1988 headquarters durham new hampshire u.s. number of employees 100 website iol.unh.edu the university of new hampshire interoperability laboratory unh iol is an independent test facility that provides interoperability and standards conformance testing for networking telecommunications data storage and consumer technology products . founded in 1988 it employs approximately 25 full time staff members and over 100 part time undergraduate and graduate students 1 and counts over 150 companies as members . 2 contents 1 mission 2 history 3 consortia 4 references mission edit to provide a neutral environment to foster multi vendor interoperability conformance to standards and improvement of data networking while attracting students to and educating them for future employment in cutting edge technologies . 3 history edit the unh iol began as a project of the university s research computing center rcc . in 1988 the rcc was testing fiber distributed data interface fddi equipment with the intention of deploying it in its network . the rcc found that equipment from two vendors did not work together and contacted the vendors to find a solution . the two vendors cooperated with the rcc to solve the problem which was caused by differences between the draft and final fddi specification . during this same time period the rcc was testing 10base t ethernet interfaces for another project . the university recognized the need for interoperability testing of networking equipment and also the opportunity to provide students with hands on experience in emerging technologies . with the idea of providing testing services to companies in a vendor neutral environment the first unh iol consortium 10base t ethernet was founded in 1990 . 4 over the next decade the unh iol grew to twelve consortia with over 100 member companies . 5 in 2002 having outgrown several smaller locations the unh iol moved to a 32 000 square foot facility on the outskirts of the unh campus . 6 one area in which the unh iol has been influential is ipv6 standardization and deployment . between 2003 and 2007 the unh iol organized the moonv6 project which was a multi site ipv6 based network designed to test the interoperability of ipv6 implementations . 7 at the time the moonv6 project was the largest permanently deployed multi vendor ipv6 network in the world . 8 the unh iol is also the only north american laboratory offering iso iec 17025 accredited testing designed specifically for the usgv6 test program . 9 the unh iol is also known for organizing and hosting plugfests for a number of industry trade organizations . the lab has hosted plugests for the broadband forum 10 nvm express 11 scsi trade association 12 ethernet alliance 13 and the open compute project 14 among others . in 2013 the unh iol was awarded the ieee sa corporate award for outstanding corporate leadership and contribution to ieee sa . 15 in january 2016 the lab moved to a new 28 000 square foot location adjacent to the main unh campus in durham nh . 16 consortia edit the unh iol operates testing programs on an annual membership basis called consortia . each consortium is a collaboration between equipment vendors test equipment manufacturers industry forums and the unh iol in a particular technology . the collaborative testing model is intended to distribute the costs associated with maintaining a high quality testing program among the consortium members . the unh iol currently administers consortia in over 20 different technologies 17 including internetworking protocols ipv6 routing and sdn rtc and voip dlna rvu tr 069 data center open compute project testing iscsi fibre channel nvme data center bridging openfabrics alliance embedded systems avnu precision time protocol broadr reach automotive ethernet broadband systems dsl g.fast power over ethernet wireless lan open platform for nfv baseband systems mipi serial ata serial attached scsi pci express 40 100 gigabit ethernet 10 gigabit ethernet backplane ethernet gigabit ethernet fast ethernet references edit student employment . unh iol . retrieved 2016 03 31 . member companies . unh iol . retrieved 2016 03 31 . about the unh iol . unh iol . retrieved 2016 03 30 . idg network world inc 19 february 1990 . network world . idg network world inc. pp. 15 16 . iol welcome message . unh iol . archived from the original on 1999 02 03 . retrieved 2016 03 30 . walters lynn 2004 09 12 . test lab uniytes students firms ; engineering compatibility is goal at unh . the boston globe . in 2002 the growing iol was relocated from three buildings to a 34 000 square foot office space not far from unh s agricultural barns access date requires url help moonv6 . retrieved 2016 03 31 . ipv6 ice breaker . gcn . vienna va 1105 media . 2007 09 08 . the united states boasts the largest permanently deployed multivendor ipv6 network the moonv6 test bed operated by the university of new hampshire s interoperability laboratory usgv6 . national institute of standards and technology . retrieved 2016 03 31 . broadband forum completes g.fast plugfest . light reading . light reading . 2015 06 17 . retrieved 2016 03 31 . nvm express plugfest 5 feb. 29 mar. 3 2016 . retrieved 2016 03 31 . sas plugfest program . retrieved 2016 03 31 . ethernet alliance plugfest is catalyst for internet of things press release . 2016 03 29 . retrieved 2016 03 31 . open networking put to the test . network computing . ubm . 2015 11 11 . retrieved 2016 03 31 . ieee standards association awards honor standards development contributions . ieee standards association . 2013 12 09 . retrieved 2016 03 31 . big move for unh interoperability lab . seacoast online . local media group . 2016 01 24 . retrieved 2016 03 30 . consortia . retrieved 2016 03 31 . v t e university of new hampshire academics business and economics law athletics men s basketball women s basketball football men s ice hockey women s ice hockey events battle for the brice cowell musket colonial clash new hampshire dartmouth rivalry new hampshire maine hockey rivalry facilities wildcat stadium jesse hepler lilac arboretum interoperability laboratory lundholm gym memorial union building new hampshire college of agriculture and the mechanic arts new hampshire public television shoals marine laboratory university of new hampshire at manchester university of new hampshire observatory thompson hall whittemore center williamson hall programs green launching pad organizations carsey school of public policy new hampshire outing club not too sharp university of new hampshire wildcat marching band media the new hampshire wunh related bill knight trophy list of university of new hampshire alumni on to victory unh alma mater university press of new england wildcat sports network retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title university of new hampshire interoperability laboratory & oldid 738269512 categories university of new hampshireinteroperabilityhidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 23 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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