From: ZEITLER Date: Thursday, 12 January. 1995 00:43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject:ALTERNATE TEST SITE FOR INTEROPERABILTY TESTING TO: Companies building Fibre Channel components/products FROM: Carl Zeitler, IBM, FCA, FCSI SUBJECT: ALTERNATE TEST SITE FOR INTEROPERABILITY TESTING There will be a charter meeting to explore the possibility and interest in setting up a Fibre Channel test site at the University of Hew Hampshire. The meeting will be held at the end of the X3T11 Plenary week in February (see attached information) and is open to the public. A considerable amount of work has been done to insure that a test consortium would be beneficial to all parties. Two preliminary meetings were held with the Director of the Interoperability Laboratory of the University of New Hampshire. In addition, the Director made a presentation on testing at the University of New Hampshire at the December X3T11 Plenary and distributed a draft consortium agreement. The main goal of testing is to assure interoperability. Interoperability is enabled by the standards and enhanced by the creation of profiles, but assurance can only be achieved by testing. If you are interested in testing your products for interoperability in the 1995/96 time frame, you should seriously consider attending this meeting. Topics to be discussed and actions to be taken at the meeting are: 1. U. of New Hampshire presentation on testing 2. Set up organization structure. 3. Discuss scope of testing What should be tested Priorities 4. Determine fee structure Copies of a draft consortium agreement were distributed at the X3T11 Plenary in December and will be in the next X3T11 mailing. Otherwise a copy can be obtained by calling the Fibre Channel Association, 800-272-4618. Points of contact are: Carl Zeitler, IBM, 512-838-1797, zeitler@ausvm6.vnet.ibm.com Wayne Rickard, Emulex, 714-513-8130, w_rickard@emulex.com Barry Reinhold, U. of New Hampshire, 603-862-4532 bbr@unh.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------- The ASC-X3T11 Technical and Plenary Meetings will be held February 6-10, 1995 at the Hyatt Hotel, 1000 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota, FL 34236, phone: (813) 366-9000, 1-800-233-1234, fax: (813) 952-1987, hosted by AMP, Incorporated. This hotel is located in a resort setting located on Sarasota Bay adjacent to Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and the Municipal Exhibition Hall, one-half mile from the business center, and four miles(7 minutes) from the Sarasota/Bradenton airport. Complimentary airport transportation is available; taxi fare is $5.00. It is 50 miles (75 minutes) from Tampa International Airport; limo is $25.00 and taxi is $60.00. The group will receive a special rate of $119 for a standard guest room. Call the hotel directly at (813) 366-9000 for reservations, indicating that you are attending the ANSI- X3T11-X3T12/AMP meetings at the special rate. THE CUTOFF DATE FOR RESERVATIONS IS JANUARY 8,1994. If you have any questions relating to the above, please contact the host, Charles Brill, or Sue Gustin, AMP Incorporated at (717) 558- 6198 or (717) 558-6254 or via Fax: (717) 558-6179. X3T11-12 Plenary Week-- February 6-10,1995 Sarasota, FL Version 12/09 Monday, 2/6 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 +-------------------------------+-----------+ 30 : SBCON :///////////: +-------------------------------+-----------+ Tuesday, 2/7 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 +-------------------------------+---------------+ 70 : FC-PHx TOPICS : ///////////// : +-------------+-----------------+---------------+ 30/30 :FC-PHx COPPER: FC-PHx FIBRE : ///////////// : +-------------+-+---------------+---------------+ 30/20 :**HNF** : HIPPI : ///////////// : +---------------+---------------+---------------+ 20 : FC-AE : +---------------+---------------+ 10 : **HNF** : +---------------+ Wednesday, 2/8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 +-------------------------------+-----------+ 100/30 : X3T11 Plenary (HIPPI,IPI,FC),:**FCA TECH*: +-------------------------------+-----------+ Thursday, 2/9 8:30 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 +------------------+-------------------+ 40/30 : FC-PHx TOPICS :**TEST CHARTER MTG*: +------------------+**UNIVERSITY OF *: :**NEW HAMPSHIRE **: +-------------------+ FRIDAY, 2/10 8:30 10 11 12 1 +------------------+ :*TEST CHARTER MTG*: 20 +*UNIVERSITY OF *: :*NEW HAMPSHIRE **: +------------------+ ** Not an ANSI meeting**