InterlakenAllianceInterlakenInteroperabilityRecommendations5January2009Revision1.3InterlakenInteroperabilityRecommendationsRevision1.35January2009ContentsInterlakenAlliancePage2TermsandConditionsThisdocumenthasbeendevelopedwithinputfromavarietyofcompanies,includingmembersoftheInterlakenAlliance,allofwhichhavereleasedtheirrespectiverightstoinformationcontainedinthisdocumentforthesoleandexpresspurposeofimplementationofthisdocumentandtoencourageotherstoadoptthisinterfaceasanindustrystandard.Anycompanyorindividualwishingtouseallorapartofthisdocumentmaydosoonlyiftheyrelinquishtheirproprietaryrightstoinformationcontainedorreferencedherein.Youagreenottoenforcethoseintellectualpropertyrightsagainstanyotherpartyimplementingoradvocatingtheimplementationofthisdocument.YOUACKNOWLEDGETHATTHISDOCUMENTISPROVIDED“ASIS”ANDWITHOUTWARRANTYOFANYKIND.FORTHESAKEOFCLARITY,ALLPARTIESUSINGORADVOCATINGTHEUSEOFTHISDOCUMENTDISCLAIMANYANDALLWARRANTIES,EXPRESSORIMPLIED,WITHRESPECTTOTHISDOCUMENT,INCLUDINGWITHOUTLIMITATIONANYANDALLWARRANTIESOFMERCHANTABILITY,FITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE,TITLEANDNON-INFRINGEMENT.INNOEVENTWILLANYPARTYTHATUTILIZESORADVOCATESTHEUSEOFTHISDOCUMENTBELIABLETOANYOTHERPARTYFORANYINDIRECT,INCIDENTALORCONSEQUENTIALDAMAGESINCONNECTIONWITHTHISDOCUMENT,ANDINNOEVENTWILLTHECUMULATIVELIABILITYOFANYSINGLEPARTYFORANYANDALLCLAIMSINCONNECTIONWITHTHISDOCUMENTEXCEED,INTHEAGGREGATE,ONEHUNDREDDOLLARS($100.00).YOUAGREETHATTHISPARAGRAPHISANESSENTIALBASISOFTHEUSEOFTHISDOCUMENT.InterlakenInteroperabilityRecommendationsRevision1.35January2009ContentsInterlakenAlliancePage3ContentsContents................................................................................................................................3RevisionHistory.......................................................................................................................41Overview............................................................................................................................52LogicalInteroperabilityRecommendations...............................................................................62.1DefinitionsofInteroperabilityParameters.......................................................................62.2RecommendationsforAllTransferRates........................................................................72.310Gb/sPacketTransfers..............................................................................................72.3.1TargetApplications.............................................................................................72.3.2Recommendations..............................................................................................72.425Gb/sPacketTransfers..............................................................................................82.4.1TargetApplications.............................................................................................82.4.2Recommendations..............................................................................................82.550Gb/sPacketTransfers..............................................................................................92.5.1TargetApplications.............................................................................................92.5.2Recommendations..............................................................................................92.6100Gb/sPacketTransfers............................................................................................102.6.1TargetApplications.............................................................................................102.6.2Recommendations..............................................................................................102.7SummaryofLaneRecommendations.............................................................................112.8MultirateInteroperability.............................................................................................112.9LatencyRequirements.................................................................................................123PhysicalInteropRecommendations........................................................................................143.1ConnectorType..........................................................................................................143.2ConnectorPinAssignment............................................................................................143.3ConnectorPlacement...................................................................................................163.4PhysicalInteropexamples............................................................................................163.4.1Connecting10Gb/sto10Gb/s..............................................................................173.4.2Connecting25Gb/sto25Gb/s..............................................................................173.4.3Connecting25Gb/sto10Gb/s............................................................