| Certification Program Name: | Auto Negotiation |
| Certification Program ID: | 10600 |
| Certification Program Category: | Switch Interoperability |
| Description: | This verifies a device's ability to establish the highest available speed and duplex settings across multiple vendor combinations. |
| Interpretation: | Devices earning this certification have demonstrated the ability to establish the highest available speed and duplex settings in all possible vendor combinations.
2007 Certified Product Set:
3Com Switch 4200G
3Com Switch 4500G
3Com Switch 5500G-EI
Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850-P24X
Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 9800
Cisco Catalyst 6509-E
Enterasys SecureStack™ A2
Enterasys SecureStack™ B3
Enterasys SecureStack™ C3
Enterasys Matrix™ N-DFE
Enterasys Matrix™ X
Extreme Summit X450a-24t
Extreme BlackDiamond 8806
Foundry FastIron Edge X424 Premium
Foundry FastIron SX 800
Foundry NetIron MLX-4
Foundry BigIron RX-4
IBM Nortel Layer 2-3 GbE Switch Module
IBM Nortel 10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module
HP GbE2c L2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
2004 Certified Product Set:
3Com: SuperStack 3 Switch 3870
Cisco Systems: Catalyst
650
Dell: PowerConnect 3324
Dell: PowerConnect 5324
Extreme: BlackDiamond 10808
Foundry: FastIron Edge
9604
Foundry: BigIron MG8
HP: ProCurve 2848
HP: ProCurve 5308
2003 Certified Product Set
3Com: Switch 4060
3Com: SuperStack Switch 4400
Cisco Systems: Catalyst 6500
Dell PowerConnect 3348
Dell PowerConnect 5224
Enterasys Matrix N3
Foundry FastIron Edge 9604
Hirschmann Industrial Ethernet Rail Switch RS2-FX/FX
Nortel Passport 1424T
Nortel Passport 8600 |
| Product Applicability: | This certification is applicable to all LAN switches. It is an optional component of the 2003/2004 Switch Interoperability Study. |
| Testing Overview: | Adjacent ports on the switches under test will be configured to autonegotiate speed and duplex support. A Tolly Group engineer shall view the console of each vendor’s system to confirm that port is set to auto negotiate. Thereafter, the two switches will be connected via a Category 5 cross over cable. A Tolly Group engineer will then determine, via the switch consoles, the speed and duplex settings reported by each. If both reported configurations are identical, engineers will generate a stream of 1,518-byte frames for duration of 1 minute at a rate appropriate for the reported configuration. Note: If the switches report 10 Mbit/s, engineers will generate more than 10 Mbit/s in each direction to confirm the speed setting. |