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A Brief Overview of 10 Gigabit Ethernet

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A Brief Overview of 10 Gigabit Ethernet

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  • Author: Scott Sumner
Since its inception in 1970, Ethernet has steadily gained dominance as the networking protocol of choice. As Ethernet's adoption increased to the 95% level it enjoys today in local-area network deployments, the standards have evolved to satisfy the need for higher bandwidth, optical fiber installations, and geographically larger networks. The 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GigE) 802.3ae standard was ratified by the IEEE in June 2002 and is now entering mass deployment in a variety of applications. 10 Gigabit Ethernet is equally valuable as a core technology for server room switching, metro access and backhaul networks, and long-haul installations leveraging legacy SONET/SDH equipment.

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