OIF Webinar hosted by Lightwave

This event was broadcast on October 4, 2022.

With widespread deployments and continuous feature additions, the Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS) is the leading management interface for modules ranging from copper cables to coherent pluggables.

Understanding the features and implications of the current generation of CMIS and future planned additions is critical whether you provide host silicon, module silicon, optics, copper cables, and if you design and build equipment or are a network operator. CMIS is a powerful, far-reaching tool set you will need to be aware of for its impact on current and future generation designs.

Watch this free, OIF-sponsored workshop to hear from module vendors, systems vendors, and network operators on what CMIS is and why it is important to the entire industry.

 


Agenda

Welcome & Intro – Stephen Hardy, Lightwave and Nathan Tracy, OIF VP of Marketing, TE Connectivity
CMIS History – Gary Nicholl, OIF PLL WG Co-Vice Chair Management, Cisco Systems
OIF Involvement – Gary Nicholl
CMIS High Level Technical Overview – Ian Alderdice, OIF PLL WG Co-Vice Chair Management, Ciena
System Vendor Perspective – Ian Alderdice
Module Provider Perspective – Todd Rope, Marvell
Network Provider Perspective – An Nguyen, Google
Q&A – Stephen Hardy, Lightwave


Presenters

Ian Alderdice, OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group Management Co-Vice Chair, Software Architect at Ciena

Ian Alderdice is a Software Architect in Ciena’s WaveLogic coherent technology development team, with a focus on coherent optical module management interfaces. Ian is actively involved with Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) Group and standards body contributions and is currently the Physical & Link Layer Working Group – Management Co-Vice Chair and Technical Editor of the C-CMIS document in the OIF.

During his more than 25 years in the telecommunications industry, Ian has held a wide range of software roles, including developer and release manager of optical transmission platforms. He holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and a B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from Dalhousie University.


An Nguyen, Optical Transport Network Engineer at Google

An Nguyen is an Optical Transport Network Engineer at Google, focusing on Open Line Systems, 400ZR coherent pluggables and beyond. Prior to working at Google, An was an optical system engineer and hardware engineer at Inphi/Marvell and Infinera. Before that, he was a postdoctoral researcher on coherent DWDM technologies at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. He has 50+ publications in various areas of optical transport and networking. An holds B.Sc and M.Sc. degrees in Physics from University of Science, Vietnam, and Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy. An is an OIF contributor and member of IEEE and OPTICA.


Gary Nicholl, OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group Management Co-Vice Chair and Board Member, Principal Engineer at Cisco

Gary is a Principal Engineer in Cisco’s Optics and Optical Systems Group, where he is responsible for optical interconnect technology and strategy.

Gary also represents Cisco at various industry standards organizations and was an active contributor in the development of 25G, 40G, 100G and 400G standards at the IEEE, OIF and ITU. He was a clause editor for the IEEE 802.3cd project (50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Ethernet) and chief editor for the IEEE 802.3cu project (100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s over SMF at 100 Gb/s per Wavelength). Gary was also a member of the core team responsible for developing the common management interface specification (CMIS), which is widely used throughout the industry for next generation pluggable optical modules, and is currently the Physical & Link Layer Working Group – Management Co-Vice Chair at the OIF continuing his leadership role in evolving the CMIS specification.

Gary currently serves as Treasurer/Secretary for OIF.

Gary holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester (UK).


Todd Rope, Associate Vice President, Firmware, Optics at Marvell

Todd Rope is Associate Vice President, Firmware, Optics at Marvell. In this role, he leads the optical module firmware team responsible for delivering the industry’s first 400ZR QSFP-DD pluggable coherent transceiver. Todd joined Marvell from Inphi where he was Associate Vice President, Firmware, responsible for delivering the world’s first Silicon Photonics PAM4 platform solution. Prior to Inphi, he was the Chief Architect of Embedded and Business Software at Source Photonics. Todd is a key contributor to optical industry standards bodies and has over 25 years of experience developing software for Ethernet switches and optical modules. He holds 16 patents and is an expert in embedded system software architecture, as well as electro-optical calibration and control systems. Todd holds a B.S. in Physics from the California Institute of Technology.


Nathan Tracy, OIF Market Awareness & Education Committee Co-Chair, Physical & Link Layer; Technologist, System Architecture Team and Manager of Industry Standards, TE Connectivity

Nathan Tracy currently serves as OIF’s Market Awareness & Education (MA&E) Committee co-chair, Physical & Link Layer (PLL). During the past twelve years he has also served OIF as president, vice president of marketing, technical committee chair and technical committee vice chair.

As a technologist on the system architecture team and manager of industry standards for the Data and Devices business unit at TE Connectivity (TE), Nathan is responsible for driving standards activities and working with key customers to enable new system architectures. Nathan has more than 30 years of experience in technology development, marketing and business development for TE in areas including RF/microwave, and high-speed signaling technology for the networking, telecom, wireless, automotive and defense markets.

Nathan is also an active member of other industry standards and associations. Currently he is a regular attendee and contributor to IEEE 802.3, Ethernet Alliance and COBO. Additionally, he is active in a number of industry MSAs and forums where he has held leadership roles.

Nathan earned his Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering Technology degree from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.


Press Release

OIF to Present “Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS) – Demystified” Webinar to Educate Industry on the Interface and Its Importance for Current and Future Generation Designs – September 20, 2022