HIPPI 6400 Mbit/s Optical Specification
( HIPPI-6400-OPT)

(HIPPI-6400 is also commercially known as GSN.)

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 2.5a, dated September 19, 2002 is here. This is a clean version (no rev bars) that addresses the public review comments made by Gair Brown of TIA FO 2.2. This version (2.5a) will be proceeding to yet-another T11 letter ballot. HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 2.5a, contains rev bars. Comments contains the comment resolution.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Comment and resolutions in pdf format resulting from the NCITS public review. These comments were made by David Hyer of Compaq and were resolved at the December 6th HIPPI meetings.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 2.5, dated December 6, 2001 is here. This is a clean version (no rev bars) that fills in the missing specification for the the 1300 nm multimode form of operation. The optical working group decided that adding the specification was the correct approach to resolving the comment made by David Hyer, rather than deleting the mode of operation as was speculatively done in version 2.4. Thus, version 2.5 will be proceeding to a T11 letter ballot.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 2.4, dated November 26, 2001 is here. Also, here is a copy w/o rev markers. This version is a possibile response to a comment made during public review. The comment noted that the 1300 nm multimode form of operation was incompletely specified. This version removes that mode of operation.

HIPPI-6400 Optical FAQ , dated November 7, 2001 is here. This list of Frequently Asked Questions provides some guidance about the various optical options for use with HIPPI-6400.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 2.3, dated June 7, 2001 is here. This version is the one forwarded to NCITS for public review at the June 7th T11.1 and T11 Plenary meetings.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Comments and resolutions in pdf format resulting from the T11 letter ballot. These comments were made by Corning and were resolved at the June 7th HIPPI meetings.

Updated Infineon Application Note on HIPPI-6400 links using PAROLI modules (pdf format)

Infineon Application Note on HIPPI-6400 links using PAROLI modules (pdf format)

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 2.2, dated April 1, 2001 is here. This document is the same as the rev 2.2 version below, except for some updated connector drawings on page 15. These changes will be reviewed at the April 12th meeting in Toronto, Ontario.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 2.2, dated March 3, 2001 is here. These changes will be reviewed at the April 12th meeting in Toronto, Ontario.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 2.1, dated January 27, 2001 is here. These changes will be reviewed at the February 8th meeting in Huntington Beach, CA.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 2.0, dated November 30, 2000 is here. It includes changes to add 1/2 speed and DC optical modes. These changes will be reviewed at the December 7th meeting in Austin, TX.

Here is Dave Hyer's Link model predictions in pdf format showing the distance supported by both the full speed optical interface and a half speed interface per the GSN Link Model in pdf format.

Here is Robert Clarkson's compilation of optical pinout information for AC and DC modes. Earlier versions of this information were provided by Arie Van Praag and Brian Breuer.

Here's a optical report with SuMAC operation at 1 Ghz by Robert Clarkson in pdf format (caution- ~1MB file size).

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 1.9, dated June 21, 2000 is here. It includes minor changes made at the June 6th meeting in Boise, ID. These changes will be reviewed at the August 8th meeting in Seattle, WA.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 1.8, dated May 27, 2000 is here. It includes changes suggested by the ANSI editor. These changes will be reviewed at the June 6th meeting in Boise, ID.

Optical testing report (pdf) submitted by Arie Van Praag of CERN for the April 4th, 2000 meeting

Here's the final approved responses to the HIPPI-6400-OPT T11 letter ballot comments, along with an updated HIPPI-6400-OPT 1.7 dated February 28, 2000 (reflecting the responses). HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 1.7, without change bars, is also here.

Don Tolmie's draft responses to the T11 letter ballot comments against HIPPI-6400-OPT 1.5 along with an updated HIPPI-6400-OPT 1.6 dated January 24, 2000 (reflecting the responses). These documents will be reviewed at the February 15, 2000 Optical working group meeting in Huntington Beach, CA. Note that Don was not able to answer all of the comments and we will attempt to address these during the meeting.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 1.5, without change bars, dated December 8, 1999, is here. Except for the absence of change bars, it is the same as the version listed on the line below.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 1.5, dated December 8, 1999, is here. It includes the changes made and reviewed at at the December 7th, HIPPI-6400 Optical meeting in Reno, NV.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 1.4, dated November 30, 1999, is here. It includes the changes made at the October 1999, Ft. Lauderdale meeting. We will review Rev 1.4 at the December 7th, HIPPI-6400 Optical meeting in Reno, NV.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 1.3, dated September 22, 1999, is here. It includes the changes made at the August 1999, Rochester meeting. We will review Rev 1.3 at the October 5th, HIPPI-6400 Optical meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 1.2, dated June 20, 1999, is here. It includes the changes made at the June 1999, Minneapolis meeting. We will review Rev 1.2 at the August 3rd, HIPPI-6400 Optical meeting in Rochester, MN.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 1.1, dated May 21, 1999, is here. It includes the changes made at the April 1999, Palm Springs meeting. We will review Rev 1.1 at the June 8th, HIPPI-6400 Optical meeting in Minneapolis, MN.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 1.0, dated March 9, 1999, is here. It includes the changes made at the February 1999, Huntington Beach meeting. We will review Rev 1.0 at the April 13, HIPPI-6400 Optical meeting in Palm Springs,CA.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 0.9, dated February 3, 1999, is here. It includes the changes made at the December 1998, Tucson meeting. We will review Rev 0.9 at the February 9, HIPPI-6400 Optical meeting in Huntington Beach,CA.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 0.8, dated December 8, 1998, is here. It includes the changes made at the October, 1998, Ft. Lauderdale meeting. We reviewed Rev 0.8 at the December 15, HIPPI-6400 Optical meeting in Tucson, AZ.

HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 0.7, dated August 18, 1998, is here. It includes the changes made at the August, 1998, Portsmouth meeting. Rev 0.7 was reviewed at the October 6, HIPPI-6400 Optical meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Presentations made at, or resulting from, HIPPI standards meetings include:

June and August, 1999 presentations by Mark Donohowe of WL Gore.

WL Gore Optical Modules
Ping edge shift experiments

December 15, 1998 - Tucson, AZ

Klaus Schulz of Siemens - MT Connector

October 6, 1998 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL

John Keesee of US Conec Ltd. - MTP Technology Review

August 11, 1998 - Portsmouth, UK

Klaus Schulz of Siemens - Fiber Skew in Ribbon Cables
Klaus Schulz of Siemens - MT Connector Problems
Arie Van Praag of CERN - Repeated mating/un-mating of MT Connectors

In preparation for August 11, 1998 - Portsmouth, UK

Mark Donhowe of W.L. Gore - HIPPI-6400-Optical Skew/Jitter Allocations

April 21, 1998 - Palm Springs, CA

Chris Karaguleff of W.L. Gore - Procedures for Skew Measurement in Fiber Optic Ribbon Cable. (Caution - the file above has had problems being printed, but viewing seems OK.)
Chris Keller of Optobahn - Channel to Channel Skew Measurements in Optics Modules

February 10, 1998 - San Diego, CA

John Keesee of US Conec - MTP Connector Update
Jacques Rene of W.L. Gore - Bandwidth Capabilities of Flex-Lite Ribbon Cables

October 7, 1997 - Tucson, AZ

Quentin Tan of Optobahn - 1300-nm Parallel Optical Modules

August 5, 1997 - Honolulu, HI

Dan Brown of AMP - Recommended Changes to HIPPI-6400-OPT Rev 0.0. These slides include the corrections that were made at the Honolulu meeting.

June 9, 1997 - Seattle, WA

Dan Schwartz of Motorola - Why OFC
Dan Brown of AMP - HIPPI-6400 optical specification, Draft 1.0 dated June 3, 1997

April 8, 1997 - Palm Springs, CA

Steve Joiner of HP - Open Fiber Control for Parallel Optics
Dan Schwartz of Motorola - OFC for Parallel Optics
Steve Joiner (for Mike Dudek of Vixel) - Link Budget with Variable Transmitter Extinction Ratio

February 4, 1997 - San Jose, CA

Dan Brown of AMP - HIPPI Optical Link Budget Proposal
Dan Brown of AMP - White paper - HIPPI-6400, Creating an Eye-safe Parallel Optical Interconnect
Siecor - concerning the MTP optical connector
IBM - concerning the MTP optical connector

December 3, 1996 - Minneapolis, MN

Michael Griffin of 3M - Underfilled Launch / N.A. Test Summary
Steve Joiner of HP - Electrical I/O Specification for Parallel Optics Module

October 8, 1996, St. Petersburg, Florida

Torsten Wipiejewski of Siemens - emissions equations and calculations for parallel fiber as it affects eye safety
Torsten Wipiejewski of Siemens - results of calculations

Status as of September 11, 2003 -

The document has been approved as ANSI Standard INCITS 338-2003. This document should have also been submitted to ISO for processing as an ISO standard.

August 6, 1996, Honolulu - Kickoff meeting
October 8, 1996, St. Petersburg - chose the MT ferrule
February 4, 1997, San Jose - chose the MTP connector

High-Performance Parallel Interface - 6400 Mbit/s Optical Specification (HIPPI-6400-OPT)

This document describes a media-level, point-to-point, 12-channel, full-duplex, electrical / optical interface, with each channel operating at 500 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s. Multimode (MM) fiber cables, and single-mode (SM) fiber cables are used for distances up to 1 km when carrying the HIPPI-6400-PH protocol. Differential signals are used on the electrical side.

Don Tolmie - Formerly of Los Alamos National Laboratory
Now at Tolmie Enterprises
tolmie@concentric.net

ANSI INCITS 338-2003.

It will be in the set of HIPPI documents numbered ISO/IEC 11518-xx.