CompTIA ECTF Group

ECTF Work Areas: Hardware

The hardware work area is concerned with defining resolving interoperability issues between media busses for computer telephony media transport and other aspects of switching fabric implementation and architectures for high-availability systems.

The goals of hardware work area include addressing the challenges for system developers and integrators that wish to use mixed hardware platforms or to provide portability across hardware platforms.

The Area Director (AD) position for the hardware interoperability work area is currently vacant.

Specifications Published
The following specifications have been published in the hardware work area:

• H.100 CT Bus for PCI
  This implementation agreement provides information to implement a CT bus interface at the physical layer for PCI computer chassis card slots. The card level definition of the overall CT bus specification, will drive new applications and help open new markets by providing flexibility to equipment manufactures, value-added resellers, system integrators, and those building computer based telecommunications applications.
  
• H.110 CT Bus for Compact PCI
  This implementation agreement provides information to implement a CT bus interface at the physical layer for compact PCI card slots.