Hi! India Telecommunications Engineering Centre recently announced a Phase 5 scope expansion with a deadline 1 July 2024. See the details below. https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/filedownload?name=downloadDocument_20230623115821.pdf
This list includes Hypervisor which is "a purely software product" according to its essential requirement (ER) TEC30032201<https://www.mtcte.tec.gov.in/filedownload?name=TEC30032201.pdf>. How is hypervisor (software) to be regulated and handled? Obviously, software can't be labeled like hardware can. Often software is merely downloaded over the Internet. I suspect that hypervisor (Phase 5) is like the earlier regulated "equipment operating in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz" (Phase 3). The fact that a product operates in 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz doesn't trigger a TEC certification requirement. Instead, if a product is otherwise in scope for TEC certification and then also happens to operate at 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz, then the ER for "equipment operating in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz" is added to the testing regime. For example, many laptops have WiFi that operates at both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, but a laptop does not have to have a TEC certification. Is hypervisor software handled the same way? The software by itself or even a computer with hypervisor loaded does not trigger a TEC certification requirement. Instead, if the product is in a different product category that requires TEC certification but it also has hypervisor software loaded, then in the process of testing the other ER applicable to the hardware the product must also be tested for the hypervisor software functionality. To give a more specific example, a server is not in-scope for an India MTCTE certification, so a server having hypervisor software loaded would still not be in-scope for India MTCTE certification. Correct? Thanks. Monrad Monsen - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> _________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1
