Lanner Electronics has announced the FW-8890, a 2U rackmount appliance for enterprise-grade network applications. Combining an Intel 5000P server-grade chipset and two Dual- or Quad-Core Xeon sequence processors enables the FW-8890 to deliver unparalleled performance which is backed up by Lanner's ODM service to ensure both flexibility and smooth integration, highlighted the company.
"The FW-8890 redefines the design of high-performance network security hardware," stated Lawrence Chao, Executive Vice President. "It integrates an Intel 5000P chipset, an onboard Cavium VPN accelerator, and a PCI Express network traffic bus, allowing our customers to deliver faster, feature-rich applications – which are simultaneously flexible, expandable, and easy to maintain."
The FW-8890 builds upon the architecture of earlier generations by offering a PCI Express (PCIe) network traffic bus, up to 12 Gigabit RJ45 or SFP fiber ports, a PCIe enhanced north-southbridge link, four hot-swappable SATA bays, and eight FB-DIMMs. These enhancements give application designers both greater freedom in building today's network appliances and ample headroom for satisfying future hardware demands, Lanner pointed out.
The FW-8890 network appliance is designed for multi-service communication applications – such as Business-to-Business Gateways, Unified Threat Management Appliances, and Triple Play Servers. By employing the FW-8890 in multi-service applications, customers can optimize data density, reduce operating costs, and improve business continuity with an energy-efficient network infrastructure, noted Lanner.
| Features of the FW-8890 | |
| Item | Detail |
| Quad-core processing | Delivers better performance on multiple applications at a substantially reduced power envelope |
| Intel Core microarchitecture | Supports better system utilization, boosts application responsiveness, and increases performance headroom for single and multi-threaded applications. |
| Onboard Cavium Nitrox CN1010 VPN Accelerator | Increases total system throughput by processing high level IPsec and IKE, IPv6, SSL and Wireless LAN security protocol macro commands to reduce host I/O traffic and dramatically offload the system processor |
| Up to 12 enterprise grade Intel Gigabit NICs | High network throughput scans more packets per second with fail-over bypass support |
| Intel Virtualization technology | Enables migration of more environments including 64-bit applications and operating systems to virtual environments |
| Intel's sub 65W dual-core processors | Low-power SKUs improve data center density and thermal mechanics |
| Expansion options | Lanner offers an extensive line of PCI-X and PCIe VPN and content inspection network accelerators |
Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, May 2007
Further product information is available on the Lanner website. The FW-8890 is available for immediate evaluation.
Lanner Electronics FW-8890, a 2U rackmount appliance for enterprise-grade network applications
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