iSPAN® 55CA Quad GE to PCI-X Packet Processor - EOL

High Performance Multicore Packet Processing Engine

Features:

• EOL - End of Life last buy date 30 May 2011
• PCI-x card for Rack Mount Server form-factor
• Cavium Networks high-performance OCTEON Plus 58xx family of Packet Processors with 4 to 16 cores @ up to 700MHz
• 4x GbE interfaces on front panel
• High bandwidth PCI-x host connectivity

Packet Processing Engine
The Interphase iSPAN 55CA PCI-X™ Packet Accelerator extends the broad Interphase portfolio of communication and network processor solutions for use with PCI-x enabled rack-mount server platform solutions. The iSPAN 55CA addresses the growing need for wire-speed packet inspection and processing requirements for the delivery of broadband services in the Wireless, Voice Over IP and IMS network infrastructure

High Performance – Multi-Core
The iSPAN 55CA is based on the Cavium OCTEON™ Plus high-performance multi-core processor architecture which provides:

• A pin compatible chip that can support 4 to 16 cnMIPS® Plus MIPS 32/64 architecture compatible cores
• Per core hardware acceleration for packet processing and security including addition of support for Kasumi for wireless security
• Integrated co-processors for packet I/O, compression/decompression, IDS and anti-virus

Flexibility
With its, powerful onboard OCTEON Plus packet processor, dual management interface and upgradeable memory, the iSPAN 55CA is extremely versatile and provides the functionality necessary for migrating to next-generation infrastructures and converged networks.

Cavium Simple Executive and Linux®-based ready-to-use application / protocol suites are available to transform the 55CA into a specialized communications interface which can be easily integrated into solution platforms.

Configurations:

• 55CA-000: 4GB 800 MHz Memory, 16 Core 700 MHz Cavium SCP
• Custom: Custom configurations can be provided. Please contact your sales representative for details.