55MC8 Quad SFP GE to PCI-x Packet Accelerator

High Performance Multi-core Packet Processing Engine

Features:

• 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 750MHz
• 4x GbE SFP interfaces on front panel
• High bandwidth PCI-x host connectivity
• High Speed SPI 4.2 connector for inter-card connectivity and expansion
• Application Support includes:
  • TCP/IP off load
  • Wire-speed IPSEC acceleration
  • SRTP Off-load
  • IPv4/IPv6 L2/L3 wire-speed forwarding

B>Packet Processing Engine
The Interphase iSPAN® 55MC8 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® 55MC8 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® 55MC8 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 55MC8 is extremely versatile and provides the functionality necessary for migrating to next-generation infrastructures and converged networks. The iSPAN 55MC8 comes with Linux®-based ready-to-use application and protocol suites that transform the iSPAN® 55MC8 into a specialized communications interface which can be easily integrated into solution platforms.