WANic 56512

WANic 56512, an intelligent high-performance packet processor based on the Cavium OCTEON Plus multi-core processor, allows applications to efficiently support 10Gb Ethernet network bandwidth by offloading network processing to the packet processor card and, consequently, improving performance. Ideal for IP communications networks, the 56512 packet processor can be configured to enable a wide variety of applications such as demanding wire-speed communications for secure IP access.

The WANic 56512 provides a 12-core Cavium OCTEON Plus CN5650 processor at up to 750MHz with 2MB of shared L2 cache memory, delivering up to 10 Gb/s line-speed packet processing for Layers 2-7. Up to 4GB of high-speed DDR2 Packet Memory is implemented using VLP Mini-RDIMM modules. 32MB of DDR SDRAM persistent memory for storing state information is included. Up to 4GB of Flash Disk is available for bulk memory storage.

This packet processor supports high-speed communications to the host via a four lane PCI-Express bus interface. It also supports two 10Gb Ethernet SFP+ tranceivers via the front panel, with options for SR/LR fiber or Direct Attach copper interfaces for the line connection.