iSPAN® 56MC2 10 GE OCTEON Packet Processor

High Performance Multicore Packet Processing Engine

Features:

• PCI-Express card for Rack Mount Server form-factor
• Cavium Networks high performance OCTEON Plus 56xx family of Packet Processors with 8, 10, or 12 cores @ up to 800 MHz
• 1 or 2 10 GbE SFP+ interfaces on front panel
• High bandwidth PCI-Express host connectivity
• 3rd Party Application Support includes:
  • TCP/IP off load
  • Wire-speed IPSEC acceleration
  • SRTP Off-load
  • IPv4/IPv6 L2/L3 wire-speed forwarding

Packet Processing Engine
The Interphase iSPAN® 56MC2 PCIe™ Packet Accelerator extends the broad Interphase portfolio of communication and network processor solutions for use with PCI Express-enabled rack-mount server platform solutions. The iSPAN® 56MC2 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® 56MC2 is based on the Cavium OCTEON Plus high-performance multicore 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 56MC2 is extremely versatile and provides the functionality necessary for migrating to next-generation infrastructures and converged networks. The iSPAN 56MC2 comes with Linux®-based ready-to-use application and protocol suites that transform the iSPAN® 56MC2 into a specialized communications interface which can be easily integrated into solution platforms.