Product spotlight on FWA-6500 Network Appliances platform from Advantech

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500/5600 Series 2U 10 GbE Network Server. Built upon functionality and capability, the FWA-6500 system provides the high performance and feature set required for dual processor-based high-end network communication appliances with configuration options optimized for intensive computing, high energy-efficiency and high speed I/O bandwidth. The Intel Xeon Dual/Quad/6-Core processors are based on the Intel QuickPath Interconnect architecture and VT technology designed to improve performance in a virtual environment. They support DDR3 1066/1333 Registered ECC memory, and the memory controller is embedded in the processor.

Main Features
•Two 2, 4 or 6-Core Intel® Xeon® processors, 5500 or 5600 series
•12 x DDR3 1066/1333 Registered ECC Memory up to 96 GB
•4 x FRU modules by the PCI-express x8 gen.2 connectors
•FRU module includes 4ports RJ45/SFP GE NIC module, 2ports SFP + 10GE NIC module and 8ports RJ45/SFP
•2 x PCI-E full-height/ half-length add-on cards
•2 x 2.5" removable SATA HDD (3.5" removable SATA HDD for option)
•Supports Remote Management IPMI2.0 compliant