The Power Behind the Blades The Packetarium XLc scales compute perfor- mance over nine Intel Xeon processor blades. Dual-node Intel Xeon processor blades deliver higher processing densities and lower power footprints, providing a maximum number of pow- erful Intel Xeon processor cores in a compact 6U platform. For media processing and content handling needs, the platform offers a fl exible infrastructure for the addition of video acceler- ation hardware to provide unprecedented video encoding capabilities.
Advantech offers three powerful blades for the most demanding NFV workloads:
• MIC-8302C single-node compute blade featuring the Intel®
Xeon® v3 product family with up to 14 cores
• MIC-8304C single-node control blade featuring the Intel®
Xeon® processor D product family system-on
a-chip (SoC) with 8 or 16 cores, two M.2 2242 SSDs, and two 2.5" SATA SSDs for on-board storage (Figure 3)
• MIC-8303C dual-node compute blade with a choice of 8- or 16- core Intel Xeon processor D-1500 SoC (Figure 3)
The Intel Xeon processor D product family makes these last two blades particularly interesting. These processors bring the performance and advanced intelligence of Intel Xeon processors into a dense, lower power SoC, enabling the Packetarium XLc to deliver best-in-class compute density.
As Intel’s 3rd generation 64-bit SoC, the Intel Xeon processor D-1500 product family leverages industry-leading 14 nm process technology to address a broad range of low-power, high-density infra- structure needs. The SoCs include an integrated platform controller hub (PCH) technology, two integrated 10 Gigabit Intel®
and a thermal design power (TDP) of 19 W to 65 W. They can run the same instruction set as more robust Intel Xeon processors to provide software consistency from the data center to the network edge.
These SoCs offer a signifi cant step up from the Intel® Atom™ pro-
cessor C2750 SoC, delivering up to 3.4 times the performance per node and up to 1.7x estimated better performance per watt. Exceptional node performance, up to 12 MB of last-level cache (LLC), and support for up to 128 GB of high-speed DDR4 memory make the Intel Xeon processor D-1500 product family ideal for a wide range of workloads and applications.
Some of their advanced server-class capabilities include:
• Enhanced reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features, including support for error-correcting code (ECC) memory and platform-level error management and resilience
• Built-in hardware virtualization to enable dynamic provisioning of services as carriers extend NFV to the network edge Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions
• Intel® (Intel® AES-NI) for accelerating data encryption and decryption without affecting QoE • Support for Intel®
QuickAssist Technology to enable offl oading the handling of security protocols such as IPsec from the processor for greater effi ciency
Ethernet ports,
Extend NFV beyond the Network Edge for C-RAN Applications The Packetarium XLc series breathes new life into the carrier-grade blade server market with a signifi cantly versatile and cost-optimized design that is more compact than ATCA. The platform combines IT and high-end networking features with high-availability and NEBS- compliant design principles to enable a versatile and scalable server that can run central offi ce VNFs anywhere in the network. Through blades based on the Intel Xeon processor D-1500 product family, the platform delive rs higher processing densities and lower power foot- prints than previously thought possible in a compact 6U platform.
For information on the Advantech Packetarium XLc series, see
intel.com/SD-Advantech-Pac-6009. For information on the Advantech MIC-8304C, see
intel.com/SD-Advantech- MIC-8304C. For information on the Advantech MIC-8303C, see
intel.com/SD-Advantech-MIC-8303C.
For more on fl exible, scalable, standards-based communi- cations, visit
intel.com/embedded-comm
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intel.com/embedded-innovator | Embedded Innovator | 13th Edition | 2016 | 13 processor E5-2600 Figure 3.
Pict ured are the Advantech MIC-8303C (left) and MIC-8304C (right) node blades.
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