Axxia Network Accelerator AXP3420
  • Includes five GbE RJ-45 network interfaces in a PCIe® form factor
  • Provides inline and co-processor acceleration
  • Features built-in hardware accelerator engines, including classification, deep packet inspection, and more
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The AXP3420 is a PCI Express card that provides OEMs a simple way to add high-performance, deterministic networking features to standard x86 servers. Built around the Axxia Communication Processor, the AXP3420 provides inline and co-processor acceleration of security processing, content processing, and real-time services such as application recognition, network packet capture, network performance monitoring, analysis, and reporting.

Key Applications

Protocol Analyzers, Network Monitoring Appliances, Security Appliances, Application Delivery Controllers, WAN Optimization Controllers, and VPN and Firewall Appliances

Features

  • Based on the Axxia Communication Processor
      – Dual-core PowerPC® 476 Processor
      – Hardware accelerator engines, including
         classification, deep packet inspection, packet
          integrity check, and traffic management
      – Deterministic performance under varying traffic
          loads
      – Up to 10 Gbps bidirectional throughput in using 
           fast-path hardware accelerators
  • Half-length, full-height PCI Express® card (PCIe® Gen2 x16 connector, x4 data lanes)
  • Five Gigabit Ethernet interfaces (RJ-45)
    • Simplified development and debugging
        – Available 10/100 Fast Ethernet management port
            for development and debugging1
        – Available serial port for management and
            debugging1
    • Software features
        – Application recognition
        – IPSec monitoring and decryption
        – Packet assembly and classification
        – Packet transfer to host processor on per-flow or
            bulk basis
        – Customizable reference code for pattern recognition
            and replacement and TCP/IP header manipulation
  • Software Support Packages:
      – Application Recognition
      – Network Monitoring
      – IEEE 1588 Timing
      – TCP/IP Offload
      – LSI Real Time Environment (RTE)
      – Axxia Software Environment (ASE)
  • Supports IEEE® 1588 network synchronization

Benefits

  • Offloads host CPU resources for compute intensive and latency sensitive network functions, freeing host resources for other functions and reducing cost and power.
  • Fits within most standard x86 server chassis.
  • Provides four Gbps bi-directional interfaces for mainstream Enterprise and datacenter applications, with a dedicated Gigabit Ethernet port for out-of-band network management and IEEE 1588 timing synchronization.
  • Supports on-chip debug of customer applications on the Axxia Communications Processor CPU.
  • Supports a wide range of compute intensive and latency sensitive applications, and can be deployed in any x86 server or appliance.
  • Enables OEMs to quickly customize solutions using high-level APIs common across the Axxia Communication Processor family, allowing developers to leverage a single application software investment to be scaled across multiple generations and focus on product differentiation.
  • Supports high-resolution time stamping of network packets, and provides greater accuracy in network protocol and traffic analysis.

 

Axxia Network Accelerator
CPU LSI ACP3421
Number of PowerPC® Cores Dual PPC476
CPU Clock Freq. 1.6 GHz
L2 Cache Total 1 MB
System Cache Total 2 MB
System Memory 2 GB DDR3 (800 MHz)
Classification Memory 128 MB
Data Throughput (IMIX) 10 Gbps
IPSec Throughput 10 Gbps
DPI Throughput 3 Gbps
PCI Express Form Factor Half-length, full-height
(167.5 mm x 110.6 mm)
PCI Express Connector x16
PCI Express Logical Lanes Gen2 x4
PCI Express Throughput 10 Gbps unidirectional
8 Gbps bi-directional
Interfaces Five (x5) 1 Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45)
Available 10/100 Fast Ethernet (RJ-45)1
Available Serial Port (USB2)1
Min. Airflow 400 lfm
Ambient Temp 50 deg. C max
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