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Intelligent Platforms

WANic™ 66512 Packet Processor

Intelligent High-Performance OCTEON® II Ethernet Packet Processor PCI Express Card
GE’s WANic 66512 is an intelligent, highperformance Ethernet IP Packet Processor
in PCI Express card format based on
Cavium’s fastest OCTEON II processor.
WANic 66512 is engineered specifically to
provide the utmost performance in applications such as:
•tHigh-frequency, low latency
securities trading
•tDeep Packet Inspection (DPI) &
Lawful Intercept
•tSecure Access (IPsec)
•tNetwork Address Translation (NAT)
•tTraffic Management
•tSession Border Controller (SBC)
•tLow latency gateways and packet filters
•tEthernet/IP Test & Measurement Equipment
•tFirewall

At GE Intelligent Platforms we understand that
every microsecond counts. Whether you are
processing transactions on the trading floor
or performing deep packet inspection for
secure network access, our WANic 66512
Packet Processor is engineered to give you the
utmost performance. Features such as the
fastest Cavium OCTEON® II processor, PCI
Express form factor, board-level diagnostic
tools and driver development kits deliver
the highest performance as well as improve
your time to revenue. Plus, the WANic 66512 is
designed for NEBS compliance and has been
tested for interoperability, industry certification
and regulatory compliance to ensure compatibility and rapid application deployment.
We know that time to market is critical
and therefore complement the technical
aspects of our WANic 66512 with world
class expertise and a focus on exceptional
customer service.

World class expertise and exceptional
customer support
•t Leverages GE’s experiences as a provider
to Tier 1 TEMs and Six Sigma processes to
deliver high quality product on time
•t Provides exceptional engineering support
to ensure that the cost and time of development is as low as possible
•t Includes driver development kits and
board-level diagnostics to improve your
time to revenue
•t Provides a two-year standard warranty to
help keep your application up and running
•t Offers robust lifecycle management
•t Delivers local support globally and
prompt support to minimize the risks of
downtime

FEATURE

BENEFIT

Cavium 10-core 1.5GHz or 1.3GHz OCTEON II
CN6645-AAP processor

•t Delivers the lowest latency and highest throughput for the overall best performance of any OCTEON
II-based Packet Processor PCI Express card on the market.
•t Keeps line rates high by offloading compute intensive tasks from the host’s central processing unit

2x 10GbE interfaces

•t Allows connection to multiple 10GbE optical data networks

Hardware time stamping with 100ns or less granularity

•t Facilitates reporting flow/timing details of the packets being processed by the application to help deliver
the highest performance possible

Up to 8GB of high-speed DDR3 SDRAM packet memory

•t Supports multicore processing and high-speed packet buffering

HFA/DFA memory for Regular Expression Engine

•t Enables acceleration functions for fast, efficient packet processing

Active fan based heat sink

•t Unburdens the host system cooling strategies

Comprehensive software development package

•t Minimizes the complexity and time required to integrate a multi-core processor