The CPC6600/6601 is robust, flexible, full wire speed Layer2/3 10/100/1000 Ethernet switch that is compatible with both standard CompactPCI® and 2.16 backplanes. Featuring twenty four Gb TX ports, it is designed to be used as either a high speed interconnect between devices in a server blade chassis or as a core switch in a fault tolerant cluster of embedded systems.

Users who need to deploy server clusters, defense, wireless, IP telephony, broadband access, public safety, and high availability systems are continually seeking increased system bandwidth, performance and reliability. The combination of the IPnexus™ CPC6600 class switch and PICMG® 2.16 deliver dramatic improvements in these areas. Users can realize performance of up to 40 times that of current PCI bus architectures.

The PICMG 2.16 standard offers IT departments, OEM's, system developers and integrators a very easy means of building open standards-based systems using the best processors and OS to meet their particular needs. This is accomplished by connecting stand-alone systems on a blade through an industry standard midplane using 10/100/1000 TX Ethernet.

Coupled with comprehensive switching and high availability features, the CPC6600/6601 raises server blade system performance to a new level. The CPC6600 family is the latest addition to the most complete and capable line of high availability Ethernet switching products in the industry.

Features:

• 24 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet Ports
• Wire Speed Layer2/Layer3 Routing
• Support for Both 2.16 and non-2.16 Modes
• Front or Rear Panel Uplinks
• Real-Time Continuous Integrity Checks
• Rapid Spanning Tree, Link Aggregation, VRRP and Jumbo Frame Support
• Advanced Fast Filter Processor for Wire Speed Layer 2-7 Packet Classification and Filtering