Introduction; Overview - Advantech FWA-6171 User Manual

2u rackmount network appliance

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NTRODUCTION

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FWA-6171 is network appliance based on 3

Gen Intel® Xeon® Processor Family and C62XA series PCH.

Integrated with Intel QuickAssist Technology to increases encrypted packet throughput. With 64 PCIe Gen.4

lanes available on processor and a further 20 lanes on PCH chipset, FWA-6171 offers extremely modular I/O

expandability. In addition to internal PCIe slots destined for further encryption offload, 8 Network Mezzanine

Card (NMC) slots can be populated with NMCs from a broad choice of GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE and 100GbE

modules, with or without advanced LAN bypass, for different deployment scenarios.

FWA-6171 platform also integrates two 2 GbE ports at the front panel. Storage options include four M.2 2280

and two 2.5" SAS/SATA devices. Optional redundant power supplies guarantee uninterrupted services while

Advantech Platform Management based on IPMI2.0/redfish provides advanced carrier-grade features such as

remote, failsafe firmware updates and hardware-based BIOS redundancy which upgrades reliability and

serviceability of mission-critical network platforms.

For more information related to FWA-6171 and other Advantech products based on the new Intel® Xeon®

Scalable Processor Family can be found at:

http://www2.advantech.com/nc/spotlight/Intel-Xeon-Scalable-

Family

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