Intel TIGH2U Product Brief - Page 1

Product Brief Intel® Carrier Grade Server TIGH2U Telecom and Compute Products Intel® Carrier Grade Server TIGH2U Product Overview The Intel® Carrier Grade Server TIGH2U is a NEBS-3 and ETSIcompliant 2U carrier-grade rack-mount server, delivering industryleading performance-per-watt over previous-generation rackmount servers. It features the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5400∆ series - based on Intel's latest 45nm technology - to provide breakthrough performance and energy efficiency for compute- and I/O-intensive applications and workloads. This high-performing server is an excellent choice for the demanding environment and limited space of the central office and high availability data centers. It enables OEMs and TEMs to create specialized, value-added solutions for a variety of telecom applications including unified messaging, SoIP, call control, media and signaling gateways, and operational system support. The TIGH2U is designed to be fire-resistant and to withstand extreme heat, humidity, altitude and zone 4 earthquake shock. Advanced server management and telco alarm management features provide visual, audible (optional) and SNMP event indications of faults, consistent with the rigid requirements of the telecom central office environment. 45nm Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5400∆ Series with Extended Life Cycle Support Dual-processor platforms based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5400 series provide high levels of computing for threaded applications, delivering eight-thread, 32- and 64-bit processing capabilities with 12 MB of L2 cache per processor. Based on 45nm enhanced Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, the processor delivers up to 38-percent improvement in performance-per-watt1 over previous-generation Intel® quad-core processors. It has also been demonstrated to deliver up to 2x faster performance2 than Intel® dual-core processors, and up to 5x increased performance3 over Intel® single-core processors. Support for Intel® Advanced Technologies The Intel Carrier Grade Server TIGH2U supports many of Intel's advanced hardware technologies, including: • Intel® Virtualization Technology4 (Intel® VT) provides hardware assistance for software-based virtual environments, allowing multiple operating systems and applications to run in independent partitions. It helps reduce total cost-of-ownership by facilitating remote upgrades of applications and operating systems. • Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology5 (Intel® I/OAT), supported by the server chipset, significantly improves data throughput via hardware- and software-supported I/O acceleration by reducing CPU over-head to free resources for more critical tasks. Additionally, it provides network acceleration that scales seamlessly across multiple Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports. • Intel® 64 Architecture6 provides flexibility for 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems. • Fully Buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) technology enables the flexibility to optimize system for performance and capacity or for cost effectiveness and power efficiency.