AXIOMTEK’s NA-822 Performance Network Appliance Platform with Intel Core2 Quad/Core2 Duo Processor and 10 LANs“AXIOMTEK’s NA-822 supports verity long-life-support Intel processors with ten Gigabit LANs and unbuffered ECC DDR2 memory for small to medium businesses looking for a cost-effective network hardware platform for firewall, virtual private network (VPN), unified threat management (UTM), or other network applications. The storage interfaces include two 3.5″ SATA HDD and a CompactFlash slot. Moreover, the optional onboard Cavium CN16XX VPN security co-processor supports multi-security protocol commands, offloading the CPU and thereby increasing system performance,” said Philip Wei, Product Manager of Applied Computing Platforms Business Unit at AXIOMTEK.
The optional onboard Cavium CN16XX VPN security co-processor supports multi-security protocol commands and is able to offload the CPU to increase overall system performance. For storing event log data, the NA-822 has powerful storage interfaces including two 2.5” SATA HDD or one 3.5” SATA HDD, and a CompactFlash card. To prevent problems from sudden shutdown, the communication appliance supports LAN bypass function through WDT and GPIO pin definitions. The NA-822 also features function of BIOS redirection to console port. Other I/O features and expansion slot include two USB, one RJ-45 console port, one MiniPCI slot, and system reset switch (optional). Moreover, the performance communication appliance supports mainstream Linux kernel 2.6 and 2.4 operating systems to better support customers who have developed applications on the above listed versions.