The NCP-3120 represents the entry level of Advantech Packetarium™ Network Appliance. It integrates powerful and multi-core Packetarium™ Network Processing Boards for wire speed packet processing. The main carrier board provides eight SATA controllers, eight lanes PCI Express Gen2 expansion slot, and two I/O slot for FRU-designed I/O board usage. FRU-designed I/O board could provide more flexibility external I/O configuration. Each I/O slot could provide up to 20 Gigabits bandwidth.
Eight SATA controllers on the server board connect to eight SATA 2 devices. Each device with dedicated PCI Express bus provides high performance. The scalability of the NCP-3120 positions it ideally for OEMs designing entry level systems in enterprise networking. It is particularly applicable for applications in service provider networks for IPTV, storage function, enhanced security, in content-aware routing and subscriber-based services.