(12PressRelease.com) (Taipei, Taiwan April 5, 2011)Today Lanner Electronics Inc., released our highest port density 1U network appliance with Intel‘s newest server grade work station platform. The FW-8865 uses the Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 family and Intel® C206 chipset. It supports up to 21 LAN ports and features many enterprise level solutions for a mainstream platforms.

“This network appliance (the FW-8865) is our most extreme 1U system,” said Jesse Chiang, Lanner‘s Network Security Product Planner. “Using the newest server-grade Intel® architecture and the most recent update in the Intel® Xeon® Processor family this network appliance has the capacity to hold two Lanner 8800 Series Modules, giving a maximum total of 21 LAN ports.”

“Our newest server-grade platform utilizes the high-performing, highly integrated Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 family in conjunction with the Intel® C206 Chipset,” said Matt Langman, director of product marketing, Intel Embedded Computing Division. “As a workstation and server platform, this chip combination delivers significant improvements in energy efficiency, performance and manageability over the previous generation of Intel Xeon processors.”

The FW-8865 networking ability is unprecedented- the 4 onboard LAN ports can feature Generation 3 bypass. Gen 3 bypass is a Lanner design our engineers created to give end users absolute control over bypass functionality by allowing them control over the bypass ports even when the platform is in a powering on/off stage. The four LAN ports (2 pair bypass) that offer this technology can utilize either the Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller or the Intel® 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller. A final LAN port is a RJ-45 FE Management Port that can be used for IPMI or OPMA, allowing remote management access to the platform.

Additional to the onboard LAN ports, the FW-8865 also has 2 trays for Lanner 8800 Series modules. Lanner Modules can feature 2 to 8 copper or fiber LAN ports. They can feature speeds up to 10GbE per port. These modules allow end users to grow their appliance to meet their demand.

Internally, the FW-8865 can hold both of the most recent Intel Xeon processors - the Intel Xeon processor E3-1275 (3.4GHz) and the Intel Xeon processor E3-1225 (3.1GHz). These processors are connected directly to 4 x 240 pin DIMM slots, each of which can carry a maximum of 4GBs of dual-channel DDR3 RAM. It also has one PCIe (x)4 slot for expansion purposes.

The FW-8865 is compatible with both Linux and Windows operating systems. There is a RJ-45 Console port, 2 x USB 2.0 ports and a 2 x 20 LCM. The FW-8865 features an internal RTC and a watchdog to ensure constant operation.

The platform has been extensively tested for temperatures between 0 and 40o Celsius. It can be ordered with dual power supplies for redundancy purposes.

For more information about the Lanner FW-8865 please check out the datasheet here:
http://www.lannerinc.com/x86_Network_Appliance/FW-8865

Or you can talk to a Lanner representative at [email protected].

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About Lanner
Founded in 1986 and publicly listed (TAIEX 6245) since 2003, Lanner Electronics, Inc. is an ISO 9001 certified designer and manufacturer of network application platforms, network video platforms and applied computing hardware for first-tier companies. Lanner's expertise also extends to include driver and firmware support, enabling customers to optimize hardware and software communication to achieve faster time to market. With headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan and branches in the U.S. and China, Lanner is uniquely positioned to deliver custom technical solutions with localized, value-added service. Lanner is an Associate Member of the Intel® Embedded and Communications Alliance, a group of companies committed to developing modular, standards-based solutions based on technologies, processors, products, and services from Intel®.

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