February 21, 2003

Portwell Inc, a leading Communication Appliance platform provider, unveiled the NAR-7070 appliance server based on cutting-edge 533 MHz Intel E7501 chipset and dual 82546 Gigabit Ethernet controllers.

As a new member of Portwell's communication appliance product line, NAR-7070 offers processing speed of 2.8G Hz and beyond with up to six Gigabit interfaces in an industrial grade 2U rack-mount system. This high computing and communication performance solution is designed for the most mission critical applications such as security, network management and multimedia communication.

The hyper-threading capabilities of dual Xeon processors provide unparalleled computing power to Gigabit oriented applications. The performance of six front-accessible Gigabit Ethernet interfaces is optimized to take full advantage of the high-bandwidth I/O architecture of Intel E7501. The choices of different combination of Copper and Fiber-Optic Gigabit Ethernet interface are supported to satisfy a wider range of applications.

Two built-in PCI-X expansion slots of 133/100 MHz allow additional Ethernet or encryption acceleration card to boost overall hardware performance. An optional PMC connector of independent PCI-X channel is available to increase freedom of add-on card selection.

A 350W redundant power supply is incorporated in NAR-7070 to protect system from shutdown due to power supply failure. A cooling solution consisting of two hot-swappable fan modules not only enhances the system reliability, but also provides upgradeable compatibility for future higher frequency CPUs.
In summary, NAR-7070 offers:

• Dual 1.8 to 2.8 GHz plus Intel Xeon processors with hyper-threading capability
  
• Up to 4 Gbytes on DDR SDRAM
  
• Up to two PCI-X slots (133 MHz for one add-on card and 100 MHz for two add-on cards); one optional PMC connector of independent PCI-X channel
  
• Six Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on Intel 82546 (two Coppers and four Fiber-Optics) and one Fast Ethernet interface based on Intel 82551
  
• Two hot-swappable fan modules
  
• 350W redundant power supply
  
• LCD/keypad module for friendly installation and maintenance
  
• Front-accessible system console for easier BIOS level hardware debug

Portwell Inc, an active member of Intel Applied Computing Platform Provider, designs and manufactures Network and Security Appliance along with a full range of IPC products (SBC, Backplane, Redundant Power Supply, Rack Mount & Node Chassis), Embedded Architecture Solution and Panel PC. We provide complete R&D and project management services to decrease customers' time to market, reduce project risk and cost. Portwell is also an ISO9001 certified company, which deploy quality assurance through product design, verification and manufacturing cycle.

If you need more information, please contact Scorp Lee at scorp@mail.portwell.com.tw, Product Marketing Manager Communications Appliance product line.
In North America you can contact Allen Lee at 510-790-9192 or email him at allen@mail.portwell.com

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