HP announced a new “standards-based” carrier-grade server for telecom network equipment providers (NEPs) and operators who supply fixed and mobile communications services. The model cc3310 server is based on dual 2.4-GHz Intel Xeon processors running Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1. The system is certified to NEBS Level 3 standards and is suited to a variety network applications including media gateways, signal gateways, media servers, and soft switches, HP said.

“The telco server industry is really seeing a shift away from some of the proprietary systems that were for so long the staple upon which carriers relied,” said Eric Mantion, senior analyst, In-Stat/MDR. “As both the processors and operating systems found in enterprise markets have risen to the reliability standards the service providers have come to expect — specifically for x86-based CPUs and Linux — the significant cost saving that these architectures bring are being looked at very favorably by today's cost-sensitive telecommunications companies.”

The cc3310 is packaged in a 2U rackmount enclosure and provides up to six PCI slots. Other features include single or dual Intel Xeon processors running at 2.4 GHz; 12 gigabytes of DDR266 SDRAM DIMM memory; support for up to two redundant, hot swappable disk drives and 292 gigabytes of disk storage.

HP said its carrier-grade servers are designed to comply with industry standards as defined by the Open Source Development Labs Carrier-Grade working group and the Service Availability Forum.

 
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