Intel announces new server-related products

BANGALORE: Intel Corporation has rolled out new server "building
block" products, including boards, chassis, and other server components,
designed for OEM system builders and product integrators.

Intel Asia-Pacific Enterprise Platforms and Services Division regional marketing
manager, Ravichandran Ramadurai said, "Our strategy is to enable
integrators and OEMs of all sizes with a breadth of server building block
products which allow them to focus on their added value in terms of
affordability, unique designs and services."

The company has announced seven server board and server chassis products for
a wide range of computing environments.

The Intel Server Board SCB2, Intel Server Chassis SR1200, and Intel Server
Chassis SR2200 are optimized for high density, rack-mount server environments.
Server Board SCB2-based platforms can be integrated into OEM server product
offerings to meet a variety of Internet applications, including clustered
database, firewall, streaming media, and e-mail servers (see attached glossary
for technical descriptions and usage detail). This new product line is built
around the Intel Pentium III processor with 512-KB cache.



The Intel Server Board SDS2, Intel Server Board SAI2, and Intel Server Chassis
SC5100, also built around the Intel Pentium III processor with 512-KB cache, are
optimized for general purpose computing environments. The Server Board SDS2 is
targeted at small- to medium-sized workgroup environments utilizing e-mail
servers, proxy/caching servers, Web servers, and database servers. The Server
Board SAI2 provides small businesses with a great price/performance solution for
their file/print, intranet Web server, and terminal server computing needs.

The Intel Server Board S815BM1 is available today for a 1U (1.75"
height) chassis configuration. This product provides value-conscious businesses
with a solution to their Web hosting, firewall, and Domain Name Systems (DNS)
requirements.

Additional server management, storage, and networking products announced
today include the first IPMI 1.5 server management stack implementation via the
Intel Server Management version 3.5, as well as the Intel RAID Controller SRCMR,
Intel RAID Controller SRCU32, and the Intel PRO/1000 XT Server Adapter. These
products are designed to improve I/O performance and data reliability in a
variety of computing configurations.