Built upon functionality and capability, the FWA-6500 system provides the high performance and feature set required for dual processor-based high-end network communication appliances with configuration options optimized for intensive computing, high energy-efficiency and high speed I/O bandwidth. The Intel® Xeon Dual/Quad-Core processors are based on the Intel QuickPath Interconnect architecture and VT technology improve the performance in a virtual environment. The technology supports DDR3 1066/1333 Registered ECC memory with the memory controller embedded in the processor. The chipset consists of the Intel® 5520 IO Hub (IOH), Intel® I/O Controller Hub (ICH10R) and the I/O subsystem. The Intel 5520 IOH provides 36 PCI-E Gen2 lanes and the ICH10R provides 6 x PCI-E Gen1 lanes. Therefore, the FWA-6500 can provide flexible and different combinations of Ethernet modules such as 4-port RJ-45/SFP GE NIC modules, 2-port SFP+ 10GE NIC modules and 8-port RJ-45/SFP GE NIC modules. in the front. In addition, the FWA-6500 can support standard PCI-express expansion slots with a riser card. The FWA-6500 is optimized for space constrained installations. The FWA-6500 can support two 2.5" SATA hard disk drives and still have space to support 2 PCI-E add-on cards in front for external access. The FWA-6500 is also capable of supporting two 3.5" SATA hard disk drives with condition support on the riser card. The front panel also has one RJ-45 type serial port, two Gigabit Ethernet management ports, two USB ports and an LCD Module for local system management, maintenance, and diagnostics. The system is FCC, UL, CE, CCC and RoHS compliant.