The NCP-5120 is a 1U rackmount network applications platform designed for mission-critical performance-demanding applications. With the increasing demand and complexity in networking environments, system integrators and solution providers are seeking platforms that can manage high-speed packet processing. Based on a new generation high-performance OCTEON network processors, the NCP-5120 offers up to sixteen 1 GHz cores. The chipset supports a variety of I/O interfaces from Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and SPI 4.2 to PCI-X. The built-in security and compression/decompression engine provides reliable security functions at top speed. The NCP-5120 comes with specially designed platform features, including redundant power supplies and a front-accessible HDD bay. In addition a uniquely designed thermal machanism and hot-swappable fan modules enhances platform reliability.