Intel has boxed server codenames to play with

SOURCES SAID Intel plans a whole heap of boxed products in the first half of next year, all of which will be ready for the "Nocona" chip - the 90 nanometer microprocessor aimed at the lucrative server market.

These products include boards and packaged servers which resellers will be able to sell with various value added services.

New or revised codenames to conjure with include Harlingen, which uses the E7501 (Plumas 533) chipset and which comes in the SC5200 (Hudson III-5U) chassis.

Intel is also expected soon to refresh its Bryson board (the SE7501BR2), which also uses the E7501 and the Hudson III chassis, also supports the Xeon DP chip, and may be released as early as next month.

In January, Intel will release the Vero Beach board, which uses the E7505 (Placer) chipset, has a U320 SCSI adaptor, and comes in the SC5200 (Hudson III) chassis.

Intel will introduce boxed rack server products using the Xeon and supporting the Prescott and Nocona microprocessors during Q4 of next year - confirming OEM roadmaps already seen by the INQUIRER.

The Shasta and Westville boxed rack boards will support an upgrade for the large cache "Gallatin" Xeons Intel introduced earlier this quarter.

Intel has also informed its distributors and resellers about the "Canterwood" chipset, which is expected to support high end dual DDR 400 memory when it is launched in Q2 of next year.

Intel will also move aggressively into the boxed Intel RAID controller market during the first and second quarter of next year. It will offer Chilito-1, two channel Ultra320 SCSI, Taft - a Serial ATA four pot RAID controller, , and Caldwell, a low cost U160/U320 ROMB card. It will follow that introduction up with the Palo Verde, just for U320 and using its own 600MHz Xscale chip.

It is also expanded its server management software. While Kilchis II, which features online BIOS and FW upgrades, has a native serial command line, and which supports SNMP V3 straddles this year and next, in 2004 Intel promises "Silver Wood", which will include unified server management for IA-32 and IA-64 servers, and system management for RAID integration, all managed using a Web interface. µ

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