The Dell Open RAN Accelerator Card offers these advantages:
- Performs all Layer 1 calculations in-line while offloading Layer 1 processing from your server’s main CPU
- Can be plugged into existing vDU deployments as a fronthaul network interface card (NIC)
- Includes built-in global positioning system/global navigation satellite system (GPS/GNSS) timing, eliminating the need for standalone timing modules
- Frees up your existing servers to focus on the Layer 2/3 workloads they were designed to handle—enhancing price/performance.
- Uses a standard PCIe form factor and can be used within standard COTS servers with PCIe slots—including servers other than Dells. The integration within Dell servers allows the Dell integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) software to control the server software lifecycle.
- Reduces overall power consumption (with fewer cores supporting more capacity)—in contrast with implementations where the server CPU performs all functions across L1/L2 and L3. The L1 implementation on a power-efficient, in-line PCIe card allows an overall reduction in power consumption.