Advantech Boosts White-box Server and Network Appliance Range with 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

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SKY-8211

The SKY-8211 series represents the next generation of white box servers designed to replace proprietary routers and gateways with an open programmable off-the-shelf platform entirely based on processors and network interfaces from Intel.  When deployed as virtual routers they provide the functionality of legacy, fixed-function routers with more flexibility and lower cost. The platforms are ideal for software defined networking deployment and are based on the highly versatile Intel Xeon Processor Scalable series enabling high performance control and dataplane processing. With multiple  front facing ethernet ports connected to a cost optimized planar PCIe board the platforms eliminate the need for multiple PCIe cards and offer all the physical connectivity advantages of an off-the-shelf enterprise or provider edge router. Together with software from leading ecosystem partners the SKY-8211 becomes the first modular programmable switch to eliminate specialized dataplane processing using non-Intel Architecture components. The SKY-8211's are essentially highly configurable high performance servers designed to balance the best in x86 server-class processing with maximum I/O and offload density in a 2U 430mm depth chassis. The system is a cost effective, robust platform optimized for superior reliability in business critical applications such as communications, edge and industrial high performance computing. It is specifically designed to meet high density I/O connectivity and wide operation temperature. The power and cooling options along with the streamlined mechanical design make it ideal for demanding applications requiring in a -20C to 70C environment. The SKY-8211 meets a variety of acquisition, preprocessing and forwarding performance needs and can operate in environments with limited space, higher ambient temperature and lower low noise level constraints.Architected around the new Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family, the single-socket SKY-8211 combines an unprecedented choice of performance levels from 6 to 28-cores with the ruggedness, reliability, and long system lifecycles required by the industry. With integrated security and compression offload based on Intel® QuickAssist technology, the system offers best-in-class integration in a compact form factor.The SKY-8211 is designed to withstand extended environmental conditions in terms of shock, vibration and operating temperature. Redundant power supplies, the ability to withstand single fan failures, and redundant firmware images with failsafe upgrades make the SKY-8101 for reliable. The front hot swappable FRUs and I/O ports makes the SKY-8211 the platform of choice for fast and simple service. For more details please contact your Advantech local sales representative.

SKY-8101L

The Advantech SKY-8101L is a highly configurable high performance server designed to balance the best in x86 server-class processing with maximum storage, I/O and offload density in a 1U 27.5" depth chassis. The system is a cost effective, robust platform optimized for superior reliability in business critical applications such as communications, edge and industrial high performance computing. It is specifically designed for high density PCIe card payloads where maximum I/O connectivity is needed or the integration of industry leading offload and acceleration technology is essential. The power and cooling options along with the streamlined mechanical design make it ideal for demanding applications requiring acceleration technologies such as GPU, DSP and FPGA cards. Architected around the new Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family, the single-socket SKY-8101L combines an unprecedented choice of performance levels from 6 to 28-cores with the ruggedness, reliability, and long system lifecycles required by the industry. With integrated security and compression offload based on Intel® QuickAssist technology and two onboard 10GbE ports with SR-IOV and RDMA support, the system offers best-in-class integration in a compact form factor. Specifically designed for applications requiring higher capacity, front loading, hot-swappable storage with RAID support, the SKY-8101L accommodates up to ten 2.5" removable drive bays at the front of the system, eight of which support SATA/SAS connectivity and a further two optional 2.5” NVMe drives, each connected to a PCIe Gen3 x4 Intel OCuLink bus. The two NVMe drive bays can also be configured physically into one PCIe slot, accommodating one commercial-off-the-shelf PCIe Gen3 low profile card. With support for Intel® VROC hybrid NVMe and SATA RAID, the server is ideal for video caching and edge transcoding, data acquisition, storage and processing as well as accelerated edge processing and analytics. The SKY-8101L meets a variety of acquisition, preprocessing and forwarding performance needs and can operate in environments with limited space, higher ambient temperature and lower low noise level constraints. The SKY-8101L is designed to withstand extended environmental conditions in terms of shock, vibration and operating temperature. Redundant power supplies, the ability to withstand single fan failures, redundant firmware images with failsafe upgrades and hot swappable FRUs all make the SKY-8101L the platform of choice for applications requiring zero downtime. Interoperability testing is performed with a wide selection of Advantech and third-party PCIe card vendors in order to accelerate integration and shorten time to deployment.

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SKY-8101D

The Advantech SKY-8101D is a highly configurable high performance server designed to balance the best in x86 server-class processing with maximum I/O and offload density in a 1U 29.5" depth chassis. The system is a cost effective, robust platform optimized for superior reliability in business critical applicationssuch as communications, edge and industrial high performance computing. It is specifically designed for high density PCIe card payloads where maximum IO connectivity is needed or the integration of industry leading offload and acceleration technology is essential. The power and cooling options along with the streamlined mechanical design make it ideal for demanding applications requiring high performance acceleration technologies such as GPU, DSP and FPGA cards. Architected around the new Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family, the dual socket SKY-8101D combines cutting-edge performance with the ruggedness, reliability, and long system lifecycles required by the industry. With integrated security and compression offload based on Intel® QuickAssist technology and two 10GbE ports with SR-IOV and RDMA support, the system offers best-in-class integration in a compact form factor. The SKY-8101D accommodates up to four 10.5” PCIe x16 Gen3 adapters, designed for applications requiring high TDP, high speed networking capacity or longer length add-on cards. The server can significantly scale the bandwidth up and provide better cost advantages for applications such as NFV infrastructure requiring up to 400Gbps throughput, high definition multi-stream video processing and AI workloads leveraging high density FPGA offload adapters. Redundant power supplies, the ability to withstand single fan failures, redundant firmware images with failsafe upgrades and hot swappable FRUs make the SKY-8101D the platform of choice for applications requiring zero downtime. Interoperability testing is performed with a wide selection of Advantech and third-party PCIe card vendors in order to accelerate integration and shorten time to deployment.