“Businesses are generating data faster and at higher quantities at the edge than ever, but all that information is useless if it can’t be captured, processed and acted upon,” said OnLogic v-p of product management Kim Wasserman. “Our customers shared a need for a rack-mountable system that includes processing power, remote management, and the ability to integrate a range of graphics processing, networking and connectivity.”
It response was the full-height shallow-depth (515 x 430 x 43.5mm) AC101 Edge Server, which can be configured with i3, i5, i7 or i9 processors up to up to 24 cores and 32 threads, and four DDR5-4800 memory UDIMMs (non-ECC or ECC) up to 128Gbyte total – up to 4,400Mtransfer/s is possible.
Graphics are Intel UHD 730 (i3) or 770 (others), with support for three displays.
A dedicated BCM (baseboard management controller) provides remote access for real-time configuration and monitoring. It also gives users access to IPMI (intelligent platform management interface) 2.0 and RedFish (RESTful) APIs, “and a secure web-based user interface providing system status, event monitoring, logging and remote KVM”, according to the company. “Users have access to all features offered by the system’s BMC without any additional fees.”
Ad hoc BCM access is via a dedicated 1Gbit Ethernet RJ-45 port. Out-of-band network access uses the secured web-based application.
Inside, a full-height full-length Gen 4 x16 PCIe interface (up to 150W) is available for higher-end GPUs or more display outputs – plus M-key M.2 (PCIe Gen 3 x4), up to 4x 2.5in NVMe and up to 4x 2.5in SATA.
For high availability, up to two PSUs can be installed – either 450W Gold or 750W Platinum.
Alongside the BMC port, rear panel interfaces include 2x 1Gbit Ethernet (or 2x 10Gbit, depending on options, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA and a DB9 com port.
The front panel adds two more USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A ports.
Operation is over 100 – 240Vac and 5 – 40°C,
See the server at Automate 2023 in Detroit (starts 22nd May) or Red Hat Summit in Boston, Massachusetts (23rd May)
