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HDS6603B 6U OpenVPX, SOSA-aligned, Multiprocessing Board

Mercury Systems
HDS6603B 6U OpenVPX, SOSA-aligned, Multiprocessing Board

The EnsembleSeries™ HDS6603B is a 6U OpenVPX multiprocessing server blade powered by dual Intel® Xeon® E5 processors with Mellanox ConnectX-3 40 Gb/s Ethernet or InfiniBand switch fabrics.

Typed specifications41 values

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Processor
Dual Intel 2.2 GHz 10-core or 1.8 GHz 14-core Xeon (Broadwell) server-class processors
product page Dual Intel 1.8GHz 14-core E5-2648L v4 (Wellsburg Bridge) server-class processors Option 1 (default CPU configuration)  |  Dual Intel 2.2GHz 10-core E5-2618L v4 (Wellsburg Bridge) server-class processors Option 2
CPU clock
2 200 MHz
E5-2618L v4 · datasheet p.4 1 800 MHz E5-2648L v4  |  1 800 MHz Option 1, 14-core E5-2648L v4  |  2 200 MHz Option 2, 10-core E5-2618L v4
RAM
131 072 MB
on-board DRAM · datasheet p.2 65 536 MB per processor  |  131 072 MB planned, for 256GB total blade memory  |  131 072 MB with ECC (256GB planned)  |  131 072 MB max · Up to 128GB DDR4-2133 with ECC (256GB planned), per blade  +1
Mass storage
16 GB
datasheet p.4 16 GB NAND flash, SATA interface  |  8 GB on-board flash device, boot path
Operating system
Linux
Linux development and run-time environment · datasheet p.3
Power consumption
200 W
~200W per blade · datasheet p.4 75 W ~75W per processor  |  200 W per blade  |  75 W per processor
Data interface
PCIe
dual full x16 or dual x8 PCIe Gen3 expansion plane · datasheet p.4 other InfiniBand (DDR/QDR/FDR10) on data plane  |  Ethernet InfiniBand or 40 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on data plane; d…  |  SATA NAND flash, SATA interface  |  I2C standard I2C bus for IPMC / IPMI system management  +6
Processor architecture
x86
Dual Intel Xeon Broadwell x86 processors · datasheet p.1
Board format
6U VPX
6U OpenVPX, 1.0" slot pitch · datasheet p.4
Radiation and fault mitigation
EDAC / ECC on RAM
DDR4-2133 with ECC · datasheet p.4 hardware watchdog Watchdog timer to support interrupt or reset
Cores
14
Option 1, E5-2648L v4, per processor · datasheet p.4 10 Option 2, E5-2618L v4, per processor
RAM type
DDR4
DDR4-2133 with ECC · datasheet p.4
Program / boot memory
8 MB
BIOS SPI flash, dual 8 MB partitions · datasheet p.4
Data interface speed
40 000 Mbps
40Gb/s Ethernet or InfiniBand data plane · datasheet p.1

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Processors
Dual Intel 2.2 GHz 10-core or 1.8 GHz 14-core Xeon (Broadwell) server-class processors
SDRAM
Up to 64 GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM (per processor), 128 GB planned (for 256 GB total blade memory)
Switch Fabrics
40 Gb/s Ethernet or InfiniBand high switch fabrics
PCIe
Gen3 PCIe coprocessing and I/O expansion plane communications
Environmental Protection
MOTS+ extreme environmental protection
Compliance
SOSA aligned and VITA 65 compliant

About

This powerful server blade is available with MOTS+ technology for extreme environmental protection for deployment anywhere, and is SOSA-aligned for maximum interoperability and technology reuse. By combining our OpenVPX multiprocessing and SBC modules with a complementary portfolio of storage, I/O, networking, GPUs, and software, we create customizable, rugged embedded subsystems that securely operate at the tactical edge. Featuring state-of-the-art, commercially developed technologies packaged for deployment in harsh environments, OpenVPX modules offer building block flexibility and interoperability that enable the rapid fielding of mission-critical capabilities.

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