Rugged fanless networking and storage edge servers
Heptagon Systems HQ-Box2 is a series of rugged edge servers in a state-of-the-art compact Box-PC enclosure.
Based on the Intel® Xeon® D-1700 / Xeon D-1800 LCC SOC, 4..10-core, the HQ-Box2 offers up to 384GB DDR4-ECC memory and an integrated 1/10/25Gb Ethernet controller with up to 8 ports. Built for Networking and Edge computing, the Intel SOC offers scalability and a rich feature set to address key requirements, while providing a new level of compute power to support any Edge/Network application.
With flexibility and customization in mind, the HQ-Box2 offers multiple configuration options to accommodate for a variety of use cases. Additional custom-configured modifications can be easily created with a short turnaround time.
The HQ-Box2 feature set is optimized towards dense compute and connectivity resources using integrated accelerators such as Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT) and Inline IPSec. Real-Time Features TSN (Time Sensitive Networking) and Intel® TCC (Time Coordinated Computing) are supported.
Typical applications can be found in 5G Edge infrastructure, rural, mmWave, telco mid-band 32T32R, vRAN, transportation, Industrial control, Edge AI, and many more. 5G applications can benefit from the combination of "HQ-Box2 2X" or "HQ-Box-AI" and the Intel vRAN Accelerator ACC100 adapter. This fixed-function adapter works with Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and Intel® Xeon® D processors to enable low-cost, power-efficient 4G and 5G vRAN solutions.
- Intel® Xeon® D-1700 / D-1800 CPU, 4-10 cores, 36-83W
- Up to 384GB DDR4 with ECC
- 2x M.2 SSD slots, 2x M.2 slots for 5G w/SIM and Wi-Fi
- 8x 10G SFP+ (4x 25G) + 2x 2.5GbE + 1x GbE
- 16-lane PCIe Gen 4 + 8-lane PCIe Gen 3
- Fanless and Maintenance free
- -30°C..+60°C operating temperature range
- Aspeed AST2600 BMC with Display Port video
- Plenty of storage and PCIe slot configuration options
Edge server HQ-Box2 Bare with Intel Xeon D-1700 / Xeon D-1800
HQ-Box2 Model selection
| Model | PCIe G4 Slot | PCIe G3 Slot | M.2 SSD | U.3* / U.2 2.5″ Bay | 2.5G / GbE | SFP+ | BMC | Wi-Fi / 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bare | - | - | 1x NVMe G3, 1x SATA | - | 2/1 | 4+4 | AST2600 | M.2-B, W.Sim, M.2-E |
| 2X | 1 | 1 | 1x NVMe G3, 1x SATA | - | 2/1 | 4+4 | AST2600 | M.2-B, W.Sim, M.2-E |
| Storage-M / M6 | - | - | 4x NVMe G4, 1x NVMe G3, 1x SATA (M6: +2x NVMe G3) | - | 2/1 | 4+4 | AST2600 | M.2-B, W.Sim, M.2-E |
| Combo-S | - | 1 | 1x NVMe G3, 1x SATA | 4x U.3/U.2 hot-swap | 2/1 | 4+4 | AST2600 | M.2-B, W.Sim, M.2-E |
| AI | 1 | - | 2x NVMe G4, 3x NVMe G3, 1x SATA | - | 2/1 | 4+4 | AST2600 | M.2-B, W.Sim, M.2-E |
* 2.5″ U.3 drives are PCIe Gen 4, supporting 15mm/17mm thick drives. U.2 drives are also supported.
Intel Xeon D-1700 / Xeon D-1800 CPU Selection
The following table describes the main characteristics of the Intel Xeon D-1700 and Xeon D-1800 CPU you may use with the HQ-Box2 edge server.
| CPU number | # of Cores | Max. Turbo Freq. | Base Freq. | Cache | Ethernet / QAT | Extended Temp. | TDP | Mem Frequency MHz | Max Channels | Max Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Cores | ||||||||||
| D-1747NTE | 10 | 3.5GHz | 2.5GHz | 15MB | 100G / 20G | Yes | 80W | 2933 | 3 | 384GB |
| D-1748TE | 10 | 3.4GHz | 2.3GHz | 15MB | 50G / - | Yes | 65W | 2400 | 2 | 256GB |
| D-1746TER | 10 | 3.1GHz | 2.0GHz | 15MB | 100G / - | Yes | 67W | 2667 | 3 | 384GB |
| D-1848TER | 10 | 3.1GHz | 2.0GHz | 15MB | 100G / - | Yes | 57W | 2667 | 2 | 256GB |
| D-1844NT | 10 | 3.1GHz | 2.0GHz | 15MB | 50G / 20G | - | 55W | 2667 | 2 | 256GB |
| D-1846 | 10 | 3.1GHz | 2.0GHz | 15MB | - / - | - | 55W | 2933 | 2 | 256GB |
| 8-Cores | ||||||||||
| D-1739 | 8 | 3.5GHz | 3.0GHz | 15MB | - / - | - | 83W | 2933 | 3 | 384GB |
| D-1736NT | 8 | 3.5GHz | 3.0GHz | 15MB | 50G / 20G | - | 67W | 2667 | 2 | 256GB |
| D-1735TR | 8 | 3.4GHz | 2.2GHz | 15MB | 50G / - | - | 59W | 2933 | 3 | 384GB |
| D-1733NT | 8 | 3.1GHz | 2.0GHz | 15MB | 50G / 20G | - | 53W | 2400 | 2 | 256GB |
| D-1732TE | 8 | 3.0GHz | 1.9GHz | 15MB | 50G / - | Yes | 52W | 2667 | 3 | 384GB |
| D-1834 | 8 | 2.9GHz | 1.8GHz | 15MB | - / - | - | 42W | 2667 | 2 | 256GB |
| 6-Cores | ||||||||||
| D-1726 | 6 | 3.4GHz | 2.9GHz | 10MB | - / - | - | 70W | 2933 | 3 | 384GB |
| D-1722NE | 6 | 2.7GHz | 1.7GHz | 10MB | - / 10G | Yes | 36W | 2400 | 2 | 256GB |
| D-1823NT | 6 | 3.5GHz | 2.8GHz | 10MB | 50G / 10G | - | 55W | 2400 | 2 | 256GB |
| 4-Cores | ||||||||||
| D-1715TER | 4 | 3.5GHz | 2.4GHz | 10MB | 50G / - | Yes | 50W | 2667 | 3 | 384GB |
| D-1718T | 4 | 3.5GHz | 2.6GHz | 10MB | 50G / - | - | 46W | 2933 | 2 | 256GB |
| D-1713NT | 4 | 3.5GHz | 2.2GHz | 10MB | 50G / 10G | - | 45W | 2667 | 2 | 256GB |
| D-1713NTE | 4 | 3.3GHz | 2.2GHz | 10MB | 50G / 10G | Yes | 45W | 2400 | 2 | 256GB |
| D-1712TR | 4 | 3.1GHz | 2.0GHz | 10MB | 50G / - | - | 40W | 2400 | 3 | 384GB |
| D-1813NT | 4 | 2.4GHz | 2.2GHz | 10MB | 50G / 10G | - | 42W | 2400 | 2 | 256GB |
Memory is DDR4 RDIMM (with ECC). Minimum order may apply when ordering a CPU which is not in stock.
Ethernet ports per Intel Xeon D-1700 / Xeon D-1800 CPU
Intel has implemented a sophisticated Network Accelerator Complex (NAC) into the Xeon D-1700 / D-1800 series. However not all CPU's share the same networking capabilities. The below tables highlight the Ethernet capabilities of each processor. The HQ-Box2 edge server fully supports all of the Intel defined configurations.
100G capable CPU's
| # of Ports | QUAD 0 | QUAD 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P0 | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | P7 | |
| 8 | 10G | 10G | 10G | 10G | 10G | 10G | 10G | 10G |
| 6 | 25G | 25G | - | - | 10G | 10G | 10G | 10G |
| 4 | 25G | 25G | 25G | 25G | - | - | - | - |
100G NAC CPU's: D-1747NTE, D-1746TER, D-1848TER. Connector type: SFP28 (25G), SFP+ (10G).
50G capable CPU's
| # of Ports | QUAD 0 | QUAD 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P0 | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | P7 | |
| 8 | 10G | 10G | 10G | 10G | 1G | 1G | 1G | 1G |
| 5 | 10G | 10G | 10G | 10G | 10G | - | - | - |
| 4 | 10G | 10G | 10G | 10G | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 25G | - | 25G | - | - | - | - | - |
50G NAC CPU's: D-1748TE, D-1736NT, D-1735TR, D-1733NT, D-1732TE, D-1715TER, D-1718T, D-1713NT, D-1713NTE, D-1712TR, D-1844NT, D-1823NT, D-1813NT. Connector type: SFP28 (25G), SFP+ (10G), SFP (1G).