1794-IF8IH With the popularity of 5G networks, 5G base stations have been built all over the country, because they are often deployed in a relatively harsh and narrow space environment, the system in addition to the requirement to support wide temperature work, but also have to consider industrial specifications, which makes the general server unable to perform. For this application scenario, Advantech will launch the latest two 5G BBU edge server products in the third quarter of 2021. This product is based on Intel Xeon processor as the base station network computing core, combined with FPGA acceleration card for Baseband processing. It can effectively Backhaul the broadband data traffic of the local base station to the core network to meet the needs of low latency and high transmission volume.

1794-IF8IH The two products launched by Advantech, 1U SKY-7120S and 2U SKY-7223D, are industrial edge servers designed for 5G base stations in the SKY-7000 series. They have the characteristics of short chassis depth, small size, support wide temperature operation, and easy maintenance of important components such as power supply and fan. At the same time, it supports heterogeneous computing such as 5G FPGA and AI GPU, clock synchronization and GPS synchronization, and server out-of-band management and in-band management functions, providing users with more industrial-grade protection and more flexible application deployment.

1794-IF8IH The 1U is equipped with Intel® Skylakes-D processor with short chassis depth and low power consumption, which is suitable for small base station deployment. The 2U is equipped with Intel® second-generation Xeon® Scalable processor with high performance and good scalability, which can not only combine FPGA 5G prepass acceleration card and intelligent network adapter. Used in open radio access networks (ORAN), it can also be combined with inference acceleration cards, combined with deep learning frameworks, to provide AI inference and training models, suitable for high-computational scenarios and applications.

With the trend of software-defined networking (SDN) and network device virtualization (NFV), the general hardware platform of x86 servers is more and more suitable for serving as the base station computing core, and Advantech 5G BBU edge computing solution can bring the most application deployment flexibility.

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Time synchronization module solution

1794-IF8IH 1U and 2U 5G base station servers can be equipped with time synchronization module (optional), time and frequency synchronization accuracy meet OTII/ORAN requirements, support Beidou synchronization and GPS dual-mode work, provide 1pps+TOD and 1588 v2 FE time interface, meet the choice of input/output switching at different times. And can meet the requirements of 8 hours to maintain the time interval error.

Operation and maintenance management

Both 5G BBU edge servers have IPMI 2.0 capabilities that enable users to remotely monitor, manage, and control the server, and receive alerts when any sensor detects a device or component failure. In addition, event logs record important information about the server and can be controlled remotely through the IPMI KVM. In addition, the BMC architecture also supports Redfish and has the advantages of security, highly scalable management, human-readable data interface, and implementation based on existing hardware, making the server easier to manage.

1794-IF8IH Edge equipment room environment support

The front I/O system configuration saves time and facilitates maintenance. The wide temperature system specifications, good temperature adaptability, can support the equipment room temperature up to 45°C to 55°C, ultra-short chassis design, can be placed in the minimum cabinet depth of 600mm, avoid the limitation of rack space, lightweight and shock-proof design, can meet the requirements of the equipment room bearing limit and high seismic requirements. Advantech 5G BBU server makes it easier to deploy in edge rooms with different conditions.