iBASE Just Unveiled FWA8800: World’s First AMD EPYC Embedded-Based Network Appliance

iBASE just introduced one of the industry’s first rackmount network appliances running AMD’s EPYC Embedded processors.

iBASE made industry’s first rackmount network appliances running AMD’s EPYC Embedded processors. The FWA8800 1U features eight cores, up to 128 GB of DDR4 memory, and up to 32 GbE ports. The appliance is targeted at various high-density deployments. The iBASE FWA8800 is based on AMD EPYC Embedded 3201 SoC that integrates eight cores without SMT running at 1.5 – 3.1 GHz, and dissipating up to 30 W. The machine supports up to 64 GB of DDR4-2667 memory when UDIMMs are used, and up to 128 GB when RDIMMs are used.

FWA8800 specs:  Performance 1U Rackmount Network Appliance with AMD EPYC™, Embedded 3000 Series & up to 16 GbE Ports,  AMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000 Series, 4x DDR4 DIMMs up to 2667MHz; Max. 64GB UDIMM(ECC or non-ECC) or 128GB RDIMM, 2x NIC module slots, Max. 16 GbE Ports, Optional 2x hot-swappable 2.5″ drive bay, Optional IPMI 2.0 module, 1x M.2 slot

An EPYC chip naturally supports ECC, Secure Memory Encryption (SME), Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) that protect data in DRAM using a dedicated AES-128 engine, and other RAS features that AMD has to offer with its Zen microarchitecture. In addition, the machine id equipped with a TPM 2.0 module.

The highly scalable FWA8800 utilizes the Intel® I210-AT Ethernet controller and two NIC modules to accommodate two IBN cards for up to 16 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Customers may opt to have four NIC modules in the system for a maximum of 32 GbE ports. Expansion and connectivity available come in the form of a PCIe(x8) slot for standard PCIe cards, 2x SATA III ports, 2x USB 2.0 ports and an M.2 slot with PCIe(x4) and SATA signals. Alongside the Ethernet ports is an LCM with 4-key keypad. A VGA output can be added through an optional IPMI module. iBase introduction

iBASE already lists its FWA8800 barebones on its website, so it looks like the company is ready to ship them. Pricing is unknown, but it will naturally depend on actual configurations, so will vary greatly.

Source: iBase

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