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 Xeon D-1700 / Xeon D-1800
Edge server HQ-Box2 Bare with Intel Xeon D-1700 / Xeon D-1800

HQ-Box2 Model selection

ModelPCIe G4
Slot
PCIe G3
Slot
M.2 SSDU.3* / U.2
2.5″ Bay
2.5G / GbESFP+BMCWi-Fi / 5G
Bare1x NVMe G3
1x SATA
2/14+4AST2600M.2-B
W.Sim
M.2-E
2X111x NVMe G3
1x SATA
2/14+4AST2600M.2-B
W.Sim
M.2-E
Storage-M / M64x NVMe G4
1x NVMe G3
1x SATA
M6: +2x NVMe G3
2/14+4AST2600M.2-B
W.Sim
M.2-E
Combo-S11x NVMe G3
1x SATA
4x U.3/U.2
hot-swap
2/14+4AST2600M.2-B
W.Sim
M.2-E
AI12x NVMe G4
3x NVMe G3
1x SATA
2/14+4AST2600M.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.
CacheEthernet /
QAT
Extended
Temp.
TDPMem1
Frequency
MHz
Max
Channels
Max
Capacity
10-Cores
D-1747NTE10 3.5GHz 2.5GHz 15MB 100G / 20G Yes 80W 29333384GB
D-1748TE   10 3.4GHz 2.3GHz 15MB 50G / – Yes 65W 24002256GB
D-1746TER 10 3.1GHz 2.0GHz 15MB 100G / – Yes 67W 26673384GB
D-1848TER103.1GHz 2.0GHz 15MB 100G / – Yes57W26672256GB
D-1844NT103.1GHz 2.0GHz 15MB50G / 20G55W26672256GB
D-1846103.1GHz 2.0GHz 15MB– / –55W29332256GB
8-Cores
D-1739       8 3.5GHz 3.0GHz 15MB – / – 83W 29333384GB
D-1736NT   8 3.5GHz 3.0GHz 15MB 50G / 20G 67W 26672256GB
D-1735TR   8 3.4GHz 2.2GHz 15MB 50G / – 59W 29333384GB
D-1733NT   8 3.1GHz 2.0GHz 15MB 50G / 20G 53W 24002256GB
D-1732TE   8 3.0GHz 1.9GHz 15MB 50G / – Yes 52W 26673384GB
D-183482.9GHz1.8GHz15MB– / –42W26672256GB
6-Cores
D-1726       6 3.4GHz 2.9GHz 10MB – /- 70W 29333384GB
D-1722NE   6 2.7GHz 1.7GHz 10MB – /10G Yes 36W 24002256GB
D-1823NT63.5GHz2.8GHz10MB50G / 10G55W24002256GB
4-Cores
D-1715TER 4 3.5GHz 2.4GHz 10MB 50G /- Yes 50W 26673384GB
D-1718T     4 3.5GHz 2.6GHz 10MB 50G /- 46W 29332256GB
D-1713NT   4 3.5GHz 2.2GHz 10MB 50G /10G 45W 26672256GB
D-1713NTE 4 3.3GHz 2.2GHz 10MB 50G /10G Yes 45W 24002256GB
D-1712TR   4 3.1GHz 2.0GHz 10MB 50G /- 40W 24003384GB
D-1813NT42.4GHz2.2GHz10MB50G /10G42W24002256GB
1Memory 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 highlights the Ethernet capabilities of each processor. The HQ-Box2 edge server fully supports all of the the Intel defined configurations.

100G capable CPU’s

# of
Ports
QUAD 0QUAD 1
P0P1P2P3P4P5P6P7
810G10G10G10G10G10G10G10G
625G25G10G10G10G10G
425G25G25G25G
100G NAC CPU’s: D-1747NTE, 1746TER, D-1848TER.

Connector type: SFP28 (25G), SFP+ (10G)

50G capable CPU’s

# of
Ports
QUAD 0QUAD 1
P0P1P2P3P4P5P6P7
810G10G10G10G1G1G1G1G
510G10G10G10G10G
410G10G10G10G
225G25G
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)