Kontron 4U PCI761 industrial server

The KISS industrial server family has been expanded with the 4U PCI761.

The 4U rackmount server, with 64-bit Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor and long-term availability, combines performance density with flexibility via 12 expansion slots.

The server offers broad scalability, from the Core i3 to the Core i7 processor, with up to four 2.8 GHz cores and 8 GB DDR3-1333 RAM. It also integrates a PICMG 1.3 backplane, which can be populated with up to 12 full-size PCI and PCI Express expansion cards, for customised I/O designs.

These features make the device suitable for a broad range of applications, including asynchronous real-time applications in measurement and testing technology, image processing and process control, which benefit from the maximum server performance and bandwidth.

Industrial automation applications also benefit from the expanded feature set, for example, in control rooms and control centres where the server can be used with several graphics cards in multi display installations.

It is also suitable for general-purpose computing on graphics processing units solutions in medical and military technology, simulation applications and high-end audio processing.

The I/O options provide designers with the opportunity to use several expansion boards with different bus systems in parallel, simplifying overall system configuration.

Interfaces for 2x gigabit ethernet, 12x USB 2.0 (2x front, 4x back, 6x pin header) and 2x COM (1x RS232/422/485, 1x RS232) are available on the board, granting high connectivity without the need to use additional expansions.

Video (DVI-D, VGA) and audio ports (mic-in, line-in, line-out) and PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard top off the interface offering.

Storage media can be connected via six SATA 2.0 interfaces with on-board RAID 0/1/5/10 support for especially secure and redundant data storage. Three 5.25″ bays, a 3.5″ bay as well as a slim-bay (5.25″ wide, 3.5″ high) offer sufficient space for shock-protected hard disks and hard disk arrays such as the KISS DA series and DVD drives, or the optional hard disk subsystem KISS Stor with built-in RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 functionality.