The Express-BD7 is a COM Express COM.0 R3.0 Basic Size Type 7 module supporting the 64-bit Intel Xeon processor D and Intel Pentium D processor system-on-chip (SoC) (formerly "Broadwell-DE"). The Express-BD7 is specifically designed for customers who need excellent computing performance with balanced power consumption and multiple 10G Ethernet connectivity in a long product life solution.
The Express-BD7 features Intel® Virtualization Technology (including VT-x, VT-d, EPT), Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (up to 16 cores, 32 threads), Intel Trusted Execution Technology, Intel AES-NI Technology, and DDR4 ECC (or non-ECC) dual-channel memory at 1866/2133/2400 MHz (dependent on SoC SKU) to provide excellent overall performance.
An integrated Intel 10G Ethernet controller supports two 10GBASE-KR interfaces, relevant sideband signals and NC-SI. The Express-BD7 is designed to serve customers with optimized computing capability per watt and high speed connectivity requirements who want to outsource the custom core logic of their systems for reduced development time.
The Express-BD7 has dual stacked SODIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of DDR4 ECC (or non-ECC) memory. Input/output features include 16 PCIe Gen3 lanes, up to 8 PCIe Gen2 lanes, a single onboard Gigabit Ethernet port, USB 3.0/2.0 ports, and SATA 6 Gb/s ports. Support is provided for SMBus and I2C. The module is equipped with SPI AMI EFI BIOS with CMOS backup, supporting embedded features such as remote console, hardware monitor, and watchdog timer.
At the heart of SEMA is the Board Management Controller (BMC) supporting SEMA functions. The SEMA Extended EAPI provides access to all functions and can be integrated into the user’s own applications. The SEMA GUI and SEMA Command Line Interface allow monitoring, control and use of the SEMA parameters and functions directly on your device for test and demonstration purposes.Optionally SEMA supports also remote procedure calls – please refer to SEMA Software Installation Guide.
Detailed forensic information is available after system or module failures. The BMC Power-Up Error Log function provides detailed information about history of failures that may have occurred during power-up sequences. Log information includes e.g. error number, flags, restart event, power cycles, boot count, status, CPU temperature and board temperature. Moreover minimum and maximum temperature of the CPU and system is available, as well as HDD S.M.A.R.T information- all of which can be used to analyze system or module failure in detail.
SEMA is available for Linux and Windows operating systems and for various HW platforms