Advantech Cooperated with Wind River for Harnessing the Intelligent Edge with FWA-6072

Enterprises and communication service providers (CSPs) are embracing edge computing, propelled by their plans for IoT expansion, 5G deployments, AI at the edge, and demand for real-time analytics. Open, adaptable, and secure edge platforms let those organizations efficiently deploy private 5G, SD-WAN, Managed Detection and Response (MDR), and AI workloads. To serve their organizations’ needs, Advantech, a leading provider of network solutions, cooperated with Wind River to offer integrated platforms optimized for cloud-to-edge deployments. Enterprises and CSPs can use the Advantech FWA-6072 edge server with eLxr Pro™ from Wind River to harness the intelligent edge in industries including telecommunications, industrial automation, and enterprise IT.

WHERE THIS JOINT SOLUTION EXCELS

This collaboration is particularly valuable for demanding scenarios such as:

• Private 5G and virtualized telecom edge: Rapid deployment of containerized private 5G networks serving industrial campuses, logistics hubs, and smart cities..
• Enterprise software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN) and secure access service edge (SASE): Secure branch connectivity and workload orchestration.
• Industrial automation and IoT security: Real-time edge analytics and operational technology security in manufacturing and industrial networks.
• Mission-critical systems: Aerospace, defense, and healthcare edge environments that require the utmost reliability, compliance, and security.

REASONS TO CHOOSE ADVANTECH AND ELXR PRO

Customers benefit in several key ways

• The solution is integrated: Advantech’s hardware and Wind River’s software are validated together to ensure seamless deployment, lower risks, and faster time-to-market.
• You get confidence-inducing security and stability: CSPs and related industries have strict compliance requirements. Enterprise-grade long-term support accompanied by responsive security fixes resolve those concerns. Global service footprint, local customization, and expert professional services reduce operational complexity and costs.
• Everything is open and flexible: You get complete control without vendor lock-in, enabling custom solutions tailored to unique edge environments and workloads.

ADVANTECH: ROBUST EDGE INFRASTRUCTURE

Advantech’s network security and edge solutions offer versatile x86 configurations built on robust Intel® and AMD platforms that power a wide range selection of enterprise applications

• Industry leadership and broad portfolio: Advantech offers modular, carrier-grade white-box appliances covering environments that range from core data centers to far-edge environments.
• High performance and scalability: The Advantech FWA server series supports Intel® Xeon® and AMD EPYC processors with flexible network expansion via mezzanine cards, optimized for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), SD-WAN, universal customer premises equipment (uCPE), MDR, and secure edge compute.
• Operational excellence: Advantech platforms comply with Network Equipment-Building System (NEBS) with redundant power, Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) remote management, and global logistics.

ELXR PRO: ENTERPRISE-GRADE SECURE LINUX OS

eLxr Pro brings several advantages to the intelligent edge:

• Open source and commercial support: eLxr Pro is a Debian-based, upstream-aligned Linux distribution designed for cloud-native workloads with container/Kubernetes support and hardened security.
• Long-term stability and security: Wind River offers 10 years of service-level agreements, accelerated vulnerability management, and a compliance roadmap (e.g., FIPS 140-3, STIGs) to ensure mission-critical reliability.
• Performance optimization: eLxr Pro is tuned for edge AI, low SWaP environments, and complex telecom and enterprise use cases, with expert professional services for migration and workload tuning.

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

eLxr Pro:

• Base distribution: Debian-derivative Linux distribution with an upstream-first approach to ensure software freedom and community-driven innovation
• Security: Accelerated CVE remediation, future support for FIPS 140-3, STIG compliance, and expert vulnerability management
• Long-term support: Up to 10 years of technical support, security patches, and defect fixes
• Performance optimization: Tuned for commercial off-the-shelf hardware, silicon accelerators, and container workloads (including Kubernetes)
• Professional services: Migration support, workload performance tuning, and use case optimizations for mission-critical applications
• Cloud-native ready: Supports container runtimes, Kubernetes orchestration, and streamlined edge deployment

FWA-6072

• 2U rackmount network appliance
• Single/dual 4th or 5th Generation Intel Xeon scalable processors (up to 60 cores single, 104 cores dual)
• Up to 16 DDR5 ECC RDIMM slots for high throughput and large dataset handling
• 8 Advantech Network Mezzanine Card (NMC) slots supporting diverse Ethernet/optical interfaces
• Hot-swappable 2.5" bays for flexible, redundant storage
• 2 FH/HL Gen5 PCIe x16 slots for accelerators, GPUs, or specialized NICs
• Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) up to 200G crypto acceleration
• Redundant power supplies, hot-swappable fans, IPMI v2.0 remote management with web interface
• NFV edge/core networking, enterprise data center security, unified communications, SD-WAN, MDR

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About Advantech

About Advantech Advantech has the corporate vision to "Enable an Intelligent Planet". The company is a global leader in the fields of IoT intelligent systems and embedded platforms. To embrace the trends of AIoT and artificial intelligence, Advantech has fully deployed its sector-driven strategy, focusing particularly on seven major sectors. This deployment aims to nurture market sectors and enhance core competitiveness. In the meantime, Advantech integrates its existing product group - the AIoT + Edge computing hardware platform - with the mature WISE-IoT software platform. Together with our industrial AI solutions and business expertise, this integration will form an "orchestrator" model for seamless industrial chain connections, benefiting both our partners and clients. Advantech is also working with business partners to co-create business ecosystems that accelerate the goal of industrial intelligence. (www.advantech.com)

About Wind River

Wind River is a global leader of software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For 40 years, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of devices and systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. Wind River offers a comprehensive portfolio of software and expertise that are accelerating digital transformation across industries