Server/SpecsAndDesigns

Specs and Designs

This page contains links to the current Specs and Designs that have been contributed to OCP.

Link to Server Committee wiki home http://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Server

A template specification is located here with example chapters and tables. Be sure to ensure that you've got the correct license in place according to your company's submission policies.

Open CloudServer

A chassis system that utilizes EIA 310-D 19" racks has been contributed by Microsoft. The system has been built with operational knowledge gained by operating over a million servers. The 12U chassis has dedicated, hard-wired out of band management, phase-balanced power, and high efficiency cooling. All of these are accepted by IC

Open CloudServer (OCS) Chassis

Open CloudServer OCS V2.1 Specification	Version	Submit Date	Contributor	License	Notes
Microsoft OCS Updates Chassis Manager Update spec+collateral (aka CMv2) Blade spec update	v2.1	Feb 09, 2016	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0	Refresh for Future Intel® Xeon® Processor product family
Open CloudServer OCS V2 Specification	Version	Submit Date	Contributor	License	Notes
Chassis	v2.0	Oct 30, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Chassis Management	v2.0	Oct 30, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Blade	v2.0	Oct 30, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Blade NIC Mezzanine	v2.0	Oct 30, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Tray Mezzanine	v2.0	Oct 30, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Chassis Manager Service Open Source Location https://github.com/MSOpenTech/ChassisManager OCS Operations Toolkit Open Source Location https://github.com/MSOpenTech/OCSOperationsToolKit OCS Mechanical Step Files OCS_Mechanical_120314.zip, 66MB OCS Tray backplane and power distribution board collateral (Chassis Manager, use v1) OCSv2_TBP_PDB.zip, 31MB	v2.0	Oct 30, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
OCS Open CloudServer Power Supply v2.0 OCS Open CloudServer Power Supply Mechanical v2.0	v2.0	Jan 20, 2015	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0	Power Supply with integrated backup Accepted by IC 11/6/2015
OCS Open CloudServer Solid State Drive v2.0	v2.0	Feb 28, 2015	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0	M.2 NVME Solid State Flash Drive Accepted by IC 11/6/2015
OCS Open CloudServer Solid State Drive v2.1	v2.1	Aug 14, 2015	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0	M.2 NVME Solid State Flash Drive Capacity raised to 960GB and only NVME protocol Accepted by IC 11/6/2015
Open CloudServer OCS V1 Specification	Version	Submit Date	Contributor	License
Blade	v1.0	Jan 28, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Chassis	v1.0	Jan 28, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Chassis Management	v1.0	Jan 28, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
JBOD Blade	v1.0	Jan 28, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
NIC Mezzanine	v1.0	Jan 28, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
SAS Mezzanine	v1.0	Jan 28, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Chassis Manager Schematics, Board File Collateral (15.9MB)	v1.0	Jan 28, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Power Distribution Board Schematics, Board File Collateral (25.3MB)	v1.0	Jan 28, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Tray Backplane Schematics, Board File Collateral (26.3MB)	v1.0	Jan 28, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Chassis, Tray, Blade Mechanical Collateral (128.7MB) 3-D CAD Model of chassis with blade (4.9MB PDF)	v1.0	Jan 28, 2014	Microsoft	OWFa 1.0
Chassis management source code, located in GitHub. https://github.com/MSOpenTech/ChassisManager All tools to enlist and build are free of charge (.NET 4.0, VS Express)	v1.0	Jan 28, 2014	Microsoft	N/A
Open CloudServer OCS peripheral cards	Version	Submit Date	Contributor	License	Notes
Netronome OCS NIC MEZZ adapter Specification: Netronome Open CloudServer (OCS) Programmable Server Adapter Mezzanine Specification and Collateral Bom: BOM_AMDA0079-001_03.xlsx BOM with vendor P/N	v1	Mar 10, 2015	Netronome Systems	OWF 1.0	Following Open CloudServer Blade NIC Mezzanine specification Accepted by OCP IC 3/2/2016 System on Chip (SoC) Servers The SoC systems are typically a server card that must be installed into a larger platform to operate. These cards could be installed onto a larger "baseboard" with many SoC cards or as a single server into a larger platform. There are storage solutions that utilize a single Micro-Server card. This section includes the SoC cards and applicable platforms. Specification Version Submit Date Contributor License Notes Micro-Server Card v1.0 Feb 6, 2015 Facebook OWFa 1.0 Accepted by OCP IC 3/2/2016 Honey Badger Light Weight Compute Module v0.8 Jan 8, 2015 Facebook OWFa 1.0 See http://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Storage This spec is headed to the IC 11/19/2015 Panther+ Micro-Server Card v0.8 Jan 8, 2015 Facebook OWFa 1.0 See http://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Storage This spec is headed to the IC 11/19/2015 1S SoC Server and Platform 1S Server Design v0.5 Mono Lake 1S Server Design v0.4 Intel Xeon D-1500 Multi-Node Server Platform: Yosemite v0.5 v0.5 Feb 10, 2016 Facebook OWFa 1.0 Accepted by OCP IC 3/2/2016 Open Rack compatible server design Following specifications listed are contributed by Facebook, which include server motherboard and chassis compatible to Open Rack and Freedom Triplet. All of these specs are accepted by the IC Specification Name Version Submit Date Contributor Rack Compatible Description License OpenPower Power8 designs in Open Rack Barreleye OpenPower POWER8 January 28, 2016 Snapshot Overall Spec v0.8.2 EE Components -- BoM, Board Files, Gerbers, Schematics, CPLD Source & Binaries 175MB ME Components -- 3D Files and Spec 12.8MB v0.8.2 -- DVT Jan 28, 2016 Rackspace OCPHL-P 1.0 Utilizes IBM POWER8 CPUs. Incremental enhancements to content expected over next 4 months. Server V3 Facebook server Intel Next Generation Xeon motherboard v3 v3.0 Jan 1, 2014 Facebook Open Rack V1 Facebook server specification for Intel next generation Xeon server platform in 2014 OWFa 1.0 Power Converter Board Full Collateral Board file v1 Jul 30, 2015 Quanta Converter board to allow powering up openrack blades without the rack and busbar. It was specifically designed for lab purposes. Accepted by IC 11/6/2015 Not Stated Server V2 Facebook server Intel Xeon motherboard v2 V2.0 Apr 11, 2012 Facebook Freedom Triplet Open Rack V1 Facebook server specification for Intel Xeon E5-2600 v1/v2 server platform This server is sometimes called "Windmill". OWFa 1.0 Facebook server Intel Xeon motherboard v2 - DXF V2.0 Apr 11, 2012 Facebook Freedom Triplet Open Rack V1 Facebook server motherboard DXF file for Intel Xeon E5-2600 v1/v2 server platform OWFa 1.0 Facebook server Intel Xeon motherboard v2 - 3D model (1 of 4) CAD Models (2 of 4) CAD Models (3 of 4) CAD Models (4 of 4) 3-D CAD generated from above source (PDF) V2.0 Apr 11, 2012 Facebook Open Rack V1 3D model of Facebook server 2.0 for Open Rack v1 Use 7-zip tool to unzip the CAD models Facebook server AMD Opteron motherboard v2 V2.0 Apr 11, 2012 Facebook Freedom Triplet Facebook server specification for AMD Opteron (G34) server platform OWFa 1.0 Server sled and shelf specification for Open Rack V1 V0.3 Jan 16, 2013 Facebook Open Rack V1 Server system specification for Open Rack V1 OWFa 1.0 Server Shelf mechanical model for Open Rack v1 V1.0 Sep 7, 2013 Facebook Open Rack V1 Mechanical STEP file of Shelf for Open Rack v1 to hold 3x server sleds OWFa 1.0 Facebook server Fan Speed Control Interface v0.1 Jan 14, 2014 Facebook Open Rack V1 Fan speed control management interface for Facebook server OWFa 1.0 Facebook Add-on-Card Thermal Interface Spec for Intel Motherboard V3.0 v3.0 Rev0.70 Jun 12, 2015 Facebook Open Rack V1 Add-on-Card Thermal Interface Spec for Intel Motherboard V3.0 Addendum needs to be reviewed and accepted Server V1 (Freedom) Server Chassis and Triplet Hardware V1.0 Apr 7, 2011 Facebook Freedom Triplet Mechanical specification for Freedom chassis in Freedom Triplet OWFa 1.0 OCP Mezzanine Cards All these accepted by the IC Specification Version Submit Date Contributor Notes License OCP Mezzanine card v2.0 OCP_Mezz_2.0_rev1.00_20151215b_pub_release.pdf(2.2MB) OCP_Mezz_2.0_rev1.00_20151215b_pub_release_3D_package.zip (88MB) Mechanical 20151023_P1-P9_K1-K5 zip file (57MB), Oct 23,2015 v2, version 1.0 Dec 15, 2015 Facebook OCP mezzanine v2.0, feedback incorporated. 1) Expand from x8 to full x16 PCIe bifurcatable to x4 with backwards compatibility to original x8 2) increase board area and volumetric for Dual QSFP+ and Quad SFP+ OWFa 1.0 Network Mezzanine v2 Collateral Mechanical 20151023_P1-P9_K1-K5 zip file (57MB) v2, rev 0.95 Oct 23, 2015 Facebook Collateral OWFa 1.0 OCP Mezzanine card v0.5, original defacto standard Mezzanine Card (rev 0.5) V0.5 Oct 8, 2012 Facebook Defacto standard for the original network mezzanine with a x8 PCIe Gen3 interface OWFa 1.0 1U/2U 19” Monolithic Servers All of these are accepted by the IC Specification Version Submit Date Contributor License Notes Intel Decathlete v2 v2.1 Mar 3, 2015 Intel OWFa 1.0 Addendum to V1 decathlete spec. Dual socket server supporting Intel's LGA2011-3 (socket type R3) up to 145W CPU, 424.1mm wide x 406.1mm deep Accepted by OCP IC 11/6/2015 Decathlete Server Board Standard v1 (PDF) v2.0 May 31, 2013 Intel Version Independent Open Compute Project AMD Open 3.0 Modular Server Specification (PDF) v0.5 Apr 15, 2012 AMD OWFa 1.0 QuantaGrid D51B-1U (Decathlete) System Specification Doc: QuantaGrid D51B-1U contribution file.docx Specification PDF: QuantaGrid D51B-1U contribution file.pdf Schematics: QuantaGrid D51B-1U_MB.pdf S2_MB.pdf Motherboard schematics Board file: QuantaGrid D51B-1U_MB_D_3p016_0128_1340_for OCP_1116-1400.zip Mechanical step file: QCT-S2B-1U.asm.zip (36MB) v1.0 Nov 4, 2015 Quanta (not stated) Accepted by OCP IC 3/2/2016 Specifications under review at the Incubations Committee Specifications at the IC, Review Jan 7-15, 2016. Vote Jan 18-22, 2016 Specification Version Submit Date Contributor License Notes Micro-Server Card v1.0 Feb 6, 2015 Facebook OWFa 1.0 This is the base specification for all micro-server cards. Mistakenly thought to have been already accepted by the IC, now is headed to the IC 11/19/2015 Quanta's contribution of QuantaGrid D51B-1U (Decathlete) System QuantaGrid D51B-1U contribution file.docx Specification QuantaGrid D51B-1U contribution file.pdf QuantaGrid D51B-1U_MB.pdf S2_MB.pdf Motherboard schematics QuantaGrid D51B-1U_MB_D_3p016_0128_1340_for OCP_1116-1400.zip QCT-S2B-1U.asm.zip (36MB) Mechanical step file, added 2/3/2016 v1.0 Nov 4, 2015 Quanta (not stated) 1U Server Honey Badger Light Weight Compute Module Panther+ Micro-Server Card Panther+ Contribution.zip (20MB) Mechanical and Electrical Collateral files for the Avoton Micro-server. v0.8 Jan 8, 2015 Facebook OWFa 1.0 See http://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Storage This is the baseboard for storage platform that uses a micro-server. Submitted previously to the IC by the storage committee, it was actually never voted on by the IC. Honey Badger is the base board for the storage solution. Panther+ is the micro-server that attaches to Honey Badger. Netronome Open CloudServer (OCS) Programmable Server Adapter Mezzanine Specification and Collateral BOM_AMDA0079-001_03.xlsx BOM with vendor P/N v1 Mar 10, 2015 Netronome Systems OWF 1.0 Netronome controller in Open CloudServer Mezzanine Implementation based on Open CloudServer Blade NIC Mezzanine Facebook server Intel Next Generation Xeon motherboard v3.1 rev 0.70 Leopard_ddr4_dfx_v1_20150210.dfx (2MB) DFX file Leopard_ddr4_dfx_v1_20150210.pdf (157 KB) simple PDF of DFX v3.1 update Oct 24, 2014 Facebook OWFa 1.0 Updated spec to previously accepted v3 spec with CAD models Specifications and Documents under review To Review at Server Committee Specification Version Submit Date Contributor License Notes Quanta Big Sur v0.1 Jan 18, 2016 Quanta OWFa ? Big Sur GPGPU system for Open Rack 19" 2U Server System "Carmel" 2U2N Open_Compute_Project_Carmel_2U2N_V0.5.pdf (1.9MB) 19" 2U Server System "Carmel" 2U4N Open_Compute_Project_Carmel_2U4N_V0.5.pdf (2.0MB) v0.5 2/3/2016 Wiwynn OWFa 1.0 19" Rack, 2U 4Node/2Node System "Carmel" Open_Compute_Project_Carmel_F06S(2U4N)_F06T(2U2N)_System_Specification_V01_20160128_R3.pdf (2.7MB) 19" Rack, 2U, Multi-node system "Monterey" Open_Compute_Project_Carmel_Monterey_F20T_System_Specification_V01_20160128_R3.pdf (2.5MB) v0.1 2/3/2016 Quanta TBD Additional submissions? Specifications requiring additional work Specification Version Submit Date Contributor License Notes Not moving on this at this time Gigabyte's contribution of 2S Intel Haswell Motherboard Product Overview Motherboard specification R180-F34 Motherboard schematics 1U Chassis Thermal test report v? 2015 Gigabyte OWFa 1.0 1U Server AMD Seattle Micro-Server (PDF) Implementation Specification for Micro-Server v0.7 v1 Apr 08, 2014 AMD OWFa 1.0 Open CS 1.0 Micro-Server card, AMD SP1 package with AMD's "Seattle" processor. v0.7 compatible 210mm length, 60W USB/PCIe clock pinout needs change, then ready for IC. AMD is considering revising this spec to align with the 1S spec instead of making it compatible with the micro-server. Server Committee Charter v0.3 May 7, 2014 Microsoft Retired Specifications Moved to retired on 7/13/2015 Applied Micro Server Moved to retired Feb 2014 Calxeda ARM for OpenVault Open Compute Project Intel-Server Japanese Draft 1 (PDF) Open Compute Project HA Server Specification v0.5 (PDF), v0.5, Jan 16, 2013