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BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION

Dual XEON 2U and 3U Rack Mount Computers

PR 1300611388

BACKGROUND:

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) Code 7021, Range Development and Hardware Branch, has a requirement for 2U and 3U Rack Mount Computers to support installation of the production Undersea Warfare Center Training Range (USWTR) training support system in Jacksonville, FL. Total value of this contract is estimated at

, of which an estimated dollar value of will be solicited on a brand name basis.

Code 7021 has been tasked by the USWTR to design and build a suite of equipment to analyze, report, and display the data received from the USWTR sensors. In designing the analysis system and in order to reduce design costs, Code 7021 is building on previous work using the same equipment and software whenever possible adhering to the goal of cross-compatibility with other NUWC designed and/or operated systems. These systems are located at all of the Fleet ranges including Southern California Anti-Submarine Warfare (SOAR) Range, Barking Sands Undersea Range Expansion (BSURE) Range, and Kwajalein Missile Impact Scoring System (KMISS), as well as the USWTR Development Lab in Newport, RI.

Based on equipment characteristics defined by Code 7021 required to support system design, a market analysis was conducted on comparable products (refer to Market Research document provided separately).

REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum Specifications/Salient Features – 2U Rack Mount Computer Specification

Operating System Windows 10 Professional

Form Factor 19-inch, rack-mountable; 2U

Processor Dual Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4, 2.20 GHz, 30M cache

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Version 2.0

Memory 16 GB, DDR4 ECC Registered (4 DIMMS minimum)

Hard Drive Controller Internal; NO RAID

Hard Drive trays 3.5 inch (minimum 2)

Primary Hard Drive > 100GB SSD; SATA; 3Gbps; 3.5 inch removable (2.5 inch drive in 3.5 inch carrier is acceptable)

Secondary Hard Drive Slot available

Optical Drive Internal; SATA; DVD-RW

Network Adapters Gigabit Ethernet on motherboard (qty 2)

USB Port USB > 2.0 compliant (minimum qty 2)

Serial Port RS-232 protocol (minimum qty 1)

Video Adapter On-board, 1024 x 768 minimum resolution

Expansion Slots PCI-e 3.0 compatible, full height (minimum qty 1)

Power Supplies Dual redundant supplies, > 550 watts each

Mounting Rails Sliding rails kit

Weight Maximum 60 lbs

Depth < 28 inches

Cooling Front to back

Compliance Standards RoHs; Section 508; CISPR 22

Service 3-year replacement warranty; no on-site service required

Camera/Microphone/Wireless No camera; No microphone; No 802.11 capability

Minimum Specifications/Salient Features – 3U Rack Mount Computer Specification

Operating System Windows 10 Professional

Form Factor 19-inch, rack-mountable; 3U

Processor Dual Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4, 2.40 GHz, 25M cache

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Version 2.0

Memory 16 GB, DDR4 ECC Registered (4 DIMMS minimum)

Hard Drive Controller Internal; NO RAID

Hard Drive trays 3.5 inch (minimum 2)

Primary Hard Drive > 100GB SSD; SATA; 3Gbps; 3.5 inch removable (2.5 inch drive in 3.5 inch carrier is acceptable)

Secondary Hard Drive Slot available

Optical Drive Internal; SATA; DVD-RW

Network Adapters Gigabit Ethernet on motherboard (qty 2)

USB Port USB > 2.0 compliant (minimum qty 2)

Serial Port RS-232 protocol (minimum qty 1)

Video Adapter On-board, 1024 x 768 minimum resolution

Expansion Slots PCI-e 3.0 compatible, full height half length (minimum qty 5)

Power Supplies Dual redundant supplies, > 550 watts each

Mounting Rails Sliding rails kit

Weight Maximum 75 lbs

Depth < 28 inches

Cooling Front to back

Compliance Standards RoHs; Section 508; CISPR 22

Service 3-year replacement warranty; no on-site service required

Camera/Microphone/Wireless No camera; No microphone; No 802.11 capability

Brand Name Specification:

Operating System: Department of the Navy (DoN) computers require a Microsoft operating system for required Microsoft software to operate effectively. This acquisition must be conducted on a brand name basis in order to eliminate a disruption in DoN operations. The impact of trying to go with other operating systems is so significant that it cannot be quantified because it would require the Department of Defense (DoD) to change its operating system and information technology requirements across the board. As a result the purchase of any other operating system is not practicable.

Processor: These 2U and 3U rack mount computers require a robust platform comprised at a minimum equal to that of the Intel Xeon family of processors with a minimum of 10 cores per central processing unit (CPU). The choice of the Intel chipset is to minimize risk of added engineering cost and schedule delays for the program as a result of potential configuration issues.

The Intel chipset is currently used and therefore compatible with our current configurations and will minimize investigation into issues resulting from different processors. If such issues arise, it is estimated that an additional cost to the Government would be incurred as well as a delay in scheduling.

RESELLERS:

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