Vigor Evo HD
Our Highest Performance Rugged Workstation
Vigor Evo HD combines the modular features, flexibility, and high-performance of the NextDimension Evo HD with an innovative ruggedized external chassis for real, portable, enterprise-class performance in harsh conditions.
Professionals needing easily transportable advanced graphics throughput and data streaming in adverse conditions will find the Vigor Evo HD a highly suitable solution. Weighing in at under 35 lbs. and equipped with a durable handle and optional shoulder strap, one can carry the Vigor Evo anywhere they need it.
The Vigor Evo HD supports up to (2) Single-, Dual-, or Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors or up to (2) Dual- or Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processors for a total of up to 8 processor cores to handle all of your intensive processing needs.
The Vigor Evo HD also features:
- An integrated 17" LCD display w/ hard coated protective screen
- Optional fold-out HD monitors
Optional replaceable protective screen with various anti-glare and hardening/anti-scratch coatings
- Enhanced I/O functionality
- Hot-swappable "quick-time" hard drives (click here to view video)
- Internal rubber shock absorbers create a floating internal chassis for added protection
- Powerful, small form-factor processing architecture
The Vigor Evo HD is ideal for:
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Processor Independent Features

Disk Storage
- Up to (4) hot-swappable and bootable 2.5" SATA HDD 160 / 250 / 320 / 500GB (7200 RPM/16MB cache) -or- SAS HDD 146 / 300 / 600GB (10K RPM) **Note: SAS drives are not hot-swappable; Windows req'd for SATA hot-swap capability
- Up to 5 terabytes of additional internal HDD capacity available
(see Options and Add-ons tab for details)
Optical Drive
- 8x Double-layer DVD±R/RW or Blu-Ray R/RE
(can be replaced w/ up to (2) 2.5" SATA drives or (1) 1TB drive)
PCI Expansion Options
- 4-slot midplane options
- Option 1:
(1) factory-accessible PCI-X slot
(2) PCI Express 8x (16x mechanical) slots
(1) PCI-X 64-bit/100MHz slot
- Option 2:
(1) factory-accessible PCI-X slot
(1) PCI Express 16x slot
(2) PCI-X 64-bit/66MHz slots
- Option 3:
(1) factory-accessible PCI-X slot
(2–3) PCI Express 8x (16x mechanical) slots (depending on processor)
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- 2-slot midplane options
- Option 1:
(1) PCI Express 16x full length slot
(1) PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz full length slot
- Option 2:
(2) PCI-X full length slots
- Option 3:
(2) PCI Express 8x (16x mechanical) slots
- Option 4:
(1) 5V PCI slot
(1) PCI Express 16x slot
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Display
- Integrated 17" WUXGA+ LCD up to 1920 x 1200, including fixed aspect ratios
- Hard coated protective screen integrated in case
- Supports external display resolutions to 1920x1200
(see processor specs for specific graphics cards)
Operating Systems
- Server OSs:
SuSe Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 & 5
CentOS 5
Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2008 Server
Solaris 10 x86 (64-bit only)
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- Workstation OSs:
Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate
Windows Vista Business (64-bit only)
Windows XP Pro
SuSe Desktop Linux
Fedora Core 7 & 8 Desktop
CentOS 5
Solaris 10 x86 (64-bit only)
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- Dual boot environments and virtualization with VMware (including ESXi-Intel only), VirtualBox, or Xen
Input Devices
- Support for external USB PC keyboard, external mouse, or external USB KVM
- Wireless via external wireless keyboard hub
Physical
- 19"W x 7.5"D x 13.44"H
- base configuration ~30lbs.
Power Supply and Regulations
- 460w or 700w power supply. 110-220V 50-60Hz auto-switching
- FCC Class A and CE. Certified TUV.
Environmental Maximums
- Temperature:
- Operating: 0°C–40°C, 32°F–104°F
- Non-operating: -40°C–65°C, -40°F–149°F
- Relative humidity: (5-95%) non-condensing
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- Shock:
- Mechanical shock: ≤10g, 11ms, Terminal Sawtooth, Operating
- Transit shock: 18” drop
- Vibration: ≤0.04g2/Hz, 20Hz–1,000Hz -6dB/octive 1,000Hz–2,000Hz
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Miscellaneous
AMD Processor Specific Features
Processors—AMD Opteron™ low-wattage processors (supports PXE):
- Socket 940
(1) or (2) 248 HE Single-Core processors to 2.2GHz (55w)
(1) or (2) 275 HE Dual-Core processors to 2.2GHz (55w)
- Socket F (1207)
(1) or (2) 2216 HE Dual-Core processors to 2.4GHz (68w)
(1) or (2) 2379 HE Quad-Core processors to 2.4GHz (68w)
Memory
- Single Socket 940 Processor: up to 8GB DDR PC3200 SDRAM
- Dual Socket 940 Processors: up to 16GB DDR PC3200 SDRAM
- Socket F (1207) Processors: up to 16GB DDR2 PC5300 SDRAM
Graphics Cards
- w/ 940 series: On-board ATI Radeon graphics controller w/ 64MB VRAM and dual channel interface
- w/ 1207 series: On-board ATI X300 PCI Express graphics controller w/ 64MB VRAM and dual channel interface
RAID controller
- RAID 0/1, 0+1 controller (Windows only)
Interfaces
- (4) USB 2.0 ports
- (1) CRT SVGA port for dual-head display
- (1) RS-232 port
- (1) RS-232 port w/ optional external RS-422/485 adaptor
- (3) Gigabit Ethernet ports
- (2) external SATA ports
Intel Processor Specific Features
Processors—Intel® Xeon® w/ LGA 771 socket:
- (1) or (2) L5240 Dual-Core processors to 3.0GHz, 6MB L2 cache, 1333MHz FSB (40w)
- (1) or (2) L5410 Quad-Core processors to 2.33 Hz, 12MB L2 cache, 1333MHz FSB (50w)
- (1) or (2) L5420 Quad-Core processors to 2.5GHz, 12MB L2 cache, 1333MHz FSB (50w)
- (1) or (2) L5430 Quad-Core processors to 2.66GHz, 12MB L2 cache, 1333MHz FSB (50w)
Memory
- Up to 16GB FBD via (4) DMA channels
Graphics Cards
- On-board ATI X300 PCI Express graphics controller w/ 64MB VRAM and dual channel interface
RAID controllers
- (8) port SATA/SAS hard ware RAID controller based on LSI Logic 1068E RAID 0/1 controller
- (6) port SATA Firmware RAID controller 0/1 controller
Audio
- (1) line-in
- (1) line-out
- (1) microphone-in (AC97)
Interfaces
- (4) USB 2.0 ports
- (1) DVI port for dual-head display
- FireWire 1394a, 400Mbps, 3-port Physical Layer
- (2) Gigabit Ethernet ports
- (2) external SATA ports
- SoundBlaster Audigy, Live, or X-Fi Series
- Choice of:
- (2) external SATA ports & (2) RS-232 ports (w/ optional external RS-422/485 adaptor)
- (4) external SATA ports
- (2) multi-lane SAS Quad ports
Optional Specifications and Accessories
- Additional Internal HDD Configurations:
- Lower PCI bay options:
- up to (8) 2.5" SATA drives (to 500GB / 7200RPM each)
- up to (6) 2.5" SAS drives (600GB / 10,000RPM each)
- up to (2) 3.5" SATA drives (to 2TB / 7200RPM each)
- up to (8) solid state SATA drives (to 250GB each)
- Processor bay options:
- up to (4) 2.5" SATA drives
- up to (2) 2.5" SAS drives
- up to (1) 3.5" SATA drives
- up to (4) solid state SATA drives
- Note: Configurations limited by length of PCI cards used. See datasheets for more details.
- Special 2-slot midplane options support up to (2) 4" SATA drives (1TB / 7200RPM each)
Dust Filtration System (DFS)
- side and bottom filters
- easily removable side panel covers
- removable brush material in panels
- washable and reusable
- ungradeable as filter or system configuration changes
- Integrated Touchscreen
- resolution up to 1920x1200
- can be added to existing Vigor Evo HD models
- for multi-display configurations, touchscreen is available on the integrated center display only
- Replaceable protective screen available with various coatings, such as:
- Free-fall protection (on drives 160GB+)
- How free-fall protection works: A 0 G motion-sensor detects changes in acceleration equal to the force of gravity. In a free fall of as little as 8", the drive quickly parks the read/write heads to prevent data damage.
- Available inferface options:
- FireWire 400 (standard w/ Intel processors)
- FireWire 800
- SoundBlaster Audigy, Live, or X-Fi Series (standard w/ Intel processors)
1 or 2 swing-out monitors:
- supports up to 1920 x 1200 WUXGA+ resolution (HDTV 1920 x 1080) with an active display area of 367.2 mm x 229.5 mm
- wide viewing angle of 65°h x 50°v and a pixel pitch of 0.191mm x 0.191mm
- minimum contrast ratio of 350CR and surface luminance of 180 Lwh
- Power supply options:
- Internal 400W Power Supply –
(replaces standard 520W power supply, allowing hard drives in place of the optical disk drive)
- Internal 300W Power Supply – for use with ~24V DC power sources
(i.e. vehicles and some remote generators)
- External AC/DC switching power supply module 300W with 20V DC output
(allows for continued use of 24V DC power supply with standard 110/200V 50/60Hz AC outlets)
- Whisper Technology™
- Reduces the acoustic output of the portable workstation for acoustically sensitive environments, such as video, film, and audio recording or meeting rooms.
- Other available accessories:
- NextDisk external storage
- Clip-on display
- Wheeled hard case w/ telescoping handle
- Rack mount kit
- NextBox PCI expansion chassis
- Mini SATA drives to 200GB/7200RPM
- USB 8x Double-layer DVD±R/RW
- Supported graphics cards include:
- NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
- NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
- NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
- NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 SDI
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 SDI
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 SDI
- ATI Fire Pro V3750
- ATI Fire Pro V5700
- ATI Fire Pro V7750
- Other graphics cards per customer request
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