Open Intelligent Edge Platform/Appliance Powered by Marvell OCTEON 10 CN103

Price range: 2.153,00 € through 3.932,00 €

  • 8 x 2.5GHz ARM64 Neoverse N2 cores based on Marvell OCTEON 10 CN103
  • 2 x 100GE QSFP28, 2 x 10GE SFP+, optional 2 x 2.5GE RJ45
  • 16GB pluggable DDR5 SO-DIMM, expandable up to 48GB
  • True inline crypto engine with 80Gbps encryption/decryption capacity
  • 100Gbps intelligent data processing for routing, firewall, IPSec, and SSL/TLS
  • Optional M.2 NVMe SSD up to 4TB
  • Optional PTP/SyncE module with 20ns accuracy and BC support
  • <100W power consumption with full configuration and workload
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    Experience next-gen enterprise networking with the Asteraix ET3608-2P2S, an open intelligent platform/gateway featuring the Marvell OCTEON 10 CN103XX processor. Designed for carrier-grade, edge, and data center networks. The ET3608 is a 1U compact, open-intelligent gateway designed specifically for large-scale enterprise, carrier, and data center environments. It supports up to one Marvell OCTEON 10 CN103XX DPU, each integrating an 8-core ARM Neoverse N2 processor, programmable Ethernet ports with a bidirectional throughput of 100 Gbps, and an embedded encryption/decryption engine with a processing capacity of 80 Gbps.

    A standard Linux server — with 100 Gbps hardware acceleration built in
    Run any ARM64 Linux software on the ET3608, with the Marvell CN103 DPU’s DPDK, SSL/TLS, and VPP acceleration always available as native hardware. No x86, no separate NIC card, no FPGA license. Optimized DPDK tied to CN103 hardware. 100 Gbps packet processing without saturating the CPU cores. Hardware encryption/decryption engine at 80 Gbps. TLS termination without a software bottleneck.  VPP plugin API, eBPF/XDP in kernel. Write your own forwarding logic directly against the hardware. Docker, Kubernetes, KVM — all run natively alongside the accelerated data plane on the same box.

     

     

    Specification

    Rack & Physical

    Dimension (HxWxD) 44×440×470mm

    Rack Space 1U

    Network interface

    Fixed Interfaces (2) 100GE QSFP28
    (2) 10GE SFP+
    (2) 2.5GE RJ45

    5G/LTE (Option) (2) SIM cards, M.2 B key

    DPU

    DPU Model (1) Marvell CN103
    (8) Core ARM64 2.5GHz
    Cache Capacity L2 8MB L3 16MB

    Memory 16GB DDR5, Maximum 48GB
    Flash (1) 64GB TF
    SSD (Option) (1) M.2 NVME

    Network Performance

    L2/L3 Switching capacity 200Gbps
    Routing Capacity 100Gbps
    Firewall Capacity 80Gbps

    Encryption and Decryption Capacity 80Gbps
    PTP/SyncE Accuracy 20ns
    PTP/SyncE Holdover Time > 8hours

    Management Interface

    Console (1) Console RJ45
    MGMT (1) MGMT RJ45

    USB (1) USB3.0

    Power & Cooling

    Power Module (1+1) Hot Pluggable PSU Modules
    FAN Modules (3+1) Hot Pluggable Fan Modules

    Max. Power Consumption
    100W (FULL configuration and workload)

    Operating Environment

    Operating Temperature 0~45℃ (32 to 113℉)

    Operating Humidity 5%~90%(non-condensing)

    Rich Software Ecosystems

    • Optimized DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) tied to HW Acceleration.
    • Open-source routers, including VPP (Vector Packet Processing), AsterNOS-VPP, OpenWRT, etc.
    • Open-source firewalls, including iptables, UFW, nftables, Firewalld, etc.
    • Cloud-native deployment with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized edge applications.
    • Open-source load balancers, including Nginx.
    • Rich VPP plugins, including the Marvel device plugin, QUIC, SRv6, LLDP, NAT64, LACP, SRTP, etc.
    • GCC, GDB, BinUtils, Buildroot, and other tool chains.
    • C/C++/Python/Go/Rust/Java/Lua and other programming languages.
    • AI software ecosystem supporting PyTorch, TensorFlow Lite, Keras, ONNX Runtime, llama.cpp and Ollama.
    • Applications from other Linux distributions on Ubuntu/Debian using Docker with direct access to the host network
    • Any software for ARM64 + Linux.
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    • Supports Ubuntu, Debian, SONiC and other Linux distribution, such as CentOS, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Linux Mint and Elementary OS
    • Install and upgrade the OS using a USB disk with Arm Trusted Firmware and UEFI
    • Embedded eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) in Linux kernel via XDP
    Memory

    16GB, 32GB, 48GB

    NVME SSD Module

    0T

    5G/LTE Module

    None, 5G/LTE (Global)

    AI Module

    None, Included

    Software

    Default — Debian 12 ($0)

    ET3600 Open Smart Edge Platform/Appliance

    Next – Gen Networking

    Smart Edge Platform/Appliance

    Frequently Asked Questions

    The ET3608-2P2S is a compact 1U edge network appliance built for enterprise routing, border gateway, BNG/BRAS, VPN, firewall, and edge AI inference workloads. It combines hardware-accelerated networking with an open Linux software platform in a single, power-efficient device.

    Yes, with the optional M2-AI-INFERENCE-24GB accelerator module, the platform delivers up to 160 TOPS of AI compute performance with 24GB LPDDR5 memory, supporting LLM inference for models in the 7B–30B parameter range such as Qwen3-14B, Qwen3-30B-A3B, and DeepSeek-8B.

    Yes, an optional 5G/LTE module is available via M.2 B key with dual SIM card support, enabling multi-WAN failover across Ethernet and cellular uplinks.

    Yes, it supports Docker and Kubernetes for cloud-native and containerized edge application deployment, including any ARM64-compatible Linux software.

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    OCTEON CN103

    Powered by Marvell

    AI Accelerator

    Module(Optional)

    PTP/SyncE

    Module(Optional)

    SONiC-VPP

    Preload(Optional)

    Advanced Routing Capabilities

    Equipped with powerful routing capabilities, including static routing, VRF, OSPFv2/v3, BGP, and MP-BGP, this model ensures flexible network segmentation and dynamic route management for demanding enterprise and campus environments.

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    Software Options

    Preloaded SONiC + VPP Router OS

    The ET3608 is available with AsterNOS-VPP pre-installed, delivering a production-ready routing solution out of the box. This powerful combination of SONiC’s modular control plane and VPP’s hardware-accelerated data plane unlocks the full 100Gbps routing capacity of the CN103 processors. Benefit from advanced features including BGP/OSPF routing, VXLAN tunneling, hardware-accelerated VPN, and comprehensive traffic management—all optimized specifically for the ET3608’s architecture.

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    100Gbps

    Routing Capacity

    80Gbps

    Firewall Capacity

    80Gbps

    Encryption and Decryption Capacity

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