Cisco Server

Cisco_logo
 

Smart Infrastructure for Smart Deployment
 

When rapidly changing business demands require fast response, turn to the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). The industry's first converged data center platform, the Cisco UCS delivers smart, programmable infrastructure that simplifies and speeds enterprise-class application and service deployment in bare-metal, virtualized and cloud-computing environments.


Unified, model-based management, end-to-end provisioning, and migration support come together in this next-generation data center platform to accelerate and simplify application deployment with greater reliability and security.


The Cisco Unified Computing System:

  • Integrates server, network, and I/O resources into a single converged system
  • Improves enterprise application availability and performance
  • Scales service delivery to increase business agility
  • Streamlines data center resources to reduce total cost of ownership
  • Radically reduces the number of devices requiring setup, management, power, cooling, and cabling

Your business is increasingly challenged to improve operational efficiency in today's highly competitive, rapidly evolving marketplace. Data centers must be dynamically scalable and agile, able to quickly address your changing business requirements while delivering cost-effective performance.


Cisco has been able to help customers achieve significant cost and time savings with Cisco's Unified Computing System. Submit your contact information to better understand how En Pointe Technologies and Cisco can help your organization.
 
   
 Company  Cost and Time Savings
   
 MediaPro  50% faster to deploy and provision compared to traditional servers
 Molina Healthcare  33% reduction in time to deploy new applications
 NetApp  10,000 virtual machines deployed in less than 1 hour
 Nighthawk Radiology  15 to 20 minutes to provision servers
 Slumberland  74% reduction in time to provision servers
 Tele Sistemi Ferroviari  25% savings in new server provisioning costs
 Moses Cone  96 hours saved on server configuration
 Netapp  99% reduction in management points (204 to 2)
 
 
Models Comparison: Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers

 
 

Model

  

Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server

  

Cisco UCS B250 M2 Extended Memory Blade Server

  

Cisco UCS B230 M1 Blade Server

  

Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server

  

Cisco UCS B440 M1 High-Performance Blade Server

  

Cisco UCS B440 M2 High-Performance Blade Server

  
 

Processor Sockets

  

2

  

2

  

2

  

2

  

4

  

4

  
 

Processors Supported

  

Intel Xeon processor 5600 Series

  

Intel Xeon processor 5600 Series

  

Intel Xeon processor 6500 or 7500 Series

  

Intel® Xeon® processor E7-2800 product family

  

Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 Series

  

Intel® Xeon® processor E7-4800 product family

  
 

Memory Capacity

  

12 DIMMs; up to 192 GB

  

48 DIMMs; up to 384 GB

  

32 DIMMs; up to 256 GB

  

32 DIMMs; up to 512 GB

  

32 DIMMs; up to 512 GB

  

32 DIMMs; up to 512 GB

  
 

Memory Size and Speed

  

4, 8, and 16 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz and 1333 MHz

  

4 and 8 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz and 1333 MHz

  

4 and 8 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz

  

4, 8 and 16 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz

  

4, 8, and 16 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz

  

4, 8, and 16 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz

  
 

Internal Disk Drive

  

2x 2.5-in. SFF SAS or 15mm SATA SSD

  

2x 2.5-in. SFF SAS or 15mm SATA SSD

  

2x 2.5-in. SSD

  

2x 2.5-in. SSD

  

4x 2.5-in. SFF SAS/SATA

  

4x 2.5-in. SFF SAS/SATA

  
 

Maximum Internal Storage

  

Up to 1.2 TB

  

Up to 1.2 TB

  

Up to 128GB (SSDs)

  

Up to 200GB (SSDs)

  

Up to 2.4 TB

  

Up to 2.4TB

  
 

Integrated Raid

  

0,1

  

0,1

  

0,1

  

0,1

  

0,1,5,6

  

0,1,5,6

  
 

Mezzanine I/O Adapter Slots

  

1

  

2

  

1

  

1

  

2

  

2

  
 

I/O Throughput

  

Up to 20 Gbps

  

Up to 40 Gbps

  

Up to 20 Gbps

  

Up to 20 Gbps

  

Up to 40 Gbps

  

Up to 40 Gbps

  
 

Form Factor

  

Half width

  

Full width

  

Half width

  

Half width

  

Full width

  

Full width

  
  Max. Servers per Chassis   8   4   8   8   4   4  
 

Comparison of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Server Features

 
                       
      Cisco UCS C200 M2   Cisco UCS C210 M2   Cisco UCS C250 M2   Cisco UCS C260 M2   Cisco UCS C460 M2
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 
 

Multicore Processors

 

Up to 2 x Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series

  

Up to 2 x Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series

  

Up to 2 x Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series

  

Up to 2 x Intel® Xeon® processor E7-2800 product family

  

Up to 4 x Intel® Xeon® processor E7-4800 product family
 

Form Factor

 

1 RU

  

2 RU

  

2 RU

  

2 RU

  

4 RU
 

Maximum memory

 

192 GB

  

192 GB

  

384 GB

  

1 TB

  

1 TB
 

Internal disk drive

 

Up to 8

  

Up to 16

  

Up to 8

  

Up to 16

  

Up to 12
 

Maximum Internal Disk

 

Up to 8 TB

  

Up to 16 TB

  

Up to 8 TB

  

Up to 16 TB

  

Up to 12 TB
 

Built-In RAID

 

0 and 1 (SATA only)

  

0 and 1
(5 SATA drives only)

  

None

  

None

  

None
 

Optional RAID

 

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 601

  

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60

  

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60

  

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60

  

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
 

Integrated networking

 

2 x integrated Gb Ethernet;
10 Gb unified fabric optional

  

2X integrated Gb Ethernet;
10 Gb unified fabric optional

  

4X integrated Gb Ethernet;
10 Gb unified fabric optional

  

2X GbE LOM ports;
2X 10 GbE ports

  

2X Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports;
2X 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
 

I/O via PCIe

 

Two, half-length, PCIe x8 slots: one full height and one low profile slot

  

Five, full-height, PCIe, x8 slots: two full length and three half length slots

  

Five PCIe slots: Three low-profile, half-length x8 slots; 2 full-height, half-length, x16 slots

  

Three low-profile, half-length x8 slots; 2 full-height, half-length x16 slots; 1 low-profile, half-length x4

  

Ten, full-height, PCIe slots: 4 half-length slots, 6 three quarter length slots; 2 Gen 1 slots, 8 Gen 2 slots

 
For more articles related to this subject, please click on