Cisco has announced the release of their newest generation of servers, the 7th generation of UCS C-Series and X-Series servers, powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. These servers are designed to provide greater flexibility and improved performance for modern workloads, such as artificial intelligence and data analytics. Additionally, the servers support the Intel Data Center GPU Flex Series, allowing for application acceleration.
Cisco has announced the release of their newest generation of servers, the 7th generation of UCS C-Series and X-Series servers, powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. These servers are designed to provide greater flexibility and improved performance for modern workloads, such as artificial intelligence and data analytics. Additionally, the servers support the Intel Data Center GPU Flex Series, allowing for application acceleration.
According to Cisco, the new servers address two primary concerns facing IT organizations today. The first is the need for modernized infrastructure to support increasingly dynamic enterprise workloads, and the second is the increasing scrutiny of IT organizations to be more sustainable in their operations through energy-efficient infrastructure and advanced monitoring and management systems.
The new servers, along with the simplified IT operations made possible by Cisco Intersight, help customers solve these issues by providing more options across the UCS portfolio and taking advantage of the future-ready and modular architecture of the UCS X-Series.
Cisco UCS X-Series
The UCS X-Series consists of a blade chassis and the compute nodes within. The Cisco UCS X chassis is a midplane-free chassis. The compute nodes are inserted through the front in a vertical fashion where they connect to I/O connectivity modules (horizontally oriented) in the rear. The chassis is 7U in size and has eight slots for a variety of nodes. The entire system is cloud-managed and highly flexible.
With support for the latest intel processors, Cisco has launched two new blades for the X-Series, the Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node and Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node.
Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node
The Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node features up to 2x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors with up to 60 cores per processor and up to 8TB of main memory, as well as up to 6 hot-pluggable SSDs and two M.2 drives with optional hardware RAID.
| Item | Specifications |
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| Processors | Up to 2x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (1 or 2) |
| Memory | 32 DDR5 DIMM slots (16 DIMMs per CPU): 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 at up to 4800 MT/s for up to 8TB of memory |
| mLOM | mLOM slot for Cisco UCS VIC 15420 or Cisco UCS VIC 15231 |
| Mezzanine adapter (rear) | Cisco UCS 15422 mezzanine card with UCS VIC 15000 bridge connector compatible with Cisco UCS VIC 15420 |
| Mezzanine module (front) |
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| Internal storage & GPU |
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Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node
The Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node is the first 4-socket 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors computing device to integrate into the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. It offers high performance and efficiency gains for a wide range of mission-critical enterprise applications, memory-intensive applications, and bare-metal and virtualized workloads.
The server features four 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors with up to 60 cores per processor and up to 16TB of main memory, as well as up to 6 hot-pluggable SSDs and two M.2 slots with optional hardware RAID.
Both nodes include an optional front mezzanine GPU module, mLOM virtual interface cards, and an optional mezzanine card for X-Fabric technology. The server also provides security features such as an optional trusted platform module (TPM), secure boot FPGA, and ACT2 anti-counterfeit provisions.
| Item | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Processors | 4x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors |
| Memory | 64 DDR5 DIMM slots (16 DIMMs per CPU): 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 GB at up to 4800 MT/s for up to 16TB of total memory |
| mLOM | mLOM slot for Cisco UCS VIC 15420 or Cisco UCS VIC 15231 |
| Mezzanine adapter (rear) | Cisco UCS 15422 mezzanine card with UCS VIC 15000 bridge connector with Cisco UCS VIC 15420 |
| Mezzanine module (front) | Front mezzanine module options:
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| Internal storage and GPU | Front mezzanine storage options:
Note: Drives require a RAID or passthrough controller in the front mezzanine module slot. Boot drive options:
GPU options:
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Cisco UCS C220 M7 Rack Server
The Cisco UCS C220 M7 Rack Server is a high-density, 1RU, 2-socket rack server that supports 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs, with up to 52 cores per socket, up to 32 DDR5 DIMMs for up to 4 TB of capacity, up to 3 PCIe 4.0 slots or up to 2 PCIe 5.0 slots, and supports Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series adapters. Additionally, It has options for SAS/SATA or NVMe drives and M.2 boot options and supports up to three GPUs.
| Item | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Form factor | 1RU rack server |
| Processors | 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (1 or 2) |
| Memory | 32 DDR5 DIMM slots: 16, 32, 64, and 128 GB up to 4800 MHz |
| PCIe expansion | Up to 3 PCIe 4.0 slots or up to 2 PCIe 5.0[2]slots plus 1 dedicated 24-Gbps RAID controller slot and 1 dedicated mLOM/OCP 3.0 slot |
| RAID controllers |
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| Backplane options: |
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| mLOM/OCP 3.0 |
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| Power supplies | Hot-pluggable, redundant 770W AC, 1050W DC, 1200W AC, 1600W AC, and 2300W AC |
| Other storage |
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Cisco UCS C240 M7 Rack Server
The Cisco UCS C240 M7 Rack Server is a two-socket, 2RU form factor server designed for mainstream business applications and use cases. It’s much like the C220, but with the extra space, there are more options for expansion. The C240 also has backplane options with support for up to 28 NVMe SSDs, though support is limited to Gen4 x2 at the moment. The system has support for up to 8 PCIe 4.0 slots or up to 4 PCIe 5.0 slots and 5 GPUs are supported.
| Item | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Form factor | 2RU rack server |
| Processors | 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (1 or 2) |
| Memory | 32 DDR4 DIMM slots: 16, 32, 64, 128, and 256 GB up to 4800 MHz |
| PCIe expansion | Up to 8 PCIe 4.0 slots or up to 4 PCIe 5.0 slots plus 1 dedicated 24-Gbps RAID controller slot and 1 dedicated mLOM slot |
| RAID controllers | Internal controllers: ● 24-Gbps modular tri-mode controller [2] supports SAS 4 or NVMe hardware RAID for up to 10 SAS and SATA hard disk drives (HDDs), SSDs, or NVMe SSDs ● Cisco 12-Gbps modular RAID controller (PCIe 4.0) with 4-GB flash-backed write cache (FBWC), or ● Cisco 12-Gbps modular SAS host bus adapter (HBA) ● External controller: Cisco 12-Gbps 9500-8e SAS HBA |
| Internal storage | Backplane options: ● Up to 28 x 2.5-inch SAS and SATA HDDs/ SSDs and NVMe SSDs (up to 8 NVMe direct attach) ● Up to 28 x 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe SSDs (all direct-attach Gen4 x2) |
| mLOM/OCP 3.0 | One dedicated socket (x16 PCIe lane) that can be used to add an mLOM or OCP 3.0 card for additional rear-panel connectivity ● mLOM slot can flexibly accommodate 10/25/50 and 40/100/200 100-Gbps Cisco VIC adapters. ● OCP 3.0 slot features full out-of-band manageability that supports Intel X710 OCP Dual 10GBase-T via mLOM interposer. |
| Power supplies | Hot-pluggable, redundant 1050W DC, 1200W AC, 1600W AC, and 2300W AC |
| Other storage |
● Dedicated Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) FlexMMC for utilities (on board)
● Dual M.2 SATA/NVMe SSDs with HW RAID support
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