C240 M5 servers can be deployed as standalone servers or in a Cisco UCS managed environment. When used in combination with Cisco UCS Manager, the C240 M5 brings the power and automation of unified computing to enterprise applications, including Cisco® SingleConnect technology, drastically reducing switching and cabling requirements. Cisco UCS Manager uses service profiles, templates, and policy-based management to enable rapid deployment and help ensure deployment consistency. If also enables end-to-end server visibility, management, and control in both virtualized and bare-metal environments.

C240 M5 servers can be deployed as standalone servers or in a Cisco UCS managed environment. When used in combination with Cisco UCS Manager, the C240 M5 brings the power and automation of unified computing to enterprise applications, including Cisco® SingleConnect technology, drastically reducing switching and cabling requirements.

Cisco UCS Manager uses service profiles, templates, and policy-based management to enable rapid deployment and help ensure deployment consistency. If also enables end-to-end server visibility, management, and control in both virtualized and bare-metal environments.

Specifications

Item

Specifications

Form factor

2RU rack server

Processors

Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (1 or 2) or second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors

Memory

24 DDR4 DIMM slots: 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128 GB and up to 2666 MHz

Support for the Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory (128G, 256G, 512G)

PCIe expansion

6 PCIe 3.0 slots plus 1 dedicated 12-Gbps RAID controller slot and 1 dedicated mLOM slot

RAID controllers

●  Internal controllers: Cisco 12-Gbps Modular RAID Controller (PCIe 3.0) with 2- or 4-GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC), providing enterprise-class data protection for up to 26 SAS and SATA Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), SSDs, or NVMe PCIe SSDs; or Cisco 12-Gbps Modular SAS Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

●  External controller: Cisco 12-Gbps 9400-8e SAS HBA

Internal storage

Backplane options:

●  Up to 26 x 2.5-inch SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs and up to 4 NVMe PCIe drives

●  Up to 10 x 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe and 16 SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs

●  Up to 12 x 3.5-inch SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs, and 2 rear 2.5-inch HDDs and SSDs and up to 4 NVMe PCIe drives

Embedded Network Interface Cards (NICs)

Dual 10GBASE-T Intel x550 Ethernet ports

mLOM

Dedicated mLOM slot that can flexibly accommodate 1-, 10-, 25-, 40-, and 100-Gbps adapters

Power supplies

Hot-pluggable, redundant 770W AC, 1050W AC, 1050W DC, and 1600W AC

Other storage

●  Dual internal Cisco FlexFlash SD cards (32, 64, and 128 GB) for installing an operating system or hypervisor

●  Support for RAID 0 mirroring between SD cards

●  Dedicated Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) MicroSD card (32 GB) for server utilities

●  Dual M.2 SATA SSD or NVMe

Management

●  Cisco® Intersight™

●  Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC)

●  Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor

●  Cisco UCS Manager

●  Cisco UCS Central Software

●  Cisco UCS Director

●  Cisco UCS Performance Manager

Rack options

Cisco ball-bearing rail kit with optional reversible cable management farm

Hardware and software interoperability

See the Cisco Hardware and Software Interoperability List for a complete listing of supported operating systems and peripheral options.