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.

Specification

Item

Specification

Chassis

2RU Cisco UCS C4200 Rack Server Chassis

Server nodes

Up to four Cisco UCS C125 M5 Rack Server Nodes

Processors

AMD EPYC 7001 (Naples) or AMD EPYC 2 7002 (Rome) series processors (1 or 2 same CPUs per C125 node)

Processor cores

Up to 128 per node

Memory

16 DDR4 DIMM slots: 16, 32, and 64 GB and 2666/3200 MHz per AMD EPYC 7001/AMD EPYC 7002 CPUs respectively

PCIe expansion

1 PCIe 3.0 x 16 slots and 1 PCIe 3.0 x 8 slots, plus one dedicated OCP 2.0 network mezzanine slot per node

Storage controller

Internal controllers:

●  Optional Cisco 12-Gbps PCIe RAID Controller (PCIe 3.0) with 2-GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC), providing enterprise-class data protection for up to six SAS and SATA Hard-Disk Drives (HDDs), or Solid Disk Drives (SSDs)

●  AHCI 6Gbps SATA controller available from CPU 0 supporting up to 6 drives

●  Optional Cisco 12-Gbps PCIe SAS Controller (PCIe 3.0)

Internal storage

24 SFF 2.5-inch direct-attach drives

●  Each C125 M5 node has up to six direct- attach 2.5-inch SAS/ SATA HDDs/SSDs or up to two 2.5-inch NVMe drives and four SAS/SATA drives per node

Networking

Dedicated OCP 2.0 mezzanine slot that can flexibly accommodate up to 100-Gbps adapters per node

Support for PCIe based 4th Gen VIC Adapters

Power supplies

Hot-pluggable, redundant 2400W AC

Other storage

●  Dual internal Cisco FlexFlash Secure Digital (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

Management

●  Cisco Intersight

●  Cisco IMC

●  Cisco UCS Manager

Rack options

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

Physical unit

●  2RU high x 32-in. depth

●  High reliability, availability, and serviceability features with easy-to-use latching lid, and hot-swappable and hot-pluggable Nodes, Fans and Storage

Hardware and software interoperability

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

GPU

NVIDIA T4 GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)