Cisco UCS C240 M7 Rack Server Data Sheet
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The Cisco UCS® C240 M7 Rack Server delivers industry-leading performance and expandability.
The Cisco UCS C240 M7 Rack Server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS rack server portfolio. It incorporates the 4th or 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors with 60 percent more cores per socket advanced features like Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA), In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA), and QuickAssist Technology (QAT), many applications will see significant performance improvements.
You can deploy the Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers as standalone servers or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System™ managed by Cisco Intersight™ or Cisco UCS Manager1 to take advantage of Cisco® standards-based unified computing innovations that can help reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase your business agility.
The Cisco UCS C240 M7 Rack Server brings many new innovations to the UCS rack server portfolio. With the introduction of PCIe Gen 5.0 expansion slots for high-speed I/O, a DDR5 memory bus, and expanded storage capabilities, the server delivers significant performance and efficiency gains that will improve your application performance. Its features including the following:
● Supports up to two 4thor 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPU, with up to 64 cores per socket
● Up to 32 DDR5 DIMMs for up to 8 TB of capacity using 256 GB DIMMs (16 DIMMs per socket)
● Up to 5600 MT/s DDR5 memory plus other speeds depending on the CPU installed
● Up to 8 PCIe 4.0 slots or up to 4 PCIe 5.0 slots, plus a hybrid modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) /OCP 3.0 slot
● Support for Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series adapters as well as third-party options
● Up to 28 hot-swappable Small-Form-Factor (SFF) SAS/SATA or NVMe drives (with up to 8 direct-attach NVMe drives)
◦ New tri-mode RAID controller supports SAS4 plus NVMe hardware RAID
◦ Option for 28 NVMe drives at PCIe Gen4 x2 each
● M.2 boot options
◦ Up to two 960GB SATA M.2 drives with hardware RAID, or
◦ Up to two 960GB NVMe M.2 drives with NVMe hardware RAID
● Up to eight GPUs supported
● Modular LOM / OCP 3.0
◦ One dedicated PCIe Gen4x16 slot that can be used to add an mLOM or OCP 3.0 card for additional rear-panel connectivity.
◦ mLOM slot that can be used to install a Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) without consuming a PCIe slot, supporting quad port 10/25/50 Gbps or dual port 40/100/200 Gbps network connectivity
◦ OCP 3.0 slot features full out-of-band management for select adapters
High performance for data-intensive applications
The Cisco UCS C240 M7 Rack Server is well suited for a wide range of enterprise workloads, including:
● Collaboration
● Small and medium-sized business databases
● Virtualization and consolidation
● Storage servers
● High-performance appliances
Cisco UCS C240 M7 Rack Servers can be deployed as standalone servers, part of a Cisco UCS–managed environment, or through Cisco Intersight. When used in combination with Cisco Intersight, the C240 M7 brings the power and automation of unified computing to enterprise applications, including Cisco SingleConnect technology, drastically reducing switching and cabling requirements.
Cisco Intersight leverages the familiar capabilities of UCS Manager with service profiles, templates, and policy-based management to enable rapid deployment and help ensure deployment consistency. It also enables end-to-end server visibility, management, and control in both virtualized and bare-metal environments.
The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) delivers comprehensive out-of-band server management with support for many industry standards, including:
● Redfish Version 1.13.0 (2021.1 schema0)
● Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0
● Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v2 and v3
● Syslog
● Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
● Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP)
● cKVM (all-new Cisco KVM)
● Command-Line Interface (CLI)
● XML API
Management Software Development Kits (SDKs) and DevOps integrations exist for Python, Microsoft PowerShell, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and more. For more information about integrations, see Cisco DevNet (https://developer.cisco.com/site/ucs-dev-center/).
Table 1 lists the specifications for the Cisco UCS C240 M7 Rack Server.
Table 1. Specifications
| Item |
Specifications |
| Form factor |
2RU rack server |
| Processors |
Up to 2x 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (1 or 2) or Up to 2x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (1 or 2) |
| Memory |
32 DDR5-5600 DIMM slots (16 DIMMS per CPU): 16, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 256GB at up to 5600 MT/s for up to 8TB of memory with 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors or 32 DDR5-4800 DIMM slots (16 DIMMS per CPU): 16, 32, 64, 128, 256GB at up to 4800 MT/s for up to 8TB of memory with 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors |
| 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 supports SAS 4 or NVMe hardware RAID ◦ 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)
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External controller: Cisco 12-Gbps 9500-8e SAS HBA
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| 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)
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| 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.
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| Power supplies |
Hot-pluggable, redundant platinum and titanium options:
● Platinum: 1050W DC, and 1600W AC
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Titanium: 1200W AC, and 2300W AC
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| 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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| Management |
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| Rack options |
Cisco ball-bearing rail kit with optional reversible cable management arm |
| Hardware and software interoperability |
See the Cisco Hardware and Software Interoperability List for a complete listing of supported operating systems and peripheral options. |
Table 2 lists system requirements for the server.
Table 2. System requirements
| Item |
Requirements |
| Cisco IMC |
Release 4.3(1) or later |
Table 3. Ordering Information
| Part # |
Product description |
| UCSC-C240-M7SX |
C240 M7 2RU standard server with up to 28x SFF drive bays |
| UCSC-C240-M7SN |
C240 M7 2RU NVMe optimized server with up to 28x NVMe drive capability |
For information about installing or upgrading your server, see the Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server Installation and Service Guide.
For ordering information, see Cisco UCS C240 M7 SFF rack server specifications sheet
The Cisco UCS C240 M7 Rack Server has a three-year, Next-Business-Day (NBD) hardware warranty and a 90-day software warranty.
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Table 4. Cisco environmental sustainability information
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Reference |
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| General |
Information on product-material-content laws and regulations |
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| Information on electronic waste laws and regulations, including our products, batteries, and packaging |
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| Information on our product takeback and reuse program |
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| Sustainability inquiries |
Contact: csr_inquiries@cisco.com |
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| Operating and non-operating conditions |
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| Material |
Product packaging weight and materials |
Contact: environment@cisco.com |
Product environmental information
Product environmental information for users per Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 https://www.cisco.com/web/dofc/23906226.pdf.
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Date |
| Support for 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors with 5600MT/s DDR5 |
Product Specifications |
December 14, 2023 |