Cisco UCS C885A M8 Rack Server Data Sheet
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The Cisco® UCS C885A M8 Rack Server is a dense GPU server that delivers massive, scalable performance for AI workloads, such as Large Language Model (LLM) training, fine-tuning, large model inferencing, and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG).
Built on the NVIDIA HGX platform, the Cisco UCS C885A M8 Rack Server is a dense-GPU server designed to deliver scalable accelerated compute capabilities to address the most demanding AI workloads, including large deep learning/Large Language Model (LLM) training, model fine-tuning, large model inferencing, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
The server offers a choice of 8 NVIDIA HGX H100 or H200 Tensor Core GPUs, or 8 AMD MI300X OAM GPUs to deliver massive, accelerated computational performance in a single server, as well as one NVIDIA ConnectX-7 NIC or NVIDIA BlueField-3 SuperNIC per GPU to scale AI model training across a cluster of dense GPU servers.
The server is managed by Cisco Intersight®, which can help reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase your business agility.
Note: Initially, the local server management interface will handle configuration and management, while Cisco Intersight will provide inventory capabilities through an integrated Device Connector. Full management operations and configurations through Cisco Intersight will be introduced shortly thereafter in a subsequent phase.
The server is offered in fixed configurations that are optimized for intensive AI and HPC workloads.
Table 1. Summary of features and benefits of Cisco UCS C885A M8
| Feature |
Benefit |
| Eight NVIDIA HGX H100 or H200 Tensor Core GPUs with NVIDIA NVLink interconnect or Eight AMD MI300X OAM GPUs with Infinity Fabric mesh |
GPU density and the high-speed interconnect for demanding AI model training jobs, such as large and small language model training and deep learning |
| Two AMD EPYC CPUs |
High-performance, high–clock speed CPUs specifically selected for training/learning operations |
| Eight NVIDIA ConnectX-7 NICs or B3140H |
400G East-West NICs provide high-speed inter-chassis, inter-GPU connectivity to perform training at scale. Each server also includes NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs to accelerate GPU access to data. |
| 30TB U.2 NVMe SSDs |
High-speed local storage for data caching to deliver maximum performance |
| Hot-swappable, redundant power supplies |
Increased high availability |
Table 2. Specifications of Cisco UCS C885A M8 Rack Server
| Item |
Specifications |
| Form factor |
8RU Rack Server |
| Processors |
2x 4th Gen AMD EPYC 9554 64 core 3.1 GHz (Max Boost 3.7 GHz) or 2x 5th Gen AMD EPYC 9575F 64 core, 3.3 GHz (Max Boost 5 GHz) |
| Memory |
24x 96GB DDR5 up to 4,800 MT/s RDIMMs or 24x 96GB DDR5 up to 6,000 MT/s RDIMMs |
| GPUs |
8x NVIDIA HGX H100 SXM or 8x NVIDIA HGX H200 SXM or 8x AMD MI300X OAM |
| Boot Drive |
1x 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD |
| Internal Storage |
16x 1.92TB 2.5” U.2 NVMe SSD |
| PCIe Slots |
5x PCIe Gen5x16 FHHL for North-South NIC – NVIDIA BlueField-3 – B3220, B3240 8x PCIe Gen5x16 HHHL for East-West NIC – NVIDIA ConnectX-7, NVIDIA BlueField-3 |
| OCP Slot |
1x OCP 3.0 PCIe Gen5x8 for X710-T2L 2x10G RJ45 NIC |
| Power Supplies |
2x 2.7kW 80Plus 12V CRPS Redundant Hot-swappable PSUs (N+1) 6x 3kW 80Plus 54V MCRPS Hot-swappable Redundant PSUs (N+2) |
| Management |
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| Hardware and Software Interoperability |
See the Cisco Hardware and Software Interoperability List for a complete listing of supported operating systems and peripheral options |
UCS C885A M8 servers are offered in fixed configurations with each server product ID identifying a single fixed configuration. More details can be found in the ordering guide.
Table 3. Cisco UCS C885A M8 ordering information
| Part # |
Product Description |
| UCSC-885A-M8-H11 |
2x AMD EPYC 9554 3.1 GHz (Max Boost 3.75 GHz) CPUs, 8x NVIDIA HGX H100 SXM GPUs, 24x 96GB up to 4,800 MT/s DIMMs, 1x 1TB M.2 NVMe Boot Drive, 16x 2.5” 1.92TB NVMe SSD Server Drives, 8x NVIDIA ConnectX-7 (1x400G) for East-West N/W, 1x NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3220 (2x200G) for North-South N/W, 1x Intel X710-T2L |
| UCSC-885A-M8-H21 |
2x AMD EPYC 9554 3.1 GHz (Max Boost 3.75 GHz) CPUs, 8x NVIDIA HGX H200 SXM GPUs, 24x 96GB up to 4,800MT/s DIMMs, 1x 1TB M.2 NVMe Boot Drive, 16x 2.5” 1.92TB NVMe SSD Server Drives, 8x NVIDIA ConnectX-7 (1x400G) for East-West N/W, 1x NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3220 (2x200G) for North-South N/W, 1x Intel X710-T2L |
| UCSC-885A-M8-M3X1 |
2x AMD EPYC 9575F 3.3 GHz (Max Boost 5 GHz) CPUs, 8x AMD MI300X OAM GPUs, 24x 96GB up to 6,000MT/s DIMMs, 1x 1TB M.2 NVMe Boot Drive, 16x 2.5” 1.92TB NVMe SSD Server Drives, 8x NVIDIA ConnectX-7 (1x400G) for East-West N/W, 1x NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3220 (2x200G) for North-South N/W, 1x Intel X710-T2L |
| UCSC-885A-M8-H12 |
2x AMD EPYC 9575F 3.3 GHz (Max Boost 5 GHz) CPUs, 8x NVIDIA HGX H100 SXM GPUs, 24x 96GB up to 6,000MT/s DIMMs, 1x 1TB M.2 NVMe Boot Drive, 16x 2.5” 1.92TB NVMe SSD Server Drives, 8x NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3140H SuperNIC (1x400G) for East-West N/W, 1x NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3220 (2x200G) for North-South N/W, 1x Intel X710-T2L |
| UCSC-885A-M8-H22 |
2x AMD EPYC 9575F 3.3 GHz (Max Boost 5 GHz) CPUs, 8x NVIDIA HGX H200 SXM GPUs, 24x 96GB up to 6,000MT/s DIMMs, 1x 1TB M.2 NVMe Boot Drive, 16x 2.5” 1.92TB NVMe SSD Server Drives, 8x NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3140H SuperNIC (1x400G) for East-West N/W, 1x NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3220 (2x200G) for North-South N/W, 1x Intel X710-T2L |
| UCSC-885A-M8-M3X2 |
2x AMD EPYC 9575F 3.3 GHz (Max Boost 5 GHz) CPUs, 8x AMD MI300X OAM GPUs, 24x 96GB up to 6,000MT/s DIMMs, 1x 1TB M.2 NVMe Boot Drive, 16x 2.5” 1.92TB NVMe SSD Server Drives, 8x NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3140H SuperNIC (1x400G) for East-West N/W, 1x NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3220 (2x200G) for North-South N/W, 1x Intel X710-T2L |
Note: All Network Interface Cards (NICs), SuperNICs, and Data Processing Units (DPUs) in the configurations above are crypto disabled.
Cisco UCS C885A M8 Rack Servers have a three-year Next-Business-Day (NBD) hardware warranty and 90-day software warranty.
Augmenting the Cisco UCS warranty is Cisco Success Tracks. Success Tracks add the best of both digital and human intelligence to your support experience. For more detailed information on the ST deliverables, please refer to the description here.
Information about Cisco’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives and performance is provided in Cisco’s CSR and sustainability reporting.
Table 4. Cisco Environmental Sustainability Information
| Sustainability Topic |
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 product takeback and reuse program |
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| Sustainability Inquiries |
Contact: csr_inquiries@cisco.com |
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| Material |
Product packaging weight and materials |
Contact: environment@cisco.com |
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