Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node

The Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System simplifies your data center, adapting to the unpredictable needs of modern applications while also providing for traditional scale-out and enterprise workloads. It reduces the number of server types to maintain, helping to improve operational efficiency and agility as it helps reduce complexity. Powered by the Cisco Intersight™ cloud operations platform, it shifts your thinking from administrative details to business outcomes with hybrid cloud infrastructure that is assembled from the cloud, shaped to your workloads, and continuously optimized.

The Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node is integrate into the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. Up to eight compute nodes can reside in the 7-Rack-Unit (7RU) Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis, offering one of the highest densities of compute, IO, and storage per rack unit in the industry.

The Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node offers the following:

• CPU: Up to 2x 4th Generation AMD EPYC Processors with up to 128 cores per processors

• Memory:

  • 24 DIMM slots (12 DIMMs per CPU socket), up to 4800 MT/s DDR5.

  • Up to 6 TB of capacity.

• Storage: Up to 6 hot-pluggable, Solid-State Drives (SSDs), or Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) 2.5-inch drives with a choice of enterprise-class Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) or pass-through controllers with four lanes each of PCIe Gen 4 connectivity and up to 2 M.2 SATA or NVMe drives for flexible boot and local storage capabilities.

• Optional Front Mezzanine GPU module: The Cisco UCS Front Mezzanine GPU module is a passive PCIe Gen 4 front mezzanine option with support for up to two U.2 or U.3 NVMe drives and two HHHL GPUs.

• mLOM virtual interface cards:

  • Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15420 occupies the server's Modular LAN on Motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 50Gbps (2 x25Gbps) of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis Intelligent Fabric Modules (IFMs) for 100Gbps connectivity per server.

  • Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15230 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis Intelligent Fabric Modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server with secure boot capability.

• Optional Mezzanine card:

  • Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15422 can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. An included bridge card extends this VIC's 100Gbps (4 x 25Gbps) of network connections through IFM connectors, bringing the total bandwidth to 100Gbps per VIC 15420 and 15422 (for a total of 200Gbps per server). In addition to IFM connectivity, the VIC 15422 I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology.

  • Cisco UCS PCI Mezz card for X-Fabric can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric modules and enable connectivity to the X440p PCIe Node.

• Security: Includes secure boot silicon root of trust FPGA, ACT2 anti-counterfeit provisions, and optional Trusted Platform Model (TPM).

For complete list of supported peripherals for Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node, see Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node Spec Sheet.

Note	Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node support only 14000 Series and 15000 Series secure boot VIC adapters.

Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server

The Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server is a versatile general-purpose infrastructure and application server. This high-density, 1RU, single-socket rack server delivers industry-leading performance and efficiency for a wide range of workloads, including virtualization, collaboration, and bare-metal applications.

The Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS rack server portfolio. It powers 4^th Gen AMD EPYC^™ Processors with 100 percent more cores per socket designed using AMD’s chiplet architecture. With advanced features such as AMD Infinity Guard, compute-intensive applications will see significant performance improvements and reap other benefits such as power and cost efficiencies.

You can deploy the Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server as standalone servers or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System^™ managed by Cisco Intersight^® or Cisco UCS Manager 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 C225 M8 rack server brings many new innovations to the Cisco UCS AMD rack server portfolio. With the introduction of PCIe Gen 5.0 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.

The key features of Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server include:

• Supports one 4th Gen AMD EPYC CPU, with up to 128 cores per socket

• Up to 12 DDR5 DIMMs for up to 1.5 TB of capacity using 128 GB DIMMs

• Up to 4800 MT/s DDR5 memory

• Up to 3 PCIe 4.0 slots or up to 2 PCIe 5.0 slots, plus a modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) / OCP slot 3.0 (details below)

• Support for Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series adapters as well as a host of third-party NIC options

• UCS C225 M8S chassis: up to 10 SAS/SATA or NVMe disk drives

  • New tri-mode RAID controller supports SAS4 or NVMe hardware RAID

  • Up to 4 direct-attach NVMe SSDs

• UCS C225 M8N chassis: up to 10 direct attach NVMe SSDs

  • All 10 NVMe drives connected at PCIe Gen4 x4

• 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 three GPUs supported

• Hybrid modular LOM/OCP 3.0

  • One dedicated Gen 4.0 x16 slot that can be used to add an mLOM or OCP 3.0 card for additional rear-panel connectivity

  • mLOM allows for Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards (VICs) 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

Cisco UCS Manager supports all the peripherals supported by Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server. For complete list of supported peripherals for Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server, see Cisco UCS C225 M8 SFF Rack Server Spec Sheet.

Note	Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server support only 14000 Series and 15000 Series secure boot VIC adapters.

RAID Controllers

Cisco UCS Manager adds support for the following Cisco Tri-Mode M1 24G RAID and HBA controllers on Cisco UCS C-Series M7 servers:

• UCSC-HBA-M1L16 and UCSC-RAID-M1L16 on Cisco UCSC-C220-M7 servers

• UCSC-HBA-M1L16 and UCSC-RAID-MP1L32 on Cisco UCSC-C240-M7 servers

GPU Support

Support for the following new GPUs:

• NVIDIA A16 GPU on X440p: PCIE 250W 4X16GB, FHFL (UCSC-CGPU-A16 )—Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node).

• NVIDIAH100-NVL GPU 400W, 94GB, 2-slot FHFL (UCSC-GPU-H100-NVL)—Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node), UCS X210c M7, UCS C245 M8, UCS C240 M7.

• NVIDIA L4-Mezz GPU 70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL (UCSX-GPU-L4-Mezz)—Cisco UCS X215c M8 and UCS X210c M7.

Extended support for the following existing GPUs:

• NVIDIAL40 300W, 48GB wPWR CBL (UCSC-GPU-L40)—Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node).

• NVIDIA L40S: 350W, 48GB, 2-slot FHFL GPU (UCSC-GPU-L40S)—Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node).

• NVIDIA L4:70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL GPU (UCSC-GPU-L4)—Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node).

Cisco UCS X-Series Direct^®

The Cisco UCS X-Series Direct^® simplifies your data center, adapting to the unpredictable needs of modern applications while also providing an edge scaled for remote branch office workloads. It minimizes the IT infrastructure deployed at edge locations to achieve desired business outcomes. As you are looking to increase the number of applications at the edge while deploying as little IT infrastructure as possible, the Cisco UCS X-Series Direct^®, powered by Cisco Intersight^® and Cisco UCS Manager, enables the benefits of scale together with a secure and unified connectivity.

The Cisco UCS X-Series Direct begins with the Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis engineered to be adaptable and future ready. It is a standard, open system designed to deploy and automate faster in concert with a hybrid-cloud environment.

With a midplane-free design, I/O connectivity for the X9508 chassis is accomplished with frontloading, vertically oriented compute nodes intersecting with horizontally oriented I/O connectivity modules in the rear of the chassis. The I/O connectivity modules of the solution are the Cisco UCS X-Series Direct Fabric Interconnect Modules, a unified fabric for Ethernet and Fibre Channel. Additionally, the UCS X9508 chassis can have expanded GPU capabilities using the Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology which interconnects X-series compute and PCIe nodes using high-speed PCIe technology.

For more information see Cisco UCS X-Series Direct Data Sheet.

Cisco UCS C245 M8 Rack Server

The Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server is perfectly suited for a wide range of storage and I/O-intensive applications such as big data analytics, databases, collaboration, virtualization, consolidation, AI/ML and high-performance computing supporting up to two AMD^® CPUs in a 2RU form factor.

The Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS rack server portfolio. With advanced features like AMD Infinity Guard, compute-intensive applications will see significant performance improvements and will reap other benefits such as power and cost efficiencies.

You can deploy the Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System^™ managed by Cisco Intersight^® or Cisco UCS Manager^® 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 or as standalone servers.

The Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server brings many innovations to the UCS AMD^® rack server line. 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 greatly enhance application performance. Features include:

• Support for up to two 4^th Gen AMD EPYC^™ CPUs in a server designed to drive as much as 256 CPU cores (128 cores per socket)

• Up to 24 DDR5 DIMM slots

• Up to 4800 MT/s DDR5 memory

• Up to 8 x PCIe Gen 4.0 slots or up to 4 x PCIe Gen 5.0 slots, plus a hybrid modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) /OCP 3.0 slot (details below)

• Support for Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series adapters as well as a host of third-party NIC options

• Up to 28 hot-swappable small-form-factor (SFF) SAS/SATA or NVMe drives (with up to 8 direct-attach NVMe drives) and New tri-mode RAID controller supports SAS4 plus NVMe hardware RAID.

• M.2 boot options

  • Up to two 960GB SATA M.2 drives with hardware RAID support

  • Up to two 960GB NVMe M.2 drives with NVMe hardware RAID

• Support for up to Eight GPUs

• 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 that features full out-of-band management for select adapters

Cisco UCS Manager supports all the peripherals supported by Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server. For complete list of supported peripherals for Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server, see Cisco UCS C245 M8 SFF Rack Server Spec Sheet.

• Support for the following RAID controllers:

  • Cisco Tri-Mode 24G SAS RAID Controller w/4GB Cache (UCSC-RAID-HP) with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers.

  • Cisco boot optimized M.2 NVMe RAID controller (UCS-M2-NVRAID) with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers.

    This controller supports only RAID0, RAID1, or JBOD (default - JBOD) mode and only UEFI boot mode.

• Support for the UCS-TPM-002D TPM module with Cisco UCS X410c M7, X210c M7, X210c M6, B200 M6, C220 M7, C240 M7, C220 M6, and C240 M6 servers.

• Support for the UCS-TPM2-002D TPM module on Cisco UCS C225 M6 and C245 M6 servers.

• Support for Cisco UCSX-440P PCIe Node. For more information, see Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node Spec Sheet.

• Support for the following GPUs:

  • Intel^® Data Center GPU Flex 140, HHHL, 75W PCIe (UCSC-GPU-FLEX140) with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers

  • Intel^® Data Center GPU Flex 170, FH-3/4L, 150W PCIe (UCSC-GPU-FLEX170) with Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers

  • NVIDIA^® 350W, 40GB, 2-Slot FHFL L40S GPU (UCSX-GPU-L40S) on Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node and Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers

  • NVIDIA^® Hopper L4 70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL (UCSC-GPU-L4M6) with Cisco UCS C220 and C240 M6 servers

  • NVIDIA^® H100 on Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node, and Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers

• Support for Hynix^® 96GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCGM4MGBRB) DIMM with Cisco UCS X410c M7 servers equipped with the following processors:

  • Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6416H Processor

  • Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6418H Processor

  • Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6434H Processor

  • Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6448H Processor

Support for 5th Gen Intel^® Xeon^® Scalable Processors

Support for the following 5th Gen Intel^® Xeon^® Scalable Processors with Cisco X210c M7 servers:

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8558P Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8562Y+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8592+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8568Y+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8592V Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8580 Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8558 Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8558U Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8570 Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8571N Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8581V Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6542Y Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6544Y Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6530 Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6554S Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6548Y+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6526Y Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6534 Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6538Y+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6548N Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 5512U Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 5515+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 5520+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6538N Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Silver 4514Y Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Silver 4516Y+ Processor

Support for the following 5th Gen Intel^® Xeon^® Scalable Processors with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers:

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8592V Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8562Y+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8568Y+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8592+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8558P Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8580 Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8558 Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6542Y Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6544Y Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6548Y+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6526Y Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6530 Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6534 Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6554S Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6538Y+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 5515+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 5520+ Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Gold 6548N Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Silver 4514Y Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Silver 4516Y+ Processor

Support for 5600 DIMMs

Support for the following 5600 DIMMs with Cisco UCS X210c M7 servers:

• Samsung^® 16GB 1Rx8 PC5-5600B-RD0-1010-XT (KR M321R2GA3PB0-CWMKH 2323)

• Samsung^® 32GB 1Rx4 PC5-5600B-RC0-1010-XT (M321R4GA0PB0-CWM)

• Samsung^® 64GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (KR M321R8GA0PB0-CWMCH 2326)

• Samsung^® 96GB (M321RYGA0PB0-CWM)

• Hynix^® 16GB 1Rx8 PC5-5600B-RD0-1010-XT (HMCG78AGBRA190N BB 307)

• Hynix^® 32GB 1Rx4 PC5-5600B-RC0-1010-XT (HMCG84AGBRA190N BB 310)

• Hynix^® 64GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCG94AGBRA177N BB 327)

• Hynix^® 96GB 96GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCGM4MGBRB)

• Hynix^® 128GB 2S2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCT04AGERA)

Support for the following 5600 DIMMs with Cisco UCS C240 M7 and C220 M7 servers:

• Hynix^® 16GB 1Rx8 PC5-5600B-RD0-1010-XT (HMCG78AGBRA190N BB 307)

• Hynix^® 32GB 1Rx4 PC5-5600B-RC0-1010-XT (HMCG84AGBRA190N BB 310)

• Hynix^® 64GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCG94AGBRA177N BB 327)

• Hynix^® 96GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCGM4MGBRB)

• Hynix^® 128GB 2S2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCT04AGERA)

• Samsung^® 16GB 1Rx8 PC5-5600B-RD0-1010-XT (KR M321R2GA3PB0-CWMKH 2323)

• Samsung^® 32GB 1Rx4 PC5-5600B-RC0-1010-XT (M321R4GA0PB0-CWM)

• Samsung^® 64GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (KR M321R8GA0PB0-CWMCH 2326)

• Micron^® 96GB 2RX4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (MTC40F204WS1RC56BB1 317)

Support for Hynix^® 96GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCGM4MGBRB) DIMM with Cisco UCS X410c M7 servers equipped with the following processors:

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8444H Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8450H Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8454H Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8460H Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8468H Processor

• Intel^® Xeon^® Platinum 8490H Processor

Supported GPUs

Support for the following Intel^® GPU cards with the CPUs listed here:

• Support for Intel^® Data Center GPU Flex 170, FH-3/4L, 150W PCIe with Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers

• Support for Intel^® Data Center GPU Flex 140, HHHL, 75W PCIe with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers

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. Up to four compute nodes or two compute nodes and two GPU nodes can reside in the 7-rack-unit (7RU) Cisco UCS X9508 Server Chassis, offering high performance and efficiency gains for a wide range of mission-critical enterprise applications, memory-intensive applications and bare-metal and virtualized workloads.

The Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node provides these main features:

• CPU: Four 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors with up to 60 cores per processor

• Memory: Up to 16TB of main memory with 64x 256 GB DDR5-4800 Memory DIMMs

• Storage: Up to six hot-pluggable solid-state drives (SSDs), or non-volatile memory express (NVMe) 2.5-inch drives with a choice of enterprise-class RAID or passthrough controllers, up to two M.2 SATA drives with optional hardware RAID

• mLOM virtual interface cards:

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15420 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 50 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis’s intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15231 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis’s intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15230 (with secure boot feature) occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis’s intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

• Optional mezzanine card:

  • Cisco UCS 5th Gen VIC 15422 can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology. An included bridge card extends this VIC's 2x 50 Gbps of network connections through IFM connectors, bringing the total bandwidth to 100 Gbps per fabric (for a total of 200 Gbps per server).

  • Cisco UCS PCI Mezz card for Cisco UCS X-Fabric can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric modules and enable connectivity to the Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node.

  • All VIC mezzanine cards also provide I/O connections from the X410c M7 compute node to the X440p PCIe node.

• Security: The server supports an optional trusted platform module (TPM). Additional features include a secure boot FPGA and ACT2 anti-counterfeit provisions.

Cisco UCS VIC Cards

Following Cisco UCS VIC Cards are supported from release 4.3(2c) onwards:

• Cisco UCS VIC 15427—The Cisco UCS VIC 15427 is a Quad Port CNA MLOM, 4 x 10/25/50G with Secure Boot for Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M7 servers.

• Cisco UCS VIC 15230—The Cisco UCS VIC 15230 is a MLOM with Secure Boot for Cisco UCS X210c M6, X210c M7, and X410c M7 servers.

• Cisco UCS VIC 15237 mLOM—The Cisco UCS VIC 15237 mLOM is a MLOM, 2x40/100/200G with Secure Boot for Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M7 servers.

Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis

The Cisco UCS^® X-Series Modular System simplifies your data center, adapting to the unpredictable needs of modern applications while also providing for traditional scale-out and enterprise workloads. It reduces the number of server types to maintain, helping to improve operational efficiency and agility as it helps reduce complexity.

The Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System begins with the Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis engineered to be adaptable and future ready. It is a standard, open system designed to deploy and automate faster in concert with a hybrid cloud environment.

With a midplane-free design, I/O connectivity for the X9508 chassis is accomplished with frontloading, vertically oriented compute nodes intersecting with horizontally oriented I/O connectivity modules in the rear of the chassis. A unified Ethernet fabric is supplied with the Cisco UCS 9108 Intelligent Fabric Modules. In the future, Cisco UCS X-Fabric Technology interconnects will supply other industry-standard protocols as standards emerge. Interconnections can be easily updated with new modules.

For more information, see Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis Data Sheet.

Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

The Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node is the second generation of compute node to integrate into the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. It delivers performance, flexibility, and optimization for deployments in data centers, in the cloud, and at remote sites. This enterprise-class server offers market-leading performance, versatility, and density without compromise for workloads. Up to eight compute nodes can reside in the 7-rack-unit (7RU) Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis, offering one of the highest densities of compute, I/O, and storage per rack unit in the industry.

The Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node provides these main features:

• CPU: Up to 2x 4th Gen Intel^® Xeon^® Scalable Processors with up to 60 cores per processor and up to 2.625 MB Level 3 cache per core and up to 112.5 MB per CPU.

• Memory: Up to 8TB of main memory with 32x 256 GB DDR5-4800 DIMMs.

• Storage: Up to six hot-pluggable, solid-state drives (SSDs), or non-volatile memory express (NVMe) 2.5-inch drives with a choice of enterprise-class redundant array of independent disks (RAIDs) or passthrough controllers, up to two M.2 SATA and M.2 NVMe drives with optional hardware RAID.

• Optional front mezzanine GPU module: The Cisco UCS front mezzanine GPU module is a passive PCIe Gen 4.0 front mezzanine option with support for up to two U.2 NVMe drives and two HHHL GPUs.

• mLOM virtual interface cards:

  • Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15420 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 50 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

  • ◦ Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15231 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

• Optional mezzanine card:

  • Cisco UCS 5^th Gen Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15422 can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology. An included bridge card extends this VIC's 2x 50 Gbps of network connections through IFM connectors, bringing the total bandwidth to 100 Gbps per fabric (for a total of 200 Gbps per server).

  • Cisco UCS PCI Mezz card for X-Fabric can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric modules and enable connectivity to the Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node.

  • All VIC mezzanine cards also provide I/O connections from the X210c M7 compute node to the X440p PCIe Node.

• Security: The server supports an optional trusted platform module (TPM). Additional features include a secure boot FPGA and ACT2 anti-counterfeit provisions.

Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

The Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node is the first computing device to integrate into the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. Up to eight compute nodes can reside in the 7-Rack-Unit (7RU) Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis, offering one of the highest densities of compute, I/O, and storage per rack unit in the industry.

The Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node provides these main features:

• CPU: Up to 2x 3rd Gen Intel^® Xeon^® Scalable Processors with up to 40 cores per processor and 1.5 MB Level 3 cache per core

• Memory: Up to 32x 256 GB DDR4-3200 DIMMs for up to 8 TB of main memory. Configuring up to 16x 512-GB Intel Optane^™ persistent memory DIMMs can yield up to 12 TB of memory.

• Storage: Up to 6 hot-pluggable, solid-state drives (SSDs), or non-volatile memory express (NVMe) 2.5-inch drives with a choice of enterprise-class redundant array of independent disks (RAIDs) or pass-through controllers with four lanes each of PCIe Gen 4 connectivity and up to 2 M.2 SATA drives for flexible boot and local storage capabilities

• Optional front mezzanine GPU module: The Cisco UCS Front Mezzanine GPU module is a passive PCIe Gen 4 front mezzanine option with support for up to two U.2 NVMe drives and two GPUs.

• mLOM virtual interface cards:

  • Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 14425 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 50 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15231 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15420 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

• Optional mezzanine card:

  • Cisco UCS VIC 14825 can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology. An included bridge card extends this VIC's 2x 50 Gbps of network connections through IFM connectors, bringing the total bandwidth to 100 Gbps per fabric (for a total of 200 Gbps per server).

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15422 X-Series mezz (UCSX-ME-V5Q50G) 4x25G can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology. An included bridge card extends this VIC's 2x 50 Gbps of network connections through IFM connectors, bringing the total bandwidth to 100 Gbps per fabric (for a total of 200 Gbps per server).

  • Cisco UCS PCI Mezz card for X-Fabric can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric modules and enable connectivity to the X440p PCIe Node.

• Security: The server supports an optional trusted platform module (TPM). Additional features include a secure boot FPGA and ACT2 anti-counterfeit provisions

Intelligent Fabric Module

The Intelligent Fabric Modules (IFMs) bring the unified fabric into the blade server enclosure, providing connectivity between the blade servers and the fabric interconnect, simplifying diagnostics, cabling, and management. Cisco UCS X-Series Servers support following IFMs:

• Cisco UCS 9108 25G IFMs (UCSX-I-9108-25G)

• Cisco UCS 9108 100G IFMs (UCSX-I-9108-100G)

Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

The Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server is well-suited for a wide range of storage and I/O-intensive applications such as big data analytics, databases, collaboration, virtualization, consolidation, and high-performance computing in its two-socket, 2RU form factor. It incorporates the 4th Gen Intel^® Xeon^® Scalable Processors with up to 60 cores per socket.

In addition to the advanced features, the server is also equipped with the PCIe Gen 5.0 for high-speed I/O, a DDR5 memory bus, and expanded storage capabilities (up to 32 DDR5 DIMMs for up to 8 TB of capacity using 128 GB DIMMs (16 DIMMs per socket)) and delivers sigficant performance and efficiency gains that will improve your application performance.

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 Intersight Managed Mode.

Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

The Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server is a versatile general-purpose infrastructure and application server. This high-density, 1RU, 2-socket rack server delivers industry-leading performance and efficiency for a wide range of workloads, including virtualization, collaboration, and bare-metal applications. It incorporates the 4th Gen Intel^® Xeon^® Scalable Processors, with up to 52 cores per socket. With advanced features such as Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA), In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA), and QuickAssist Technology (QAT), the server offers significant performance improvements.

In addition to the advanced features, the server is also equipped with the PCIe Gen 5.0 for high-speed I/O, a DDR5 memory bus, and expanded storage capabilities (up to 32 DDR5 DIMMs for up to 4 TB of capacity using 128 GB DIMMs (16 DIMMs per socket)).

You can deploy the Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers as standalone servers or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System™ with the Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Service cloud-based management platform. These computing innovations help reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase their business agility. These improvements deliver significant performance and efficiency gains that improve your application performance.

Cisco UCS VIC Cards

Following Cisco UCS VIC Cards are supported from release 4.3(2) onwards:

• Cisco UCS VIC 15425—The Cisco UCS VIC 15425 is a quad-port small-form-factor pluggable (SFP+/SFP28/SFP56) PCIe card designed for Cisco UCS C-series M6/M7 rack servers. The card supports 10/25/50-Gbps Ethernet or FCoE. The card can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host, and these can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

• Cisco UCS VIC 15235—The Cisco UCS VIC 15235 is a dual-port quad small-form-factor pluggable (QSFP/QSFP28/QSFP56) PCIe card designed for Cisco UCS C-series M6/M7 rack servers. The card supports 40/100/200-Gbps Ethernet or FCoE. The card can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host, and these can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

• Cisco UCS VIC 15231—The Cisco UCS VIC 15231 is a 2x100-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE-capable modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) designed exclusively for the Cisco UCS X210 Compute Node. The Cisco UCS VIC 15231 enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present to the host PCIe standards-compliant interfaces that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

  Cisco UCS VIC 15231 occupies the modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot of the server, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 200 Gbps (2x 100G) connectivity per server.

• Cisco UCS VIC 15420—The Cisco UCS VIC 15420 is a 4x25-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE capable modular LAN On Motherboard (mLOM) designed exclusively for Cisco UCS X210c M6/M7 Compute Node. The Cisco UCS VIC 15420 enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present to the host PCIe standards-compliant interfaces that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

  Cisco UCS VIC 15420 card occupies the modular LAN on the motherboard (mLOM) slot of the server, enabling up to 50 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

• Cisco UCS VIC 15422—The Cisco UCS VIC 15422 is a 4x25-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE capable mezzanine card (mezz) designed exclusively for Cisco UCS X210c M6/M7 Compute Node. The card enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

• Cisco UCS VIC 14425—The Cisco UCS VIC 14425 is a 4x25-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE capable modular LAN On Motherboard (mLOM) designed exclusively for Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node. The Cisco UCS VIC 14425 enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present to the host PCIe standards-compliant interfaces that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

• Cisco UCS VIC 14825—The Cisco UCS VIC 14825 is a 4x25-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE capable mezzanine card (mezz) designed exclusively for Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node. Cisco UCS X The card enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs. The UCS VIC 14000 bridge connector is required with the mezz card to connect the UCS X-Series Blade Server to Intelligent Fabric Module UCSX-I-9108-25G.

Supported GPUs

Following table shows the new GPU support matrix:

Note	The NVIDIA T4 GPU is supported on the front mezzanine GPU module and on the Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node and Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node only.

Other Peripherals

Support for Cisco UCSB-PSU-2500ACDV 2500 Watt Server AC Power Supply for Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis.

Cisco UCS Manager supports all the peripherals supported by Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server, Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server, Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node, and Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node. For complete list of supported peripherals for a server, see Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Data Sheet and Spec Sheet and Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System Data Sheet and Spec Sheet.

• The Cisco UCS Manager release 4.3(5a) introduces advanced security management to protect sensitive data and ensure network integrity. This release includes encryption management with an AES encryption master key option. Additionally, Media Access Control Security (MACsec) now supports Type-6 (AES encryption) in addition to Type-0 and Type-7 encryption for Ethernet uplink ports on Cisco UCS 6536, 6454, and 64108 Fabric Interconnects through GUI and CLI interfaces. This feature offers robust encryption capabilities, allowing administrators to manage encryption settings effectively and ensure data security and compliance with encryption standards.

  Note	This functionality is not supported on Cisco UCS X-Series Direct (Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects 9108 100G).

• Cisco UCS Manager now includes dynamic polling support to monitor the port status (up/down) and port speed of third-party Network Interface Cards (NICs) on Cisco UCS C-Series M6, M7, and M8 servers, offering real-time insights into network interface performance and ensuring optimal server connectivity and efficiency.

• Cisco UCS Manager enhances support for the server personality configuration of Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI). This feature is supported on Cisco UCS M6, M7, and M8 servers, allowing the servers to function either as standard UCS servers or HCI servers. The server personality field is an informational attribute that indicates the specific configuration or role assigned to the server. This simplifies the management of HCI and offers great visibility into server roles, enabling more efficient operations. The HCI server nodes can be configured in any of the following roles:

  • Nutanix HCI Node

  • Nutanix Compute Node

  • Nutanix Storage Node

• Cisco UCS Manager supports enabling the EtherChannel pinning option for Cisco UCS VIC adapters to enhance performance. This option allows vNIC adapters with EtherChannel capabilities to utilize multiple uplink ports for optimized traffic distribution. This setting applies only to eNIC interfaces on Cisco UCS 1400, 14000, and 15000 series adapters and does not apply to fNIC interfaces.

• Cisco UCS Manager enables IPv6 overlay offload functionality. This feature, supported by updated async drivers, optimizes IPv6 network performance and enhances efficiency.

• Support for U.2 Solidigm P5520 NVMe High Perf. Medium Endurance and U.2 Solidigm P5620 NVMe High Perf. High Endurance with Cisco UCS UCS C225 M8, C245 M8, and all M7 and M6 servers.

• Cisco UCS Manager introduces support for Media Access Control Security (MACsec) type-0 and type-7 encryption for Ethernet uplink ports on Cisco UCS FI 6536, 6454 and 64108 through GUI and CLI interfaces.

  Note	This functionality is not supported on Cisco UCS X-Series Direct.

• Cisco UCS Manager support for ERSPAN traffic monitoring on Cisco UCS 6536, 6454, and 64108 Fabric Interconnects.

  Note	This functionality is not supported on Cisco UCS X-Series Direct.

• Cisco UCS Manager now provides support to configure Hybrid Slots Configuration policy for Cisco Tri-Mode 24G SAS RAID Controller w/4GB Cache (UCSC-RAID-HP) that indicates whether the RAID controller can handle U.3 drives in RAID or Direct attached modes.

• Cisco UCS Manager uses Data Sanitization feature to erase all sensitive data, thus making extraction or recovery of data impossible on the following UCS servers:

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6, C240 M6, C225 M6, C245 M6, B200 M6, X210c M6 servers

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C125 M5, B200 M5, B480 M5 servers

• Cisco UCS Manager supports inventory listing for PCIe Node adapters.

• Cisco UCS Manager supports TLS 1.3 protocol for HTTPS communication for improved Transport Layer Security.

• New Ethernet port error, MACsec and DCE counters are added for the adapters under statistics.

• Starting with Cisco UCS Manager release 4.3(4a), new optimized adapter policies are available for Windows, Linux, and VMware operating systems, for the Cisco UCS VIC 1400, 14000 and 15000 series adapter.

• Starting with Cisco UCS Manager release 4.3(4a), adapter stats collection includes the following:

  • rx_no_buffer counters of vNIC which is represented as no buffer drop packets.

  • support for PFC pause time through TxWait and RxWait counters.

• NXOS now includes Fabric Interconnect port data-rate and PFC monitoring and is accessible through show logging onboard commands, capturing threshold crossings without duplications allowing user to monitor congestion in the Cisco UCS fabric interconnects.

• Release 4.3(4a) qualifies the new CipherTrust KMIP server from Thales®, which is set to take over from the old SafeNet and Vormetric servers that are being phased out. The new CipherTrust KMIP server offers enhanced usability and an expanded feature set, but keeps the user experience the same. Support for new CipherTrust in Cisco UCS Manager starts with version 4.3(4a). For detailed instructions on the configuration process of the CipherTrust KMIP manager, please refer to the CipherTrust Manager user guide provided by Thales®.

Cisco UCS Manager is enhanced to better handle high power demand during discovery and deep discovery of a server in Cisco UCSX-9508 chassis when the chassis is under load.

• Beginning with release 4.3(2b), Cisco UCS Manager introduces support for Secure Boot on the following Virtual Interface Cards (VIC) on Cisco UCS C-Series and X-Series servers:

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15420

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15422

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15235

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15425

  Secure Boot is a trustworthy technology that ensures the code running on Cisco hardware platforms is authentic, unmodified, and operational as intended. The Secure Boot uses a trust anchor module (TAm) in hardware to verify the bootloader code. It also protects the boot code in hardware and checks digitally signed images to verify that only genuine, unmodified code boots on a Cisco device.

• Added Windows NENIC Driver support to enable Receive Side Scaling Version 2 (RSSv2) for Cisco UCS VIC 15000 series adapters. When RSS is enabled on the VIC, multiple hardware receive queues can be configured on the Physical Function (PF). With RSSv2, the VIC adapters can now support up to 16 queues (4x). RSSv2 is supported on the following servers:

  • Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series M6 servers

  • Cisco UCS C-Series and X-Series M7 servers

• Added support for NVMeOF using RDMA on Cisco UCS VIC 14000 series adapters.

• Support for Cisco UCS VIC Q-in-Q tunneling configuration. A Cisco UCS Manager based Q-in-Q (802.1Q-in-802.1Q) tunnel originating from Cisco UCS VIC allows to segregate the traffic in the Cisco UCS infrastructure, and helps to expand the VLAN space through the double-tagging of packets in hypervisor or non-hypervisor environments.

• Added support for migrating Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect to Cisco UCS 6536 Fabric Interconnect:

  • Support for UCS-FI-6454 to UCS-FI-6536 migration

  • Support for UCS-FI-64108 to UCS-FI-6536 migration

  • Support for UCS-FI-6454 to UCS-FI-6536 migration with UCS Central

  • Support for UCS-FI-64108 to UCS-FI-6536 migration with UCS Central

• Cisco UCS Manager introduces Netflow Monitoring support for Cisco UCS 6400 and 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects.

  NetFlow monitoring includes both Host Receive and Transmit Direction Monitor. On Cisco UCS 6400 series and Cisco UCS 6536 Fabric Interconnects, NetFlow monitoring session applied to the Host Receive Direction Monitor will enable both transmit and receive monitoring, while NetFlow monitoring session applied to the Host transmit Direction Monitor is a NO-OP.

• Cisco UCS Manager introduces Policy Driven Chassis Group Cap for Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis.

• SR-IOV support for ESXi on Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series with Cisco UCS M6/M7 B-series, C-series and X-series servers and on Cisco UCS VIC 1400/14000 series for Cisco UCS M5/M6 B-series and C-series servers.

• QSFP - 100G SR 1.2 support with Cisco UCS VIC 1400 and 15000 Series.

• Cisco UCS Manager now supports soft check for IIS license.

  Cisco UCS X-Series Servers and Cisco M7 Servers require a valid Cisco Intersight license and a connection to Intersight to remain compliant. If Cisco UCS Manager 4.3(2) detects Cisco UCS X-Series or any M7 hardware, it checks to ensure that the domain is claimed with a Cisco Intersight instance (SaaS, Connected Virtual Appliance, or Private Virtual Appliance). If the domain is not claimed within Cisco Intersight (where the Cisco Intersight licenses are managed), Cisco UCS Manager displays a major fault to notify you of this requirement so that you can take necessary steps to move to a compliant deployment.

• Cisco UCS Manager also supports BMC Auto Upgrade functionality—If you migrate Cisco UCS X-Series Servers running Cisco IMC release lower than 4.3(2b) from IMM to Cisco UCS Manager managed mode, then Cisco UCS Manager auto upgrades Cisco IMC version to 4.3(2b).

• User Acknowledgment during Cisco UCS infra upgrade through Auto-Install is enhanced for better user experience:

  Reboot Now
  
  Are you sure you want to apply the changes immediately?
  Acknowledging will cause a reboot of the Primary Fabric Interconnect.  
  Please make sure to validate (detailed info available in the Cisco UCS Manager 
  Firmware Management Guide) the below points to avoid unexpected network issues:
  
           • Dynamic vNIC (if any) are up and running
           • Ethernet/FIber channel date paths are operating as expected
           • No unexpected faults that may indicate a potential error, exist.
  
  Click Yes to apply the pending changes.

Cisco UCS 6536 FI

Cisco UCS 6400 and 64108 FIs