Cisco Cisco Connected Grid Design Suite Substation Workbench Release 1.0 Technical References
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Table 1. Features and Benefits
Feature
Benefit
Intel Xeon processor
E5-2600 product
family
E5-2600 product
family
• Automated energy efficiency reduces energy costs by automatically putting the
processor and memory in the lowest available power state while still delivering the
performance required and flexible virtualization technology that optimizes performance
for virtualized environments, including processor support for migration and direct I/O
performance required and flexible virtualization technology that optimizes performance
for virtualized environments, including processor support for migration and direct I/O
• Up to twice the performance for floating-point operations. Intel Advanced Vector
Extensions (Intel AVX) provides new instructions that can significantly improve
performance for applications that rely on floating-point or vector computations
performance for applications that rely on floating-point or vector computations
• Advanced reliability features, including Machine Check Architecture Recovery, to
automatically monitor, report, and recover from hardware errors to maintain data
integrity and keep mission-critical services online
integrity and keep mission-critical services online
• Hardened protection for virtual and cloud Environments: Establish trusted pools of
virtual resources with Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT). Intel TXT
ensures that physical servers and hypervisors boot only into cryptographically verified
"known good states." It safeguards your business more effectively by protecting your
platform from the insertion of malware during or prior to launch
ensures that physical servers and hypervisors boot only into cryptographically verified
"known good states." It safeguards your business more effectively by protecting your
platform from the insertion of malware during or prior to launch
Hot-swappable SATA
drive
drive
• Front-accessible, hot-swappable, internal SATA drives, providing redundancy options
and ease of serviceability
• 7200-RPM SATA drives for high capacity and value
Cisco UCS C-Series
Integrated
Management
Controller (CIMC)
Integrated
Management
Controller (CIMC)
• Web user interface for server management; remote keyboard, video, and mouse
(KVM); virtual media; and administration
• Virtual media support for remote CD and DVD drives as if local
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0 support for out-of-band
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0 support for out-of-band
management through third-party enterprise management systems
• Command-line interface (CLI) for server management
Fast-memory support
• 8GB DDR3 1600-MHz memory for optimal performance
Redundant fans and
power supplies
power supplies
• Dual-redundant fans and hot-swappable, redundant power supplies for enterprise-class
reliability and uptime
• Power efficiency through Cisco Common Form-Factor Platinum Power Supplies
(450W)
Support for up to 3
PCIe 3.0 slots
PCIe 3.0 slots
• Flexibility, increased performance, and compatibility with industry standards
• PCIe 3.0 slots, which are estimated to substantially increase the bandwidth over the
• PCIe 3.0 slots, which are estimated to substantially increase the bandwidth over the
previous generation and offer more flexibility while maintaining compatibility with PCIe
2.0
2.0
• I/O performance and flexibility with one x8, half-height and half-length slot and one
x16, full-height and half-length slot
Integrated dual-port
Gigabit Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
• Outstanding network I/O performance and increased network efficiency and flexibility
• Increased network availability when configured in failover configurations
• Increased network availability when configured in failover configurations
Tool-free access
• Tool-free access to all serviceable items, and color-coded indicators to guide users to
hot-pluggable and serviceable items
10-Gbps unified
network fabric
network fabric
• Low-latency, lossless, 10-Gbps Ethernet and industry-standard FCoE and native Fibre
Channel fabric
• Wire-once deployment model in which changing I/O configurations no longer means
installing adapters and recabling racks and switches
• Fewer interface cards, cables, and upstream network ports to purchase, power,
configure, and maintain
Product Specifications
Table 2 lists the specifications for the Connected Grid Appliance 220NH.
Table 2. Product Specifications
Item
Specification
Processors
• One (1) 2GHz Intel Xeon E5-2620 / 95W 6C / 15MB Cache / DDR3 1333MHz
Chipset
• Intel® C600 series chipset
Video
• The Emulex Pilot 3 Integrated Baseboard Management Controller provides video:
• Matrox G200e video controller
• Integrated 2D graphics core with hardware acceleration
• Supports all display resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 x 16 bpp resolution at 60 Hz
• 24-bit color depth for all resolutions less than 1600x1200
• 256 MB video memory
• Matrox G200e video controller
• Integrated 2D graphics core with hardware acceleration
• Supports all display resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 x 16 bpp resolution at 60 Hz
• 24-bit color depth for all resolutions less than 1600x1200
• 256 MB video memory