Cisco Cisco HyperFlex HX220c M4 Node Leaflet
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Feature
Benefit
Virtualization optimization
● I/O virtualization and Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 and v4 family features, extending the network
directly to virtual machines
● Consistent and scalable operational model
● Increased security and efficiency with reduced complexity
● Capability to move virtual machine security features and policies from rack to rack or rack to blade
● Increased security and efficiency with reduced complexity
● Capability to move virtual machine security features and policies from rack to rack or rack to blade
Single point of management
● Managed as a single entity through a vSphere client plug-in to Cisco UCS management capabilities
● Built-in role- and policy-based management through service profiles and templates, enabling more
● Built-in role- and policy-based management through service profiles and templates, enabling more
effective use of skilled server, network, and storage administrators
● Automated provisioning and increased business agility, allowing data center managers to provision
applications in minutes rather than days by associating a service profile with a new, added, or
repurposed HX220c M4
repurposed HX220c M4
Storage
● 1 x 120-GB SSD log drive
● 1 x 480-GB SSD caching drive
● Up to 6 x 1.2-TB 10,000-rpm SAS drives for the Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform capacity layer
● Cisco 12-Gbps Modular SAS host bus adapter (HBA) with internal SAS connectivity
● 1 x 480-GB SSD caching drive
● Up to 6 x 1.2-TB 10,000-rpm SAS drives for the Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform capacity layer
● Cisco 12-Gbps Modular SAS host bus adapter (HBA) with internal SAS connectivity
Cisco Integrated Management
Controller (IMC)
Controller (IMC)
Connection to Cisco UCS management for automated configuration through a single interface
Advanced reliability, availability,
and serviceability (RAS) features
and serviceability (RAS) features
● Hot-swappable, front-accessible drives.
● Redundant FlexFlash SD cards
● Dual-redundant fans and hot-swappable, redundant power supplies for enterprise-class reliability and
● Redundant FlexFlash SD cards
● Dual-redundant fans and hot-swappable, redundant power supplies for enterprise-class reliability and
uptime
● Convenient latching lid for easy access to internal server
● Tool-free CPU insertion, enabling processor upgrades and replacements with less risk of damage
● Tool-free access to all serviceable items, and color-coded indicators to guide users to hot-pluggable and
● Tool-free CPU insertion, enabling processor upgrades and replacements with less risk of damage
● Tool-free access to all serviceable items, and color-coded indicators to guide users to hot-pluggable and
serviceable items
Security features
● Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a chip (microcontroller) that can securely store artifacts, including
passwords, certificates, and encryption keys, that are used to authenticate the platform (node); TPM 1.2
SPI is supported
SPI is supported
● Locking bezel option to protect against unauthorized access to disk drives
FlexFlash SD cards
● 2 64-GB redundant internal FlexFlash SD cards, which are used as boot drives
● Support for Utility mode with out-of-band updates of utility partitions
● Support for Utility mode with out-of-band updates of utility partitions
Software
Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Software (1- or 3-year software subscription)
Powering Next-Generation Applications
The HX220c M4 with the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 and v4 family is excellent for a wide range of enterprise
workloads, including virtdual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and server virtualization.
Product Specifications
Table 2 lists specifications for the HX220c M4.
Table 2.
Product Specifications
Item
Specification
Chassis
1RU of rack space for the node
Processors
2 Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 and v4 family CPUs (For a complete list of processor options, refer to the
node’s technical specifications documents.)
node’s technical specifications documents.)
Interconnect
2 Intel Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) channels per processor, each capable of 8.0 and 9.6 gigatransfers per
second (GTPS)
second (GTPS)
Chipset
Intel C610 series
Memory
● 24 DDR4 DIMM slots
● Support for DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs)
● Advanced error-correcting code (ECC)
● Independent channel mode
● Lockstep channel mode
● Support for DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs)
● Advanced error-correcting code (ECC)
● Independent channel mode
● Lockstep channel mode