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memory. The Cisco UCS B230 M2 supports two SSD drives and one CNA mezzanine slot for up to 20 Gbps of I/O
throughput. The Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server platform delivers outstanding performance, memory, and I/O
capacity to meet the diverse needs of virtualized environments with advanced reliability and exceptional scalability
for the most demanding applications.
throughput. The Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server platform delivers outstanding performance, memory, and I/O
capacity to meet the diverse needs of virtualized environments with advanced reliability and exceptional scalability
for the most demanding applications.
Cisco UCS B440 M2 High-Performance Blade Servers
The Cisco UCS B440 M2 High-Performance Blade Server is a full-slot, 2-socket blade server offering the
performance and reliability of the Intel Xeon processor E7-4800 product family and up to 512 GB of memory. The
Cisco UCS B440 M2 supports four SFF SAS/SSD drives and two CNA mezzanine slots for up to 40 Gbps of I/O
throughput. The Cisco UCS B440 M2 blade server extends Cisco UCS by offering increased levels of performance,
scalability, and reliability for mission-critical workloads.
performance and reliability of the Intel Xeon processor E7-4800 product family and up to 512 GB of memory. The
Cisco UCS B440 M2 supports four SFF SAS/SSD drives and two CNA mezzanine slots for up to 40 Gbps of I/O
throughput. The Cisco UCS B440 M2 blade server extends Cisco UCS by offering increased levels of performance,
scalability, and reliability for mission-critical workloads.
Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Servers
The Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server delivers performance, versatility, and density without compromise. It
addresses the broadest set of workloads, from IT and web infrastructure to distributed databases. Building on the
success of the Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server, the enterprise-class Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server further
extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a half-width blade form factor. The Cisco UCS B200 M3
harnesses the power of the latest Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, with up to 384 GB of RAM (using
16-GB DIMMs), two disk drives, and up to dual 4x 10 Gigabit Ethernet throughput. In addition, Cisco UCS has the
architectural advantage of not having to power and cool excess switches in each blade chassis. With a larger
power budget per blade server, Cisco can design uncompromised expandability and capabilities in its blade
servers, as evidenced by the new Cisco UCS B200 M3, with its leading memory slot and drive capacity.
addresses the broadest set of workloads, from IT and web infrastructure to distributed databases. Building on the
success of the Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server, the enterprise-class Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server further
extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a half-width blade form factor. The Cisco UCS B200 M3
harnesses the power of the latest Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, with up to 384 GB of RAM (using
16-GB DIMMs), two disk drives, and up to dual 4x 10 Gigabit Ethernet throughput. In addition, Cisco UCS has the
architectural advantage of not having to power and cool excess switches in each blade chassis. With a larger
power budget per blade server, Cisco can design uncompromised expandability and capabilities in its blade
servers, as evidenced by the new Cisco UCS B200 M3, with its leading memory slot and drive capacity.
VMware ESX 5.0 Architecture Overview
VMware ESX is an enterprise-level computer virtualization solution. VMware ESX is a production-proven
virtualization layer that runs on physical servers that abstract processor, memory, storage, and networking
resources to be provisioned to multiple virtual machines.
virtualization layer that runs on physical servers that abstract processor, memory, storage, and networking
resources to be provisioned to multiple virtual machines.
In the VMware ESX architecture, shown in Figure 2, the VMware Virtualization Kernel (VMkernel) is augmented by
a management partition known as the console operating system or service console. The primary purpose of the
console operating system is to provide a management interface with the host. Various VMware management
agents are deployed in the console operating system, along with other infrastructure service agents (for example,
name service, time service, and logging agents). Furthermore, individual administrative users can log in to the
console operating system to run configuration and diagnostic commands and scripts.
a management partition known as the console operating system or service console. The primary purpose of the
console operating system is to provide a management interface with the host. Various VMware management
agents are deployed in the console operating system, along with other infrastructure service agents (for example,
name service, time service, and logging agents). Furthermore, individual administrative users can log in to the
console operating system to run configuration and diagnostic commands and scripts.
Figure 2. VMware ESX 5.0 Architecture