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Architectural Comparison: Cisco UCS and the Dell FX2 Platform
September 2015
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Power and Cooling Comparison
With high-density computing, power and cooling often present a challenge. Often
companies choose greater density over processor performance and high-memory
configurations simply because, at those densities, it is impossible to keep the
processors and memory within normal operating temperatures.
companies choose greater density over processor performance and high-memory
configurations simply because, at those densities, it is impossible to keep the
processors and memory within normal operating temperatures.
Although Dell likes to position its FX2 platform as supporting extreme rack densities,
the platform also requires significant redundancy and high power consumption.
Every 2RU chassis requires two power supply units (PSUs), fans, chassis
management resources, and switches. A typical PowerEdge FC630 configuration
might use four half-width server blocks each with two Intel Xeon processor
E5-2660 v3 CPUs, twenty-four 16-GB DDR4 RDIMMs, a Broadcom 57810-K
converged network adapter (CNA), eight fans, two switches, and two 300-GB disk
drives. According to the Dell Energy Smart Solution Advisor (ESSA) power estimator,
which historically underestimates power, this configuration requires nearly 2000
watts (W). That amounts to a kilowatt per rack unit: a huge requirement. Few data
centers designed to support up to 10 kW of cooling per rack have sufficient power
and cooling available to support a full rack of these servers.
the platform also requires significant redundancy and high power consumption.
Every 2RU chassis requires two power supply units (PSUs), fans, chassis
management resources, and switches. A typical PowerEdge FC630 configuration
might use four half-width server blocks each with two Intel Xeon processor
E5-2660 v3 CPUs, twenty-four 16-GB DDR4 RDIMMs, a Broadcom 57810-K
converged network adapter (CNA), eight fans, two switches, and two 300-GB disk
drives. According to the Dell Energy Smart Solution Advisor (ESSA) power estimator,
which historically underestimates power, this configuration requires nearly 2000
watts (W). That amounts to a kilowatt per rack unit: a huge requirement. Few data
centers designed to support up to 10 kW of cooling per rack have sufficient power
and cooling available to support a full rack of these servers.
Mission
Critical
Enterprise
Class
Enterprise
Class
Scale Out
Scale
Out
Mission
Critical
Cisco UCS 6248UP 48-Port
Fabric Interconnect
Cisco UCS 6296UP 96-Port
Fabric Interconnect
Cisco UCS
2204XP Fabric Extender
Optional Cisco Nexus
2232PP 10GE Fabric Extender
Cisco UCS 5108
Blade Server Chassis
Cisco UCS C220 M4
Cisco UCS C240 M3
Cisco UCS C24 M3
Cisco UCS C22 M3
Cisco UCS C220 M3
Cisco UCS C460 M4
Cisco UCS B460 M4
Cisco UCS B260 M4
Cisco UCS 6324
Fabric Interconnect
Cisco UCS B22 M3
Cisco UCS B420 M4
Cisco UCS B200 M3 and M4
Cisco UCS
2208XP Fabric Extender
Cisco UCS C240 M4
Cisco UCS C3160
Cisco UCS M4308 Modular Chassis
Cisco UCS M142 Compute Cartridge
Mezzanine and
Modular LOM
Form Factor
PCIe Card
Form Factor
Cisco UCS VIC
Integrated into Cisco
UCS M-Series Chassis
Cisco UCS and
Cisco Nexus
Fabric Extenders
Cisco UCS Virtual
Interface Cards
Cisco UCS Fabric
Interconnects
Cisco UCS
Management
Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
Cisco UCS M-Series Modular Servers
Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
Figure 1. Cisco UCS Configuration Options