Cisco UCS C240 M3 UCUCS-EZ-C240M3S Hoja De Datos

 

 

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Cisco innovations, such as Cisco UCS Manager, allows administrators to create a software definition for a desired 

server (using Cisco service profiles and templates) and then instantiate that server and its I/O connectivity by 

associating a service profile with physical resources. This approach contrasts with the traditional method of 

configuring each system resource manually, one at a time, through individual element managers. Unlike with the 

products of other vendors, Cisco service profiles can be moved from rack server to rack or blade server, or 

between blade or rack servers in different chassis. In other words, Cisco UCS Manager and service profiles are 

form-factor agnostic. 

Other Cisco UCS building blocks include enhanced server I/O options and expanded Cisco UCS fabric 

interconnects that extend scalability and management simplicity for both blade and rack systems across 

bare-metal, virtualized, and cloud-computing environments. Cisco helps ensure that nearly all parts of Cisco UCS 

offer investment protection and are backward compatible. For example, fabric extenders can be upgraded using 

the same fabric interconnects and same Cisco UCS VIC 1225. Fabric interconnect hardware can be upgraded 

independently of fabric extenders and blade chassis. Cisco continues to innovate in all these areas, helping ensure 

that both now and in the future, more powerful, rack servers with larger, faster memory have adequate I/O 

bandwidth and computing power. Cisco completes this vision through continuous innovation in VIC, ASIC, fabric 

extender, fabric interconnect, blade server, blade chassis, rack server technologies and form-factor-agnostic Cisco 

UCS Manager software that ties all these ever-advancing hardware pieces together. 

The Cisco UCS C240 M3 is also part of a large family of rack servers: the Cisco C-Series Rack Servers. Designed 

to operate both in standalone environments and as part of Cisco UCS, the Cisco UCS C-Series servers employ 

Cisco technology to help customers handle the most challenging workloads. The Cisco UCS C-Series 

complements a standards-based unified network fabric, Cisco Data Center VM-FEX virtualization support, Cisco 

UCS Manager Software, Cisco fabric extender and fabric interconnect architectures, and Cisco Extended Memory 

Technology. Again, Cisco is innovating across all these technologies. With Cisco UCS architectural advantages, 

software advances, continuous innovation, and unique blade server and chassis designs, Cisco UCS is the first 

truly unified data center platform. In addition, Cisco UCS can transform IT departments through policy-based 

automation and deep integration with familiar systems management and orchestration tools. 

Features and Benefits 

The Cisco UCS C240 M3 is one of the first rack servers available anywhere with a built-in entry point to unified 

computing. Table 1 summarizes the features and benefits of the Cisco UCS C240 M3 Rack Server. 

Features and Benefits 

●  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 

●  Cisco Data Center VM-FEX and Adapter-FEX technologies, I/O virtualization, and Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 

and E5-2600 v2 product family features, extending the network directly to virtual machines 

●  Consistent and scalable operational model 
●  Increased security and efficiency with reduced complexity