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Table 1 provides an overview of the Cisco UCS B230 M2.

Table 1.

Cisco UCS B230 M2 Overview

Model

Number of
Processor
Sockets

Maximum
Memory Capacity

Memory Size
and Speed

Size and
Form Factor

Maximum
Number of
Servers per
Chassis

Maximum
Number of
Servers per
Cisco Unified
Computing
System

Mezzanine
Adapters

Throughput

Cisco UCS
B230 M2
Blade
Server

32 registered
DIMMs (RDIMMs);
up to 512 GB

4, 8, and 16-GB
DDR3; error-
correcting code
(ECC) RDIMMs

Half-width

160

Up to 40 Gbps
of redundant
I/O

Features and Benefits

IT departments are constantly looking for ways to increase computing performance and memory capacity while

getting the most value from the available space in their data centers. For these environments, Cisco uses the

architectural advantages of the Intel

Xeon

processor E7-2800 product family to deliver new levels of

performance, reliability and security. Advanced silicon-level reliability and security features automatically manage

hardware errors and protect against malicious software attacks, maintaining data integrity and increasing the

availability of mission-critical services. With the introduction of the Cisco UCS B230 M2, Cisco delivers one of the

industry’s highest-performance two-socket blade server platforms in a dense, half-width form factor. Combining

the performance of the Intel

Xeon

processor E7-2800 product family with up to 32 DIMM slots, the Cisco UCS

B230 M2 delivers compact performance and exceptional memory-per-core count to improve virtualization

performance, reduce software license costs, and help enable more virtual machines.

The Cisco UCS B230 M2 is managed by Cisco UCS Manager, an award-winning embedded management system

that provides unified management of all system components. Cisco’s innovative service profile technology

embedded in Cisco UCS Manager provisions Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and their I/O properties (for more

information, please see

Cisco UCS Manager At-a-Glance

). Infrastructure policies needed to provision servers and

deploy applications, such as policies for power and cooling, security, identity, hardware health, and Ethernet and

storage networking, are encapsulated in the service profiles. Use of service profiles helps reduce the number of

manual steps needed for provisioning, the opportunities for human error, and server and network deployment

times. In addition, service profiles improve policy consistency and coherency across the entire Cisco Unified

Computing System.

Every Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server uses converged network adapters (CNAs) for access to the unified fabric.

This design reduces the number of adapters, cables, and access-layer switches needed while still allowing

traditional LAN and SAN connectivity. This Cisco innovation reduces capital expenditures (CapEx) and operating

expenses (OpEx), including administrative overhead and power and cooling costs. Among the I/O options, and

unique to the Cisco Unified Computing System, the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1280 delivers up to

256 dynamic virtual adapters and interfaces, all tightly integrated with Cisco UCS Manager and VMware vCenter

Server. Incorporating Cisco VM-FEX technology, this advanced fabric interface unifies virtual and physical

networking into a single infrastructure. It provides virtual-machine visibility from the physical network and a

consistent network operations model for physical and virtual servers. One of these high-performance adapters can

be employed to make use of the significant processing capacity of the Intel

Xeon

processor E7-2800 product

family in the Cisco UCS B230 M2.