Cisco Cisco UCS B440 M1 High-Performance Blade Server Libro bianco
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White Paper
Oracle PeopleSoft Payroll 9.0 for North America on
Cisco Unified Computing System
Cisco Unified Computing System
March 2012
Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Why Upgrade to Oracle PeopleSoft Payroll 9.0 for North America ....................................................................... 2
Cisco UCS: Flexible System Architecture for Oracle PeopleSoft .......................................................................... 2
Cisco Unified Computing System .......................................................................................................................... 3
Main Differentiating Technologies of Cisco UCS .................................................................................................. 3
Unified Fabric ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Embedded Multirole Management ........................................................................................................................ 3
Cisco Extended Memory Technology ................................................................................................................... 3
Cisco Data Center Virtual Machine Fabric Extender Virtualization Support and Virtualization Adapter ................ 3
Dynamic Provisioning with Service Profiles .......................................................................................................... 4
Cisco UCS Manager ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Cisco UCS Components .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects ........................................................................................................................... 6
Cisco UCS 2100 and 2200 Series Fabric Extenders ............................................................................................ 6
Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card ............................................................................................................. 7
Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis ..................................................................................................... 7
Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server ....................................................................................................................... 8
Cisco UCS B250 M2 Extended Memory Blade Server ......................................................................................... 8
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server ....................................................................................................................... 8
Cisco UCS B440 M2 High-Performance Blade Server ......................................................................................... 8
Benchmark Profile ................................................................................................................................................... 8
Benchmark Characteristics .................................................................................................................................... 9
Scenario 1: Process Scheduler and Database Hosted on Separate Cisco UCS Servers ..................................... 9
Scenario 2: Process Scheduler and Database Hosted on Cisco UCS Database Server ...................................... 9
Business Processes .............................................................................................................................................. 11
Batch Process Strategies .................................................................................................................................... 12
Batch Results ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
Cisco UCS System Performance .......................................................................................................................... 13
Data Composition Description ............................................................................................................................. 16
Benchmark Environment ...................................................................................................................................... 16
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................. 17
For More Information ............................................................................................................................................. 18