Ucs 4784

Cisco Unified Computing System
Core Technology Innovation

James Leach
Arnab Basu
UCS Product Management
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2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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Cisco UCS Leadership and Momentum

Technical Leadership
Market Momentum
Unified Infrastructure: Compute,

networking, virtualization, storage
access, management software
Management Automation: UCS
Manager and Service Profiles across
blade and rack servers
Ideal for enterprise applications:

proven for both bare metal and
virtualized enterprise deployments
Design flexibility: Scale across

systems and across data centers
Ideal Cloud Infrastructure: UCS is

winning the cloud build-out (72% of
top 50 cloud providers)
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UCS $1.3 billion annualized

revenue run rate (CQ4-2011)
#2 US blade server market share

with 19%
#3 WW blade server market share

with 12%
Nearly 11,000 UCS customers
2,000 UCS channel partners;

838 achieved Data Center
Specialization Certification
44 ISVs and counting writing to

Cisco UCS API
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Innovation on Cisco UCS Hardware

UCS Fabric Interconnect and IO Module
Innovation on the UCS Fabric Interconnect

and IO Module
2012
Raising the Bar AGAIN
2011
Raising the Bar
2009
Industry Firsts
2X density, scale performance
Roadmap for advanced

networking features
Unified ports: Dynamic ports

Lossless ethernet/FC
Ethernet + Storage convergence
Backward and forward

compatible
Latency and power

improvements
High performance
lossless ethernet
Load balancing on chassis

uplinks; Optics options
VM awareness
UCS 6296, UCS 2204
UCS 6248, UCS 2208
UCS 6100, UCS 2100
Utilization + Flexibility + Performance
50%
40%
40%
Fewer Management Points
Less Power
Lower Latency
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UCS 6000: Fabric Interconnects
Shipping Now
Significant Improvements vs. Generation 1

Product Features and Specs
Switch Fabric Throughput
UCS
6120XP
UCS
6140XP
UCS 6248UP
UCS 6296UP
520 Gbps
1.04 Tbps
960 Gbps
~2Tbps
1RU
2RU
1RU
2RU
No
No
Yes
Yes
1 Gigabit Ethernet Port Density
16
48
96
10 Gigabit Ethernet Port Density
26
52
48
96
8G Native FC Port Density
12
48
96
3.2us
3.2us
2.0us
2.0us
Compatible with IOMs of different Generation
NO
NO
YES
YES
Support for 5+ generations of Intel CPUs
TBD
TBD
YES
YES
Switch Footprint
Flexibility with Unified Ports
Port-to-Port Latency
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UCS 6200: Unified Ports

Dynamic Ports Allocation: Lossless Ethernet or Fibre Channel
Convert protocol support on
the same port dynamically
Unified Port
All ports on UCS

6200 Series
Native Fibre
Channel
Lossless Ethernet:
1/10GBE, FCOE, ISCSI, NAS
Benefits
16-port Expansion Module

for 6248UP
Use-Cases
Simplify switch purchaseremove ports

ratio guess work
Flexible LAN and storage convergence

based on business needs
Increase design flexibility
Service can be adjusted based on the

demand for specific traffic
Remove specific protocol

bandwidth bottlenecks
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UCS 6200: Low Network Latency* at Scale
Latency 0.6us
1us
2us
+ Latency 3.2us
+ Latency 1us
0.6us
= Total Network Latency 3.2us

5.2us
* Network latency ~15% of end to end application level latency
Sub 3.2 usec Network latency for Server

to Server traffic
40% Reduction in Network latency with
UCS 6200/UCS 2200
Network latency at a scale of 160 Servers
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40% Lower Latency
AND
Better Application Response
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UCS 6200: Power Optimized
Use-Cases
Flexible and Resilient
1:1 Dual Redundant Power Supplies
Auto-sensing 110V /220V
Warnings to protect against unexpected failures
Remote power cycle option
AC and DC power supplies
AC Power Supply Available in

UCS Power Calculator
DC Power Supply Expected Q3CY11
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80 PLUS Gold Efficiency Standard (87%+ Efficiency

at all loads)
40% lower per port power consumption compared

with 6100 Series
Saving of $5,000/Year
for a Six System Deployment
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UCS 2200: Series IO Modules
Shipping Now
Significant Improvements vs. Generation 1

Product Features and Specs
UCS 2104
UCS 2204
UCS 2208
Network Facing BW
40G
40G
80G
Port channeling on Network Facing Links
NO
YES
YES
Host facing BW
80G
160G
320G
Port-to-Port Latency
1.0us
0.6us
0.6us
Compatible with FIs of

different Generation
NO
YES
YES
Support for 5+ generations of Intel CPUs
TBD
YES
YES
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Ciscos Fabric Extension
Start with an Industry-Leading

Access Switch
Parent Switch
UCS Fabric Interconnect:
High performance packet switching up to 96 ports
UCS Manager for simple comprehensive management
Convergence of ethernet and storage
Wealth of features in Nexus Operating System (NX-OS)
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Extend the Fabric

to the Top of Rack
Parent Switch
Scale Out
Nexus 2000 and UCS Fabric Extender:
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Increase switch size to over 1000 ports, 1G and 10G
Single point of management
Any feature, anywhere
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Reach the Fabric

Into the Server
Parent Switch
Scale Out
Scale Deep
Adapter FEX:
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Logical division of 10Gb network adapter
Network visibility and policy enforcement on per-workload basis
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Integrate with the

Virtualized Environment
Parent Switch
Scale Out
Scale Deep
VM FEX:
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Single-touch provisioning of virtual machines and network

4000+ Virtual Ports
Network visibility and policy enforcement on per-VM basis
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Parent Switch
Virtual
Modular
Switch
Scale Out
Scale Deep
All Benefits Made Possible with the Same

Innovative Technology, Pioneered by Cisco,
and Driven to Standard with 802.1br
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UCS 2200: Doubling Chassis Throughput

80 GBPS
160 GBPS
80 GIG
PER FABRIC
40 GIG
PER
FABRIC
1. PINNED OR
2. ETHERCHANNEL FOR
IMPROVED BW
UTILIZATION
2104XP
2208XP
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UCS 2200
Introducing Cisco FET Optics on UCS
Cost-effective transceiver for 10G FEX connections
Supported for connections between UCS 6200 and UCS 2200 ONLY
Available as cost effective bundles
SFP+ form-factor
Multimode fiber (MMF): Reach: 25m (OM2) 100m (OM3)

Low power: Approximately 1 watt (W) per transceiver
Cisco Proprietary; Incompatible with SR optics
Distance of SR at Prices
Comparable to TwinAx
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UCS Fabric: Low Total Cost of Ownership

Lower operational and capital expenses
Backward and forward compatibility

Long lifecycle
Lifespan of 8 +yrs!
March 2009
November 2012
November 2017
UCS 6100/UCS 2100

Introduction
UCS 6100/UCS 2100

End of Sale
UCS 6100/UCS 2100

End of Service
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Innovation on the UCS Virtual Interface Card

2011
Raising the Bar
2010
Industry Firsts
2012
128 vNICs or vHBAs

Dual 10Gb bandwidth
Fabric failover
Adapter FEX
VM-FEX for VMware
UCS M81KR
256 vNICs or vHBAs

Dual 4x10Gb bandwidth
HW based ether channel
VM-FEX for Red Hat KVM
VMDirectPath for VMWare
High performance
Virtual networks
Modular LOM
Redundant adapters
VM-FEX for MSFT HyperV
SR-IOV
Application benefits
UCS VIC 1240
UCS VIC 1280
Flexibility + Redundancy + Performance
Twice
40%
4 Times
vNICs orvHBAs
Lower Latency
Bandwidth
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Progression Slide
March 2009
Unified
Management
NICs
March 2012
Administrative parity for blade and rack servers
Scale to 1000s servers across Datacenters
RESULT: Removal of management barriers
Industry-leading
Compute Without
Compromise
High
Performance
Virtual Networks
Highest Scale,
Low Latency
Networking
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BW
Up to 8X Memory and 4X I/O

Highest performing CPUs
62% Performance per Watt per RU
RESULT: Leading application performance; lower power
IOPS
Up to 80 Gbps to each server

128X vNICs 256 per server
Blade servers at IOPs parity to Rack Servers
RESULT: Ideal for demanding bare metal and virtualized workloads
VM-FEX
4X Bandwidth2 Tbps
40% decrease in latencySub 2 uS
48 10G unified ports per RU
RESULT: Higher application scalability within and across data centers
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UCS Virtual Machine Fabric Extender

Expanding the FEX Architecture to Virtual Machines
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
Hypervisor
Hypervisor
Hypervisor
Cisco UCS
VM-FEX
Server
Cisco UCS
VM-FEX
Server
Cisco UCS
VM-FEX
Server
Virtual Ethernet ports (vEth)
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect

Each virtual machine connects to a vEth
Collapse the virtual machine traffic on to the Cisco
UCS Fabric Interconnect
Manage virtual machine traffic from UCS manager
Cisco UCS VM-FEX

Extends physical network all the way to the virtual

machines
Provides each virtual machine with dedicated port
on the physical network
Collection of Cisco UCS VM-FEX and Fabric
Interconnect 1 vNetwork Distributed switch
Virtualization Manager
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VM
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UCS Virtual Machine Fabric Extender

Expanding the FEX Architecture to Virtual Machines
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
Connect 1000s of VMs directly to the UCS Fabric Interconnect

Each virtual machine connects to a vEth
Collapse the virtual machine traffic on to the Cisco
UCS Fabric Interconnect
Manage virtual machine traffic from UCS manager
Cisco UCS VM-FEX

Extends physical network all the way to the

virtual machines
Provides each virtual machine with dedicated port
on the physical network
Collection of Cisco UCS VM-FEX and Fabric
Interconnect 1 vNetwork Distributed switch
Virtualization Manager
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Real World Impact of Innovation

High
Performance
Virtual Networks
Expanding the Scope of Virtualization

Application IO Performance
Low
High
High Performance IO for Blade Servers

Industrys 1st 80 Gbps to the blade solution
VM-FEX
Application
Performance
Up to 15% more performance

(Database workload)
Up to 10% more throughput at 30% lower CPU

utilization compared to a software switch
Up to 40% lower end-to-end
latency than a software switch
Throughput
Latency
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(Hypervisor Bypass)
Real World Impact of Innovation Latency

Single VM Latency
180
160
140
usecs
120
100
80
60
Latency
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32768
16384
Up to 10% more throughput

at 30% lower CPU
Message Size (bytes)
utilization compared to a software switch
Cisco VM-FEX
Hypervisor vSwitch
Up to 40% lower end-to-end
latency than a software switch
Throughput
8192
2048
1024
512
256
128
64
Up to 15% more performance

(Database workload)
32
Application
Performance
16
20
4096
40
Real World Impact of Innovation Latency

Multi VM Latency
vSwitch Latency Affected by

CPU Availability
300
100
Avg Latency Cisco VM-FEX

Avg Latency Hypervisor vSwitch
Std Dev Cisco VM-FEX
250
Std Dev Hypervisor vSwitch
200
150
50
100
25
50
Application
Performance
Throughput
0
12 VM
24 VM
36 VM
48 VM
Uniform Latency
Distribution Across VMs
Latency
1/3rd Latency
Compared to vSwitch
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Std Dev
Average Latency/VM (usecs)
75
VMDirectPath Throughput Performance
40
100%
30
75%
Gbps
Gbps
Network Throughput
10% Greater Throughput

for the Same Workload
20
30% Less CPU for the

Same Workload
CPU Utilization
50%
10
25%
0%
Application
Performance
Throughput
48 VM
36 VM
Hypervisor vSwitch
24 VM
12 VM
Cisco VM-FEX
48 VM
36 VM
Hypervisor vSwitch CPU%
Latency
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24 VM
Cisco VM-FEX CPU%
12 VM
VMDirectPath Status: Application Studies

SQL workload on VM-FEX (UPT) on ESX 5.0
Application
Performance
6 VMs, 4 vCPU/VM,
16GB Mem/VM
6 VMs, 4 vCPU/VM,
24GB Mem/VM
216.472
200
190.045
175
171.3
150
125
150.459 65%
164.86 74%
77%
64%
14%
70%
50%
100
40%
75
30%
50
20%
25
10%
0%
Up to 16% Higher Performance with VM-FEX

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78%
16%
60%
Throughput
Latency
90%
80%
186.376
74%
15%
100%
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CPU Utilization (%)
Operations per Minute (K units)
225
5 VMs, 4 vCPU/VM,
16GB Mem/VM
VMDirectPath Status: Application Studies

SAP workload on VM-FEX on Red Hat KVM
Application
Performance
Throughput
Latency
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Cisco Virtual Interface Card 1200 Series

For UCS B-series
2x4x10Gb, Unified Fabric
VIC 1240 and VIC 1280 for B-series:
PCIe gen 2 x16
Network Interface Virtualization
HW capable of up to 256 PCIe devices*
Devices can be tradition NICs or tradition HBAs

Complete network separation for each device
Virtual Machine Fabric Extender

Collapse virtual and physical switching
Improved application performance
VMDirectPath with vMotion

Bypass the hypervisor layer
Virtualization performance without compromise
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UCS VIC 1240 Modular LOM

Unparalleled Flexibility
Dual 2x10G
256 PCIe devices, vNICs or vHBAs
Industry leading Performance

Aggregate 80Gbps to the half width blade
Aggregate 160Gbps to the full width blade
Simplicity and enhanced virtual networking

with VM-FEX
Line rate to the VMs with VMDirectPath
Consolidate virtual and physical network

with VM-FEX
VMWare, RedHat and MSFT HyperV (Future)
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Flexibility and Benefits of Mezzanine Slot

Flexible Mezzanine Slot
Dual 4x10G
Port Expander Card

Redundant VIC card
Future special function Mezz cards
Benefit
Enable full 80Gb of BW
Without adding device
Port Expander enable full 80Gb to the server
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Innovation on UCS Compute Platforms

2012
2011
Raising the Bar
2009
Industry Firsts
Third generation of
fabric computing
Most dense compute blade (UCS

B230)
First generation of Fabric

Computing
24 DIMMs + 80Gb I/O + highestperforming CPUs in a half-width

Server Blade
2nd generation of Extended

Memory Technology1TB RAM
in a Two-Socket Server
First truly integrated compute,

networking and management in a
single solution
UCS B200 M3
UCS B230, UCS C260
UCS B200
Utilization + Capacity + Performance
50%
2x
4x
Fewer Management Points
More Memory
I/O Bandwidth
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B200 M3 Blade Server

Industry-Leading Density Without Compromise
Unified Computing in an Enterprise-Class Blade Server for Memory and
I/O-Intensive Collaboration, Decision Support and Virtualized Applications
Enterprise performance and advanced capabilities
Expanded feature set I/O and integrated dual 20GbE
Balanced performance and density
Advanced features without compromise
UCS B200 M3
Performance-Optimized Enterprise
Blade Server
Half-Width Blade
Form Factor
Dual 2x 10Gb Modular I/O
24x DDR3 DIMMs
2x E5-2600 CPUs
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2x Hot Plug
SAS/SATA HDD/SSD
Mezzanine slot (Gen 3)
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Unified Management
Extending Benefits of UCS Manager to Rack Servers
UCS 6100 or 6200
UCS 6100 or 6200
Nexus 2232
Managed by
UCS
Manager
Nexus 2232
Nexus 2232
Reduces cost server connectivity
GE LOM
PCIe Adapter
10Gb Unified Fabric Performance
CIMC
OS or Hypervisor
All UCS C-Series supported
Data Traffic
(LAN and
FCoE)
Scale to 160 C-Series per UCS domain
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Mgmt Traffic
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C220 M3 Rack Server

Expanding the Unified Computing Portfolio
Unified Computing in an Enterprise-Class, Rack-Mount Server for EDA,
Decision Support and Virtualized Applications
Industrial design enhancements
Best server consolidation economics and footprint
Silicon and system level enterprise
features for datacenter general purpose compute
Expanded feature set Storage and I/O
2x E5-2600 CPUs
1RU Rack form factor
8x SFF Hot Plug

SAS/SATA HDD/SSD
Dual 1GbE LOM
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UCS C220 M3
Density-Optimized, Enterprise-Class
1 RU Rack Server
2x PCIe Gen 3 Slots
2x Common
Form-Factor PSUs
(90+ Platinum)
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C240 M3 Rack Server

Unified Computing in an Enterprise-Class, Rack-Mount for StorageIntensive, Collaboration, Decision Support and Virtualized Applications
Ideal for Storage-optimize enterprise workloads
Expanded feature set for Storage,
network and I/O
Silicon and system level enterprise features
for datacenter general purpose compute
Tool-less access and enhanced usability features
2x E5-2600 CPUs
24x SFF Hot Plug

SAS/SATA HDD/SSD
24x DDR3 DIMMs
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UCS C240 M3
Storage-Optimized, Enterprise Class,
2 RU Rack Server
5x PCIe Gen 3 Slots
2x Common
Form-Factor PSUs
(90+ Platinum)
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B22 M3 Blade Server

Balanced Price/Performance Feature Set to Address Quick
Deployment of Scalable IT Infrastructure and Web 2.0 Applications
Ideal for distributed workloads
Two-socket expandable capabilities with
cost-optimized feature set
Up to 8x10 GbE throughput
(redundant 4x10GbE)
UCS B22 M3
Cost-Optimized,
Entry-Level Blade Server
Integrated LSI HW RAID
Half width blade form factor
1 or 2x E5-2400 CPUs
12x DDR3
1600-MHz DIMMs
2x hot plug
SAS/SATA HDD/SSD
1x Mezzanine slot for VIC

1280 or 3rd party mezzanine
2x Flexible Flash 16GB

SD Cards
Dual 2x 10Gb optional

modular LOM (VIC 1240)
Internal USB 2.0 port

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C22 M3 Rack Server

Unified Computing in an Entry-level, Efficient and Affordable Rack-Mount
Server for HPC, Big Data, IT, Distributed and Web Infrastructure Workloads
Ideal for HPC scale out applications
and SMB customers
Enterprise compute with entry-level economics
Industrial Design Enhancements
UCS C22 M3
Most dense, cost-optimized rack server
2x E5-2400 CPUs
8x SFF Hot Plug

SAS/SATA HDD/SSD
Dual 1GbE LOM
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Affordable, Space-Optimized
1 RU Rack Server
2x PCIe Gen 3 Slots
Common Form-Factor PSUs

(90+ Platinum)
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C24 M3 Rack Server

Unified Computing in an Entry-Level, Efficient and Expandable, Rack-Mount Server
for Storage-Intensive Big Data, IT Infrastructure and Small Database Workloads
Ideal for distributed, storage-intensive applications
Expanded feature set Storage,
I/O and Quad 1 GbE LOM
Large, 24 HDDs of internal storage
UCS C24 M3
1 + 1 redundant power
2x E5-2400 CPUs
Affordable, Space-Optimized
2 RU Rack Server
24x SFF Hot Plug

SAS/SATA HDD/SSD
12x DDR3 DIMMs
up to 192GB
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5x PCIe Gen 3 Slots
2x Common
Form-Factor PSUs
(90+ Platinum)
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Cisco UCS Performance: 63 World Records

A History of World Record Performance on Industry Standard Benchmarks
Best CPU
Performance
Best Virtualization
Performance
Best Cloud
Computing
Performance
Best Enterprise
Application
Performance
Best Enterprise
Middleware
Performance
Best HPC
Performance
SPECfp_base2006
X86 2-socket
C220 M3
SPECfp_rate_base2006
X86 2-socket B200 M1
SPECint_rate_base2006
X86 4-socket C460 M1
2-socket C260 M2
2-socket C260 M2
SPECint_rate2006
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B250 M2
VMmark 1.x
Overall C460 M1
VMmark 1.x
Overall C460 M1
VMmark 1.x
Blade Server B440 M1
VMmark 1.x
2 socket Blade B230
M1
VMmark 2.1
2-socket Blade B200 M2
VMmark 2.1
4-socket C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
Twonode 4-socket
C460 M2
VMmark 2.0
Overall B200 M2
VMmark 2.1
Overall C460 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite

Ex-large Model Payroll
Batch B200 M2

Medium Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M2

Xtra Large Model Payroll
Batch B230 M2

Xtra Large Model Payroll
B200 M3
TPC-C
Oracle DB 11g & OEL
C250 M2
TPC-H 1000GB
Microsoft SQL Server
C460 M2

Medium Model Payroll
Batch B200 M2

Medium Model Payroll
Batch B200 M2

Large Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M3
SPECjEnterprise2010
Overall B440 M1
SPECjEnteprise2010
2-node B440 M2
TPC-H 100GB
VectorWise C250 M2
SPECjAppServer2004
1-node 2-socket C250
M2
SPECjbb2005
SPECjbb2005
SPECjAppServer2004
2-node B230 M1
SPECjbb2005
SPECjbb2005
SPECjbb2005
2-socket C260 M2
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2-socket B230 M2
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2-socket B230 M2
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4-socket B440 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
LinPack
2-socket B200 M2
LS-Dyna
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket C240 M3
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B230 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B230 M2
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M2
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket C220 M3
SPECjbb2005
Cisco UCS Benchmarks that held world record performance records as of date of publication
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VectorWise C250 M2
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Cisco Unified Computing System

Core Technology Innovation

UCS Product Management

2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Cisco UCS Leadership and Momentum

Unified Infrastructure: Compute,

Ideal for enterprise applications:

Design flexibility: Scale across

Ideal Cloud Infrastructure: UCS is

2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

UCS $1.3 billion annualized

#2 US blade server market share

#3 WW blade server market share

Nearly 11,000 UCS customers

2,000 UCS channel partners;

44 ISVs and counting writing to

Innovation on Cisco UCS Hardware

Innovation on the UCS Fabric Interconnect

2X density, scale performance

Roadmap for advanced

Unified ports: Dynamic ports

Ethernet + Storage convergence

Backward and forward

Latency and power

Load balancing on chassis

UCS 6296, UCS 2204

UCS 6248, UCS 2208

UCS 6100, UCS 2100

Utilization + Flexibility + Performance

Fewer Management Points

2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

UCS 6000: Fabric Interconnects

Significant Improvements vs. Generation 1

Switch Fabric Throughput

1 Gigabit Ethernet Port Density

10 Gigabit Ethernet Port Density

8G Native FC Port Density

Compatible with IOMs of different Generation

Support for 5+ generations of Intel CPUs

2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

UCS 6200: Unified Ports

All ports on UCS

16-port Expansion Module

Simplify switch purchaseremove ports

Flexible LAN and storage convergence

Increase design flexibility

Service can be adjusted based on the

Remove specific protocol

2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

UCS 6200: Low Network Latency* at Scale

= Total Network Latency 3.2us

* Network latency ~15% of end to end application level latency

Sub 3.2 usec Network latency for Server

Network latency at a scale of 160 Servers

2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

40% Lower Latency

UCS 6200: Power Optimized

Flexible and Resilient

1:1 Dual Redundant Power Supplies

Auto-sensing 110V /220V

Warnings to protect against unexpected failures

Remote power cycle option

AC and DC power supplies