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High-Density Server with Balanced Computing Performance and I/O Flexibility

Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers extend unified computing innovations to an industry-standard form factor to help reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and increase business agility.

The Cisco UCS C-Series Servers all provide:

  • An entry-point to the Cisco Unified Computing System
  • Intel® Xeon® processors with leading performance, energy efficiency and reliability
  • Industry-standard double data rate 3 (DDR3) memory
  • SATA or SAS disk drive types and SSDs
  • Front-panel connection for physical keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM); USB devices; and serial console1
  • Serial and network access to Cisco UCS Integrated Management Controller
  • Agent and agentless management compatible third-party tools through in-band, data plane connections

1 Not available for the 8-disk C200 M2 with DVD option

Models Cisco UCS C220 M3 Rack Server  Cisco UCS C240 M3 Rack Server
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Processors Up to 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 processor product family Up to 2 Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family
Form Factor 1 RU 2 RU
Maximum Memory 256 GB 384 GB
Internal Disk Drive Up to 8 Up to 24
Maximum Internal Disk Up to 8 TB Up to 24 TB
Built-in RAID Optional RAID Optional RAID
Optional RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 60
Integrated Networking 2 x GE ports
10 Gbps unified fabric optional 		4 x GE ports
10 Gbps unified fabric optional
I/O Using PCIe
  • 2 PCI Express (PCIe) Generation 3 slots;
  • one x8 half height and half length;
  • one x16 full height and 3/4 length
  • 2 PCIe Generation 3, x16 slots: both full height, one 1/2 and one 3/4 length;
  • 2 PCIe Generation 3, x8 slots: both full height and one 1/2 length;
  • 1 PCIe Generation 3, x8 slots: 1/2 height and 1/2 length;
Models Cisco UCS C200 M2 High-Density Rack-Mount Server Cisco UCS C210 M2 General Purpose Rack-Mount Server Cisco UCS C250 M2 Extended-Memory Rack-Mount Server Cisco UCS C260 M2 Rack-Mount Server Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server
Processors Up to 2  Intel® Xeon® 5600 series multicore processors  Up to 2  Intel Xeon 5600 series multicore processors  Up to 2  Intel Xeon 5600 series multicore processors  Up to 2  Intel Xeon processors from E7-2800 product family Up to 4  Intel Xeon processors from E7-4800 product family
Form Factor 1 RU 2 RU 2RU 2 RU 4 RU
Maximum Memory 192 GB 192 GB 384 GB 1 TB 1 TB
Internal Disk Drive Up to 8 Up to 16 Up to 8 Up to 16 Up to 12
Maximum Internal Disk Up to 8 TB Up to 16 TB Up to 8 TB Up to 16 TB Up to 12 TB
Built-in RAID 0 and 1 (SATA only) 0 and 1(5 SATA drives only) None None None
Optional RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 601 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
Integrated Networking 2 integrated Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports
10 Gbps unified fabric optional 		2 integrated GE ports
10 Gbps unified fabric optional 		4 integrated GE ports
10 Gbps unified fabric optional		 2 GE LAN-on-motherboard (LOM)) ports
Two 10 GE ports		 2 GE (LOM) ports
Two 10 GE ports
I/O Using PCIe 2 half-length x8 PCI Express (PCIe) slots: one full height and one low profile slot 5, full-height x 8 PCIe slots: two full-length and three half-length slots 5 PCIe slots: 3 low-profile, half-length x8 slots; 2 full-height, half-length, x16 slots 3 low-profile, half-length x8 Pcle slots; 2 full-height, half-length x16 slots; 1 low-profile, half-length x4 slot Ten, full-height, PCIe slots: 4 half-length slots, 6 three quarter length slots; 2 Gen 1 slots, 8 Gen 2 slots

1 Not available for the 4-disk C200 M2 that has RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 but not RAID 10, 50, 60