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Unified Computing: Inspired by Customer Needs
Help Me:
Industry in Transition
• Reduce complexity that drives
OPEX
• Get the most out of virtualization
• Automate and move faster
• Get ready for cloud
Cisco
UCS
Virtualization
Compute &
Flash
Acceleration
Network
and Storage
Access
Operational
SimplicityApplication
Centricity
Platform for
IT Innovation
Cisco’s UCS Strategy
• Deliver core set of product innovations built for data centers of today and future
• Partner with industry leaders to provide customers breadth of choice and investment protection
• Deliver solutions and validated designs that reduce complexity and time to deploy
SolutionsCisco Validated
Designs, Comprehensive
Testing
ChoicePowerful
Ecosystem of Industry Leaders
InnovationUCS DifferentiationAs the Foundation
Cisco UCS: Driving Business OutcomesProven value and over 55,000 customers world wide
“We’re able to offer leading-edge
solutions to our customers and
continue to expand our
business.”
Reduction in
Provisioning
Times
84%Reduction of
Management
Costs
61%Reduction of
Power and
Cooling Costs
54%Cabling
Reduction
77%World-record
Performance
Benchmarks
120
“Our Cisco Unified
Computing System decision
is a game-changer.”
Wes Wright
CIO, Seattle Children’s
Martin Breslin
Infrastructure Architect, SEI
“With Cisco UCS, we can
adapt much more quickly to
user demand.”
Mark Adams
VP Information Technology, HireRight
Source: Cisco UCS Changing the Economics of the Datacenter, Customer Case Studies, Cisco UCS Performance Benchmarks
#1Americas Revenue
Market Share in x86 Blades
Cisco Unified Computing System Momentum
Source: 1 IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, 2016 Q3, Nov 2016, Vendor Revenue Share
Source: 2 As of Cisco Q2FY16 earnings results. Data Center Revenue is defined as Cisco UCS and Nexus 1000V
55,000+Customers
800 PBTotal Storage Deployed
>85%of Fortune 500
have invested in UCS
120+ World Record Performance
Benchmark
#1Integrated Infrastructure
(Cisco UCS, Nexus)
700+HyperFlex Customers
#2Global Revenue
Market Share in x86 Blades
UCS = Truly Modular Computing
UCS Fabric Interconnect / UCSM
• Single Point of Management and Connectivity
• Common policy definitions and Service Profiles
• Forward/Backward compatibility
• Independent upgrades for fabric and compute
• Continuous feature evolution via SW upgrades
Many Form Factors, One System
Fabric Centric Design and Centralized Management = Modularity at Portfolio Scale
Data Center LAN/SAN
B-Series
Blade
Servers
C-Series
Rack
Servers
S-Series
Storage
Servers
Server
Form
Factor
X
Server
Form
Factor
Y
Storage
Form
Factor
Z
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UCS Management Reduced time to deploy new apps
Reallocate resources quickly and
efficiently
Reduced infrastructure
Cohesive resource pools
Unified Fabric
Compute With NO Compromise
Blade and Rack servers in a single UCS
managed domain
Physical and virtual workloads
Virtualized I/O Improved scalability and flexibility
Increased performance
Unified Computing Product InnovationInnovation to Improve Applications
XML APISTANDARD
APIs
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Traditional Element Configuration
Subject matter experts
consumed by manual
configuration chores
Serial processes and
multiple touches inhibit
provisioning speed
Configuration drift and
maintenance challenges
FC fabric assignments
for HBAs
RAID settings
Disk scrub actions
Number of vHBAs
HBA WWN assignments
FC boot parameters
HBA firmware
Number of vNICs
PXE settings
NIC firmware
Advanced feature settings
VLAN assignments for NICs
VLAN tagging config for NICs
QoS settings
Border port assignment per vNIC
NIC transmit/receive rate limiting
Remote KVM IP settings
Call home behavior
Remote KVM firmware
Server UUID
Serial over LAN settings
Boot order
IPMI settings
BIOS scrub actions
BIOS firmware
BIOS settings
LAN SAN
NetworkSME
ServerSME
StorageSME
Compute, LAN, SAN Seamlessly Through Software
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UCS Service ProfilesConfiguration Portability
SIM CardIdentity for a Phone
Service ProfileIdentity for a Server
UCS Service ProfileUnified Device Management
Network Policy
Storage Policy
Server Policy
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UCS Management: Policy and Model-Driven
Application Profiles
Virtualization Policy
Network Policy
Storage Policy
Server Policy
1 Subject Matter Experts
Define Policies 5System Configures Hardware
Elements Automatically and
Eliminates Configuration Drift4 Model-Driven Framework
to Abstract Resources2 Policies Used to Create
Service Profile Templates
Storage SME
Network SME
ServerSME
3 Service Profile Templates
Create Service Profiles
Server Name UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Server Name UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Fabric Interconnect
UCS Manager
Creates Object Model
Defines Model and Platform
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Unified Management Blade and Rack Servers Managed a Cohesive Resource Pool
UCS Manager
C-Series Rack Optimized Servers
B-Series Blade Servers
Service Profile: HR_App1
VNIC1
MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:2E
HR_WEB_VLAN (ID=50)
VNIC2
MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:2F
HR_DB_VLAN (ID=210)
HBA 1 and 2
WWN:
5080020000075740
WWN:
5080020000075741
VSAN ID: 12
Boot Order: SAN
BIOS Settings:
Turbo On
HyperThreading On
UCS Service ProfileUnified Device Management
Network Policy
Storage Policy
Server Policy
UNIFIED MANAGEMENT
A SINGLE UNIFIED SYSTEM
FOR BLADE AND RACK
SERVERS
A Major Market Transformation in
Unified Server Management
Benefits of UCS Manager and
Service Profiles for Both Blade and
Rack-Optimized Servers
Add Capacity
Without Complexity
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Competition UCS
Point of Management
Point of Control
Point of Management
Point of Control
Point of Management
Point of Control
Point of Management
Point of Control
Point of Management
Point of Control
Point of Management
Point of Control
Point of Management
Point of Control
Point of Management
Point of Control
Unified Control & enforcement of policiesMany management touch points
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Fabric Interconnects 2
Intra Chassis Switches 0
Chassis Management Module 0
Total Management Points 1
Fabric Interconnects 0
Intra Chassis Switches 8
Chassis Management Module 8
Total Management Points 16
80 Blades: 10 x Cisco UCS 510864 Blades: 4 x HP c7000
Management
SwitchLAN
LANSAN A
SAN B
Management
SwitchLAN
SAN A
SAN B
LANManagement
Switch
Management
Switch
Simpler ArchitectureFewer management touch points
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UCS Scalability8 UCS Blades
1 UCSM, 3 Management IP
16 UCS Blades1 UCSM, 3 Management IP
24 UCS Blades1 UCSM, 3 Management IP
32 UCS Blades1 UCSM, 3 Management IP
Add one Chassis
Add one Chassis
Add one Chassis
Up to 20 Chassis
(160 UCS blades)
Centralized Management Across
Domains, Infrastructure and Geographies
UCS CentralThe Ultimate Control Plane for Macro-Orchestration
Data Center 3
Cisco UCS Manager
ADFADFA
ADFADFA
ADFADFA
Data Center 1
Cisco UCS Manager
ADFADFA
ADFADFA
ADFADFA
Data Center 2
Cisco UCS Manager
ADFADFA
ADFADFA
ADFADFA
Unified control plane for all the
elements in the system
• Centralized logs for compute,
network and storage
• Single source of truth
accessible to tools via API
Centralizes global policies,
service profiles, inventory, ID
pools and templates for up to
10,000 servers
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UCS Portfolio & Innovations
COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION
UCS CoreBlade and Rack
UCS FabricS3000 Storage
ServerUCS Mini HyperFlex
UCS Compute PortfolioPerformance Optimized for Bare Metal, Virtualized, and Cloud Applications
Cloud Scale
UCS C460 M4
Mission-Critical, 4-Socket
Server for Large, CPU-
Intensive Applications
UCS B420 M4
Enterprise Class, 4-
Socket Blade for Large,
Memory-Intensive Bare
Metal
and Virtualized
Applications
Rack
Bla
de
UCS B260 M4
Mission-Critical, 2-Socket
Blade for Large, CPU-
Intensive Bare Metal
and Virtualized Applications
UCS B460 M4
Mission-Critical, 4-
Socket Blade for Large,
CPU-Intensive Bare
Metal
and Virtualized
Applications
UCS C240 M4
Ideal Platform for Big Data, ERP,
and Database Applications
UCS B200 M4
Optimal Choice for VDI, Private
Cloud, or Dense Virtualization/
Consolidation Workloads
UCS C220 M4
Versatile, General Purpose Enterprise
Infrastructure, and Application Server
UCS C3000 Series
Ideal Capacity-Optimized
Platform for Large Object
Storage at Scale
Intensive/Mission CriticalEnterprise
Performance
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UCS B200 M4 Blade Server
An uncompromised combination of CPU, Memory, IO, and expansion
capabilities in a modular blade form-factor
24 DDR4 DIMM Slots
Up to 2400 MHz speeds
Up to 80GbE of I/O
One PCIe 3.0 mezzanine slot
Cisco FlexStorage
Controller / Cache / Media Options
Modular LOM
(mLOM)
3rd Generation VIC
• Designed for a wide range of workloads from
web infrastructure to distributed database.
• World-record performance
• Provides enterprise-level capabilities without configuration
constraints
UCS B200 M4 Density-Optimized
Enterprise –Class,
Blade Server
Two Intel® Xeon®
E5-2600 v4 family
processors
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UCS B420 M4 Blade Server
A density-conscious quad-socket blend of CPU, Memory, Storage, IO
and expansion capabilities in a full blade form-factor
48 DDR4 DIMM Slots
Up to 2400 MHz speeds
Up to 160GbE of I/O
Three PCIe 3.0 mezzanine slot
Cisco FlexStorage
Controller / Cache / Media Options
Modular LOM
(mLOM)
3rd Generation VIC
• Designed for a wide range of enterprise workloads including
virtualization and bare metal applications
• Provides enterprise-level capabilities and features
• Ultimate 4-socket density-optimized enterprise blade platform
Four Intel® Xeon®
E5-4600 v4 family
processors
UCS B420 M4 Density-Optimized
Enterprise –Class,
Blade Server
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Cisco UCS C220 M4 Rack Server
A modular blend of CPU, Memory, Storage,
IO and expansion capabilities in a dense 1RU form-factor
24 DDR4 DIMM Slots
Up to 2133 MHz speeds
Modular LOM (mLOM)
VIC or CNA Options
Two PCIe 3.0 Slots
One PCIe slot “VIC-Optimized”
Security Bezel
Optional
Direct Attached
Storage
Up to 8 SFF or 4 LFF drives
• Designed for a wide range of enterprise workloads
including virtualization and bare metal applications
• Ultimate density-optimized, modular general
compute platform with enterprise-level capabilities
and features
• Standalone or UCS-managed operationsUCS C220 M4 Density-Optimized
Enterprise Rack Server
Two Intel® Xeon®
E5-2600 family processors
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Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Server
A modular blend of CPU, Memory, Storage, IO and expansion
capabilities in a 2RU form-factor
24 DDR4 DIMM Slots
Up to 2133 MHz speeds
Modular LOM (mLOM)
VIC or CNA Options
Six PCIe 3.0 Slots
Four Full / Full - Four NCSI
Security
Bezel
Optional
Direct Attached Storage
Up to 24 SFF or 12 LFF
+2 SFF boot drives
• Designed for a wide range of enterprise workloads
including virtualization, big data, and bare metal applications
• Ultimate configurable, modular general compute platform with
enterprise-level capabilities and features
• Standalone or UCS-managed operations
UCS C240 M4 Storage and IO-Optimized Enterprise Rack Server
Two Intel® Xeon®
E5-2600 family processors
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Cisco UCS C460 M4 Rack Server
A “No-Compromise” balance of CPU, Memory, Storage, IO and
expansion capabilities in a 4U form-factor
96 DDR4 DIMM Slots
Up to 2133 MHz speeds
Ten PCIe 3.0 Slots
Two Full / Full
Security Bezel
Optional
12 Drive Bays
Two PCIe-capable
• Designed for the most demanding server workloads such as
in-memory database, EDA and CPU / GPU rendering
• Stand-alone or UCS-managed operations
• Provides mission-critical RAS features
• Ultimate scale-up platform UCS C460 M4 Performance-Optimized
Enterprise Rack Server
Four Intel® Xeon®
E7 v4 family processors
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UCS Fabric Interconnect Portfolio
UCS 6296 & 6248
UCS 6120 & 6140
UCS 6300UCS 6324 (Mini)
SHIPPING EOL
10GbE 40GbE
Sustaining
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Enabling a high-performance, low-latency & lossless fabric
UCS 3rd Gen FI & IOM OverviewFI 6300 Series and IOM 2304
High-density 40GbE ports• FI 6300 series & IOM 2304 coupled with B-Series & C-Series
enables an end-to-end 40GbE solution
• FI 6300 series coupled with Cisco MDS 40G FCoE enables an
end-to-end 40GbE FCoE solution
High speed Fibre Channel 16G FC ports• Provides high performance SAN (4/8/16G FC) connectivity for
blades & rack servers
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UCS MiniB200 M3/M4 Blade Server
B420 M3 Blade Server
C240 M3/M4 Rack Server
UCS Manager 3.0
C220 M3/M4 Rack Server
6324 Fabric Interconnects
Enterprise Capability at Edge Scale
Connect up to 7 C-Series rack servers for expanded capacity
New architectural entry point for
Unified Computing
UCS in an All-in-One package:
• Compute
• Networking
• UCS Management
• Unified Computing in 6U
• Chassis-Integrated Fabric
Interconnects
• Standard UCS Blades / Fans
/ Power Supplies
UCS Mini
Integrated Infrastructure Market Share
(Q2 2016 vendor revenue)
Source: IDC Worldwide Integrated Infrastructure & Platforms Tracker Q2 2016 Vendor Revenue
UCS: Foundation for Integrated InfrastructureCisco is #1 and a Partner in ~60% of All Integrated Infrastructure Solutions
More customers deploy Integrated Systems based
on Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure than any
other vendor
10,000+ Customers
100+ Validated ArchitecturesDell
4.4%
Cisco/Netapp + VCE60.0%
EMC/Other9.4%
Hitachi2.5%
HP17.9%
Lenovo2.6%
Others3.2%
Cisco
UCS
60.0%
Cisco UCS Converged StacksOffering Choice & Flexibility – Market Differentiator
FLEXPOD SmartStack VersaStack VBLOCK
Cisco UCS Cisco Nexus
Cisco UCS Integrated
Infrastructure
FlashStack
Policy-Driven Provisioning
Virtual
Infrastructures
SAP
HANA
Mission Critical
Enterprise
Applications
Desktop
Virtualization
Hybrid Cloud
Automation
Flash
Technology
Backup
Replication
Archiving
Remote/Branch
Offices
Clustered
Databases
General
Use Cases
Use Cases
Video
Storage
Video
Analytics
Electronic
Medical Records
Diagnostic
Imaging
Warehoused
Data
Streaming
Analytics
Sensor
Data collection
Machine
Learning
Introducing Cisco UCS S-Series
Any Performance(right-sized for any workload)
Any Capacity(scale to Petabytes in minutes)
Any Storage(Disk, SSD or NVMe)
Any Connectivity(Unified I/O for all storage)
S-Series Storage Server
Cisco UCS S3260 System OverviewDrives
4 Rows of Hot-Swappable HDD
4TB/6TB/8TB/10TB with up to 2 Rows
of 400GB/800GB/1.6TB/3.2TB SSD
Total Top Load: 56 drives
FAN8 Hot-Pluggable
Fans
Server NodeUp to (2) Based on Intel V4 CPUs, LSI
12G RAID, Up to 512GB DDR4 RAM
(1024GB Post-FCS), and NVMe
Optional Second NodeServer Node or Drive Expansion
or PCIe Expansion
Up to (4) 120GB/480GB/1.6TB SSDsHW RAID, Hot-Plug, OS/Boot
System I/O Controller (SIOC)Up to (2) Cisco VIC 1300 on Chip
Power Supply4 Hot-Pluggable PSUs
*Shown with Single Server Node
and IO Expander
Versatility for All Data-Intensive Applications
Video Analysis
• Facial recognition
• Retail traffic analysis
• Roadway monitoring
Dual Server Nodes
72 CPU Cores
Compute Intensive
Bulk Object Storage
• Online check deposit
images
• Medical imaging
• Sensor data
600 Terabytes Raw Storage
1G or 4G RAID Cache
Capacity Play
Business Analytics
• Recommendation engines
• Fraud detection
• Network security
1.6TB NVMe
2 x Fusion ioMemory3 PX
90 TB SSD Flash
Cache Optimized
Data Protection
• Consolidated backup target
• Multi-site replication
• De-staging to cold storage
160 GB Aggregate VIC I/O
8 and 16GB Fiber Channel PCIe
I/O Intensive
Object Storage = Scale-Out Storage = Software Defined StorageAccess Storage in various ways
FileSMB, NFS
BlockiSCSI
ObjectS3, REST, etc.
BlockAPI
ObjectAPI
SDS is more than Scale-Out CapacityVarious Use Cases
Use Case: MySQL, Analytics,
Big Data, Virtualization
IOPS
OPTIMIZED
NVMe SSD in SLED chassis
High IOPS / GB
Smaller, random IO
Read / write mix
Use Case: Rich Media, VoD,
IoT, Video Surveillance
THROUGHPUT
OPTIMIZED
SSD, HDD in standard / dense
chassis
High MB/s throughput
Large, sequential IO
Read / write mix
Use Case: Active Archives,
Backup
COST/ CAPACITY
OPTIMIZED
HDD in dense / ultra-dense chassis
Low cost / GB
Sequential IO
Write mostly
Ceph Ceph, IBM, ScalityCeph, IBM, Scality,
SwiftStack
• Distributed enterprise storage platform
• Proven for large-scale, modern workloads
• Open, massively-scalable, software-defined
• Flexible, scale-out architecture on clustered commodity hardware
• Efficient, unified storage platform (object, block, file)
• Integrated, easy-to-use management console
Red Hat Ceph Storage
Compute Resources
Storage Resources
Shared Local Resources Designed for large object stores, high capacities and all Ceph
workloads
Full-Featured Modular Two-Socket Xeon Server
Stand-alone CIMC, IMC Supervisor and UCS Managed
Massive Local Storage
Up to 600TB of dense storage in a compact 4U Form Factor that fits in a standard rack
Network Resources
High I/O Bandwidth
Up to 4x 40GbE Powered by Cisco VIC
The Power of UCS S3260 for Red Hat Ceph
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What is Hyperconvergence?
• Converged Infrastructure offering utilizingSoftware Defined Storage
• Tight integration of x86 servers for computeand storage, networking and virtualization inall-in-one appliance
• Integration of hypervisors and physical infrastructure
• Simple Scale one unit/appliance at a time
• Simple deployment measured in hours
• Centralized management, intuitive UI
• Storage presentation via a distributed filesystem or object store
Controller
VMVM VM VM
Hypervisor
Local Physical Storage
Controller
VMVM VM VM
Hypervisor
Local Physical Storage
Controller
VMVM VM VM
Hypervisor
Local Physical Storage
Primary HyperFlex Use Cases
• Agile provisioning
• Frequentiterations
• Instant cloning and snapshots
Test and Development
• Low upfront costs
• Consistentperformance
• Predictable scaling
Virtual DesktopInfrastructure
• Reduce operational complexity
• Adaptive scaling
• Always-on resiliency
ServerVirtualization
• Simple deployment
• Centralizedmanagement
• No “fly-and-fix” missions
Large Remote Branch Office
Future Ready
Designed for Containers
and Next Gen
Applications
Distributed
object-based file system
architected for scale-out,
distributed storage
Advanced Data Services
Built into file system
architecture
The Cisco HX Data Platform
HX Log Structured File System Designed Specifically for Hyperconvergence
Hyperconverged Scale Out and Distributed File System
CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR
VM VM VM
HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM
Start with As Few As
Three Nodes
Hyperconverged Data Platform
Installs in Minutes
Add Servers, One or More
at a Time
Network Fabric Policy Configures
QoS Settings
Distribute and Rebalance Data Across Servers Automatically
Retire Older Servers
HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM
CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR
VM VM VM
CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR
VM VM VM
CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR
VM VM VM
CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR
VM VM VM
Dynamic Data Distribution
• HX Data Platform stripes data across all nodes simultaneously, leveraging cache across all SSDs for fast writes
• Balanced space utilization: no data migration required following a VM migration
Systems built on conventional file
systems write locally, then replicate,
creating performance hotspots
CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR
VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM
HX Data Platform
VM VMVM
CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLER
HYPERVISOR
Capacity and Network Utilization
HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR
VM VM
1 2 3
VM
DATASTORE
CONTROLLER CONTROLLER CONTROLLER
Balanced Space UtilizationNo Data Migration on VM Migration
Less Stress on Network
• HX balances space utilization: no data migration required following a VM migration
Continuous Data Optimization
BEFORE
Inline Deduplication
20–30% space savings
Inline Compression
30–50% space savings
No Special Hardware
No Performance Impact
No Config lock-in
No Additional License
Log-Structured File System Yields More Efficient Data Optimization
Lower Cost
Next Generation Data Platform Benefits
Adaptive Infrastructure
Predictable, Pay-as-You-Grow Efficiency
Integrates with existing CI
Enables On-Premise, Cloud and Hybrid
Dynamic Data Distribution
Highly Available/Self-Healing
Balanced Space Utilization
Greater Performance
Integrated Management
Integrated into vCenter
Robust Reporting and Analytics
UCS Director Orchestration/Automation
Enterprise Storage Features
Pointer-Based Snapshot/Clones
Inline dedupe and compression
Call Home and Onsite 24x7 Support Available
Single Button Non-Disruptive Rolling Upgrades
Cisco HyperFlex Configurations
HX240c Cluster
Capacity-heavy 3–8 Node Cluster
(VSI: IT/Biz Apps, Test/Dev)
Per-Node1x1.6TB Cache SSD
up to 23x1.2TB HDDs
SD Card/120GB Back SSD
(Boot/Housekeeping)
GPU support
HX220c Cluster
Smallest Footprint 3–8
Node Cluster (VDI, ROBO)
Per-Node1x480 GB Cache SSD
6x1.2TB HDDs
SD Card/120GB SSD
(Boot/Housekeeping)
Hybrid Clusters
Compute-heavy Hybrid
(Compute Bound Apps/VDI)
Up to 8 Compute Nodes
Blade or RackB200 M4, C220 M4 or C240 M4 (Supported)
Local Disk, SD Card or SAN Boot
3-8 Node HX220 or HX240 Cluster
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C240 M4
B200 M46TB – 16TB 6TB – 61TB
Cisco HyperFlex All Flash Configurations HXAF240c Cluster
Capacity-heavy 3–8 Node Cluster
(VSI/VDI, Database, Test/Dev)
Per-Node1x800 GB WL Cache SSD
up to 6-10x960/3.8TB SSDs
SD Card/120GB Back SSD
(Boot/Housekeeping)
GPU support
HXAF220c Cluster
Smallest Footprint 3–8
Node Cluster (VDI, ROBO)
Per-Node1x800 GB WL Cache SSD
6x960/3.8TB SSDs
SD Card/120GB SSD
(Boot/Housekeeping)
Hybrid Clusters
Compute-heavy Hybrid
(Compute Bound Apps/VDI)
Up to 8 Compute Nodes
Blade or RackB200 M4, C220 M4 or C240 M4 (Supported)
Local Disk, SD Card or SAN Boot
3-8 Node HXAF220 or HXAF240 Cluster
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C240 M4
B200 M4
4TB – 51TB 4TB – 85TB