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domains. Any of these parameters can limit or prevent server consolidation and application co-residency,
even if Cisco supports it from a technical perspective.
2. Determine Virtual Machine Quantity and Cisco UCS Server Quantity
Wherever you would have deployed one Cisco MCS 7800, you will now deploy one Virtual Machine. Multiple Virtual
Machines per server are supported, so the required UCS server count, while design-dependent, will usually be 50-
75% less than if you did the design on the Cisco MCS 7800. To determine the minimum UCS server quantity, do one
of the following:
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Determine your Virtual Machine (VM) quantity based on how many Cisco MCS 7800 you would have
deployed. Translate the Virtual Machine quantity into a UCS server quantity using the supported server specs
at http://www.cisco.com/go/swonly (to get physical CPU cores per server) vs. the supported VM templates and
supported co-residency combinations at http://www.cisco.com/go/uc-virtualized (to determine cores per VM
and VMs per server), following design rules at http://www.cisco.com/go/srnd.
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Use Solution Expert, which will output required UCS server quantity and configuration.
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For UCS B-series, use “UC Advisor” in Netformx DesignXpert. This uses the identical questionnaire and rules
as Solution Expert, and outputs the same UCS server quantity and configuration. Note: if you do not use
Netformx DesignXpert, you will bypass configuration checking rules and you may submit an incorrect
configuration. This will delay booking and shipping of your order.
The minimum server quantity may need to be increased to accommodate the customer’s “Placement Logic”. For
example, any of the following will force you to increase the UCS server quantity required.
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Use of redundant servers, chassis, and sites
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Application node redundancy by spreading them out among multiple servers, chassis, and sites
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Buying extra servers for use as “hot-standby spares” or “lab servers”
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Segregating mission-critical applications from those less critical
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Segregating UC, non-UC, and third-party applications on different servers (because only “UC with UC” co-
residency is supported)
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Segregating applications belonging to different IT teams or with different change-management requirements
3. Quote Cisco UCS Servers and Any Other Required UCS Components
See http://www.cisco.com/go/swonly for more information on Cisco UCS support.
A Cisco UCS server may be quoted as one of the following Collaboration part numbers on standard Cisco price lists.
Each only supports a single fixed server configuration and does not include any other UCS components. It provides
simplicity of ordering, such as for deployments that mostly comprise Cisco Unified Communications software. Table
29 gives ordering information for the supported UCS B-series and C-series servers.
Table 28. Ordering Information for Supported Cisco Unified Computing Servers
Product Number
Description
List Price ($US)
UCS-B200M2-VCS1
(Tested Reference Configuration 1)
Bare Metal UCS B200M2 Blade Server, 2xE5640 CPU, 48GB RAM, 2x146GB HDD
$14,319
UCS-C210M2-VCD2
(Tested Reference Configuration 1)
Bare Metal UCS C210M2 Svr.,2xE5640 CPU,48GB RAM,10x146GB HDD
$23,679
UCS-C200M2-VCD2
(Tested Reference Configuration 1)
Bare Metal UCS C200M2 Svr.,2xE5506 CPU,24GB RAM,4x1TB HDD
Note: if you want to order the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business
Edition 6000 (BE6K) bundle, which is UCS C200 + VMware license + 100 UCL user
$11,483