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Cisco Unified Communications 8.x on either a Cisco UCS B200 M1/M2 Blade Server or on Cisco UCS C210
M1/M2 Reference Configuration 3 requires local disks on the server (to run VMware software), as well as a
Fibre Channel Storage-Area Network (SAN) attached disk array (to run UC apps).
Cisco does not sell the disk array - this is from a third party such as Cisco’s partners EMC and NetApp.
Estimated costs of these solutions are around ~$10-15 per Gigabyte (mostly CapEx). The customer will
usually already have this storage, but the “allocation” for UC on UCS may require an expansion or
chargeback.
The capacity required on the disk array is design-dependent - see http://www.cisco.com/go/uc-virtualized and
http://www.cisco.com/go/srnd - but must cover such things as Virtual Machine logical disks, VMware
overhead, and physical-disk redundancy.
See http://www.cisco.com/go/swonly for other technical requirements. Outside of these requirements, storage
configuration is not specified - it only has to be supported by VMware and Cisco UCS, and meet the
application capacity and performance requirements at http://www.cisco.com/go/uc-virtualized.
5. Quote UC, UCSS, and Services
Cisco Unified Communications
Pricing for UC applications, phones, soft clients, and gateways is exactly the same for Cisco Unified Communications
on the Cisco MCS 7800 and Cisco UCS. Note that because 8.0(2) is the minimum version supported, you must use
either Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing (UWL) or User Connect Licensing (UCL) to quote UC apps on this
hardware.
Unified Communications Software Subscription
UCSS pricing and coverage is identical for Cisco Unified Communications on the Cisco MCS 7800 and Cisco Unified
Communications on the Cisco UCS. Note that Unified Communications Software Subscription does not cover
VMware software, even if it is purchased from Cisco.