Datasheet

A Principled Technologies test report 10
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
System
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server
Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server
Size (GB)
16
8
Number of RAM module(s)
32
12
Chip organization
Double-sided
Double-sided
Hard disk
Vendor and model number
Intel X-25E SATA SSD
Seagate ST9146803SS
Number of disks in system
2
2
Size (GB)
32
146
RPM
N/A
10,000
Type
SATA
SAS
Controller
LSI™ MegaRAID® 9240
LSI Logic® SAS 1064E
Operating system
Name
VMware vSphere 5 (504890)
VMware vSphere 5 (504890)
File system
VMFS
VMFS
Kernel
5.0.0
5.0.0
Language
English
English
Network adapter (mezzanine card)
Vendor and model number
1 x Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface
Card
1 x Cisco UCS M71KR-Q QLogic®
Converged Network Adapter
Figure 3: Detailed configuration information for the servers.
System
EMC VNX 5500 storage array
Storage
Number of 15-disk processor enclosures
1
Power supplies
Total number
2
Disk array enclosures
Number of 25-disk array enclosures
1
Number of 15-disk array enclosures
1
Data movers
Number of VNX 5500 data movers
1
Disks
Number of 100GB SSDs
8
Number of 300GB SAS drives
20
Number of 2TB NL SAS drives
10
Operating system
Name
Unisphere
Network
Vendor and model number
10 Gb NFS
Figure 4: Detailed configuration information for the storage.