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A Principled Technologies test report 9
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
APPENDIX A – SERVER AND STORAGE CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Figure 3 provides detailed configuration information about the test servers. Note that we used the Cisco UCS
B230 M2 Blade Server for the systems under test and used the Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server for our testbed
infrastructure. Figure 4 details the storage we used in our tests.
System
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server
Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server
Enclosure
Blade enclosure
Cisco UCS 5108
Cisco UCS 5108
Power supplies
Total number
4
4
Wattage of each (W)
2,500
2,500
Cooling fans
Total number
8
8
Dimensions (h x w) of each
3-5/8" x 5-1/2"
3-5/8" x 5-1/2"
General
Number of processor packages
2
2
Number of cores per processor
10
6
Number of hardware threads per
core
2
2
CPU
Vendor
Intel
Intel
Name
Xeon
Xeon
Model number
E7-4870 (functionally the same as the
E7-2870 in a two-socket configuration)
X5670
Stepping
A2 (SLC3T)
CO
Socket type
LGA 1567
LGA 1366
Core frequency (GHz)
2.40
2.93
Bus frequency (GT/s)
6.4
6.4
L1 cache
32 KB+ 32 KB (per core)
32 KB+ 32 KB (per core)
L2 cache
256 KB (per core)
256 KB (per core)
L3 cache (MB)
30
12
Platform
Vendor and model number
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server
Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server
Motherboard model number
B230-Base-M2
N20-B6625-1
Motherboard chipset
Intel 7500
Intel 5520
BIOS name and version
B230.2.0.1c.100520111716
Cisco S5500.2.0.1d.093030111102
BIOS settings
Default
Default
Memory module(s)
Total RAM in system (GB)
512
96
Vendor and model number
Samsung M393B2K70CMB-YF8
Samsung M393B5170FH0-YH9
Type
DDR3 PC3-8500
DDR3 PC3-10600
Speed (MHz)
1,067
1,333
Speed running in the system
(MHz)
1,067
1,333