Datasheet

Cisco UCS B420 M3 Blade Server

BASE SERVER STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES

Table 1 lists the capabilities and features of the base server. Details about how to configure the server for

a particular feature or capability (for example, number of processors, disk drives, or amount of memory)

are provided in

CONFIGURING the SERVER on page 7.

NOTE: The B420 M3 blade server requires UCS Manager 2.0 (4b) or later to operate

as part of the UCS system.

Table 1 Capabilities and Features

Capability/Feature Description

Blade server chassis The full-width UCS B420 M3 Blade Server mounts in a Cisco UCS 5100 series

blade server chassis

CPU Up to four Intel® E5-4600 series processor family CPUs.

2- and 4-CPU configurations are supported on the UCS B420 M3.

Chipset Intel® C600 series chipset

Memory 48 total slots for registered ECC DIMMs

I/O 3 configurable adapter slots:

■ One slot supports the Cisco VIC 1240 adapter only.

■ Two slots support Cisco adapters, Emulex and QLogic adapters, and Cisco

UCS Storage Accelerator adapters.

Storage controller Integrated LSI Logic SAS 2208R controller

■ SAS/SATA/SSD support

■ RAID 0, 1, 5, 10

■ Optional 1 GB flash-backed write cache

Internal storage devices Four hot-plug 2.5” SFF drive bays

One internal USB 2.0 port

Two Cisco Flexible Flash secure digital card slots

Video The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) provides video:

■ Matrox G200e video controller

■ Integrated 2D graphics core with hardware acceleration

■ Supports all display resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 x 16 bpp resolution at

60 Hz

■ 24-bit color depth for all resolutions less than 1600x1200

■ Up to 256 MB video memory