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Feature Benefit
High-capacity, flexible internal
storage
Up to 12 (LFF), 16 (SFF) or 24 (SFF) front-accessible, hot-swappable, SFF SAS or SATA drives for local
storage, providing redundancy options and ease of serviceability
Balanced performance and capacity to meet application needs
15,000-RPM SAS drives for highest performance
10,000-RPM SAS drives for high performance and value
7200-RPM SATA drives for high capacity and value
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
support
A choice of RAID controllers to provide data protection for up to 12 (LFF), 16 (SFF) or 24 (SFF) SAS or SATA
drives in PCIe
Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated
Management Controller (CIMC)
Web user interface for server management; remote keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM); virtual media; and
administration
Virtual media support for remote CD and DVD drives as if local
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0 support for out-of-band management through third-
party enterprise management systems
Command-line interface (CLI) for server management
Fast-memory support 12 DIMM slots supporting up to 1333 or 1600 MHz of memory for optimal performance
Redundant fans and power
supplies
Dual, redundant and hot-swap fans and power supplies for enterprise-class reliability and uptime
Power efficiency through Cisco common form-factor platinum power supplies (450 and 650W)
5 PCIe “Generation” 3.0 slots
Flexibility, increased performance, and compatibility with industry standards
PCIe “Generation” 3.0 slots, which are estimated to substantially increase the bandwidth compared to the
previous generation and offer more flexibility while maintaining compatibility with PCIe 2.0
Integrated dual-port Gigabit
Ethernet
Outstanding network I/O performance and increased network efficiency and flexibility
Increased network availability when configured in failover configurations
Product Specifications
Table 2 lists the specifications for the Cisco UCS C24 M3 server.
Table 2. Product Specifications
Item Specification
Processors
1 or 2 Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family CPUs
For a complete list of processor options, please refer to the corresponding
SpecSheet
Memory
12 DIMM slots
Support for DDR3 registered DIMMs
Support for DDR3 low-voltage DIMMs
Advanced error-correcting code (ECC)
Mirroring option
PCIe slots
Riser 1:
One x16 PCIe Gen 3 slot, x16 extended connector (Cisco CNIC), half-length, full-height, with NCSI1 and
Cisco CNIC2 support. The Cisco 1225 virtual interface card requires an NCSI slot
One x4 PCIe Gen 3 slot, x8 connector, half-length, full-height, no NCSI support
Riser 2:
One x8 PCIe Gen 3 slot, x16 connector, half-length, half-height
One x8 PCIe Gen 3 slot, x8 connector, half-length, half-height
One x8 PCIe Gen 3 slot, x8 connector, half-length, half-height
RAID
For a complete list of RAID options, please refer to the corresponding
SFF SpecSheet or LFF SpecSheet
Hard drives
Up to 16 or 24 front-accessible, hot-swappable, 2.5-inch SFF (Small Form Factor) SAS or SATA drives
Up to 12 front-accessible, hot-swappable, 3.5-inch LFF (Large Form Factor) SAS or SATA drives
Hard disk options 2.5-inch SFF drive options:
For a complete list of drive options, please refer to the corresponding
SpecSheet
3.5-inch LFF drive options:
For a complete list of drive options, please refer to the corresponding
SpecSheet