Cisco Systems UCSEZINFRACHSS manual System Overview

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Overview

This chapter contains the following sections:

•System Overview, page 1

•Features and Benefits, page 2

•Components, page 4

•LEDs, page 23

System Overview

The Cisco UCS 5108 server chassis and its components are part of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), which uses the Cisco UCS 5108 server system with the two I/O modules and the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects to provide advanced options and capabilities in server and data management. All servers are managed via the GUI or CLI with Cisco UCS Manager.

The Cisco UCS 5108 server chassis system consists of the following components:

•Cisco UCS 5108 server chassis–AC version (N20-C6508)

•Cisco UCS 5108 server chassis–DC version (UCSB-5108-DC)

•Cisco UCS 2104XP I/O Module (N20-I6584)—Up to two I/O modules, each providing four ports of 10-Gb Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connection to the fabric interconnect

•Cisco UCS 2208XP I/O Module (UCS-IOM-2208XP)—Up to two I/O modules, each providing eight universal ports configurable as a 10-Gb Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connection to the fabric interconnect

•Cisco UCS 2204XP I/O Module (UCS-IOM-2204XP)—Up to two I/O modules, each providing four universal ports configurable as a 10-Gb Ethernet, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connection to the fabric interconnect

•A number of SFP+ choices using copper or optical fiber

•Power supplies (N20-PAC5-2500W, UCSB-PSU-2500ACPL or N20-DC-2500)—Up to four 2500 Watt hot-swappable power supplies

Cisco UCS 5108 Server Chassis Installation Guide

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