Cisco Systems UCSEZINFRACHSS manual Cisco UCS B200 Blade Servers

Overview

Blade Servers

The midplane is an entirely passive device.

Blade Servers

The Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers are based on industry-standard server technologies and provide the following:

•Up to two or four Intel multi-core processors, depending on the server

•Front-accessible, hot-swappable hard drives or solid-state disk (SSD) drives

•Depending on the server, support is available for up to three adapter card connections for up to 40 Gbps of redundant I/O throughput

•Industry-standard double-data-rate 3 (DDR3) memory

•Remote management through an integrated service processor that also executes policy established in Cisco UCS Manager software

•Local keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) and serial console access through a front console port on each server

•Out-of-band access by remote KVM, Secure Shell (SSH), and virtual media (vMedia) as well as Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)

The Cisco UCS B-Series offers multiple blade server models. The supported processor family is indicated by M1, M2, or M3 designations on the model.

Cisco UCS B200 Blade Servers

For full service and installation instructions, see the Cisco UCS B200 Blade Server Installation and Service Note. You can install up to eight UCS B200 M1 or M2 Blade Servers to a chassis.

Figure 1: Cisco UCS B200 M1 and M2

1	Paper tab for server name or serial	7	Network link status LED
	numbers
2	Blade ejector handle	8	Blade health LED

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