Themidplane is anentirely passive device.
Blade Servers
TheCisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers are based on industry-standard server technologies and provide the
following:
•Upto two or four Intel multi-core processors, depending on the server
•Front-accessible,hot-swappable hard drivesor solid-statedisk (SSD) drives
•Dependingon the server, support is available for up to three adapter card connections for up to 40 Gbps
ofredundant I/O throughput
•Industry-standarddouble-data-rate 3 (DDR3)memory
•Remotemanagement through anintegrated service processor thatalso executespolicy established in
CiscoUCS Manager software
•Localkeyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) and serial console access through a front console port on
eachserver
•Out-of-bandaccess by remote KVM, Secure Shell (SSH), and virtual media (vMedia) as well as Intelligent
PlatformManagement Interface (IPMI)
TheCisco 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

Forfull serviceand installationinstructions, see the CiscoUCS B200Blade ServerInstallation 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
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Overview
Blade Servers