Specs
Quick Specs
What's New for Cisco C240 M4 LFF Chassis
- (2) Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 or v4 Processors
- (24) 2400MT/s DDR4 DIMMs
- (12) LFF SATA/SAS Drives
- (6) PCIe 3.0 Slots
- (1) GPU Support
- Dedicated mLOM Slot
- Dedicated Cisco 12G SAS Modular RAID controller Slot
- Embedded 2 x 1 GbE LAN-on-motherboard (LOM)
- (6) Hot Swap Fans
Other Versions:
- Cisco C220 M4 | M5 | M6 | M7
- Cisco C240 M4 | M5 | M6
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Ideal for:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Big Data Analytics
- Cloud Servers
- Corporate IT
- Data Analytics
- Database
- Deep Learning (DL)
- Edge Servers
- High-Performance Computing (HPC)
- Machine Learning (ML)
- Retail Servers
- Video Analytics
- Virtualization
- Virtual Machines (VM)
- Web Tech
- Anything as a service (Xaas)
The UCS C240 M4 Large form factor (LFF) server is a 2U rack server from Cisco, designed for both performance and expandability over a wide range of storage-intensive infrastructure workloads from big data to collaboration.
The enterprise-class UCS C240 M4 LFF server extends the capabilities of Cisco’s Unified Computing System portfolio in a 2U form factor with the addition of the Intel® Xeon E5-2600 v3 and v4 series processor family that delivers the best combination of performance, flexibility, and efficiency gains. In addition, the UCS C240 M4 LFF server provides 24 DIMM slots, up to 6 PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 slots, up to 12 front-loading drives plus two (optional) internal SATA boot drives for a total of 14 internal drives.
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Base Standard Capabilities
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| Chassis | Two rack unit (2RU) chassis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CPU | One or two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 or v4 series processor family CPUs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chipset | Intel® C610 series chipset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory | 24 slots for registered ECC DIMMs (RDIMMs) or load-reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multi-bit Error Protection | This server supports multi-bit error protection. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Expansion slots | Up to six PCIe slots (on two riser cards)
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| Video | The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) provides video using the Matrox G200e video/graphics controller:
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| Internal storage devices | Drives are installed into front-panel drive bays that provide hot-pluggable access.
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| Cisco Flexible Flash drives | The server supports up to two internal 32 GB or two internal 64 GB Cisco Flexible Flash drives (SD cards). The second SD card is blank and can be used to mirror the first SD card. It can be used to protect the Hypervisor Partition with RAID1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Power subsystem | Up to two of the following hot-swappable power supplies:
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| Storage controller | Cisco 12G SAS Modular RAID controller card with internal SAS connectivity.
Can be purchased alone, or along with an onboard Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC) upgrade option, as shown in the table below
All versions of the UCSC-MRAID12G RAID controller support up to 24 internal SAS (limited to 12 drives for this server). Cisco 12 Gbps Modular SAS HBA with internal SAS connectivity
Cisco 9300-8E 12G SAS HBA with external SAS connectivity
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| Embedded NIC | Two embedded (on the motherboard) Intel i350 GbE ports, supporting the following:
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| Modular LAN on Motherboard (mLOM) slot | The mLOM slot can flexibly accommodate the following cards:
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| WoL | The 1-Gb Base-T Ethernet LAN ports support the wake-on-LAN (WoL) standard. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Front Panel | A front panel controller provides status indications and control buttons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ACPI | This server supports the advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) 4.0 standard. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fans | Chassis: 6 hot-swappable fans for front-to-rear cooling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Integrated management processor | Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) running Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) firmware. Depending on your CIMC settings, the CIMC can be accessed through the 1-GbE dedicated management port, the 1-GbE LOM ports, or a Cisco virtual interface card (VIC). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boot drives | Up to two optional SATA drives can be installed internal to the chassis on riser 1. The two SATA boot drives are supported only on the 24-drive backplane chassis version and are managed in AHCI mode, using OS-based software RAID. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The four Intel i350 ports are provided on an optional card that plugs into the mLOM slot, and are separate from the two embedded (on the motherboard) LAN ports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NCSI = Network Communications Services Interface protocol. An NCSI slot is powered even when the server is in standby power mode. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The drives are available as both self-encrypted drives (SED) and non self-encrypted drives. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||