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Data Sheet
Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server

Product Overview
The Cisco

Unified Computing System

(Cisco UCS

) combines Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and C-Series

Rack Servers with networking and storage access in a single converged system that simplifies management and
delivers greater cost efficiency and agility with increased visibility and control. The Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade
Server delivers performance, versatility, and density without compromise. It addresses the broadest set of
workloads, from IT and web infrastructure, through distributed database. The enterprise-class Cisco UCS B200 M3
Blade Server further extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a half-width blade form factor. The Cisco
UCS B200 M3 harnesses the power of the latest Intel

Xeon

processor E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 product families,

with up to 768 GB of RAM (using 32-GB DIMMs), two disk drives, and up to dual 4x 10 Gigabit Ethernet
throughput. In addition, Cisco UCS has the architectural advantage of not having to power and cool excess
switches in each blade chassis. With a larger power budget per blade server, Cisco can design uncompromised
expandability and capabilities in its blade servers, as evidenced by the new Cisco UCS B200 M3, with its leading
memory slot and drive capacity.
The Cisco UCS B200 M3 provides:
One or two, multi-core, Intel

Xeon

processor E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 product families CPUs, for up to 24

processing cores
24 DIMM slots for industry-standard double-data-rate 3 (DDR3) memory running up to 1866 MHz and up to
768 GB of total memory (using 32-GB DIMMs)
Two optional, hot-pluggable SAS or SATA hard disk drives (HDDs) or solid-state drives (SSDs)
Industry-leading 80 Gbps throughput bandwidth
Remote management through a Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) that implements policy
established in Cisco UCS Manager
Out-of-band access by remote keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) device, Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol,
and virtual media (vMedia) as well as the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
In addition, the Cisco UCS B200 M3 is a half-width blade (Figure 1). Up to eight of these high-density, two-socket
blade servers can reside in the 6RU Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis, offering one of the highest densities of
servers per rack unit in the industry.


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Another Cisco innovation, the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1240 is a 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre
Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)-capable modular LAN on motherboard (LOM) designed exclusively for the M3
generation of Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers. When used in combination with an optional I/O expander, the
Cisco UCS VIC 1240 capabilities can be expanded up to eight ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet. The Cisco UCS VIC
1240 enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present up to 256 PCI Express (PCIe)
standards-compliant interfaces to the host that can be dynamically configured as either network interface cards
(NICs) or host bus adapters (HBAs). In addition, the Cisco UCS VIC 1240 supports Cisco

Data Center Virtual

Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) technology, which extends the Cisco UCS fabric interconnect ports to virtual
machines, simplifying server virtualization deployment.
Figure 1. Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server

The Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server continues Ciscos commitment to delivering uniquely differentiated value,
fabric integration, and ease of management that is exceptional in the marketplace. The Cisco UCS B200 M3 further
extends the capabilities of Cisco UCS by delivering new levels of manageability, performance, energy efficiency,
reliability, security, and I/O bandwidth for enterprise-class applications:
Applications
The Cisco UCS B200 M3 is suited for a broad range of IT workloads:
Virtualized workloads
IT and web infrastructure
Virtual desktops
Databases
Middleware
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) applications


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Cisco UCS Servers Change the Economics of the Data Center
IT infrastructure matters now more than ever, as organizations seek to achieve the full potential of infrastructure as
a service (IaaS), bare metal, virtualized servers, and cloud computing. Cisco continues to lead in Data Center
innovation with the introduction of new building blocks for the Cisco Unified Computing System that extend its
exceptional simplicity, agility, and efficiency (Figure 2). Innovations such as the Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server
bring even better industry-leading performance from IT infrastructure to enterprise applications.
Figure 2. Cisco UCS Components

Cisco innovations, such as the Cisco UCS Manager software, allow administrators to create a software model of a
desired server (using Cisco service profiles and templates) and then instantiate that server and its I/O connectivity
by associating a model with physical resources. This approach contrasts with the traditional approach of
configuring each system resource manually, one at a time, through individual element managers. Unlike legacy
vendors of traditional systems, Cisco uses a unified management model with service profiles that can be moved
easily between any Cisco UCS servers - whether blade server or rack server - in a Cisco UCS Manager domain.


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Other Cisco UCS building blocks include new Cisco UCS VIC options, expanded Cisco UCS fabric interconnects,
and additional fabric extender options that expand throughput and management simplicity for both blade and rack
servers across bare-metal, virtualized, and cloud environments. Cisco UCS also provides investment protection.
For example, fabric extenders can be upgraded in the same Cisco UCS 5108 Server Chassis using the same
fabric interconnects. Fabric interconnects can be upgraded independently of fabric extenders and blade servers
within the chassis. The Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis high-performance midplane provides 8 blades with 1.2 terabits
(Tb) of available Ethernet throughput for future blade and I/O requirements. In addition, Cisco continues to innovate
in all these areas, helping ensure that newer, more powerful blade servers have matching I/O bandwidth and
computing power through continuous innovation across the Cisco UCS environment.
The Cisco UCS B200 M3 is also part of a large family of blade servers: the Cisco B-Series Blade Servers.
Designed to operate as part of Cisco UCS, the Cisco UCS B-Series servers employ many innovative Cisco
technologies to help customers handle the most challenging workloads. Cisco UCS B-Series servers operating in a
Cisco UCS management framework incorporate a standards-based unified network fabric, Cisco VM-FEX
virtualization support, Cisco UCS Manager software, Cisco fabric extender architecture, and Cisco Extended
Memory Technology. Again, Cisco is innovating across all these technologies. Together, these Cisco UCS
architectural advantages and Ciscos software advances, Ciscos continuous innovation, and unique blade server
and chassis designs combine to make Cisco UCS the first truly unified data center platform. In addition, Cisco UCS
can transform IT organizations through policy-based automation and deep integration with familiar systems
management and orchestration tools.
Features and Benefits
Table 1 summarizes the features and benefits of the Cisco UCS B200 M3 server:
Table 1. Features and Benefits
Feature Benefit
Unified fabric

Decreases total cost of ownership (TCO) by reducing the number of NICs, HBAs, switches, and cables needed

Enables the Cisco UCS 5108 chassis to eliminate in-chassis HBAs, NICs, and switches and reallocates the
saved power to denser, more powerful blade servers with more DIMM slots and better per-blade performance
compared to alternative offerings
Cisco UCS Manager
service profiles

Helps reduce the number of manual steps required to deploy servers in the data center, improving server policy
consistency and coherency

Allows servers and support infrastructure to be provisioned in minutes instead of days, shifting ITs focus from
maintenance to strategic initiatives

Reduces configuration errors significantly as blades are added or repurposed

Enables service profile movement from blade to blade, rack server to blade, blade to rack server, or blade to
blade in another chassis
Autodiscovery

Requires no configuration; as with all Cisco UCS components, blades are automatically recognized and
configured by Cisco UCS Manager
Extensive monitoring

Through Cisco UCS Manager, provides extensive environmental monitoring for each blade

Allows use of user thresholds to optimize environmental management of the blade
Cisco VIC adapter

Offers the Cisco UCS VIC 1240, a 4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE-capable adapter

When used in combination with its port expander card, the Cisco UCS VIC 1240 can be expanded to eight ports
of 10 Gigabit Ethernet support
Mezzanine adapters

Provides choice of VIC adapters, converged network adapters (CNAs) and storage accelerator adapters,
providing flexibility, increased performance, compatibility with industry standards, and network policy coherence
for virtualized environments
Cisco Flexible Flash
(FlexFlash) memory

Provides dual secure digital high-capacity (SDHC) flash card sockets on the front left side of the server
Note: Cisco Flexibile Flash secure digital cards are currently orderable.


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Feature Benefit
Optional local storage

Provides support on each blade for up to two optional front-access SAS or SATA HDDs or SSDs
Intel Xeon processor
E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2
product families

Automated energy efficiency reduces energy costs by automatically putting the processor and memory in the
lowest available power state while still delivering the performance required and flexible virtualization technology
that optimizes performance for virtualized environments, including processor support for migration and direct I/O

Up to twice the performance for floating-point operations is provided. Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
provides new instructions that can significantly improve performance for applications that rely on floating-point
or vector computations

Cisco UCS B-Series servers keep pace with Intel Xeon processor innovation by offering the latest processors
with an increase in processor frequency and improved security features. With the increased performance
provided by the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 product families, Cisco UCS B-Series offers an
improved price-to-performance ratio, making Cisco UCS servers among the best values in the industry

Advanced reliability features, including Machine Check Architecture Recovery, to automatically monitor, report,
and recover from hardware errors to maintain data integrity and keep mission-critical services online

Hardened protection for virtual and cloud Environments: Establish trusted pools of virtual resources with Intel

Trusted Execution Technology (Intel

TXT). Intel TXT ensures that physical servers and hypervisors boot only
into cryptographically verified known good states. It safeguards your business more effectively by protecting
your platform from the insertion of malware during or prior to launch
Specifications
Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers are key components of the Cisco UCS environment and are enabled by the
Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects, 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis, and
2100 Series Fabric Extenders.
Table 2 summarizes the specifications for the Cisco UCS B200 M3.
Table 2. Product Specifications
Item Specification
Processors 1 or 2 Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 product families CPUs
Processor cores For a complete list of processor options, please refer to the corresponding SpecSheet
Memory

24 DIMM slots

Maximum of 768 GB with 32-GB DDR3 LRDIMMS
Mezzanine adapter slots 2 (one dedicated to Cisco UCS VIC 1240, total throughput bandwidth of 80 Gbps)
Disk drives Up to 2 optional front-access SAS or SATA HDDs or SSDs
Disk drive options For a complete list of drive options, please refer to the corresponding SpecSheet
Maximum internal storage Up to 2 TB
Drive controller

LSI SAS 2004 Integrated RAID controller

RAID 0 and 1 support
Flash memory 2 slots for 16-GB SD flash memory cards
Management Managed from the Cisco UCS 6100 or 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects by Cisco UCS Manager
Temperature: Operating 50 to 95F (10 to 35C)
Temperature:
Nonoperating
-40 to 149F (-40 to 65C)
Humidity: Operating 5 to 93% noncondensing
Humidity: Nonoperating 5 to 93% noncondensing
Altitude: Operating 0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3000m); maximum ambient temperature decreases by 1C per 300m
Altitude: Nonoperating 40.000 ft (12,000m)


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Table 3 summarizes regulatory standards compliance.
Table 3. Regulatory Standards Compliance: Safety and EMC
Specification Description
Regulatory compliance Products should comply with CE Markings according to directives 2004/108/EC and 2006/108/EC
Safety

UL 60950-1 No. 21CFR1040 Second Edition

CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1 Second Edition

IEC 60950-1 Second Edition

EN 60950-1 Second Edition

IEC 60950-1 Second Edition

AS/NZS 60950-1

GB4943 2001
EMC: Emissions

47CFR Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A

AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A

CISPR2 2 Class A

EN55022 Class A

ICES003 Class A

VCCI Class A

EN61000-3-2

EN61000-3-3

KN22 Class A

CNS13438 Class A
EMC: Immunity

EN55024

CISPR24

EN300386

KN24
Warranty Information
Find warranty information at Cisco.com on the Product Warranties page.
Ordering Information
For a complete list of part numbers, please refer to the corresponding SpecSheet.
Cisco Unified Computing Services
Using a unified view of data center resources, Cisco and our industry-leading partners deliver services that
accelerate your transition to a unified computing environment. Cisco Unified Computing Services helps you quickly
deploy your data center resources and optimize ongoing operations to better meet your business needs. For more
information about these and other Cisco Data Center Services offerings, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/dcservices.
Why Cisco?
Cisco has significant experience in listening to customer requirements and providing solid technology innovation for
the enterprise data center. Cisco delivers standards-based solutions backed by a broad partner ecosystem of
industry leaders to provide end-to-end customer solutions. Unified computing elevates the traditional product
classification of network, server, storage, operating systems, and applications to a data center-wide vision. Cisco,
as one of the largest technology providers in the world, has the resources, expertise, and customer focus to deliver
on the unified computing vision.


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For More Information
For more information about Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers, visit
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10280/index.html or contact your local Cisco representative.
For complete technical information about Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Servers, visit:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps10280/B200M3_SpecSheet.pdf.




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