Access, flexibility, and simplicity. They are three things a data center or computer room design must have to be first-rate.

 

You may operate a large organization with a full data center, or maybe you have a small- to medium-size business with a smaller scale computer room. In either case, the design will dictate the grade of performance and functionality.

 

Alpha Technologies supports and recommends a combined approach using these recommended design points.

Based on Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and Xeon 5600 series, these servers work with virtualized and nonvirtualized applications to increase performance, energy efficiency, and flexibility.

These servers herald unified computing innovations as an industry standard. This helps reduce total cost of ownership. They can be used in either a data center or a computer room.

5000 and 7000 series; data center only.

Server virtualization; data center or computer room.

Dell Equallogic or EMC Storage Arrays; data center or computer room.

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Cisco Blade Servers balance simplicity, performance, and density for production-level virtualization and other mainstream data center workloads.
The Cisco UCS B250 M1 and UCS B250 M2 Extended Memory Blade Servers:

• Increase performance and capacity for demanding virtualization and large data-set workloads.
• Offer a more cost-effective memory footprint for less demanding workloads.
• Improve virtualization performance and help enable more virtual machines.
• Reduce CPU core and software license costs.

 

 

	Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server	Cisco UCS B200 M2 Extended Memory Blade Server	Cisco UCS B230 M1 Blade Server	Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server	Cisco UCS B440 M1 High-Performance Blade Server	Cisco UCS B440 M2 High-Performance Blade Server
Processor Sockets	2	2	2	2	4	4
Processors Supported	Intel Xeon processor 5600 Series	Intel Xeon processor 5600 Series	Intel Xeon processor 6500 or 7500 Series	Intel® Xeon® processor E7-2800 product family	Intel Xeon processor 7500 Series	Intel® Xeon® processor E7-4800 product family
Memory Capacity	12 DIMMs; up to 192 GB	48 DIMMs; up to 384 GB	32 DIMMs; up to 256 GB	32 DIMMs; up to 512 GB	32 DIMMs; up to 512 GB	32 DIMMs; up to 512 GB
Memory Size and Speed	4, 8, and 16 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz and 1333 MHz	4 and 8 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz and 1333 MHz	4 and 8 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz	4, 8 and 16 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz	4, 8, and 16 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz	4, 8, and 16 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz
Internal Disk Drive	2x 2.5-in. SFF SAS or 15mm SATA SSD	2x 2.5-in. SFF SAS or 15mm SATA SSD	2x 2.5-in. SSD	2x 2.5-in. SSD	4x 2.5-in. SFF SAS/SATA	4x 2.5-in. SFF SAS/SATA
Maximum Internal Storage	Up to 1.2 TB	Up to 1.2 TB	Up to 128GB (SSDs)	Up to 200GB (SSDs)	Up to 2.4 TB	Up to 2.4TB
Integrated Raid	0,1	0,1	0,1	0,1	0,1,5,6	0,1,5,6
Mezzanine I/O Adapter Slots	1	2	1	1	2	2
I/O Throughput	Up to 20 Gbps	Up to 40 Gbps	Up to 20 Gbps	Up to 20 Gbps	Up to 40 Gbps	Up to 40 Gbps
Form Factor	Half width	Full width	Half width	Half width	Full width	Full width
Max. Servers per Chassis	8	4	8	8	4	4

 

 

 

   

Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers extend unified computing innovations to an industry-standard form factor to help reduce total cost of ownership and increase business agility.
The Cisco UCS C-Series Servers all provide:

• Industry-standard double data rate 3 (DDR3) memory
• Front-panel connection for physical keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM), USB devices, and serial console
• Serial and network access to Cisco UCS Integrated Management Controller
• Agent and agentless management with third-party tools through in-band, data plane connections
• SATA or SAS disk drive types

 

	Cisco UCS C200 M1 and M2	Cisco UCS C210 M1 and M2	Cisco UCS C250 M1 and M2	Cisco UCS C460 M1
Ideal for	Production-level virtualization and mainstream data center workloads	Economical, high-capacity, reliable, internal storage; file, storage, database, and content-delivery	Demanding virtualization and large dataset workloads	High-performance, enterprise-critical stand-alone applications and virtualized workloads
Maximum memory	96 GB	96 GB	384 GB	512 GB
Internal disk drive	Up to 4	Up to 16	Up to 8	Up to 12
Built-In RAID	0 and 1 (SATA only)	0 and 1 (5 SATA drives only)
Optional RAID	0, 1, 5, 6, and 10	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
Integrated networking	2X integrated Gb Ethernet; 10 Gb unified fabric optional	2X integrated Gb Ethernet; 10 Gb unified fabric optional	4X integrated Gb Ethernet; 10 Gb unified fabric optional	2X Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports; 2X 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
I/O via PCIe	Two half length x8 slots: one full height and one low profile	Five full height x8 slots: two full length and three half length	Three low profile, half length x8 slots; 2 full-height, half length x16 slots	Ten PCIe slots, all full height; 4 half length slots, 6 three quarter length slots; 2 Gen 1 slots, 8 Gen 2 slots
Multicore Processors	Up to 2 Intel Xeon 5500 or 5600 Series	Up to 2 Intel Xeon 5500 or 5600 Series	Up to 2 Intel Xeon 5500 or 5600 Series	Up to 4 Intel Xeon 7500 Series