Cisco UCS B420 M3 Blade Server
BASE SERVER STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES
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BASE SERVER STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES
Table 1
lists the capabilities and features of the base server. Details about how to configure the server for
a particular feature or capability (for example, number of processors, disk drives, or amount of memory)
are provided in
CONFIGURING the SERVER on page 7
.
NOTE:
The B420 M3 blade server requires UCS Manager (UCSM) to operate as part of
the UCS system.
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The B420 M3 with E5-4600 CPUs requires UCSM 2.0 (4b) or later
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The B420 M3 with E5-4600 v2 CPUs requires UCSM 2.2 (2c) or later
Table 1 Capabilities and Features
Capability/Feature
Description
Blade server chassis
The full-width UCS B420 M3 Blade Server mounts in a Cisco UCS 5100 series
blade server chassis
CPU
Up to four Intel® E5-4600 v2 or E5-4600 series processor family CPUs.
2- and 4-CPU configurations are supported on the UCS B420 M3.
Chipset
Intel® C600 series chipset
Memory
48 total slots for registered ECC DIMMs
I/O
3 configurable adapter slots:
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One slot supports the Cisco VIC 1240 adapter only.
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Two slots support Cisco adapters, Emulex and QLogic adapters, and Cisco
UCS Storage Accelerator adapters.
Storage controller
Integrated LSI Logic SAS 2208R controller
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SAS/SATA/SSD support
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RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
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Optional 1 GB flash-backed write cache
Internal storage devices
Four hot-plug 2.5” SFF drive bays
One internal USB 2.0 port
Two Cisco Flexible Flash secure digital card slots
Video
The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) provides video:
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Matrox G200e video controller
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Integrated 2D graphics core with hardware acceleration
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Supports all display resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 x 16 bpp resolution at
60 Hz
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24-bit color depth for all resolutions less than 1600x1200
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Up to 256 MB video memory
