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Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server

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Summary of Contents for UCS C460 M2

Page 1: ...CISCO SYSTEMS PUBLICATION HISTORY 170 WEST TASMAN DR SAN JOSE CA 95134 REV B 6 SEPTEMBER 6 2013 WWW CISCO COM Spec Sheet Cisco UCS C460 M2 High Performance Rack Mount Server ...

Page 2: ...PLIES 29 STEP 9 SELECT AC POWER CORD s 30 STEP 10 ORDER OPTIONAL SLIDE RAIL KIT 33 STEP 11 ORDER OPTIONAL CABLE MANAGEMENT ARM 34 STEP 12 ORDER OPTIONAL INTERNAL FLASH eUSB DRIVE 35 STEP 13 ORDER A TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE 36 STEP 14 CHOOSE OPERATING SYSTEM AND VALUE ADDED SOFTWARE 37 STEP 15 CHOOSE OPERATING SYSTEM MEDIA KIT 40 STEP 16 CHOOSE SERVICE and SUPPORT LEVEL 41 OPTIONAL STEP ORDER RACKS ...

Page 3: ... data rate 3 DDR3 memory in 64 slots and up to 12 small form factor SFF hot pluggable SAS and SATA disk drives 10 PCI Express PCIe slots support the Cisco UCS C Series network adapters with an eleventh PCIe slot reserved for a hard disk drive array controller card Additional I O is provided by 2 Gigabit Ethernet LOM ports 2 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports and 2 dedicated out of band OOB management ports...

Page 4: ... M2 General Purpose Rack Server Figure 2 Chassis Front View Figure 3 is a detailed view of operator panel 1 HDDs up to 12 6 CPU status LED 2 SATA DVD drive 7 Network activity LED 3 Fans up to 8 8 Operations panel see Figure 3 on page 5 for a detailed view 4 Power supply status LED 9 VGA connector 5 Memory status LED 10 USB ports 3 3 1 198383 2 8 9 10 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 5: ...rmance Rack Mount Server DETAILED VIEWS 5 Figure 3 Chassis Front View 1 ID LED 6 Power status LED 2 ID button 7 Power button 3 HDD fault LED 8 Reset button 4 System health LED 9 NMI button 5 Fan fault LED 1 2 7 8 9 3 5 197617 4 6 ...

Page 6: ...ssis Rear View 1 Power supplies up to 4 7 10G SFP LOM ports two total 2 ID button 8 1 Gigabit LOM ports 2 total 3 USB ports 2 total 9 10 100 Management ports M1 and M2 4 VGA connector 10 Serial connector 5 10GBase T LOM ports two total 11 PCIe slots 1 through 10 left to right as shown 6 SAS riser slot 12 Power supply LEDs 12 11 1 2 3 4 8 10 9 5 7 6 198384 ...

Page 7: ...r Memory Eight slots for memory riser boards Each memory riser can hold up to 8 DIMMs for a maximum DIMM population of 64 DIMMs Maximum memory capacity is 2 TB This is accomplished with 64 DIMMs consisting of 32 DIMM kits 2 32 GB matched DIMMs per kit in a 4 CPU configuration USB Flash drive Optional 2 GB internal eUSB flash drives up to 2 can be used as bootable drives Expansion slots There are 1...

Page 8: ...2 SFF 2 5 SAS or SATA hard disk drives HDDs or solid state drives SSDs UCS Storage Accelerators are also available These PCIe flash storage devices provide independent high speed storage Video The server CIMC chip includes a Matrox G200 core The first 8 MB of memory are allocated to the video core 1280 x 1024 resolution 32 bit color depth 8 MB video memory Interfaces Rear panel Two 10 100 dedicate...

Page 9: ...Controller CIMC GUI or CLI interface enables you to monitor the server inventory health and system event logs Table 1 Capabilities and Features continued Capability Feature Description NOTE You can use 2 power supplies with a 2 CPU configuration In this case 1 1 redundancy is supported only if your server s overall power consumption can be supported by a single 850W power supply during the failure...

Page 10: ...Ie OPTION CARD S page 22 STEP 7 ORDER OPTIONAL NETWORK CARD ACCESSORIES page 26 STEP 8 ORDER POWER SUPPLIES page 29 STEP 9 SELECT AC POWER CORD s page 30 STEP 10 ORDER OPTIONAL SLIDE RAIL KIT page 33 STEP 11 ORDER OPTIONAL CABLE MANAGEMENT ARM page 34 STEP 12 ORDER OPTIONAL INTERNAL FLASH eUSB DRIVE page 35 STEP 13 ORDER A TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE page 36 STEP 14 CHOOSE OPERATING SYSTEM AND VALUE A...

Page 11: ...ble management arm Rail kit Does not include Third and fourth 850 W power supplies required for 4 CPU systems CPUs Four empty memory riser boards for 2 CPU systems or 8 empty memory riser boards for 4 CPU systems Hard disk drives HDDs Solid state Drives SSDs Plug in PCIe cards Table 2 PID of the Base C460 M2 Rack Server Product ID PID Description UCSC BASE M2 C460 UCS C460 M2 Rack SVR w o CPU Mem ...

Page 12: ...nfiguration Choose four identical CPUs from Table 3 Caveats You must select either two or four identical processors Table 3 Available CPUs Intel Xeon Westmere E7 48xx 88xx Family Product ID PID Intel Number Clock Freq GHz Power W Cache Size MB Cores QPI Highest DDR3 DIMM Clock Support MHz UCS CPU E78837 E7 8837 2 67 130 30 8 6 40 1066 UCS CPU E74870 E7 4870 2 40 130 30 10 6 40 1066 UCS CPU E74860 ...

Page 13: ...rd Up to two riser boards per CPU total maximum of eight per system DIMMs Clock speed 1066 MHz Ranks per DIMM 1 2 or 4 Operational voltage 1 5 or 1 35 V Registered Each CPU controls four serial memory interface SMI channels Memory buffers on the memory risers convert each SMI channel into two DDR3 subchannels There are two memory risers for each CPU Memory is organized as two paired DIMM kits 4 DI...

Page 14: ...Cisco UCS C460 M2 High Performance Rack Mount Server 14 CONFIGURING the SERVER Figure 5 C460 M2 Memory Organization ...

Page 15: ...irroring option are listed in Table 5 Table 4 Available Memory Riser Boards Product ID PID PID Description Max DIMMs per Riser Riser Board Options UCSC MRB 002 C460 Memory riser board for C460 M2 server only 8 NOTE When memory mirroring is enabled the memory subsystem simultaneously writes identical data to two channels If a memory read from one of the channels returns incorrect data due to an unc...

Page 16: ...east two matched DIMM pairs 4 Maximum Configuration with memory mirroring Eight memory risers with at least two matched DIMM pairs per riser 16 DIMMs total and up to four matched DIMM pairs per riser 64 DIMMs total Table 5 Available DDR3 DIMM Kits 2 DIMMs per Kit Product ID PID PID Description Voltage V Ranks DIMM DIMM Options UCS MR 2X041RX C 2X4GB DDR3 1333 MHz RDIMM PC3 10600 single rank x4 1 3...

Page 17: ...s server are available as two DIMM kits The DIMMs in any given pair must be identical Any DIMM installed in a memory riser corresponding to an empty CPU slot becomes inaccessible For optimal performance distribute DIMMs evenly across all installed CPUs and memory buffers DIMMs within a channel are populated starting with the DIMMs farthest from the memory buffer in a fill farthest approach Matched...

Page 18: ...Sled Mounted HDDs and SSDs Product ID PID PID Description Drive Type Capacity HDDs A03 D146GC2 146 GB SAS 15K RPM SFF HDD SAS 146 GB A03 D300GA2 300 GB 6 Gb SAS 10K RPM SFF HDD SAS 300 GB UCS HDD300GI2F105 300 GB 6 Gb SAS 15K RPM SFF HDD SAS 300 GB A03 D500GC3 500 GB 6 Gb SATA 7 2K RPM SFF SATA 500 GB A03 D600GA2 600 GB 6 Gb SAS 10K RPM SFF HDD SAS 600 GB UCS HDD900GI2F106 900 GB 6Gb SAS 10K RPM S...

Page 19: ...nt Server CONFIGURING the SERVER 19 Select up to 8 SAS or SATA drives listed in Table 6 you can mix SAS SATA drives but not HDD SSD drives This configuration supports RAID 0and 1 Caveats SSDs and HDDs should not be mixed in the same RAID volume ...

Page 20: ...ID SAS 9260 8i RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 supported Plugs into the dedicated SAS riser on the rear of the server on the left see Figure 4 on page 6 Supports from 1 to 12 internal SAS or SATA drives Battery backup R2XX LBBU2 is required see the RAID Battery Backup section later in this table Factory configured RAID options RAID 0 1 5 6 10 see the RAID PIDs section in this table RC460 PL002 LSI MegaRAID ...

Page 21: ...se an optional RAID configuration RAID 0 1 5 6 or 10 which is pre configured at the factory If you do not choose a RAID configuration the disks will be configured as a JBOD R2XX RAID5 Factory pre configured RAID option Enable RAID 5 Setting Requires minimum 3 drives of same size speed capacity R2XX RAID6 Factory pre configured RAID option Enable RAID 6 Setting Requires minimum 4 drives of same siz...

Page 22: ...l Port 10Gb SFP w TOE iSCSI Half UCSC PCIE BTG Broadcom 57712 Dual Port 10GBASE T w TOE iSCSI Half UCSC PCIE CSC 02 Cisco VIC 1225 Dual Port 10Gb SFP CNA Half UCSC PCIE C10T 02 Cisco VIC 1225T Dual Port 10GBaseT CNA Half UCSC PCIE QSFP Qlogic QLE8242 CU Dual Port 10 GbE FCoE CNA Half Network Interface Cards NICs N2XX ABPCI03 M3 Broadcom 5709 Quad Port 1Gb w TOE iSCSI for M3 Servers Half N2XX AIPCI...

Page 23: ... cable panels N A Notes 1 The NVIDIA Tesla card itself can be ordered from a certified NVIDIA Tesla reseller partner or distributor listed at the following link http www nvidia com object tesla_wtb html 3 Note that the C2050 is a full height PCIe x16 dual slot form factor card and consumes 238 watts max It can be installed only in PCIe slot 5 Table 9 PCIe Expansion Slot Numbering Slot Number Slot ...

Page 24: ...Cisco UCS C460 M2 High Performance Rack Mount Server 24 CONFIGURING the SERVER Figure 6 PCIe Slot Locations 198935 1 6 7 2 3 4 8 9 5 10 ...

Page 25: ...the standby power supplied only to slot 1 All PCIe slots are standard height and require a standard height mounting bracket on the PCIe card Additional considerations for the Cisco 1225 VIC card Supports 10G SFP optical and copper twinax connections To use the Cisco Card NIC mode this card must be installed in PCIe slot 1 Slot 1 can operate while the server is in standby power mode Requires that t...

Page 26: ...ork Card Ordered You may choose one or two twinax cables for each network card ordered The cables can be different lengths however you would normally order two cables of equal lengths to connect to the primary and redundant network switching equipment Caveats The twinax cables listed in Table 10 can be ordered only for the following PCIe cards UCS PCIE BSFP Broadcom 57712 N2XX AEPCI01 Emulex OCe10...

Page 27: ...e network cards Caveats The SFP 10G SR optical module listed in Table 11 should be ordered only for the following PCIe cards as they do not come by default with any optical modules UCSC PCIE BSFP Broadcom 57712 N2XX AEPCI01 Emulex OCe10102 F UCSC PCIE CSC 02 Cisco VIC 1225 Dual Port 10Gb SFP CNA The DS SFP FC8G SW optical module listed in Table 11 should be ordered only for the following PCIe card...

Page 28: ...Cisco UCS C460 M2 High Performance Rack Mount Server 28 CONFIGURING the SERVER Figure 7 Network Card Connections ...

Page 29: ...u ordered a 2 CPU system the base server comes with two power supplies which is adequate to power the server If you ordered a 4 CPU system you must order two additional power supplies listed in Table 15 Table 12 Power Supplies Product ID PID PID Description RC460 PSU2 850W 850W POWER SUPPLY UNIT FOR C SERIES C460 ...

Page 30: ... 13 Available Power Cords Product ID PID PID Description Images R2XX DMYMPWRCORD No power cord dummy PID to allow for a no power cord option Not applicable CAB N5K6A NA Power Cord 200 240V 6A North America CAB AC L620 C13 AC Power Cord NEMA L6 20 C13 2M 6 5ft CAB C13 CBN CABASY WIRE JUMPER CORD 27 L C13 C14 10A 250V CAB C13 C14 2M CABASY WIRE JUMPER CORD PWR 2 Meter C13 C14 10A 250V CAB C13 C14 AC...

Page 31: ...Cords Product ID PID PID Description Images 186571 2500 mm Cordset rating 10 A 250 500 V MAX Length 8 2 ft Plug EL 219 IRAM 2073 Connector EL 701 IEC60320 C13 Plug Cordset rating 10 A 250 V 500 V MAX Length 2500mm 186580 Connector EL 701C EN 60320 C15 EL 210 BS 1363A 13 AMP fuse Cordset rating 10A 250V 2500 mm Plug EL 218 CCEE GB2009 186573 Connector EL 701 IEC60320 C13 Connector VSCC15 Cordset ra...

Page 32: ...ica CAB 250V 10A BR Power Cord 250V 10A Brazil CAB JPN 3PIN Power Cord 3PIN Japan Image not available Table 13 Available Power Cords Product ID PID PID Description Images Plug I 3G CEI 23 16 Connector C15M EN60320 C15 Cordset rating 10 A 250 V Length 8 ft 2 in 2 5 m 186575 Plug MP232 R Cordset rating 10 A 250 V Length 8 ft 2 in 2 5 m 186578 Connector IEC 60320 C15 Plug Cordset rating 10 A 250 V 50...

Page 33: ... Tool less slide rail kit RC460 SLDRAIL Short slide rail kit RC460 SLDRAIL S where space is at a premium and a cable management arm is not needed You can order one of the slide rail kits listed in Table 14 Table 14 Slide Rail Kits Product ID PID PID Description RC460 SLDRAIL Slide rail kit for the UCS C460 rack server RC460 SLDRAIL S Short slide rail kit for C460 no CMA ...

Page 34: ... available for the tool less slide rail kit PID RC460 SLDRAIL The cable management arm attaches to the left and right slide rails at the rear of the server and is used for cable management You can order the cable management arm listed in Table 15 Table 15 Cable Management Arm Product ID PID PID Description RC460 CBLARM Cable Management Arm for C460 ...

Page 35: ...drives may be ordered and used as a boot drive The eUSB drives plug into vertical USB slots on the motherboard You can order the eUSB boot drive listed in Table 16 Approved Configurations Select one or two eUSB drives from Table 16 Caveats None Table 16 Available USB Drive Product ID PID PID Description Drive Type Capacity RC460 EUSB 2 GB eUSB Drive USB 2 GB ...

Page 36: ...n keys A TPM can also be used to store platform measurements that help ensure that the platform remains trustworthy Authentication ensuring that the platform can prove that it is what it claims to be and attestation a process helping to prove that a platform is trustworthy and has not been breached are necessary steps to ensure safer computing in all environments The TPM ordering information is li...

Page 37: ...rprise Server SLES 1A SLES 1yr subscription svcs required 0 media SLES 3A SLES 3yr subscription svcs required 0 media UCS SLES TERMS Acceptance of Terms Standalone SLES License for UCS Servers Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 2S 1G 1A RHEL 2 Socket 1 Guest 1Yr Svcs Required RHEL 2S 1G 3A RHEL 2 Socket 1 Guest 3Yr Svcs Required RHEL 2S 4G 1A RHEL 2 Socket 4 Guest 1Yr Svcs Required RHEL 2S 4G 3A RHEL 2...

Page 38: ...deLogic Standard Edition 8 Cores Support Required BMC SE 10C BMC BladeLogic Standard Edition 10 Cores Support Required BMC AE 4C BMC BladeLogic Advanced Edition 4 Cores Support Required BMC AE 6C BMC BladeLogic Advanced Edition 6 Cores Support Required BMC AE 8C BMC BladeLogic Advanced Edition 8 Cores Support Required BMC AE 10C BMC BladeLogic Standard Edition 10 Cores Support Required UCS BMC TER...

Page 39: ...us for 1 Processor 4 Year Support Rqd VMW VS5 ENTP 5A VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise Plus for 1 Processor 5 Year Support Rqd VMW VC5 STD 1A VMware vCenter 5 Server Standard 1 yr support required VMW VC5 STD 2A VMware vCenter 5 Server Standard 2 yr support required VMW VC5 STD 3A VMware vCenter 5 Server Standard 3 yr support required VMW VC5 STD 4A VMware vCenter 5 Server Standard 4 yr support require...

Page 40: ...scription RHEL 6 RHEL 6 Recovery Media Only Multilingual SLES 11 SLES 11 media only multilingual MSWS 08R2 STHV RM Windows Svr 2008 R2 ST 1 4CPU 5CAL Media MSWS 08RS ENHV RM Windows Svr 2008 R2 EN 1 8CPU 25CAL Media MSWS 08R2 DCHV RM Windows Svr 2008 R2 DC 1 8CPU 25CAL Media MSWS 12 ST2S RM Windows Server 2012 Standard 2 CPU 2 VMs Recovery Media MSWS 12 DC2S RM Windows Server 2012 Datacenter 2 CPU...

Page 41: ...f the unified computing environment Access to Cisco Technical Assistance Center TAC is provided around the clock from anywhere in the world For UCS blade servers there is Smart Call Home which provides proactive embedded diagnostics and real time alerts For systems that include Unified Computing System Manager the support service includes downloads of UCSM upgrades The Cisco SMARTnet for UCS Servi...

Page 42: ...sco PSS provides partners with access to Cisco s support infrastructure and assets to help them Expand their service portfolios to support the most complex network environments Lower delivery costs Deliver services that increase customer loyalty Partner Unified Computing Support Options enable eligible Cisco partners to develop and consistently deliver high value technical support that capitalizes...

Page 43: ...w you to Optimize the uptime performance and efficiency of your UCS Protect your vital business applications by rapidly identifying and addressing issues Strengthen in house expertise through knowledge transfer and mentoring Improve operational efficiency by allowing UCS experts to augment your internal staff resources Enhance business agility by diagnosing potential issues before they affect your...

Page 44: ...es the risk of any potential liabilities This service also enables you to comply with regulatory local and federal requirements If your company has a need to control confidential classified sensitive or proprietary data you might want to consider one of the Drive Retention Services listed in Table 25 Table 24 UCS Computing Combined Support Service Product ID PID Service Level GSP On Site Descripti...

Page 45: ...o Unified Computing System see this URL http www cisco com en US products ps10312 serv_group_home html Table 25 Drive Retention Service Options Service Description Service Program Name Service Level GSP Service Level Product ID PID SMARTnet for UCS Service with Drive Retention UCS DR UCSD7 24x7x4 Onsite CON UCSD7 C460M2 UCSD7 8x5xNBD Onsite CON UCSD5 C460M2 SMARTnet for UCS HW ONLY Drive Retention...

Page 46: ... information about the R42610 rack see RACKS on page 51 Table 26 Racks and Rack Options Product ID PID PID Description RACK UCS1 Notes 1 Use these same base PIDs to order spare racks available only as next day replacements Cisco R42610 expansion rack no side panels RACK UCS21 Cisco R42610 standard rack w side panels RACK BLANK 001 Filler panels qty 12 1U plastic toolless RACK CBLMGT 001 Cable mgt ...

Page 47: ...onal power distribution unit PDU is available from Cisco for the C Series rack servers including theC460 M2 server This PDU is available in a zero rack unit RU style see Table 27 For more information about the PDU see PDUs on page 53 Table 27 PDU Options Product ID PID PID Description RP208 30 2P U 2 Zero RU PDU ...

Page 48: ... High Performance Rack Mount Server 48 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL CHASSIS An internal view of the C460 M2 chassis with the top cover removed is shown in Figure 8 Figure 8 C460 M2 With Top Cover Removed ...

Page 49: ...r is shown in Figure 9 Figure 9 Memory Riser Physical Layout In Figure 9 the buffers and channels are Buffer 1 subchannel 1 slots 1B and 1D Buffer 1 subchannel 2 slots 1A and 1C Buffer 2 subchannel 1 slots 2B and 2D Buffer 2 subchannel 2 slots 2A and 2C Memory Population Rules When considering the memory configuration of your server you should observe the following The minimum configuration for th...

Page 50: ...venly across all installed CPUs and memory buffers DIMMs within a subchannel are populated starting with the DIMMs farthest from the memory buffer in a fill farthest approach For example the order that you should populate the four channels on a memory riser is as follows see also Figure 9 on page 49 1 Slots 1B and 1D buffer 1 subchannel 1 2 Slots 1A and 1C buffer 1 subchannel 2 3 Slots 2B and 2D b...

Page 51: ...ns Parameter Standard Rack Expansion Rack Dimensions H x W x D 78 74 x 24 x 43 38 in 2000 x 610 x 1102 mm 78 74 x 23 58 x 43 38 in 2000 x 599 x 1102 mm Dimensions H x W x D with packaging 89 x 33 x 47 in 2261 x 838 x 1194 mm 89 x 33 x 47 in 2261 x 838 x 1194 mm Distance from front mounting rail to rear mounting rail 29 2 in 741 mm 29 2 in 741 mm Weight 299 83 lb 136 kg 231 49 lb 105 kg Weight with...

Page 52: ...Cisco UCS C460 M2 High Performance Rack Mount Server 52 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Figure 10 Cisco R42610 Rack Front view door closed Front view door open Front view door removed ...

Page 53: ...ack you can replace up to two dozen input power cords with just one The fixed input cord connects to the power source from overhead or under floor distribution Your IT equipment is then powered by PDU outlets in the rack using short easy to manage power cords The C series severs accept the zero rack unit 0RU PDU See Figure 11 Figure 11 Zero Rack Unit PDU PID RP208 30 2P U 2 Cisco RP Series PDU mod...

Page 54: ...Front Clearance 3 in 7 62 cm Side Clearance 1 in 25 4 mm Rear Clearance 6 in 152 4 mm Weight maximum configuration including slide rail brackets and cable management arm 110 23 lbs 50 kg Table 30 UCS C460 M2 Power Specifications Description Specification AC input voltage 100 to 127 VAC nominal Range 90 to 264 VAC AC input frequency 50 to 60 Hz nominal Range 47 to 63 Hz Maximum AC input current 9 A...

Page 55: ...m to 1500 m 100 ft to 5000 ft Humidity nonoperating 95 noncondensing at temperatures of 25ºC 77ºF to 30ºC 86ºF Table 32 UCS C Series Regulatory Compliance Requirements Parameter Description Regulatory Compliance Products should comply with CE Markings per directives 2004 108 EC and 2006 95 EC Safety UL 60950 1 Second Edition CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 Second Edition EN 60950 1 Second Edition IEC 609...

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