Benefit
Feature
Provides investment protection for new fabric extenders and future blade servers.
Supports up to 2x 40 Gigabit Ethernet for every blade server slot.
Provides 8 blades with 1.2 Tbps of available Ethernet throughput for future I/O
requirements. The Cisco UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect supports only 512 Gbps.
Provides reconfigurable chassis to accommodate a variety of form factors and
functions.
High-performance
midplane
Provides high availability in multiple configurations.
Increases serviceability.
Provides uninterrupted service during maintenance.
Available configured for AC or DC environments (mixing not supported)
Redundant hot
swappable power
supplies and fans
Provides uninterrupted service during maintenance and server deployment.
Hot-pluggable blade
servers, FEXes, and
fabric interconnects
Provides extensive environmental monitoring on each chassis
Allows use of user thresholds to optimize environmental management of the
chassis.
Comprehensive
monitoring
Helps reduce power consumption and increase component reliability.
Efficient front-to-back
airflow
Requires no specialized tools for chassis installation.
Provides mounting rails for easy installation and servicing.
Tool-free installation
Allows up to 8 half-width or 4 full-width blade servers, or any combination
thereof, for outstanding flexibility. When configured with the 6324 Fabric
Interconnect, only 8 half-width B200 M3 blades are supported.
Mixed blade
configurations
Components
Cisco UCS 5108 Server Chassis
The Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis is a scalable and flexible blade server chassis for today
’
s
and tomorrow
’
s data center that helps reduce total cost of ownership. There are two versions available that
can be configured for AC (N20-C6508 and UCSB-5108-AC2) and two versions that can be configured for
DC (UCSB-5108-DC and UCSB-5108-DC2) power environments. An additional version (UCSB-5108-HVDC)
is available that can be configured for 200 - 380V DC environments.
Is six rack units (6 RU) high and can mount in an industry-standard 19-inch rack with square holes (such as
the Cisco R Series Racks) or in round hole racks when an adapter is used. The chassis can house up to eight
Cisco UCS 5108 Server Chassis Installation Guide
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Overview
Components