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Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

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Contents
Product overview 3
Features and benefits 4
Product specifications 4
System requirements 6
Ordering information 6
Warranty information 6
Cisco environmental sustainability 7
Cisco Capital 7
Call to action 7

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The Cisco UCS C240 SD M5 is a high-performance compute solution in a dense 22”
form-factor to handle the most critical real-time compute applications. This front-access
server can be deployed as standalone servers or as part of a Cisco Unified Computing™
system (Cisco UCS) to deliver an exceptional management experience for a variety of
applications.

Product overview
In response to ever-increasing computing and data-intensive real-time workloads, the enterprise-class
Cisco UCS C240 SD M5 server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a dense (22” chassis
depth) 2RU form factor. It incorporates the 2nd generation of Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, Intel®
Optane™ Memory, and various drive options including All-NVMe, SAS and SATA drives.

The Cisco UCS C240 SD M5 Server is a 2-socket, 2-Rack-Unit (2RU) Rack server that has been density
optimized to accommodate space constrained environments while still offering industry-leading
performance and expandability. It supports a wide range of workloads from enterprise to edge applications
such as Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC). Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers can be deployed as
standalone servers or as part of a Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS) managed environment to
take advantage of Cisco’s standards-based unified computing innovations that help reduce customers’
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase their business agility.

Figure 1.
Cisco UCS C240 SD M5: Short Depth Front Access Rack Server

The C240 SD M5 delivers outstanding levels of expandability and exceptional performance, with:

● The latest second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs, with up to 28 cores per socket
● Support for the Intel® Optane™ persistent memory (128G, 256G, 512G)[1]
● Up to 24 DDR4 DIMMs for improved performance including higher density DDR4 DIMMs
● Up to 6 hot-swappable Small-Form-Factor (SFF) 2.5-inch drives
● Modular LAN-On-Motherboard (mLOM) slot that can be used to install a Cisco UCS Virtual Interface
Card (VIC) without consuming a PCIe slot, supporting dual 10- or 40-Gbps network connectivity
● Modular M.2 cards that can be used for boot

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Features and benefits
Feature Benefit

22” Chassis Depth Deployment in an environment where space is at a premium

Dual intel Xeon Class processors Exceptional processing power in a compact form-factor

Support for Intel Optane DCPMM Latest Memory support for efficient scaling of your applications

All NVMe drive support Performance and Efficiency gains to improve application performance

Modular LAN-on-Motherboard Install a Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) without consuming a PCIe slot,
supporting dual 10- or 40-Gbps network connectivity

Exceptional performance in a dense form factor

The Cisco UCS C240 SD M5 Rack Server is a 2-socket, 2-Rack-Unit (2RU) rack server with a reduced
chassis depth of 22” offering industry-leading performance and reliability. It supports a wide range of
workloads, from edge computing to collaboration. Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers can be deployed as
standalone servers or as part of a Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS) managed environment to
take advantage of Cisco’s standards-based unified computing innovations that help reduce customers’
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase their business agility.

Product specifications
Form factor 2RU rack server

Processors Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (Second Generation)

Memory 24 DDR4 DIMM slots: 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128 GB and up to 2933 MHz
Support for the Intel® Optane™ PMem (128G, 256G, 512G)

PCIe expansion 6 PCIe 3.0 slots plus 1 dedicated 12-Gbps RAID controller slot and 1
dedicated mLOM slot

RAID controllers ● Internal controllers: Cisco 12-Gbps Modular RAID Controller (PCIe 3.0) with 2- or
4-GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC), providing enterprise-class data
protection for up to 6 SAS or SATA Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), SSDs, or NVMe PCIe
SSDs;

Internal storage Backplane options:

● Up to 6 x 2.5-inch NVMe, SAS, or SATA drives

Embedded Network Interface Cards Dual 10GBASE-T Intel x550 Ethernet ports
(NICs)

mLOM Dedicated mLOM slot that can flexibly accommodate 1-, 10-, 25-, 40-, and
100-Gbps adapters

Power supplies Hot-pluggable, redundant 1050W AC power supplies

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Form factor 2RU rack server

Other storage ● Dual internal Cisco FlexFlash SD cards (32, 64, and 128 GB) for installing an
operating system or hypervisor
● Support for RAID 0 mirroring between SD cards
● Dedicated Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) MicroSD card (32 GB) for
server utilities
● Dual M.2 SATA SSD or NVMe

Management ● Cisco® Intersight™

● Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC)
● Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor
● Cisco UCS Manager
● Cisco UCS Central Software
● Cisco UCS Director

Rack options Cisco ball-bearing rail kit and 2-Post Rack Adapter Kit

Hardware and software interoperability See the Cisco Hardware and Software Interoperability List for a complete
listing of supported operating systems and peripheral options.

Form factor 2RU rack server

Processors Second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors

Memory 24 DDR4 DIMM slots: 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128 GB and up to 2933 MHz
Support for the Intel® Optane™ persistent memory (128G, 256G, 512G)

RAID controllers ● Internal controllers: Cisco 12-Gbps Modular RAID Controller (PCIe 3.0) with 2- or
4-GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC), providing enterprise-class data
protection for up to 6 SAS and SATA Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), SSDs, or NVMe
PCIe SSDs; or Cisco 12-Gbps Modular SAS Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

Embedded Dual 10GBASE-T Intel x550 Ethernet ports

mLOM Dedicated mLOM slot that can flexibly accommodate 10-, 25-, 40-, and
100-Gbps adapters

Power supplies Hot-pluggable, redundant (2x) 1050W AC

Management ● Cisco® Intersight™

● Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC)
● Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor
● Cisco UCS Manager
● Cisco UCS Central Software
● Cisco UCS Director

Rack options Cisco ball-bearing rail kit and 2-Post Rack Adapter Kit

Hardware and software interoperability See the Cisco Hardware and Software Interoperability List for a complete
listing of supported operating systems and peripheral options.

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System requirements
Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.1(2) or later

Cisco IMC Release 4.1(2) or later

Ordering information
Part # Product Description

UCSC-C240M5SD https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-c-series-
rack-servers/c240-sd-m5-specsheet.pdf

Hardware Installation Guide:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/hw/c240sdm5/install/c240sdm5.html

Warranty information
Cisco UCS C240 SD M5 Rack Servers have a 3-year Next-Business-Day (NBD) hardware warranty and
90-day software warranty.

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Cisco environmental sustainability
Information about Cisco’s environmental sustainability policies and initiatives for our products, solutions,
operations, and extended operations or supply chain is provided in the “Environment Sustainability” section
of Cisco’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report.

Reference links to information about key environmental sustainability topics (mentioned in the
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Call to action
Deploy and manage your Cisco UCS C-series rack server in space-constrained environments to benefit
from the Cisco UCS manageability and reduced TCO.

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