Overview of the Cisco UCS S-Series Rack-Mount Server S3260
The Cisco UCS S3260 is a modular, dense storage server with dual M3, M4 or M5 server nodes, optimized for large datasets used in environments such as big data, cloud, object storage, and content delivery.
The UCS S3260 chassis is a modular architecture consisting of the following modules:
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Base chassis: contains four redundant, hot-pluggable power supplies, eight redundant, hot-pluggable fans, and a rail kit.
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Server Node: one or two M3, M4 or M5 server nodes, each with two CPUs, 64, 128, 256, or 512 GB of DIMM memory, and a pass-through controller or a RAID card with a 1 GB or 4 GB cache.
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System I/O Controller (SIOC): one or two System I/O Controllers, each of which includes an integrated 1300-series or 1400-series virtual interface capability.
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Optional Drive Expansion Node: Large Form Factor (LFF) 3.5-inch drives in a choice of capacities.
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Solid State Drives: Up to 14 solid-state disks (SSDs) of 400GB, 800 GB, 1.6TB, and 3.2 TB capacities. These replace the previously supported top-loading LFF HDDs.
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Solid-State Boot Drives: up to two SSDs per M3, M4, or M5 server node. On the M4 server node, boot drives support hardware RAID connected to the RAID controller on the server node.
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I/O Expander: provides one storage mezz slot with two PCIe expansion slots and up to two NVMe SSDs.
The enterprise-class UCS S3260 storage server extends the capabilities of Cisco's Unified Computing System portfolio in a 4U form factor that delivers the best combination of performance, flexibility, and efficiency gains.
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An M3 Server Node has Intel E5-2600 V2 CPUs and DDR-3 DIMMs. An M4 Server Node has Intel E5-2600 v4 CPUs and DDR-4 DIMMs |