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What is Unified Computing System?

The Unified Computing System unifies network, computing, and virtualization resources.

Unified Computing Defined

UCS dramatically reduces the number of servers and other devices organizations must purchase, deploy, and maintain. (4:34 min)

Unified Computing Defined

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Blade Servers

Deliver a scalable and flexible architecture for current and future data center needs while helping to reduce the total cost of ownership.
- Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
  - Increase performance, energy efficiency, and flexibility for demanding virtualized and nonvirtualized applications
  - Adapt processor performance to application demands and scale energy use based on need
  - Use network adapters for consolidated access to the unified fabric
  - Reduce the number of adapters, cables, and access-layer switches needed for LAN and SAN connectivity
- UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis
  - Accommodate up to eight half-width or four full-width Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
  - Facilitate deployment with unified fabric and fabric-extender technology for data centers
  - Mount in an industry-standard 19-inch rack and use standard front-to-back cooling
  - Reduce physical components, require no independent management, and improve energy efficiency
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- Cisco R Series Racks
  - Ideal for mission-critical data center environments that require reliability, structural integrity, and security
  - Deliver exceptional power, cooling, and cable management
  - Optimized and certified for use with the Cisco Unified Computing System
  - Part of a complete infrastructure solution, including computing, network, rack, power, and services
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- Cisco RP Series Power Distribution Units
  - Offer flexible, reliable, easy-to-deploy power distribution with branch circuit protection
  - Cost-effectively and efficiently distribute power to up to 24 outlets
  - Protect against overload conditions and simplify cabling from the rack
  - Optimized and certified for use with the Cisco Unified Computing System
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Rack-Mount Servers

Address fluctuating workload challenges through a varying balance of processing, memory, I/O, and internal storage resources.
- Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers
  - Help reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) and increase business agility
  - Balance simplicity, performance, and density for production-level virtualization, web infrastructure, and data center workloads
  - Extend Cisco Unified Computing innovations and benefits to rack-mounted servers with Cisco Extended Memory and Virtual Interface Card technologies
- Cisco R Series Racks
  - Ideal for mission-critical data center environments that require reliability, structural integrity, and security
  - Deliver exceptional power, cooling, and cable management
  - Optimized and certified for use with the Cisco Unified Computing System
  - Part of a complete infrastructure solution, including computing, network, rack, power, and services
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- Cisco RP Series Power Distribution Units
  - Offer flexible, reliable, easy-to-deploy power distribution with branch circuit protection
  - Cost-effectively and efficiently distribute power to up to 24 outlets
  - Protect against overload conditions and simplify cabling from the rack
  - Optimized and certified for use with the Cisco Unified Computing System
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Fabric Interconnects

Create a single, highly available management domain with network connectivity and administrative capabilities that support all attached blades and chassis.
- Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects
  - Offer line-rate, low-latency, lossless 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) functions
  - Reduce barriers to deploying a fully virtualized environment for data center implementations
  - Provide both the LAN and SAN connectivity for all blades within their domain
  - Centralize unified management with Cisco UCS Manager software
UCS Management

Manage all system components and configurations through a unified, policy-driven extensible architecture.
- Cisco UCS Manager
  - Manages Cisco UCS servers across multiple blade chassis and rack servers as one logical, highly available entity with flexible service profiles
  - Provides granular UCS visibility and control to higher-level systems tools through a comprehensive XML API
  - Simplifies infrastructure provisioning, and shifts focus from maintenance to implementing strategic initiatives
  - Helps improve IT productivity and business agility through a programmable infrastructure
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Virtual Interface Cards

Enhance network I/O performance, simplify and centralize I/O management with UCSM, ensure policy coherency and visibility to enable true workload mobility in virtualized environments.
- Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card
  - Helps scale virtualization deployment; improves performance with hardware-based Cisco VN-Link technology
  - Reduces TCO by consolidating the overall number of NICs, HBAs, cables, switches, and physical servers
  - Provides I/O policy coherency and visibility to VMs to enable true workload mobility
  - Provides broad OS and hypervisor support and tight integration between VMware vCenter and Cisco UCS Manager
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