Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 Rack Server Family Data Sheet
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Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix accelerates and simplifies the delivery of infrastructure and applications, at a global scale, through best-in-class cloud-operating models, industry-leading flexibility, and enhanced support and resiliency capabilities so you can power your hybrid multicloud future with the industry’s most complete hyperconverged solution.
Cisco and Nutanix have partnered to introduce the IT industry’s most complete hyperconverged solution by integrating and validating Cisco® servers, storage, networking, and SaaS operations with the Nutanix hybrid multicloud platform. Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix is built, managed, and supported holistically to deliver a more seamless experience, foster innovation, and accelerate customers’ hybrid-cloud journeys.
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 Node family
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 Node family delivers performance, flexibility, and resiliency in a small footprint. Physically, nodes are deployed into clusters, with a cluster consisting of one or more Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 All-NVMe servers.
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 Node family are powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors with 150 percent more cores per socket designed using AMD’s chiplet architecture. With advanced features such as AMD Infinity Guard, compute-intensive applications will see significant performance improvements and reap other benefits such as power and cost efficiencies.
These servers can be interconnected and managed in two different ways:
● Intersight Standalone Mode: The nodes are connected to a pair of Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches, and servers are centrally managed using Cisco Intersight® (SaaS, Connected Virtual Appliance (CVA), or Private Virtual Appliance (PVA)). While a minimum of three nodes are required to deploy a standard Nutanix cluster, we also offer an option to deploy a single-node cluster and a two-node cluster for edge and branch locations and situations that already have a high-performance network fabric installed. Refer to the Cisco spec sheets for further details on the use of one-node and two-node Nutanix clusters.
● Intersight Managed Mode: The nodes are connected to a pair of Cisco UCS® 6400 Series or a pair of Cisco UCS 6500 Series fabric interconnects running in Intersight Managed Mode (IMM) and managed as a single system using Cisco Intersight (SaaS, Connected Virtual Appliance (CVA) or Private Virtual Appliance (PVA)). These clusters can be deployed with a minimum of one node (single-node cluster) for less critical non-production kind of environment and with two nodes in an edge or branch location. A standard production Nutanix cluster requires a minimum of 3 nodes and can scale up to 32 nodes in a single cluster. These clusters can support both general-purpose deployments and mission-critical high-performance environments.
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 All-NVMe with 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors are excellent for a wide range of workloads, including virtualization, collaboration, and bare-metal applications.
Table 1. Summary of features and benefits of Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 All-NVMe Node
| Feature |
Benefit |
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| Memory |
● High memory capacity
● Up to 3 TB (12 x 256 GB DDR5 DIMMs)
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| Processors |
5th Gen AMD EPYC processors (Turin)
● Massive processing power with up to 160 cores per socket
● High-speed DDR5 memory technology for up to 6400 MT/s
● Advanced capabilities, such as AMD Infinity Guard, enhance security in virtualized environments.
● Designed for compute-intensive applications
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| Unified network fabric (optional) |
● Low latency,
up to 8 x 10/25/50 Gigabit Ethernet connections or up to 4 x 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet connections
● Wire-once deployment model, eliminating the need to install adapters and re-cable racks and switches when changing I/O configurations
● Fewer interface cards, cables, and upstream network ports to purchase, power, configure, and maintain
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| Cloud-based services and management |
Cisco Intersight simplifies infrastructure operations across on-premises data centers, edge sites, and public clouds.
● Use a software-as-a-service platform that bridges applications with infrastructure.
● Correlate visibility and management across bare-metal servers, hypervisors, and application components.
● Transform operations with artificial intelligence to reach needed scale and velocity.
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Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) includes Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Nutanix Cloud Management (NCM), and desktop services:
● NCI unifies compute, storage, and network, hypervisors and containers, in public or enterprise clouds.
● NCM offers customers simplicity and ease of use to build and grow their cloud deployments and realize rapid ROI by providing intelligent operations, self-service and orchestration, visibility, and governance.
● Desktop services offer hybrid-cloud infrastructure capabilities for on-premises Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) use cases.
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| Storage |
● U.2/U.3 All-NVMe configurations
● Deliver high-capacity configurations for the Cisco Compute Hyperconverged Platform capacity layer
● Nutanix Unified Storage provides software-defined, scale-out storage solutions for enterprise NAS and object workloads for unstructured data, block storage for structured data, and backup storage.
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| Enterprise data protection |
● Synchronous and near-synchronous replication with optional runbook automation
● Multisite asynchronous replication for disaster recovery
● Deduplication and compression
● Disaster recovery in cloud with Nutanix cloud clusters
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| Security |
● Data-at-rest encryption using enterprise key management integration
● Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a chip (microcontroller) that can securely store artifacts, including passwords, certificates, and encryption keys, which are used to authenticate the platform (node). Supports TPM 2.0.
● Software-based data-at-rest encryption and microsegmentation
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| Software |
● Management software: Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Nutanix Cloud Management (NCM), desktop services, Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI), Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) for container management
● Storage software: AOS Storage, Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) – for files, objects, and volumes use cases
● Hypervisor choice: support for Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) and Broadcom VMware ESXi/vSphere
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Table 2. Common specifications for Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 All-NVMe Node
| Feature |
Common specifications across the Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 Node family |
| Form factor |
1RU rack server |
| Processors |
One 5th Gen AMD EPYC processor |
| Memory |
12 DDR5-6400 DIMM slots (12 DIMMS per CPU): 16, 32, 64, 96, 128, 256 GB at up to 6400 MT/s providing a memory density of up to 3 TB of memory with 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors |
| Storage |
Specific drive options are available for Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 Nodes with Nutanix:
● C225 All-NVMe node: 1.9 TB, 3.8 TB, 7.6 TB or 15.3 TB U.2/U.3 NVMe drives (up to 10 drives per node)
● Dual M.2 SATA SSDs with HW RAID support
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| PCIe |
Up to 3 PCIe 4.0 slots or up to 2 PCIe 5.0slots and 1 dedicated mLOM/OCP 3.0 slot |
| Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) |
Up to three GPUs supported |
| Network |
● Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 15237 or 15427 (modular LAN on motherboard)
● Quad 10/25/50 G or Dual 40/100/200 G Ethernet VIC (Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 15425 or 15235) (optional)
● Intel
®E810 dual- or quad-port Network Interface Card (Intersight Standalone Mode only)
● Intel 710 dual- or quad-port Network Interface Card (Intersight Standalone Mode only)
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| Management |
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| Advanced Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features |
● Robust reporting and analytics
● Hot-swappable, front-accessible data drives
● Dual-redundant fans and hot-swappable, redundant power supplies for enterprise-class reliability and a convenient latching lid for easy access to internal server
● Tool-free CPU insertion, enabling processor upgrades and replacements with less risk of damage
● Tool-free access to all serviceable items, and color-coded indicators to guide users to hot-pluggable and serviceable items
● Non-disruptive rolling upgrades
for hypervisor, AOS, and UCS firmware using Nutanix Life-Cycle Manager (LCM)
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| Power supplies |
Hot-pluggable, redundant platinum and titanium options:
● Platinum: 1050W DC and 1600W AC
● Titanium: 1200W AC and 2300W AC
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| Rail-kit options |
● Cisco ball-bearing rail kit with optional reversible cable-management arm
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Table 3. System requirements
| Item |
Requirements |
| Fabric interconnect |
Cisco UCS 6454, 64108, and 6536 fabric interconnects (for Intersight Managed Mode only) |
| Cisco Intersight |
Intersight Managed Mode and Intersight Standalone Mode (minimum Intersight Essentials license per server) |
For a complete list of part numbers, refer to the Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 All-NVMe Node specification sheet.
Table 4. Ordering information
| Part # |
Product description |
| HCI-M8-NTNX-MLB |
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix M8 rack server MLB |
| HCINX225C-M8SN |
C225 M8 1RU NVMe optimized server with up to 10x NVMe drive capability |
For ordering information, see the Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 All NVMe Node specification sheet and Cisco Compute Hyperconverged C225 M8 with Nutanix MLB ordering guide.
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Cisco and Nutanix joint-support model
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Information on product-material-content laws and regulations |
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| Sustainability inquiries |
Contact: csr_inquiries@cisco.com |
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Product packaging weight and materials |
Contact: environment@cisco.com |
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Data Sheet |
June 2025 |