Cisco UCS X-Series Direct Data Sheet
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The Cisco UCS X-Series Direct expands the successful Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System with a new dimension of edge scale computing.
The Cisco UCS® X-Series Direct simplifies your data center, adapting to the unpredictable needs of modern applications while also providing an edge scaled for remote branch office workloads. It minimizes the IT infrastructure deployed at edge locations to achieve desired business outcomes. As customers are looking to increase the number of applications at the edge while deploying as little IT infrastructure as possible, the Cisco UCS® X-Series Direct, powered by Cisco Intersight® and Cisco UCS Manager, enables the benefits of scale together with a secure and unified connectivity.
The Cisco UCS X-Series Direct begins with the Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis engineered to be adaptable and future ready. It is a standard, open system designed to deploy and automate faster in concert with a hybrid-cloud environment.
With a midplane-free design, I/O connectivity for the X9508 chassis is accomplished with frontloading, vertically oriented compute nodes intersecting with horizontally oriented I/O connectivity modules in the rear of the chassis. The I/O connectivity modules of the solution are the Cisco UCS X-Series Direct Fabric Interconnect Modules, a unified fabric for Ethernet and Fibre Channel. Additionally, the UCS X9508 chassis can have expanded GPU capabilities using the Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology which interconnects X-series compute and PCIe nodes using high-speed PCIe technology.
Cisco UCS X-Series Direct architectural options
Table 1. Features and benefits
| Feature |
Benefit |
| Adaptable system |
Enables the system to support new technologies for modern applications Improves operational efficiency and agility by reducing complexity |
| Fabric interconnect modules |
Connects the chassis to upstream network switches for direct connectivity Reduces the Capital expenditures (CapEx) for small data centers and edge locations |
| Enterprise-class server |
Offers performance, flexibility, and optimization for deployments in data centers, in the cloud, and at remote sites Offers one of the highest densities of compute, I/O, and storage per rack unit to reduce Operational expenditures (OpEx) |
| PCIe node |
Accelerates modern applications by connecting up to four GPUs per compute node Dramatically simplifies the addition, removal, or upgrade of GPUs to compute nodes |
| X-Fabric module |
Creates a modular pool of resources to connect PCIe devices to compute nodes |
| Intersight Infrastructure Service |
Brings all the benefits of SaaS delivery and full lifecycle management to Cisco UCS X-Series Direct Transforms Cisco UCS X-Series Direct from a set of components into a flexible server platform to propel the most important workloads |
| Cisco UCS Manager |
Simplifies the migration for current UCS Mini customers to UCS X-Series Direct Comprehensive management capabilities to enable full view of Cisco UCS X-Series Direct |
Simplification for workloads at the edge
The Cisco UCS X-Series Direct provides a lossless and deterministic converged fabric for management, Ethernet, and storage connectivity for the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. With full Intersight management capabilities through Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect 9108 100G, it offers the same simplicity and functionality as Cisco UCS X-Series and at the same time reduces the CapEx for small data centers and remote locations.
With the Cisco UCS X-Series Direct, customers can extend the Cisco UCS X-Series architecture into environments with fewer requirements for compute architecture yet still work on an enterprise level. A flat network-layer architecture allows simpler connectivity and helps connecting at the edge or in smaller domains. The Cisco UCS X-Series Direct takes the simplicity to a next level:
● Get simplified connectivity at the edge: with direct connectivity to the top-of-rack switch, the Cisco UCS X-Series Direct helps customers get fast access to all resources, simplifying diagnostics, cabling, and management. With a combined network layer for Ethernet and Fibre Channel traffic, it is an ideal fit for environments where you run either a complete data center or just a single solution such as Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), Virtual Server Infrastructure (VSI), or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). The integration of third-party solutions, including storage from NetApp, Pure Storage, Dell, Hitachi, and IBM helps run your applications in a single environment.
● Support a broader range of use cases: the Cisco UCS X-Series Direct enables customers to run specific solutions, such as hyperconverged, container, or data protection infrastructure in small data centers or remote locations, based on a single-server architecture. This simplifies overall management and increases the flexibility to run multiple applications on the same hardware.
● Simplify with future-ready technology: with a modular system designed to support future generations of processors, storage, nonvolatile memory, and accelerators, the Cisco UCS X-Series Direct is ready to house technology for today with an approach that embraces the future.
● Simplify with cloud-operated infrastructure: with management pulled out of servers and chassis and put into the cloud with Cisco Intersight or through Cisco UCS Manager you can manage your entire infrastructure and respond at the speed and scale of your business. You can shape the Cisco UCS X-Series Direct resources to workload requirements with the Cisco Intersight cloud-operations platform or Cisco UCS Manager and gain intelligent visualization, optimization, and orchestration for all of your applications and infrastructure. Automation drives agility and consistency, helping you reduce time to market while lowering cost and risk.
Platform support
Table 2. Platform support
| Product family |
Platforms supported |
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| UCSX-M6-MLB |
Cisco UCS X210c M6 compute node |
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| UCSX-M7-MLB |
Cisco UCS X210c/X410c M7 compute nodes |
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Table 3. Cisco environmental sustainability information
| Sustainability topic |
Reference |
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| General |
Information on product-material-content laws and regulations |
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| Information on electronic waste laws and regulations, including our products, batteries, and packaging |
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| Information on product takeback and reuse program |
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| Sustainability Inquiries |
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| Material |
Product packaging weight and materials |
● Contact:
environment@cisco.com
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Table 4. Product specifications
| Item |
Specification |
| Server data path bandwidth |
1.6 Tbps for 8 compute nodes (1x 100 Gbps or 4x25 Gbps per compute-node per UCSX-S9108-100G, for a total of 200Gbps per compute node with dual UCSX-S9108-100G per X9508 Chassis) |
| Network data path bandwidth |
1.6Tbps 8x 100Gbps per UCSX-S9108-100G, with two FI per chassis. |
| Ethernet connectivity |
1, 10, 25, 40, 100 Gbps |
| Fibre Channel connectivity |
8, 16, 32 Gbps |
| Fibre Channel mode |
End-host and switch mode |
| Number of Fibre Channel ports |
Up to 8x 32 Gbps through breakout cables |
| Number of Ethernet uplink ports |
Up to 8x 100 Gbps |
| Number of Fibre Channel uplink ports |
Up to 8x 32 Gbps through breakout cables |
| Number of appliance ports |
Up to 8 |
| Management |
Cisco Intersight software (SaaS, virtual appliance, and private virtual appliance) or Cisco UCS Manager |
| Physical (height x width x depth) |
1.71 in, x 14.92 in x 10.15 in. (4.3 cm x 37.9 cm x 25.8 cm) |
| Temperature: operating |
10C to 35C (50F to 95 F) |
| Temperature: nonoperating |
-40°C to 65°C (-40F to 149F) |
| Humidity: operating |
operating 8-80% RH noncondensing |
| Humidity: nonoperating |
nonoperating 10-93%RH, noncondensing |
| Altitude: operating |
0 to 10,000 ft at 30°C max. |
| Altitude: nonoperating |
12,000 meters (39,370 feet) |
| Weight |
8.5 lb (3.9 kg) |
Table 5. Regulatory standards compliance: safety and EMC
| Item |
Description |
| Regulatory compliance |
● Products comply with CE markings per directives 2004/108/EC and 2006/108/EC
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| Safety |
● UL 60950-1
● CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1
● EN 60950-1
● IEC 60950-1
● AS/NZS 60950-1
● GB4943
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| EMC: emissions |
● 47CFR Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A (FCC Class A)
● AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A
● CISPR2 2 Class A
● EN55022 Class A
● ICES003 Class A
● VCCI Class A
● EN61000-3-2
● EN61000-3-3
● KN22 Class A
● CNS13438 Class A
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| EMC: Immunity |
● EN50082-1
● EN61000-6-1
● EN55024
● CISPR24
● EN300386
● KN 61000-4 Series
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Table 6. System requirements
| Item |
Description |
| X-Series chassis |
Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis |
| Cisco Intersight or Cisco UCS Manager |
Intersight Managed Mode for Cisco Intersight |
Table 7. Ordering Information
| Part # |
Product description |
| UCSX-S9108-100G |
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects 9108 100G |
The Cisco UCS X-Series Direct has a three-year Next-Business-Day (NBD) hardware warranty and a 90-day software warranty.
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