Cisco UCS X580p PCIe Node Data Sheet

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Cisco UCS X580p PCIe Node

Product overview

The Cisco UCS X580p PCIe Node extends the modular capabilities of the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System by delivering high-performance GPU support for a wide range of workloads including generative AI fine-tuning, inference, and legacy applications that require GPU acceleration. As the second generation of PCIe nodes, the X580p supports up to four PCIe GPUs and can be paired with the Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node with Intel^® Xeon^® 6 processors, as well as the UCS X215c M8 compute node with EPYC^™ processors offering Compute flexibility and choice, leveraging Cisco UCS X-Fabric Technology for GPU connectivity.

Designed for flexibility and scalability, the X580p integrates seamlessly into the Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis, which features a midplane-free architecture to enhance airflow and simplify future upgrades. Vertically oriented PCIe and compute nodes connect directly to horizontally oriented Cisco UCS X-Fabric modules, enabling GPU expansion without system disruption. Occupying two slots in the X-Series 9508 Chassis, the X580p offers significantly greater flexibility than the first-generation Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node, allowing users to assign up to four air cooled GPUs with NVLink Bridge support without performance impact or throttling of power per compute node and share GPUs from a single X580p across up to two compute nodes. This allows customers to better align resources with application needs and optimize overall GPU utilization. With Cisco Intersight now extending its cloud-based, policy-driven management to include the X580p PCIe Node, IT teams gain unified control and visibility across both compute and GPU resources. This simplifies operations, accelerates deployment, and optimizes performance across hybrid environments, making the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System a scalable, future-ready platform for any application.

Main features

The Cisco UCS X580p PCIe Node is the latest PCIe resource node to integrate into the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. The Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis has eight node slots, up to four of which can be X580p PCIe nodes when paired with Cisco UCS Compute Nodes. The UCS X580p PCIe Node supports up to four PCIe Gen5 x16 full-height, full-length dual-slot PCIe cards and requires Cisco UCS 9516 X-Fabric Modules for PCIe connectivity. This provides up to 8 GPUs per chassis to accelerate your applications with the UCS X580p Nodes.

With support for up-to 4 NVIDIA GPUs—including the NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell, H200 NVL, and L40S, the UCS X580p offers unparalleled flexibility to meet the diverse needs of enterprises. Leveraging the sophistication of the MGX modular reference design, this platform is also future-ready, with next-generation NVIDIA GPUs expected to seamlessly integrate as they become available.

Cisco UCS X580p PCIe Node supports the following GPUs and features options:

●     NVIDIA H200-NVL

◦    High-performance LLM inference

◦    Generative AI training and fine-tuning

●     NVIDIA L40S

◦    Generative AI foundation model fine-tuning

◦    Deployment of intelligent chatbots and search tools

◦    Language processing and conversational AI

◦    Graphics, rendering, and NVIDIA Omniverse applications

◦    Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

●     NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell:

◦    Agentic and physical AI: powering autonomous systems, smart factories, and robotics for real-time decision-making

◦    Advanced scientific computing and rendering: accelerating complex simulations, medical imaging, and engineering analysis across hybrid environments

◦    High-fidelity 3D graphics and video: driving content creation, post-production, and immersive VR/AR experiences

◦    Hybrid AI/ML workflows: enabling seamless training, inferencing, and AI-assisted graphics across on-premises and cloud

◦    Edge-to-core AI applications: supporting real-time AI at the edge with centralized management and cloud integration

●     Cisco Intersight:

◦    Provides a SaaS based global platform for end-to-end server management, provisioning, maintenance, and monitoring

◦    Accelerated operations with policy-based GPU provisioning

◦    Unified monitoring and management of AI infrastructure

●     UCS X9516 X-Fabric:

◦    Enables PCIe connectivity from Compute nodes to GPUs on the UCS X580p PCIe node offering disaggregation of compute HW resources

◦    Programable PCIe Fabric for flexible GPU provisioning from Cisco Intersight

◦    SmartNIC support to enable AI infrastructure scale out supporting GPU-to-GPU communication over AI Fabric

Product specifications

Table 1.        Product specifications

System requirements

Table 2.        System requirements

Ordering information

Table 3 provides ordering information for the Cisco UCS X580p PCIe Node.

Table 3.        Ordering information

For information about installing or upgrading your server, see the Hardware Installation Guide.

For ordering information, see the Cisco UCS X580p PCIe Node spec sheet.

Warranty services

The Cisco UCS X580p PCIe Node has a three-year Next-Business-Day (NBD) hardware warranty and a 90-day software warranty.

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Product sustainability

Information about Cisco’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and performance is provided in Cisco’s CSR and sustainability reporting.

Table 4.        Cisco environmental sustainability information

Cisco and partner services

Cisco and our industry-leading partners deliver services that accelerate your transition to a Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System solution. Cisco Unified Computing Services can help you create an agile infrastructure, accelerate time to value, reduce costs and risks, and maintain availability during deployment and migration. After deployment, our services can help you improve performance, availability, and resiliency as your business needs evolve and help you further mitigate risk.

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