Delivering Outstanding Scalability and Expandability

Designed for enterprise performance and scalability, the Cisco UCS B420 M3 Blade Server combines the advantage of four-socket computing with the cost-effective Intel^® Xeon^® processor E5-4600 and E5-4600 v2 product families, for demanding virtualization and database workloads. The UCS B420 M3 is a balanced, high performance platform that complements the UCS four socket blade server portfolio. It offers industry-leading computing density, I/O bandwidth, and memory footprint, The full-width UCS B420 M3 supports 1.5 TB of memory and takes full advantage UCS virtual interface card (VIC) technology for up to 160 Gbps aggregate I/O bandwidth.

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The UCS B420 M3 is part of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) that combines blade and rack servers with networking and storage access into a single unified system. Centrally configured through unified, model-based management, Cisco UCS simplifies and speeds deployment of enterprise-class applications running in bare-metal, virtualized, and cloud-computing environments.

A Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis can house up to four Cisco UCS B420 M3 Blade Servers, supporting up to 6 TB of memory per chassis.

Features and Capabilities

Suitable for nearly all four-socket applications
Exceptional building block for the Cisco Unified Computing System
Full-width form factor offering expandability, performance, and massive I/O bandwidth
Unique Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) technology provides I/O bandwidth up to 160 Gbps
Cisco SingleConnect technology for one simplified link for rack servers, blade servers, and virtual machines

Specifications at a Glance

Up to two or four Intel^® Xeon^® processor E5-4600 and E5-4600 v2 product family
Up to 1.5 TB of memory with 48 DIMM slots
Up to four SAS, SATA, or SSD drives
Using the Cisco UCS VIC 1240 and its port expander allows up to eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Adding Cisco VIC 1280 to Cisco VIC 1240 and port expander can increase bandwidth to sixteen 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Two mezzanine, PCIe slots, Generation 3 for third party network adapters
The Fusion IO and LSI cards significantly improve application performance for Cisco UCS servers

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