Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
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End of Sale
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| Series Release Date | 30-MAR-2009 |
| End-of-Sale Date | 31-DEC-2025 |
| End-of-Support Date | 31-DEC-2030 |
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- UCS B200 M5 Blade Server
Status: End of Sale | End-of-Support Date: 31-Oct-2028
- UCS B200 M6 Blade Server
Status: End of Sale | End-of-Support Date: 31-Dec-2030
- UCS B480 M5 Blade Server
Status: End of Sale | End-of-Support Date: 31-May-2029
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Data Sheets and Product Information
- Cisco Intersight Data Sheet
- Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect Spec Sheet (PDF)
- Cisco UCS B200 M4 Blade Server Spec Sheet (PDF)
- Cisco UCS B460 M4 E7 v4 Blade Server Spec Sheet (PDF)
- Cisco UCS C220/C240/B200 M5 Memory Guide Addendum (PDF)
- Cisco UCS B260 M4 E7 v4 Blade Server Spec Sheet (PDF)
- Cisco UCS C220/C240/B200 M5 Memory Guide (PDF)
- Cisco UCS B480 M5 Memory Guide (PDF)
- Cisco UCS 2408 Fabric Extender Data Sheet
- Cisco UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnect Spec Sheet (PDF)
- Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server Spec Sheet (PDF)
- Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1400/14000 Series Data Sheet
- Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1400/14000 Series Data Sheet
- Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis Spec Sheet (PDF)
- Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Server Spec Sheet (PDF)
Data Sheets
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco UCS B200 M6 Blade Server and UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 5108 DC and HVDC Chassis
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco UCS M5 Blade Server (B200 M5)
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Select Commvault, Veeam, VMWare Nvdia, MapR Software Resell
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Select UCS Promotional bundles
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects And Select Unified Computing Systems Accessories
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Select UCS Accessories
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco UCS M5 Blade Server (B480 M5)
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco UCS Central Per Domain License
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Select Unified Computing System Products for Brazil
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Select Cisco Commvault, Veeam, VMWare Nvdia, MapR Software Resell
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Select UCS Memory Products
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco UCS N20-6508 AC Power Supply
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Select Cisco Unified Computing System OEM Software
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Select Cisco RedHat and Cohesity SW Resell
End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices
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Security Notices
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Applicable to Multiple Models
- Field Notice: FN72187 - UCS 2408 IOM Upgrade/Downgrade Failure on Some Units Shipped in April 2021 - Replace on Failure
- Field Notice: FN - 72368 - Some DIMMs Might Fail Prematurely Due to a Manufacturing Deviation - Hardware Upgrade Available
- Field Notice: FN - 72225 - SSD Timeouts Might Cause IO Operations to Halt and Lead to Premature Failure of the Drive - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended
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Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Server
- Field Notice: FN - 63472 - UCS B250 M2 Voltage Regulator Setting Causes Non-Recoverable Memory Errors - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended
Field Notices
- Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers Local Management CLI Arbitrary File Creation or CLI Parameter Injection Vulnerability
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: September 2016
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: January and February 2017
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: March 2016
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (January 2016) Affecting Cisco Products
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (December 2015) Affecting Cisco Products
- Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (June 2015) Affecting Cisco Products
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (January 2015) Affecting Cisco Products
Security Advisories, Responses and Notices
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Install and Upgrade
- Cisco UCS 5108 Server Chassis Installation Guide
- Cisco UCS B200 M6 Blade Server Installation and Service Note
- Cisco UCS B22 Blade Server Installation and Service Note
- Cisco UCS B420 M3 High Performance Blade Server Installation and Service Note
- Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server Installation and Service Note
- Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server Installation and Service Note
- Statement of Volatility for Cisco UCS Hardware
- Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Server Installation and Service Note
- Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Server Installation and Service Note
- Cisco UCS B260 M4 and B460 M4 Blade Server Installation and Service Note for Servers with E7 v4 CPUs
- Cisco UCS B260 M4 and B460 M4 Blade Server Installation and Service Note for Servers with E7 v3 and E7 v2 CPUs
- Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information—Cisco UCS B-Series (PDF - 4 MB)
- Cisco UCS B-Series M5 Servers Upgrade Guide for Second Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
- Cisco UCS B260 M4 and B460 M4 Blade Server Installation and Service Note for Servers with E7 v4 CPUs
- Replacing a CPU & Heatsink in Cisco UCS M5 Servers
Install and Upgrade Guides
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Applicable to Multiple Models
- Install UCS Driver for Common OS
- Migrating Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect 6248 to 6332-16UP
Install and Upgrade TechNotes
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Configuration
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Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Server
- Configure Direct Attached Storage in Intersight Managed Mode Domain.
- Configure JBOD Drives to Unconfigured Good in UCS Servers
- Configure VMM Domain Integration with ACI and UCS B Series
- Installing Operating Systems (VMware, Windows) with M.2 SSD's on UCS B200 M5
- Configure DCPMM in Windows Server with AppDirect Mode
- Configure DCPMM in VMware ESXi for AppDirect Mode
- Configure Multicast on UCS
- Configure Virtual Machine on UCS Blade Server as SPAN Destination
- Configure an Ethernet traffic monitoring in Fabric Interconnect using GLC-T connector
- Utilizing SoL logging for Serial Redirect on UCS
- CIMC Inband Access on UCS-B Series Blades Configuration Example
- Private VLAN and Cisco UCS Configuration Prior to 2.2(2C)
- UCS IPv6 Management Configuration Example
Configuration Examples and TechNotes
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Related Documentation
Configuration Guides
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Troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot, Manage and Monitor Hard Disk Drive Medium Errors
- How do I determine which DIMM has triggered the fault LED on a UCS B-Series Blade Server?
- UCS B-Series Blade Server FAQ: How do I get DIMMs of different sizes (4G and 8G) to work in the same B250M2 server?
Support FAQ
- Troubleshoot Memory Errors on UCS Servers
- Advanced Memory Features and Troubleshooting on UCS M7 and M8 Platforms
- Clear Transient DIMM UECC Errors on Cisco UCS
- Collect UCS Tech Support Files - B, C, S, X Series and Intersight Appliance
- Troubleshoot "Invalid FRU" Errors in UCS Manager
- Troubleshoot DIMM Memory Issues in UCS
- Troubleshoot Network Connectivity, Drops and CRC Errors
- Ports on the Fabric-Interconnect Run More than 90 Days
- Configure and Claim a Standalone C-Series Server in Intersight after Motherboard Replacement
- Secure Endpoint FPGA Firmware on UCS 6400 Fabric Interconnects
- Identifying Power On Hours for SSD Drives
- Configure UCS B/C/X/S/HyperFlex-Series Team and Bond Options with the VIC Card Connected to Fabric Interconnects
- Managing Correctable Memory Errors on Cisco UCS Servers (PDF - 675 KB)
- UCS Fabric Interconnect Management Interfaces have Intermittent Connectivity Issues
- B460 M4 Blade Server Fails Discovery After a Motherboard Replacement
Troubleshooting TechNotes
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Literature
- Cisco Reference Architecture-Based Solution for Enterprise VDI Scale-Out (PDF - 353 KB)
Solution Overviews
- Cisco Compute Security Overview White Paper
- Performance Tuning Best Practices Guide for Cisco UCS M7 Platforms
- Performance Tuning Guide for Cisco UCS M6 Servers
- Deploy FlexPod Datacenter for Microsoft SQL Server 2019 with VMware 7.0 on Cisco UCS B200 M6 and NetApp ONTAP 9.8
- FlashStack with Oracle Database on Cisco UCS and Pure Storage for SAP Application Servers
- Performance Tuning Guide for Cisco UCS M5 Servers White Paper
- Deploy SAP Application Servers on FlexPod with SQL, Cisco UCS, and NetApp AFF Storage (PDF - 4 MB)
- Cisco USC fNIC Turables (PDF - 1 MB)
- Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Docker Datacenter for Container Management
- Cisco UCS and Dell PowerEdge 1000e: A Comparison (White Paper) (PDF - 1 MB)
- Cisco UCS, HP and IBM: A Blade Architecture Comparison (PDF - 6 MB)
- Cisco UCS and HP Blades: A Look at TCO (PDF - 3 MB)
- Virtualized Video Infrastructure with Harmonic VOS and Cisco UCS White Paper (PDF - 1 MB)
- Server Consolidation Using Cisco Unified Computing System and EMC CLARiiON Storage (PDF - 1 MB)
- SQL Server Consolidation on VMware Using Cisco Unified Computing System (PDF - 1 MB)
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