Data sheet

Cisco Unified Edge brings together compute, storage, routing, switching, and security into a single configurable solution to help IT organizations simplify the deployment, operations, and lifecycle management of edge infrastructure at global scale. Cisco Unified Edge is a fully integrated, edge-optimized, AI-ready, and SaaS-managed platform, engineered to deliver a superior user experience with unprecedented visibility, consistency, and control for a host of edge use cases.

The foundation of Cisco Unified Edge is the Cisco UCS XE9305 modular system. A 3 RU, short-depth, multi-mountable chassis, the Cisco UCS XE9305 provides five front-facing slots that can accommodate sled-like nodes that are easy to service and adaptable to deliver a range of capabilities, from computing to storage and networking to security. The Cisco UCS XE9305 is designed to operate in an extended range of temperatures (5 to 45oC) while maintaining a quiet noise level (40s dBA with 20% load in 25oC), and is protected by an optional locking bezel with a separately replaceable air filter, allowing deployments in a wide range of physical spaces.

High-bandwidth inter-node connectivity is achieved through active-active 25 Gbps switches embedded on the Cisco UCS Edge Chassis Management Controllers, overcoming the lack of bandwidth common to many edge locations and simplifying a key requirement for distributed computing environments running virtualized, containerized, or AI workloads. Managed by the Cisco Intersight™ cloud operations platform, IT teams can scale deployments on Cisco Unified Edge to thousands of locations and shift focus from administrative tasks to business outcomes, leveraging edge-optimized infrastructure management capabilities such as fleet management, full-stack solution blueprints, and zero-touch provisioning.

Simplify edge infrastructure and operations

• Modular edge-optimized solution, combining compute, storage, networking, and security into a single platform, significantly reducing complexity for IT teams. By integrating all these components, edge IT teams can streamline deployment and simplify infrastructure management.
• Zero-touch deployment, eliminating the need for skilled IT staff to be physically present at the edge with easy serviceability and remote deployment, and enabling IT teams to efficiently roll out new services and updates while reducing costly truck rolls.
• Centralized management, providing global consistency, repeatability, and control, and enabling the deployment of fleet blueprints, full-stack plug-and-play policies and settings at scale, leading to uniformity and ease of management across highly distributed edge locations.
• End-to-end visualization, offering global fleet visualization and cross-domain context visibility, improving operations for both server and network teams. This comprehensive view allows IT teams to monitor and manage their entire edge infrastructure effectively, enhancing operational efficiency and coordination across various domains.

Unify edge systems

• Unifying edge systems, by bringing together key technologies to meet the distinctive needs of edge environments, while assuring security, manageability, and performance.
• Unified platform, a modular, edge-optimized, AI-ready, and SaaS-managed platform integrating compute, network, storage, and security so IT teams can streamline deployment and simplify lifecycle management.
• Optimized for edge environments, meeting unique edge requirements for power, cooling, acoustics, and space while supporting workloads of today and tomorrow.
• Integrated protection, extending advanced compute and networking platform-level physical and digital security across the entire system to protect edge operations. SaaS management platforms ensure that users are verified and authenticated before granting access, minimizing risks and protecting sensitive data.
• Streamline lifecycle management, reusing chassis power and cooling infrastructure across multiple generations or types of nodes, enhancing longevity, sustainability, and serviceability. The modular architecture lets organizations adopt technologies at their pace, simplifying lifecycle management with less risk.

Redefine edge solutions

• Redefining edge solutions for AI era, by integrating smoothly with existing edge environments, while delivering the accelerated performance required for AI applications. Cisco Unified Edge acts as a springboard to help organizations unlock new levels of data-powered efficiency and innovation.
• AI-ready system, with support for advanced processors and accelerators, helping ensure that IT teams can efficiently run evolving workload demands without compromising on performance or efficiency.
• Ecosystem integration, offering a choice of infrastructure software, such as Nutanix, Red Hat, VMware, and SUSE, provides flexibility to address any use case. This integration capability allows IT teams to tailor solutions to specific needs, for compatibility and optimized performance.
• Validated edge solutions, offering tested and certified solutions for vertical-specific use cases, ensuring reliability. IT teams can deploy with confidence, knowing that the solutions are tailored to meet the unique challenges of their specific industry.
• Continuous SaaS enhancements, offering advanced end-to-end visibility and remediation capabilities, allows IT teams to quickly identify and resolve issues, maintaining system integrity and performance over time.

For information about installing or upgrading Cisco UCS XE9305 Chassis, see the Hardware Installation guide. For ordering information, see the Cisco UCS XE9305 Chassis spec sheet or the Cisco Unified Edge ordering guide.

Warranty

The Cisco UCS XE9305 Chassis has a three-year next-business-day (NBD) hardware warranty and a 90-day software warranty.

Augmenting the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS) warranty, Cisco Smart Net Total Care® and Cisco Solution Support services are part of Cisco’s technical services portfolio. Cisco Smart Net Total Care combines Cisco’s industry-leading and award-winning foundational technical services with an extra level of actionable business intelligence that is delivered to you through the smart capabilities in the Cisco Smart Net Total Care portal. For more information, please refer to https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/services/smart-net-total-care/index.html.

Cisco Solution Support includes both Cisco product support and solution-level support, resolving complex issues in multivendor environments on average 43 percent more quickly than with product support alone. Cisco Solution Support is a critical element in data center administration, helping rapidly resolve any issue encountered while maintaining performance, reliability, and return on investment.

This service centralizes support across your multivendor Cisco environment for both our products and solution partner products that you have deployed in your ecosystem. Whether there is an issue with a Cisco product or with a solution partner product, just call us. Our experts are the primary point of contact and own the case from first call to resolution. For more information, please refer to https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/services/technical/solution-support.html.

Sustainability profile

Cisco is embedding sustainability into the product lifecycle—from manufacturing to end of use. Designed with consideration for Cisco Circular Design Principles, our products feature both individual and portfolio-wide programs and innovations, including those that address efficient architecture design, power consumption, energy management, packaging sustainability, and takeback. These elements are pivotal in reducing operational costs and advancing net-zero Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions targets, and other sustainability-related ambitions.

Information about Cisco’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and performance is available in Cisco’s Purpose Reporting Hub.

Cisco and our industry-leading partners deliver services that accelerate your transition to a Cisco Unified Edge solution. Cisco Unified Computing Services (UCS) 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. For more information, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputingservices.

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