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Compare UCS and HyperFlex models

Compare the features and specifications of UCS C-Series rack server models, UCS B-Series
blade server models, and HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure models to find the
solution that best meets your company’s needs. 

UCS B-Series UCS C-Series HX Series UCS S-Series Resources

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UCS B-Series

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Features

Processors

B200 M6 2

B200 M5 2

B480 M5 4

Processor supported
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B200 M6 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

B200 M5 processors

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

B480 M5 processors

Maximum memory

B200 M6 12 TB with Intel Optane™ Pmem

B200 M5 9 TB with Intel Optane™ Pmem

B480 M5 18 TB with Intel Optane™ Pmem

Form factor

B200 M6 Half-width blade

B200 M5 Half-width blade

B480 M5 Full-width blade

RAID

B200 M6 0, 1

B200 M5 0, 1

B480 M5 0, 1

Mezzanine I/O adapter slots

B200 M6 2

B200 M5 Up to 3

B480 M5 Up to 5
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GPUs

B200 M6 0

B200 M5 Up to 2

B480 M5 Up to 4

Max I/O throughput per blade

B200 M6 80 Gbps (2 x 40 Gbps)

B200 M5 80 Gbps (2 x 40 Gbps)

B480 M5 160 Gbps (4 x 40 Gbps)

Maximum servers per chassis

B200 M6 8

B200 M5 8

B480 M5 4

Storage

Documentation

UCS C-Series

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Features

Processors
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C220 M6 1 or 2

C225 M6 1 or 2

C240 M6 1 or 2

C245 M6 1 or 2

C125 M5 1 or 2

C220 M5 1 or 2

C240 M5 1 or 2

C480 M5 2 or 4

C480 ML M5 2

Processor supported

C220 M6 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors

C225 M6 AMD® EPYC™ 7003 and 7002 series processors

C240 M6 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors

C245 M6 AMD® EPYC™ 7003 and 7002 series processors

C125 M5 AMD® EPYC™ 7001 and 7002 series processors

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

C220 M5 processors

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

C240 M5 processors

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

C480 M5 processor

C480 ML M5 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors

Maximum memory
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C220 M6 12 TB with Intel Optane™ PMem

C225 M6 8 TB

C240 M6 12 TB with Intel Optane™ PMem

C245 M6 8 TB

C125 M5 2 TB

C220 M5 9 TB with Intel Optane™ PMem

C240 M5 9 TB with Intel Optane™ PMem

C480 M5 18 TB with Intel Optane™ PMem

C480 ML M5 3 TB

Form factor

C220 M6 1 RU

C225 M6 1 RU

C240 M6 2 RU

C245 M6 2 RU

C125 M5 .5 RU

C220 M5 1 RU

C240 M5 2 RU

C480 M5 4 RU

C480 ML M5 4 RU

Optional RAID

C220 M6 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

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C225 M6 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

C240 M6 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

C245 M6 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

C125 M5 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

C220 M5 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

C240 M5 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

C480 M5 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

C480 ML M5 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

Integrated networking (I/O) - LOM

2 x 10 Gb ports plus 1 x Modular LOM (mLOM)

Dedicated
C220 M6 OOB management port

1 x Modular LOM (mLOM) / OCP

Dedicated OOB
C225 M6 management port

2 x 10 Gb ports plus 1 x Modular LOM (mLOM)

Dedicated
C240 M6 OOB management port

1 x Modular LOM (mLOM) / OCP

Dedicated OOB
C245 M6 management port

C125 M5 Dedicated OOB management port

2 x 10 Gb ports plus 1 x Modular LOM (mLOM)

Dedicated
C220 M5 OOB management port

2 x 10 Gb ports plus 1 x Modular LOM (mLOM)

Dedicated
C240 M5 OOB management port

C480 M5 2 x 10 Gb ports
Dedicated OOB management port

C480 ML M5 2 x 10 Gb ports
Dedicated OOB management port

PCIe expansion slots

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Two different riser configurations: 2x FH PCIe 4.0 or 3x

C220 M6 HH PCIe 4.0

Two different riser configurations: 2x FH PCIe 4.0 or 3x

C225 M6 HH PCIe 4.0

Up to 8 PCIe 4.0 slots

Risers 1/2: 2x FH/FL & 1 FH 3/4L
C240 M6 Riser 3: 2x FH/FL
Riser 4: 2x NVMe drives & 1x FH 3/4L

Up to 8 PCIe 4.0 slots

Risers 1/2: 2x FH/FL & 1 FH 3/4L
C245 M6 Riser 3: 2x FH/FL
Riser 4: 2x NVMe drives & 1x FH 3/4L

1 PCIe 3.0 x16 slot

1 PCIe 3.0 x8 slot
One dedicated
C125 M5 OCP 2.0 network mezzanine slot

Up to 2 PCIe Gen3 slots: Riser 1: One x16 connector with

x16 lane; full-height profile, 3/4-length
Riser 2: One x24
C220 M5 connector with x16 lane; half-height profile, half-length

Up to 6 PCIe Gen3 slots:

Riser 1 (PCIe slots 1, 2, and 3):
2 FH/HL x8 and FH/FL x16 or 2 FH/HL x8 and FH/FL x8
Riser 2 (PCIe slots 4, 5, and 6):
FH 3/4L x16, FH/FL x16,
FH/FL x8 or FH/HL x8, FH/FL x16, FH/FL x8 or FH 3/4L
C240 M5 x8, FH/FL x8, FH/FL x8

Up to 12 PCIe Gen3 slots x24 connector:

6 x16 lanes
C480 M5 full-height, full-length 6 x8 lanes full-height, full-length

C480 ML M5 Up to 4 PCIe Gen3 slots for 4th-generation VIC

Storage

Power and Environmental

Documentation

HX Series

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HX220c M5 Hybrid 1 or 2

HX240c M5 Hyrbid 1 or 2

HX220c All Flash M5 1 or 2

HX240c All Flash M5 1 or 2

HX220c All NVMe M5 1 or 2

HX220c Edge All Flash M5 1

HX220c Edge Hybrid M5 1

Processor supported

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

HX220c M5 Hybrid processors

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

HX240c M5 Hyrbid processors

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

HX220c All Flash M5 processors

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

HX240c All Flash M5 processors

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

HX220c All NVMe M5 processors

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

HX220c Edge All Flash M5 processors

2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel Xeon Scalable

HX220c Edge Hybrid M5 processors

Maximum memory

HX220c M5 Hybrid Up to 3 TB, 16-, 32-, 64-, or 128-GB DIMMs

HX240c M5 Hyrbid Up to 3 TB, 16-, 32-, 64-, or 128-GB DIMMs

HX220c All Flash M5 Up to 3 TB, 16-, 32-, 64-, or 128-GB DIMMs

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HX240c All Flash M5 Up to 3 TB, 16-, 32-, 64-, or 128-GB DIMMs

HX220c All NVMe M5 Up to 3 TB, 16-, 32-, 64-, or 128-GB DIMMs

HX220c Edge All Flash M5 Up to 3 TB, 16-, 32-, 64-, or 128-GB DIMMs

HX220c Edge Hybrid M5 Up to 3 TB, 16-, 32-, 64-, or 128-GB DIMMs

Form factor

HX220c M5 Hybrid 1

HX240c M5 Hyrbid 2

HX220c All Flash M5 1

HX240c All Flash M5 2

HX220c All NVMe M5 1

HX220c Edge All Flash M5 1

HX220c Edge Hybrid M5 1

Unified network fabric

HX220c M5 Hybrid 2 x 40 Gigabit Ethernet

HX240c M5 Hyrbid 2 x 40 Gigabit Ethernet

HX220c All Flash M5 2 x 40 Gigabit Ethernet

HX240c All Flash M5 2 x 40 Gigabit Ethernet

HX220c All NVMe M5 2 x 40 Gigabit Ethernet

HX220c Edge All Flash M5 Option to use existing Gigabit Ethernet

HX220c Edge Hybrid M5 Option to use existing Gigabit Ethernet

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PCIe expansion slots

HX220c M5 Hybrid Up to 2 PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 slots

up to 6 PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 slots, 4 of which are full-

HX240c M5 Hyrbid height, full-length

HX220c All Flash M5 Up to 2 PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 slots

up to 6 PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 slots, 4 of which are full-

HX240c All Flash M5 height, full-length

HX220c All NVMe M5 Up to 2 PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 slots

HX220c Edge All Flash M5 Up to 2 PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 slots

HX220c Edge Hybrid M5 Up to 2 PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 slots

Hypervisors supported

HX220c M5 Hybrid VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V

HX240c M5 Hyrbid VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V

HX220c All Flash M5 VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V

HX240c All Flash M5 VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V

HX220c All NVMe M5 VMware ESXi, vSPhere, Microsoft Hyper-V

HX220c Edge All Flash M5 VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V

HX220c Edge Hybrid M5 VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V

Software

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Software (software

HX220c M5 Hybrid subscription)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Software (software

HX240c M5 Hyrbid subscription)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Software (software

HX220c All Flash M5 subscription)
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Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Software (software

HX240c All Flash M5 subscription)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Software (software

HX220c All NVMe M5 subscription)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Software (software

HX220c Edge All Flash M5 subscription)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Software (software

HX220c Edge Hybrid M5 subscription)

Storage

Power and Environmental

Documentation
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UCS S3260 Storage Server

Resources

Cisco Data Center Design Zone

Cisco HyperFlex data sheets and spec sheets
Cisco UCS C-Series data sheets and spec sheets
Cisco UCS B-Series data sheets and spec sheets

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