Features And Benefits - Cisco UCS E Series Product Overview

Applications
Cisco UCS E-Series Servers provide excellent performance and value for workloads including the following:
Core Microsoft Windows services: Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Microsoft
Windows print services, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server services, Domain Name
System (DNS) server services, file services, and others
Mission-critical business applications: Point-of-sale (POS) systems, bank teller in-office control points
(IOCPs), electronic-medical-record (EMR) systems, inventory management systems, and others
Client-management services: Configuration and operations management, monitoring services, update
and patching services, backup and recovery services, terminal server gateways, and others
Other remote-office and branch-office applications

Features and Benefits

The Cisco UCS E-Series Servers extend the Cisco UCS product portfolio to meet the needs of customers who
want to deploy a virtualization-ready computing infrastructure in a branch-office environment while maintaining a
lean branch-office architecture. By combining virtualization with the servers, organizations can deploy new
services incrementally on a schedule that best meets the organization's timing and budget while avoiding service-
call costs for on-site visits to deploy new hardware or software.
The servers are available in two form factors: a single-wide blade and a double-wide blade. The single-wide blade
includes a four-core Intel Xeon E3-1100 processor and occupies a single service module slot in the Cisco ISR G2
device. The double-wide blade occupies two Cisco ISR G2 service-module slots side by side and includes either
a four-core or six-core Intel Xeon E5-2400 processor with more RAM and storage capacity than the single-wide
module. The double-wide blade also has a PCI Express (PCIe) card option for expanding external network and
storage I/O.
Table 1 summarizes the features and benefits of the Cisco UCS E-Series Servers.
Table 1:
Features and Benefits
Feature
Integrated networking
Virtualization optimization
Four-core or six-core Intel Xeon
processors
Hot-swappable SAS drives, SAS self-
encrypting drives (SEDs), and SATA
solid-state drives (SSDs)
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Benefit
Two internal Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
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Intel Xeon processor E3-1100 and E5-2400 product families
using Intel Hyper-Threading Technology as well as Intel
Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Energy-efficient, high-performance processors, providing
increased performance in a compact form factor
Up to three front-accessible, hot-swappable, internal 2.5-inch
server-class SAS drives, SAS SEDs, or SATA SSDs
Balanced performance and capacity to best meet application
needs:
SAS single-level cell (SLC) SSDs
10,000-rpm SAS drives for high performance and value with
SED option for security for data at rest
7200-rpm SATA II drives for high capacity and value
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