Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Server Data Sheet
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The Cisco UCS® B480 M5 Blade Server delivers market-leading performance, versatility, and density without compromise.
The enterprise-class Cisco UCS® B480 M5 Blade Server delivers market-leading performance, versatility, and density without compromise for memory-intensive mission-critical enterprise applications and virtualized workloads, among others.
With the B480 M5, you can quickly deploy stateless physical and virtual workloads with the programmability that Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco® SingleConnect technology enable. Customers gain support for Intel® Xeon® scalable processors, higher density 256G DDR4 DIMMs, new second-generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, and the new Intel® Optane DC Persistent Memory. Additionally, these B480 M5 servers offer up to 12 Terabytes (TB) of DDR4 memory or 18 TB using 24x256G DDR4 DIMMs and 24x512G Intel® Optane DC Persistent Memory; four SAS, SATA, and NVMe drives; M.2 storage; up to four GPUs and 160 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for I/O throughput, all leading to exceptional performance, flexibility, and I/O throughput to run your most demanding applications.
The B480 M5 is a full-width blade server supported by the Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis. The 5108 chassis and the Cisco B-Series Blade Servers provide inherent architectural advantages:
● Through Cisco UCS, gives you the architectural advantage of not having to power, cool, manage, and purchase excess switches (management, storage, and networking), Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), and Network Interface Cards (NICS) in each blade chassis
● Reduces the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by removing management modules from the chassis, making the chassis stateless
● Provides a single, highly available Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS) management domain for all system chassis and rack servers, reducing administrative tasks
The Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Server delivers flexibility, density, and expandability in a 4-socket, full-width form factor for enterprise and mission-critical applications. It offers:
● Four new second-generation Intel® Xeon® scalable CPUs (up to 28 cores per socket)
● Four existing Intel® Xeon® Scalable CPUs (up to 28 cores per socket)
● Support for higher density DDR4 memory, from 6 TB (128G DDR4 DIMMs) to 12 TB (256G DDR4 DIMMs)
● Memory speeds increase from 2666 MHz to 2933 MHz
● Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory Modules (DCPMM) – 128G, 256G, and 512G[1]
● Up to 18 TB using 24x256G DDR4 DIMMs and 24x512G Intel® Optane DC Persistent Memory Modules
● Cisco FlexStorage storage subsystem
● Five mezzanine adapters and support for up to four NVIDIA GPUs
● Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1340 modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) and upcoming fourth-generation VIC mLOM
● Internal Secure Digital (SD) and M.2 boot options
Table 1 lists the specifications for the Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Server.
Table 1. Specifications
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| Form factor |
● Full-width blade server mounts in a Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis
● Up to 4 Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Servers can be installed per blade server chassis
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| Processors |
Four Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and second generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors |
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| Memory |
48 DDR4 DIMM slots: 16, 32, 64, 128, and 256 GB up to 2933 DDR4 DIMMs |
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| Mezzanine slots |
5 PCIe 3.0 mezzanine slots:
● 1 slot supports the Cisco UCS VIC 1340 adapter only
● 2 mezzanine-card slots support Cisco adapters, Cisco UCS storage accelerators, and GPUs
● 2 front mezzanine slots support NVIDIA GPUs
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| Storage controller |
● Diskless system (no drive bays or RAID controller), or
● Cisco FlexStorage
™ 12-Gbps SAS RAID controller with Hard-Disk-Drive (HDD) cage, providing up to 12-Gbps SAS connectivity
● Cisco FlexStorage 12-Gbps SAS RAID controller with 2-GB cache, Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC), and HDD cage, providing up to 12-Gbps SAS connectivity
● Cisco FlexStorage PCI Express (PCIe) Solid-State Disk (SSD) and pass through module with HDD cage
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| Storage devices |
Up to 4 optional, front-accessible, hot-swappable 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) SAS or SATA HDDs, SSDs, and PCIe NVMe drives |
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| Other storage |
● Dual internal Cisco FlexFlash SD cards (32, 64, and 128 GB) for installing an operating system or hypervisor; the second SD card can be used to mirror the first
● Dual M.2 SATA SSD (240, 480, and 960 GB)
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| Management |
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| Hardware and software interoperability |
See the Cisco Hardware and Software Interoperability List for a complete listing of supported operating systems and peripheral options |
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| UCS Manager |
3.2(1) or above |
| Cisco IMC |
3.1(2) or above |
For ordering information, see the Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Server specification sheet.
For information about installing or upgrading your server, see the Cisco UCS B480 M5 hardware installation guide.
Cisco UCS B480 Blade Servers have a 3-year Next-Business-Day (NBD) hardware warranty and 90-day software warranty.
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Product environmental information for users per Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 https://www.cisco.com/web/dofc/22293074.pdf
Product Reuse, Repair and Recycling Information (EU WEEE Directive) https://www.cisco.com/web/dofc/18799434.pdf.
Product Recyclability Report (EPEAT / NSF 426) https://www.cisco.com/web/dofc/19614513.pdf.
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