Cisco UCS C245 M8 Rack Server At-a-Glance
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High performance for data-intensive applications
The Cisco UCS C245 M8 Rack Server is well suited for a versatile range of storage and I/O-intensive applications such as big data analytics, databases, collaboration, and virtualization. In addition, it is an excellent choice when modernizing your infrastructure and consolidating from older servers.
The Cisco UCS C245 M8 Rack Server uses 5th and 4th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs for the most cores per socket. Combined with PCIe Gen 5.0 for peripherals and up to 6000 MT/s DDR5 memory, you can have significant performance and efficiency gains that will improve your application performance. AMD EPYC CPUs now support AVX-512, which can improve performance for simulations, financial analytics, AI/deep learning, 3D modeling, image and audio processing, cryptography, and data compression workloads. These improvements enable significant performance and efficiency gains that will improve your application performance.
You can deploy the Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers as standalone servers or as part of the Cisco® Unified Computing System with the Cisco Intersight cloud-based management platform. These computing innovations help reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase business agility.
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● Modernize your data center and transform your business with up to 160 cores per CPU in 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors and fast memory performance.
● Industry-leading I/O speeds for high-bandwidth applications with PCIe Gen 5.0.
● Decrease your server operating (OpEx) and capital (CapEx) expenses for power and cooling, management, and maintenance by consolidating older servers onto the latest generation of Cisco UCS® AMD 5th Gen EPYC Rack servers.
● Reduce management complexity with Cisco Intersight™.
● Designed with sustainability and energy efficiency operations in mind.
What it does
The Cisco UCS C245 M8 Rack Server is designed to deliver exceptional performance, expandability, and efficiency. It offers:
● One or two 5th or 4th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs, with up to 160 cores per socket. Based on AMD Infinity Architecture, these processors deliver a full feature set across the entire CPU stack. You choose the core count and frequency; the memory capabilities, advanced security features, and I/O capacity are all included at no additional cost.
◦ For per-core, license-constrained applications, high-frequency AMD EPYC processors (EPYC 9x74F) give you an exceptional per-core performance so you can get the most value from software licensing costs.
◦ Up to 128 PCIe 5.0 lanes of I/O connectivity for faster data access.
● Memory
◦ 24 DIMM slots (12 DIMMs per CPU socket), up to 6000 MT/s DDR5.
◦ Up to 6 TB of capacity.
● Up to 24 small-form-factor (SFF) front-loading hot-pluggable drives – NVMe/SAS/SATA – and up to four additional rear drives.
◦ RAID controller options available.
● Up to 4 PCIe 5.0 slots or up to 8 PCIe 4.0 slots plus a hybrid modular LAN-on-Motherboard (mLOM)/OCP slot.
● Support for Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series and 3rd party NIC cards.
● Up to 8 GPUs supported.
● Internal dual M.2 drive options.
For more information about modernizing or consolidating your current infrastructure using the Cisco UCS C245 M8 Rack Server, refer to the data sheet or spec sheet. For more information about all Cisco UCS Servers, please visit https://www.cisco.com/go/ucs.