Cisco UCS-E140S-M2/K9 Blade Server

With powerful, data center−class servers that are virtualization-ready, you can host business applications and network services right in your branch-office router.

Product overview

Cisco UCS^® E-Series Servers bring data center-class blade servers to the branch office. These powerful, small-form-factor, x86 64-bit blade servers reside in Cisco^® branch-office routers: the Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISRs) and Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) networking platforms. The blades are virtualization-ready and host essential infrastructure services and mission-critical business applications, all while you maintain a lean branch-office environment (Figure 1).

Cisco UCS E-Series Servers with Cisco 4451 ISR

Product details

Cisco UCS E-Series Servers

Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS^®) E-Series Servers are available in two form factors: a singlewide module and a doublewide module. The singlewide versions include an Intel Xeon processor and occupy a single service-module slot in the Cisco 4000 Series ISR and Cisco ISR G2 platforms. The doublewide module occupies two service-module slots side-by-side.

All the servers are high-density, single-socket blade servers. They balance simplicity, performance, and application density while operating in an energy-efficient environment. The servers deliver next-generation Intel Xeon processor technology in combination with integrated remote lights-out management. They support multiple cores and threads in a reduced-power envelope, providing improved performance and better energy efficiency than preceding models.

They thus provide an excellent platform for introducing virtualization into the branch office and supporting mission-critical business applications. The innovative, zero-footprint form factor of the Cisco UCS E-Series Servers in conjunction with the lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the Intel Xeon processor increases business agility and enhances reliability when compared to standalone rack-mount and tower servers.

Table 1 lists the top-level part numbers for the E-Series servers.

Table 1.Cisco UCS E-Series Servers

Applications for Cisco UCS E-Series Servers

Cisco UCS E-Series Servers provide excellent performance and value for these and other types of workloads:

●Network applications: Cisco Virtual Wide Area Application Services (vWAAS), Cisco Virtual Wireless LAN Controller (vWLC), Cisco Unity^® Connection, Cisco ISR with FirePOWER Services, Cisco Energy Management, and other Cisco applications.

●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 cloud connectors.

●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, and file services.

●Client-management services: Configuration and operations management, monitoring services, update and patching services, backup and recovery services, and terminal server gateways.

Features and benefits

The Cisco UCS E-Series Servers easily extend the Cisco UCS data center portfolio to branch-office environments. By adding virtualization to the servers, you can deploy new services incrementally on a schedule that best meets your timing and budget. Meanwhile, you avoid service-call costs for onsite visits to deploy new hardware or software.

Cisco UCS E-Series Servers address your changing business needs in the following ways:

●Reduced operational burden: Through a consolidated, wire-free infrastructure, Cisco UCS E-Series Servers make the addition of new services and infrastructure quick and easy.

●Simplified system maintenance: Cisco UCS E-Series Servers ease physical server provisioning and system maintenance.

●Enhanced server management: Built-in lights-out server management through the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) runs on the same dedicated baseboard management controller hardware found in all Cisco UCS products. This feature provides standalone management consistency with Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers for both local and remote server monitoring and configuration management.

●Stronger physical security: The blades require no external network cables or physical keyboard, video, or mouse (KVM). They can therefore be easily secured in a wiring closet or other secure location without compromising manageability, a situation that is difficult to achieve with traditional tower and rack-mount servers.

●Small footprint: Cisco UCS E-Series Servers include multicore x86 64-bit Intel Xeon processors. You can reduce your branch-office server footprint by incorporating high-performance, power-optimized blade servers directly into Cisco ISR G2 and 4000 Series branch-office routers. All are integrated and housed in a single Cisco ISR chassis, delivering an excellent all-in-one platform for the lean branch office.

Platform Support and Compatibility

Cisco UCS E-Series Servers are designed to support multiple bare-metal operating systems and hypervisors, including:

●Operating systems

◦Microsoft Windows Server

◦Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit

◦Windows Server 2012 64-bit

◦Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit

◦Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Release 6.2 and later

◦SuSE Linux 11, Service Pack 2 and later

◦Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.0, Update 2 and later

●Hypervisors

◦VMware vSphere 5.1, 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5

◦Citrix XenServer Release 6.0

Product specifications

Table 2 lists the specifications and Table 3 lists Cisco ISR support for the Cisco UCS E-Series M2 servers. Table 4 lists safety and EMC regulatory standards compliance information.

Table 2.Product specifications for Single- and Doublewide M2 Servers

Table 3.Cisco ISR G2 and 4000 Series ISRs Support for Cisco UCS E M2 Series

Table 4.Regulatory Standards Compliance: Safety and EMC

System requirements

●For Cisco UCS E-Series M2 Servers, Cisco IOS^® Software Release 15.2(4)M is required for Cisco 2900 and 3900 Series ISR models.

●For all Cisco UCS E-Series M2 Servers, Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.13 is required for the Cisco 4000 Series ISR platform.

Ordering information

Table 1 contains the top-level part numbers for the Cisco UCS E-Series modules. Review the ordering guide for the complete list of part numbers and ordering examples.

For more information

For more information about Cisco UCS E-Series Servers and Network Compute Engines, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/ucse/ or contact your local Cisco account representative.