Data Sheet

Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis

Cisco Unified Computing System Overview

The Cisco® Unified Computing System is a next-generation data center platform that unites
compute, network, storage access, and virtualization into a cohesive system designed to reduce
total cost of ownership (TCO) and increase business agility. The system integrates a low-latency,
lossless 10 Gigabit Ethernet unified network fabric with enterprise-class, x86-architecture servers.
The system is an integrated, scalable, multichassis platform in which all resources participate in a
unified management domain (Figure 1).

Figure 1. The Cisco Unified Computing System Is a Highly Available Cohesive Architecture

Cisco UCS Cisco UCS

6120XP 20-Port Manager
Fabric Interconnect (Embedded)

Cisco UCS 2104XP Fabric Extender

(Up to 2 in Each Chassis)

Cisco UCS 5108

Blade Server Chassis
(Up to 40 per System and Up
to 320 Half-Width Blades)

Cisco UCS B250 M1 Extended Cisco UCS B200 M1

Memory Blade Server Blade Server

Cisco UCS B-Series

Blade Servers
(2 Types)

Cisco UCS Network Adapters

(Interior View)
Efficiency and
Performance
Cisco UCS 82598KR-CI
10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Compatibility

Cisco UCS M71KR

Converged Network Adapters
Cisco Extended Memory Technology
Virtualization

Cisco UCS M81KR

Virtual Interface Card
48 DIMMs

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Product Overview
The Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis is a crucial building block of the Cisco Unified
Computing System, delivering a scalable and flexible blade server chassis for today’s and
tomorrow’s data center while helping reduce TCO.

Cisco’s first blade server chassis offering, the Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis (Figure 2), is
six rack units (6RU) high and can mount in an industry-standard 19-inch rack. A chassis can house
up to eight half-width Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and can accommodate both half- and
full-width blade form factors.

Four single-phase, hot-swappable power supplies are accessible from the front of the chassis.
These power supplies are 92 percent efficient and can be configured to support nonredundant,
N+1 redundant, and grid-redundant configurations. The rear of the chassis contains eight hot-
swappable fans, four power connectors (one per power supply), and two I/O bays for Cisco UCS
2104XP Fabric Extenders. A passive midplane provides up to 20 Gbps of I/O bandwidth per server
slot and up to 40 Gbps of I/O bandwidth for two slots. The chassis is capable of supporting future
40 Gigabit Ethernet standards.

Figure 2. Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis with Blade Servers Front and Back.

Features and Benefits

The Cisco UCS 5108 revolutionizes the use and deployment of blade-based systems. By
incorporating unified fabric, integrated, embedded management, and fabric extender technology,
the Cisco Unified Computing System enables the chassis to have fewer physical components, no
independent management, and be more energy efficient than traditional blade server chassis.
This simplicity eliminates the need for dedicated chassis management and blade switches,
reduces cabling, and enables the Cisco Unified Computing System to scale to 40 chassis without
adding complexity. The Cisco UCS 5108 chassis is a critical component in delivering the Cisco
Unified Computing System benefits of data center simplicity and IT responsiveness.

Table 1 summarizes the features and benefits of the Cisco UCS 5108.

Table 1. Features and Benefits

Feature Benefit

Management by Cisco ● Reduces TCO by removing management modules from the chassis, making the chassis
UCS Manager stateless
● Provides a single, highly available management domain for all system chassis, reducing
administrative tasks

Unified fabric Decreases TCO by reducing the number of network interface cards (NICs), host bus adapters
(HBAs), switches, and cables needed

Support for one or two ● Eliminates switches from the chassis along with complex configuration and management of
Cisco UCS 2100 Series those switches, allowing a system to scale without adding complexity and cost
Fabric Extenders ● Allows use of two fabric extenders for redundancy or aggregation of bandwidth
● Enables bandwidth scaling based on application needs; blades can be configured for from
1.25 Gbps to 10 Gbps or more

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Autodiscovery Requires no configuration; like all components in the Cisco Unified Computing System, chassis
are automatically recognized and configured by Cisco UCS Manager

High-performance ● Provides investment protection

midplane ● Supports up to 2x 40 Gigabit Ethernet for every blade server slot when available
● Provides 8 blades with 1.2 terabits (Tb) of available Ethernet throughput for future I/O
requirements
● Provides reconfigurable chassis to accommodate a variety of form factors and functions

Redundant hot- ● Provides high availability in multiple configurations

swappable power ● Increases serviceability
supplies and fans
● Provides uninterrupted service during maintenance

Hot-pluggable blade Provides uninterrupted service during maintenance and server deployment
servers and fabric
extenders

Comprehensive ● Provides extensive environmental monitoring on each chassis

monitoring ● Allows use of user thresholds to optimize environmental management of the chassis

Efficient front-to-back Helps reduce power consumption and increase component reliability
airflow

Tool-free installation ● Requires no specialized tools for chassis installation

● Provides mounting rails for easy installation and servicing

Mixed blade Allows up to 8 half-width or 4 full-width blade servers, or any combination thereof, for maximum
configurations flexibility

Specifications
The Cisco UCS 5100 Series is designed for use in the Cisco Unified Computing System
environment and requires Cisco UCS Manager, UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects, UCS B-
Series Blades, and UCS 2100 Series Fabric Extenders to function in this integrated environment.

Table 2 summarizes the specifications for the Cisco UCS 5100 Series. Table 3 summarizes
regulatory standards compliance.

Table 2. Product Specifications

Item Specification

Height 10.5 in. (26.7 cm); 6RU

Width 17.5 in. (44.5 cm); fits standard 19-inch square-hole rack

Depth 32 in. (81.2 cm)

Blade server slots 8

Fabric extender slots 2

Fabric interconnects 4x 10 Gigabit Ethernet external ports and 8x 10 Gigabit Ethernet internal ports (Fibre Channel
over Ethernet [FCoE] capable) per Cisco UCS 2100 Series Fabric Extender

Power Four 2500W, 208V (220V outside United States) single-phase, hot-swappable, redundant power
supplies, 50 to 60 Hz, with IEC-320 C20 connections

Fans 8 hot-swappable fans

Management Managed from the Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects by Cisco UCS Manager
(redundant management operations when the chassis is configured with two fabric extenders)

Backplane 1.2 Tb of aggregate throughput; supports 10BASE-KR connections for 8 blades

Temperature: Operating 50 to 95°F (10 to 35°C). (Decrease maximum temperatur e as altitude increases by 1 °C /300m)

Temperature: –40 to 149°F (–40 to 65°C) , max altitude 40 ,000 f eet

Nonoperating

Humidity: Operating 5 to 93% noncondensing

Humidity: Nonoperating 5 to 93% noncondensing

Altitude: Operating 0 to 10,000 ft (3,000m) Maximum ambient temperature decreases by 1°C per 300m

Altitude: Nonoperating 40,000 ft (12,000m)

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Table 3. Regulatory Standards Compliance: Safety and EMC

Specification Description

Regulatory compliance Products should comply with CE Markings per directives 2004/108/EC and 2006/108/EC

Safety ● UL 60950-1
● CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1
● EN 60950-1
● IEC 60950-1
● AS/NZS 60950-1
● GB4943

EMC: Emissions ● 47CFR Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A

● AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A
● CISPR2 2 Class A
● EN55022 Class A
● ICES003 Class A
● VCCI Class A
● EN61000-3-2
● EN61000-3-3
● KN22 Class A
● CNS13438 Class A

EMC: Immunity ● EN50082-1

● EN61000-6-1
● EN55024
● CISPR24
● EN300386
● KN 61000-4 Series

Warranty Information
Find warranty information at Cisco.com on the Product Warranties page.

Cisco Unified Computing Services

Using a unified view of data center resources, Cisco and our industry-leading partners deliver
services that accelerate your transition to a unified computing environment. Cisco Unified
Computing Services help you quickly deploy your data center resources and optimize ongoing
operations to better meet your business needs. For more information about these and other Cisco
Data Center Services, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/dcservices.

Why Cisco?
Cisco has significant experience in listening to customer requirements and providing solid
technology innovation for the enterprise data center. Cisco delivers standards-based solutions
backed by a broad partner ecosystem of industry leaders to provide end-to-end customer
solutions. Unified computing elevates the traditional product classification of network, server,
storage, operating systems, and applications to a data center–wide vision. Cisco, as one of the
largest technology providers in the world, has the resources, expertise, and customer focus to
deliver on the unified computing vision.

For More Information

For more information about the Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis, visit
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10279/index.html or contact your local Cisco
representative.

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