3 (DDR3) memory in 64 slots, and up to 12 small form factor (SFF), hot-pluggable SAS and SATA disk drives. 10 PCI Express (PCIe) slots support the Cisco UCS C-Series network adapters, with an eleventh PCIe slot reserved for a hard disk drive array controller card. Additional I/O is provided by 2 Gigabit Ethernet LOM ports, 2 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and 2 dedicated out-of-band (OOB) management ports.
DETAILED VIEWS DETAILED VIEWS Chassis Front View Figure 2 is a detailed front view of the Cisco UCS C460 M2 General-Purpose Rack Server. Figure 2 Chassis Front View HDDs (up to 12) CPU status LED SATA DVD drive Network activity LED...
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DETAILED VIEWS Figure 3 Chassis Front View ID LED Power status LED ID button Power button HDD fault LED Reset button System health LED NMI button Fan fault LED Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
USB ports (2 total) 10/100 Management ports M1 and M2 VGA connector Serial connector 10GBase-T LOM ports, two total PCIe slots 1 through 10 (left to right as shown) SAS riser slot Power supply LEDs Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
Slot 10: Gen 2x4, 1/2 length card, x8 connector ■ NOTE: CPU3 must be installed to support PCIe slots 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10. Legacy I/O devices like video cards are only supported on slots 1,2,3, 4 and 8. Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
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• Two 10-Gigabit SFP+ Ethernet ports • One RS232 serial connector • One 15-pin VGA connector • Two USB 2.0 connectors Front panel ■ • One 15-pin VGA connector • Three USB 2.0 connectors Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
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Power supply: Each of the 4 power supplies is equipped with a fan. ■ Integrated management The built-in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) GUI or CLI processor interface enables you to monitor the server inventory, health, and system event logs.
Table Table 2 PID of the Base C460 M2 Rack Server Product ID (PID) Description UCSC-BASE-M2-C460 UCS C460 M2 Rack SVR w/o CPU, Mem, HDD, PCIe The base server: Includes: ■ — Two 850 W power supplies (required for 2-CPU systems) —...
Approved Configurations (1) Two-CPU Configuration Choose two identical CPUs from Table ■ (2) Four-CPU Configuration Choose four identical CPUs from Table ■ Caveats You must select either two or four identical processors. ■ Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
SMI channel into two DDR3 subchannels. There are two memory risers for each CPU. Memory is organized as two paired-DIMM kits (4 DIMMs) per memory channel, as shown in Figure Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
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CONFIGURING the SERVER Figure 5 C460 M2 Memory Organization Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
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DIMM and its mirrored DIMM. Memory mirroring reduces the amount of memory available to the operating system by 50% because only one of the two populated channels provides data. Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
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DIMM pairs per riser (64 DIMMs total). NOTE: There are three memory mirroring modes: 1 Intra-socket mirroring 2 Inter-socket cross-memory-controller mirroring 3 Inter-socket complete master-slave mirroring Mirroring mode can be configured using the UCS Manager BIOS Policy RAS Memory Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
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DIMMs within a channel are populated starting with the DIMMs farthest from the memory ■ buffer in a fill-farthest approach. Matched pairs of risers on paired DDR3 channels must have identical DIMM configurations. ■ For more information about memory, see CPUs and DIMMs on page Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
Select up to 12 SAS or SATA drives listed in Table 6 (you can mix SAS/SATA drives, but not ■ HDD/SSD drives). This configuration supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10. (2) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i RAID controller (no battery backup) Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
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Select up to 8 SAS or SATA drives listed in Table 6 (you can mix SAS/SATA drives, but not ■ HDD/SSD drives). This configuration supports RAID 0and 1. Caveats SSDs and HDDs should not be mixed in the same RAID volume. ■ Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
9240-8i RAID controller. The C460 M2 contains a drive bay housing up to 12 HDDs or SSDs. Cisco can provide factory-configured RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 systems depending on the RAID implementation chosen, the RAID controller chosen, and the number of drives ordered.
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You can choose an optional RAID configuration (RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, or 10), which is ■ pre-configured at the factory. If you do not choose a RAID configuration, the disks will be configured as a JBOD. Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
Broadcom 57712 Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ w/TOE iSCSI Half UCSC-PCIE-BTG Broadcom 57712 Dual Port 10GBASE-T w/TOE iSCSI Half UCSC-PCIE-CSC-02 Cisco VIC 1225 Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ CNA Half UCSC-PCIE-C10T-02 Cisco VIC 1225T Dual Port 10GBaseT CNA Half UCSC-PCIE-QSFP Qlogic QLE8242-CU Dual Port 10 GbE FCoE CNA...
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Card Product ID (PID) PID Description Height UCS Storage Accelerators UCSC-F-FIO-3000M Cisco UCS 3.0 TB MLC Fusion ioDrive2 for C-Series Servers Full UCSC-F-FIO-1205M Cisco UCS 1205 GB MLC Fusion ioDrive2 for C-Series Servers Half UCSC-F-FIO-785M Cisco UCS 785 GB MLC Fusion ioDrive2 for C-Series Servers...
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CONFIGURING the SERVER Figure 6 PCIe Slot Locations Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
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The Cisco 1225 VIC in slot 1 handles management and data traffic. — If a second Cisco 1225 VIC is installed in slot 2, it will be used for data traffic only. This is due to the standby power supplied only to slot 1.
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UCSC-PCIE-BSFP (Broadcom 57712) — N2XX-AEPCI01 (Emulex OCe10102-F) — UCSC-PCIE-CSC-02 (Cisco VIC 1225 Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ CNA) The DS-SFP-FC8G-SW optical module listed in Table 11 should be ordered only for the following PCIe cards, as they do not come by default with any optical modules: —...
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CONFIGURING the SERVER Figure 7 Network Card Connections Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
If you ordered a 4-CPU system, you must order two additional power supplies, listed in Table Table 12 Power Supplies Product ID (PID) PID Description RC460-PSU2-850W 850W POWER SUPPLY UNIT FOR C-SERIES C460 Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
Length: 8.2 ft Plug: NEMA 6-15P Connector: IEC60320/C13 CAB-AC-L620-C13 AC Power Cord, NEMA L6-20 - C13, 2M/6.5ft CAB-C13-CBN CABASY,WIRE,JUMPER CORD, 27" L, C13/C14, 10A/250V CAB-C13-C14-2M CABASY,WIRE,JUMPER CORD, PWR, 2 Meter, C13/C14,10A/250V CAB-C13-C14-AC CORD,PWR,JMP,IEC60320/C14,IEC6 0320/C13, 3.0M Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
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Cordset rating 16A, 250V Plug: (2500mm) EL 208 Connector: EL 701 SFS-250V-10A-IS Power Cord, SFS, 250V, 10A, Israel Cordset rating 10A, 250V/500V MAX (2500 mm) Connector: EL 701B Plug: (IEC60320/C13) EL 212 (SI-32) Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
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CAB-9K12A-NA Power Cord, 125VAC 13A NEMA 5-15 Plug, North America CAB-250V-10A-BR Power Cord - 250V, 10A - Brazil 76.2 From Plug End 2,133.6 ± 25 CAB-JPN-3PIN Power Cord 3PIN, Japan Image not available Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
You can order one of the slide rail kits listed in Table Table 14 Slide Rail Kits Product ID (PID) PID Description RC460-SLDRAIL Slide rail kit for the UCS C460 rack server RC460-SLDRAIL-S Short slide rail kit for C460, no CMA Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
You can order the cable management arm listed in Table Table 15 Cable Management Arm Product ID (PID) PID Description RC460-CBLARM Cable Management Arm for C460 Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
Table 16 Available USB Drive Drive Product ID (PID) PID Description Capacity Type RC460-EUSB 2 GB eUSB Drive 2 GB Approved Configurations Select one or two eUSB drives from Table ■ Caveats None Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
Windows Server 2012 Standard (2 CPU/2 VMs) MSWS-12-DC2S Windows Server 2012 Datacenter (2 CPU/Unlimited VMs) MSWS-12-ST2S-NS Windows Server 2012 Standard (2 CPU/2 VMs) No Cisco SVC MSWS-12-DC2S-NS Windows Server 2012 Datacenter (2 CPU/Unlim VM) No Cisco Svc SUSE Linux Enterprise Server...
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VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise for 1 CPU, 2 Yr Support Rqd VMW-VS5-ENT-3A VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise for 1 CPU, 3 Yr Support Rqd VMW-VS5-ENT-4A VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise for 1 Processor, 4 Year Support Rqd Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
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VMware vCenter 5 Server Standard, 3 yr support required VMW-VC5-STD-4A VMware vCenter 5 Server Standard, 4 yr support required VMW-VC5-STD-5A VMware vCenter 5 Server Standard, 5 yr support required UCS-VMW-TERMS Acceptance of Terms, Standalone VMW License for UCS Servers Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
Windows Svr 2008 R2 EN (1-8CPU, 25CAL), Media MSWS-08R2-DCHV-RM Windows Svr 2008 R2 DC (1-8CPU, 25CAL), Media MSWS-12-ST2S-RM Windows Server 2012 Standard (2 CPU/2 VMs) Recovery Media MSWS-12-DC2S-RM Windows Server 2012 Datacenter (2 CPU/Unlimited VM) Rec Media Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
SMARTnet for UCS For support of the entire Unified Computing System, Cisco offers the Cisco SMARTnet for UCS Service. This service provides expert software and hardware support to help sustain performance and high availability of the unified computing environment. Access to Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) is provided around the clock, from anywhere in the world.
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For faster parts replacement than is provided with the standard Cisco Unified Computing System warranty, Cisco offers the Cisco SMARTnet for UCS Hardware Only Service. You can choose from two levels of advanced onsite parts replacement coverage in as little as four hours. SMARTnet for UCS Hardware Only Service provides remote access any time to Cisco support professionals who can determine if a return materials authorization (RMA) is required.
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CONFIGURING the SERVER Partner Support Service for UCS provides hardware and software support, including triage support for third party software, backed by Cisco technical resources and level three support. Table Table 22 Partner Support Service for UCS Service Product ID (PID)
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With the Cisco Unified Computing Drive Retention (UCDR) Service, you can obtain a new disk drive in exchange for a faulty drive without returning the faulty drive. In exchange for a Cisco replacement drive, you provide a signed Certificate of Destruction (CoD) confirming that the drive has been removed from the system listed, is no longer in service, and has been destroyed.
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UCS HW+DR UCWD5 8x5xNBD Onsite CON-UCWD5-C460M2 Retention For more service and support information, see the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/services/ps2961/ps10312/Unified_Computing_Services_Overview.pdf For a complete listing of available services for Cisco Unified Computing System, see this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10312/serv_group_home.html Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
OPTIONAL STEP - ORDER RACKS OPTIONAL STEP - ORDER RACKS The optional R42610 rack is available from Cisco for the C-Series servers, including the C460 M2 server. This rack is a standard 19-inch rack and can be ordered with a variety of options, as...
OPTIONAL STEP - ORDER PDU OPTIONAL STEP - ORDER PDU An optional power distribution unit (PDU) is available from Cisco for the C-Series rack servers, including theC460 M2 server. This PDU is available in a zero rack unit (RU) style (see Table 27).
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL CHASSIS An internal view of the C460 M2 chassis with the top cover removed is shown in Figure Figure 8 C460 M2 With Top Cover Removed Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
CPU1 or CPU2 All four CPUs can run from a single DIMM pair. DIMMs are required to be populated in pairs. DIMMs for this server are configured as ■ two-DIMM kits. Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RACKS The Cisco R42610 rack (see Figure 10) is certified for Cisco UCS installation at customer sites and is suitable for the following equipment: Cisco UCS B-Series servers and fabric interconnects ■ Cisco UCS C-Series and select Nexus switches ■...
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SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Figure 10 Cisco R42610 Rack Front view - door closed Front view - door open Front view - door removed Cisco UCS C460 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server...
With a Cisco RP Series PDU in the rack, you can replace up to two dozen input power cords with just one. The fixed input cord connects to the power source from overhead or under-floor distribution. Your IT equipment is then powered by PDU outlets in the rack using short, easy-to-manage power cords.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Dimensions and Weight Table 29 UCS C460 M2 Dimensions and Weight Parameter Value Height 6.8 in. (174 mm) Width 16.7 in.(424 mm) Depth 27.7 in. (704 mm) Front Clearance 3 in. (7.62 cm) Side Clearance 1 in. (25.4 mm) Rear Clearance 6 in.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Environmental Specifications The power specifications for the C460 M2 server are listed in Table Table 31 UCS C460 M2 Environmental Specifications Parameter Minimum Temperature operating 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) Temperature nonoperating -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)