Cisco UCS

A Single System: Compute, Network, Virtualization, Storage Access

To  understand Cisco UCS better, let’s have a look at the evolution of  server hardware Platform .

History of server hardware platform

Tower server

Tower servers look and feel much like traditional tower PCs.Cost of operating is more (space, power, management,

Rack Mount Server

- Bunch of  Servers mounted inside a Rack with Top of Rack Switch.

- Overcome Space ,management , scalability issues seen with Tower Switches

- Centralized cable and server management

 Blade Server Hardware Platform

Additional level of innovation on top of Rack Servers.

Blade Servers are typically placed inside a blade enclosure, and together they form a blade system.

Benefits

- Hot Plugging

- Space Reduction

- Cable Reduction

- Easy Management

- Easy Deployment

Various Blade server hardware platforms available

- Dell (Dell Power Connect)

- HP (Flex Fabric)

- IBM(IBM Virtual Fabric)

- Cisco UCS (Next 

Cisco UCS over other legacy blade server platforms

A Typical Physical Connectivity of UCS 

Component of UCS

Individual Components

For remaining components, work is underway..