The Cisco UCS C200 family of blade servers includes the Cisco UCS C200 M1 and Cisco UCS C200 M2, both two-socket, 1RU rack servers. The Cisco C200 M1 features a front-panel interface with video, two USB, and serial port connections, as well as back-panel video, two USB, and serial port connections.


The Cisco C200 M2 also features a front- and back-panel interface with video, two USB, and serial port connections. The Cisco C200 M1 has built-in RAID 0 and 1 support for up to four SATA drives (RAID 0 and 1 support for up to four SAS or SATA drives with optional mezzanine card).

The Cisco C200 M2 has built-in RAID 0 and 1 support for up to four or eight SATA drives (RAID 0 and 1 support for up to four or eight SAS or SATA drives with optional mezzanine card). Intel’s 5600 series multicore processors set the Cisco UCS C200 M2 apart from the C200 M1, delivering higher levels of performance and efficiency.

Cisco UCS C200 Model Comparison:
Cisco UCS C200 M1 Cisco UCS C200 M2
Processors Up to two Intel Xeon 5500 series multicore processors Up to two Intel Xeon 5500 or 5600 series multicore processors
Memory Up to 96GB DDR3 Up to 192GB DDR3
Hard drives Up to four internal SAS or SATA disk drives Up to eight internal SAS or SATA disk drives
Controller Optional LSI MegaRAID card Optional LSI MegaRAID card
Ideal for Production-level network infrastructure, web services, and mainstream datacenter, branch, and remote-office applications Production-level network infrastructure, web services, and mainstream datacenter, branch, and remote-office applications

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