Leverage Cisco UCS® to build an Enterprise Cloud
Nutanix Enterprise Cloud software is fully tested to run on Cisco UCS® servers at high performance with unlimited scalability – delivering the benefits of public cloud to datacenters built with Cisco® technology. Experience the full power of Nutanix, including advanced data optimization, scale-out storage services, multiple hypervisor support, one-click software upgrades and more.
- Experience cloud-like simplicity with one-click datacenter management, infrastructure scalability and troubleshooting
- Reduce virtualization costs with Nutanix’s native AHV hypervisor and integrated virtualization management
- Run any application, at any scale, with the highest performance
HURWITZ & ASSOCIATES ANALYST REPORT
Learn how the deployment of Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS on Cisco UCS® combines the agility and one-click simplicity of public cloud infrastructure with the control and predictable economics needed from a private cloud.
Why Nutanix on UCS®
- Simplify your datacenter using built-in UCS® storage resources to eliminate expensive and complex SANs
- Scale your infrastructure by adding UCS® servers one at a time, with no limits
- Get full support for Cisco® networking technologies – no change to network architecture or operations
- Nutanix AHV is included which saves money by eliminating hypervisor licensing fees
- The industry’s only hyperconverged solution that runs on both fully-functional blades and rackmount UCS® servers.
Which UCS® Models are Qualified?
| Disk Bays Form Factor1 | Maximum Drive Configs | VDI, Middleware & Web Services | Storage Heavy & Server Virt. | High Performance, Exchange & Large Databases | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B200-M42 (1U Half-width Blade) |
2x SFF | 2x SSD (All-Flash) | ✓ | ||
| C220-M5SX (1U Server) |
10x SFF | 4-10x SSD (All-Flash) | ✓ | ||
| C220-M4S (1U Server) |
8x SFF | 8x SSD (All-Flash); 2x SSD, 6x HDD (Hybrid) | ✓ | ||
| C240-M5L (2U Server) |
12x LFF, 2x SFF | 2/4x SSD, 4-12x HDD (Hybrid) | ✓ | ||
| C240-M4L (2U Server) |
12x LFF | 2/4x SSD, 10x HDD (Hybrid) | ✓ | ||
| C240-M5SX (2U Server) |
26x SFF | 4x SSD, 4-22x HDD (Hybrid) | ✓ | ||
| C240-M4SX (2U Server) |
24x SFF | 24x SSD (All-Flash); 4x SSD, 20x HDD (Hybrid) | ✓ | ||
| 1 SFF=2.5-inch drives, LFF=3.5-inch drives. 2 See HCL for details on Blade enclosure. | |||||
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"Older IT technology is unable to bring a cloud-like experience that IT has come to expect. With the rock-solid foundation of Cisco UCS® servers combined with the pay-as-you-grow, scale-out simplicity enabled by the Nutanix software, IT can now bring the ease of public cloud to their own on-premises private cloud."
Ryan Sheehan
General Manager, Advanced Solution Group at SHI
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How Nutanix Works on Cisco UCS
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