Data sheet

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Cisco UCS C245 M6 SFF

Rack Server

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Contents
Product overview 3
Features and benefits 3
Product specifications 4
Ordering information 6
Warranty information 7
Cisco support 7
Product sustainability 7
Product environmental information 7
Cisco and partner services 8
Cisco Capital 8
Document history 9

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Product overview

The Cisco UCS C245 M6 SFF Rack Server extends the capabilities of Cisco’s Unified Computing System
portfolio in a 2-Rack-Unit (RU) form factor with the addition of the AMD CPUs as well as 16 DIMM slots per
CPU for 3200-MHz DDR4 DIMMs with individual DIMM capacity points up to 256 GB. The maximum memory
capacity for 2 CPUs is 8 TB (for 32 x 256 GB DDR4 DIMMs1).

Features and benefits

The C245 M6 SFF server has:

● Up to 24 front SFF SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs (optionally up to four of the drives can be NVMe)
● An I/O-centric option that provides up to eight PCIe slots using three rear risers, or
● A storage-centric option that provides three rear risers with a total of up to four NVMe SFF drives and
three PCIe slots

The server provides internal slots for:

● One Cisco 12G SAS RAID controller with a 4-GB cache backup to control SAS/SATA drives, or
● Up to two Cisco 12G SAS HBAs to control SAS/SATA drives

Note: NVMe drives are controlled directly from the CPUs.

The C245 M6 server has a single 1-GE management port. A modular, LAN-on-Motherboard slot can extended
to an OCP 3.0 slot and provides up to two 100-GE ports. A connector on the front of the chassis provides KVM
functionality.

The Cisco UCS C245 M6 Rack Server can be used standalone, or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing
System, which unifies computing, networking, management, virtualization, and storage access into a single
integrated architecture, enabling end-to-end server visibility, management, and control in both bare-metal and
virtualized environments.

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Product specifications
Table 1. C245 M6 SFF specifications

Capability / feature Description

Chassis Two-Rack-Unit (2RU) chassis

CPU One or two AMD Milan or Rome processors

Memory 32 slots for registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) or load-reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs)

Multi-bit error protection This server supports multi-bit error protection.

Video The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) provides video using the Matrox
G200e video/graphics controller:
● Integrated 2D graphics core with hardware acceleration

● Embedded DDR memory interface supports up to 512 MB of addressable memory (8 MB is

allocated by default to video memory)
● Supports display resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 16 bpp @ 60 Hz

● High-speed, integrated 24-bit RAMDAC

● Single-lane PCI-Express host interface running at Gen 1 speed

Power subsystem Up to two of the following hot-swappable power supplies:

● 1050 W (AC)

● 1050 W (DC)

● 1600 W (AC)

● 2300 W (AC)

One power supply is mandatory; one more can be added for 1 + 1 redundancy.

Front panel A front-panel controller provides status indications and control buttons.

ACPI This server supports the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 4.0 standard.

Fans Six hot-swappable fans for front-to-rear cooling

InfiniBand The InfiniBand architecture is supported by the PCIe slots.

Expansion slots ● Riser 1A (3 PCIe slots)

● Riser 1B (2 drive bays)

● Riser 2A (3 PCIe slots)

● Riser 3A (2 PCIe slots)

● Riser 3B (2 drive bays)

● Riser 3C (1 PCIe slot)

● Dedicated slots for a Cisco 12G SAS RAID controller or Cisco 12G SAS HBA

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 Capability / feature Description

Interfaces Rear panel:

● One 1Gbase-T RJ-45 management port

● One RS-232 serial port (RJ45 connector)

● One DB15 VGA connector

● Two USB 3.0 port connectors

● One flexible modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM)/OCP 3.0 slot that can accommodate various
interface cards

Front panel:
● One KVM console connector (supplies two USB 2.0 connectors, one VGA DB15 video connector,
and one serial port (RS232) RJ45 connector)
● Up to 24 front SFF SAS/SATA Hard Drives (HDDs) or SAS/SATA Solid State Drives (SSDs)

● Optionally, up to four front SFF NVMe PCIe SSDs

These drives must be placed in front drive bays 1, 2, 3, and 4 only and are connected to CPU 2.
The rest of the bays (5 - 24) can be populated with SAS/SATA SSDs or HDDs.
● Optionally, up to four SFF rear-facing NVMe drives

Internal storage devices Other storage:

● A mini-storage module connector on the motherboard supports a boot-optimized RAID controller
carrier that holds two SATA M.2 SSDs. Mixing different capacity SATA M.2 SSDs is not supported.

Integrated management A Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) runs Cisco Integrated Management Controller
processor (CIMC) firmware.
Depending on your CIMC settings, the CIMC can be accessed through the 1-GE dedicated
management port or a Cisco Virtual Interface Card (VIC).
CIMC manages certain components within the server, such as the Cisco 12G SAS HBA.

Storage controllers One Cisco M6 12G SAS RAID controller or up to two Cisco 12G SAS HBAs plug into a
dedicated slot.
Cisco M6 12G SAS RAID Controller with 4GB FBWC:
● RAID support (RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, SRAID0, and JBOD mode)

● Supports up to 24 internal SAS/SATA drives

● Plugs into a dedicated slot

Cisco 12G SAS HBA:

● No RAID support

● JBOD/Pass-through Mode support

● Supports up to 16 SAS/SATA internal drives

● Plugs into a dedicated slot

Modular LAN on The dedicated mLOM/OCP 3.0 slot on the motherboard can flexibly accommodate the
Motherboard (mLOM)/ following cards:
Open Compute Project
● Cisco Virtual Interface Cards (VIC)
(OCP) 3.0 slot
● OCP 3.0 network interface card (UCSC-O-ID10GC)

Intersight Intersight provides server management capabilities

Cisco Integrated Requires CIMC Release 4.2(1) or later

Management Controller
(CIMC)

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 Capability / feature Description

Operating temperature Minimum 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) with no direct sunlight (if any A10, A100, or rear
HDDs are installed, the 35°C (50°F) restriction changes to 30°C (86F)
Maximum allowable operating temperature derated 1C/300 m (1F/547 ft) above 950 m
(3117 ft)

Extended operating 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F) with no direct sunlight

temperature
Maximum allowable operating temperature de-rated
1C/175 m (1F/319 ft) above 950 m (3117 ft)
5°C to 4°5C (41°F to 113°F) with no direct sunlight
Maximum allowable operating temperature de-rated
1C/125 m (1F/228 ft) above 950 m (3117 ft)
System performance may be impacted when operating in the extended operating
temperature range.
Operation above 40°C is limited to less than 1% of annual operating hours.
Hardware configuration limits apply to extended operating temperature range.

Non-operating temperature Below -40°C or above 65°C (below -40°F or above 149°F)
Maximum rate of change (operating and non-operating) 20°C/hr (36°F/hr)

Operating relative humidity 8% to 90% and 24°C (75°F) maximum dew-point temperature, non-condensing
environment

Non-operating relative 5% to 95% and 33°C (91°F) maximum dew-point temperature, non-condensing
humidity environment

Operating altitude 0 m to 3050 m {10,000 ft)

Non-operating altitude Below 0 m or above 12,000 m (39,370 ft)

Ordering information
For information about installing or upgrading your server, see the hardware installation guide. For ordering
information, see the Cisco UCS C245 M6 specifications sheet.

Table 2. Ordering information

Product ID (PID) Description

UCS-M6-MLB UCS M6 rack, blade, chassis Major Line Bundle (MLB)

This MLB consists of the server node (UCSC-C245-M6SX6) with software PIDs. Use this PID to
begin a new configuration.

UCSC-C245-M6SX1 Small Form-Factor (SFF) drives, with 24-drive backplane

● Front-loading drive bays 1—24 support 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives

● Optionally, front-loading drive bays 1, 2, 3, and 4 support 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs

● Optionally, up to 4 rear-facing NVMe drives

● No CPU, memory, drives, PCIe cards, or power supply included

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Warranty information
The Cisco UCS C245 M6 server has a three-year, Next-Business-Day (NBD) hardware warranty and a 90-day
software warranty.

Cisco support
Augmenting the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) warranty, Cisco Smart Net Total Care and Cisco
Solution Support services are part of Cisco's technical services portfolio. Smart Net Total Care combines
Cisco's industry-leading and award-winning foundational technical services with an extra level of actionable
business intelligence that is delivered to you through the smart capabilities in the Smart Net Total Care portal.
Learn more about Smart Net Total Care.

Cisco Solution Support includes both Cisco product support and solution-level support, resolving complex
issues in multivendor environments on average 43 percent more quickly than with product support alone. Cisco
Solution Support is a critical element in data center administration, helping to rapidly resolve any issue
encountered while maintaining performance, reliability, and return on investment.

This service centralizes support across your multivendor Cisco environment for both our products and solution
partner products that you have deployed in your ecosystem. Whether there is an issue with a Cisco product or
with a solution partner product, just call us. Our experts are the primary point of contact and own the case from
first call to resolution. Learn more about Solution Support.

Product sustainability
Information about Cisco’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and performance is provided
in Cisco’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability reporting.

Table 3. Cisco environmental sustainability information

Sustainability topic Reference

General Information on product-material-content laws and regulations Materials

Information on electronic waste laws and regulations, WEEE compliance

including our products, batteries, and packaging

Information on our product takeback and reuse program Cisco Takeback and Reuse Program

Sustainability inquiries Contact: csr_inquiries@[Link]

Operating and nonoperating conditions Product specifications

Material Product packaging weight and materials Contact: environment@[Link]

Product environmental information

Product environmental information for users per Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424
[Link]

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Cisco and partner services
Cisco and our industry-leading partners deliver services that can accelerate your transition to a Cisco UCS X-
Series Modular System solution. Cisco Unified Computing Systems Services can help you create an agile
infrastructure, accelerate time to value, reduce costs and risks, and maintain availability during deployment and
migration. After deployment, our services can help you improve performance, availability, and resiliency as your
business needs evolve and help you further mitigate risk. For more information, visit
[Link]

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Document history
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