- Wire-once deployment model in which changing I/O configurations no longer means installing adapters and recabling racks and switches
- Fewer interface cards, cables, and upstream network ports to purchase, power, configure, and maintain
- Consistent and scalable operational model
- Increased security and efficiency with reduced complexity
- Capability to move virtual machine security features and policies from rack to rack or rack to blades
- Entire solution managed as a single entity with Cisco UCS manager, improving operational efficiency and flexibility
- Service profiles and templates that implement role- and policy-based management, enabling more effective use of skilled server, network, and storage administrators
- Dual-redundant fans and hot-swappable, redundant power supplies for enterprise-class reliability and uptime
- Outstanding network I/O performance and increased network efficiency and flexibility
- Increased network availability when configured in failover configurations
The Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) combines Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Server simplifies management and delivers greater cost efficiency and agility with increased visibility and control. This server increases compute density through more cores and cache balanced with more memory capacity, disk drives and with faster I/O. The Cisco UCS C220 M3 Rack Server is designed for performance and density over a wide range of business workloads, from web serving to distributed databases.