Cisco UCS B420 M4 User manual

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Cisco UCS B420 M4
Blade Server

Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server
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CONTENTS
OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
DETAILED VIEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Blade Server Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
BASE SERVER STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CONFIGURING the SERVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
STEP 1 VERIFY SERVER SKU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
STEP 2 CHOOSE CPU(S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
STEP 3 CHOOSE MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
STEP 4 CHOOSE RAID CONTROLLER AND DISK DRIVE BAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
STEP 5 CHOOSE HARD DISK DRIVES or SOLID-STATE DRIVES (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
STEP 6 CHOOSE ADAPTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
STEP 7 ORDER A TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
STEP 8 ORDER CISCO FLEXIBLE FLASH SECURE DIGITAL CARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
STEP 9 ORDER INTERNAL USB 3.0 DRIVE (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
STEP 10 CHOOSE OPERATING SYSTEM AND VALUE-ADDED SOFTWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
STEP 11 CHOOSE OPERATING SYSTEM MEDIA KIT (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
STEP 12 CHOOSE SERVICE and SUPPORT LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
STEP 13 CHOOSE LOCAL KVM I/O CABLE* (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
DIMM and CPU Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
DIMM Population Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Network Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
VIC 1340/1240 and Port Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Connectivity Using the Cisco UCS 2304 Fabric Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Connectivity Using the Cisco UCS 2208XP Fabric Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Connectivity using the Cisco UCS 2204XP Fabric Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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OVERVIEW
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OVERVIEW
Designed for demanding virtualization and database workloads, the UCS B420 M4 combines a large memory
footprint with four-socket scalability, leveraging the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 v3 and v4 product
family. The UCS B420 M4 supports 2133-MHz and 2400-MHz DDR4 memory and utilizes UCS Virtual Interface
Card (VIC) technology to achieve up to 160 Gb aggregate I/O bandwidth, all in a dense, full-width blade
form factor. The UCS B420 M4 maintains memory performance even as capacity grows, and the large power
envelope of the UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis means the UCS B420 can handle up to 3 TB of memory
without compromise to CPU speed or core count. Up to four UCS B420 M4 Blade Servers can be installed in
the UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis.
The UCS B420 M4 Blade Server is centrally managed using Cisco UCS Manager. Cisco UCSM provides a single
management interface for all hardware and software components of a UCS domain. Cisco UCSM manages up
to 160 servers, using Single Connect Technology to consolidate network, storage, and management traffic.
With Cisco UCS Central, management can be extended globally to thousands of servers in multiple domains.
Figure 1 Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server

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DETAILED VIEWS
DETAILED VIEWS
Blade Server Front View
Figure 2 is a detailed front view of the Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server.
Figure 2 Blade Server Front View
1Drive bay 1 8Power button and LED
2Drive bay 2 9Network link status button
3Drive bay 3 10 Blade health LED
4Drive bay 4 11 Local console connector1
Notes
1. For information about the KVM local I/O cable that plugs into the console connector (a cable is included with
every Cisco UCS 5100 Series blade server chassis accessory kit), see CHOOSE LOCAL KVM I/O CABLE*
(OPTIONAL) on page 37.
5Left blade ejector handle 12 Reset button access
6Asset pull handle
(a blank asset tag is provided on which
you can add your own label or sticker or
you can use a marker to write your asset
information on the tag)
13 Beaconing LED and button
7Right blade ejector handle 14 Ejector thumbscrew
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BASE SERVER STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES
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BASE SERVER STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES
Table 1 lists the capabilities and features of the base server. Details about how to configure the server for
a particular feature or capability (for example, number of processors, disk drives, or amount of memory)
are provided in CONFIGURING the SERVER on page 7.
NOTE: The B420 M4 blade server requires UCS Manager (UCSM) to operate as part of
the UCS system.
■The B420 M4 with E5-4600 v3 or v4 CPUs requires UCSM 2.2(5a) or later
Table 1 Capabilities and Features
Capability/Feature Description
Blade server chassis The full-width UCS B420 M4 Blade Server mounts in a Cisco UCS 5100 series
blade server chassis
CPU Up to four Intel® E5-4600 v3 or v4 series processor family CPUs.
2- and 4-CPU configurations are supported on the UCS B420 M4.
Chipset Intel® C610 chipset
Memory 48 total slots for registered ECC DIMMs
I/O Three configurable adapter slots:
■One slot supports the Cisco VIC 1340/1240 adapter only.
■Two additional slots support Cisco adapters and Cisco UCS Storage
Accelerator adapters.
Storage controller ■Diskless system (no drive bays or RAID controller), or
■Optional Cisco FlexStorage 12G SAS RAID controller options, offering:
• SAS/SATA/HDD/SSD support
• RAID support: 0, 1, 10 or
• RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6 with optional 2 GB flash-backed write cache
Storage devices Either two or four hot-plug 2.5” SFF drive bays
One internal USB 3.0 port
Two Cisco Flexible Flash secure digital card slots
Interfaces Front panel
■One console connector
(see CHOOSE LOCAL KVM I/O CABLE* (OPTIONAL) on page 37)

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Video The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) provides video using the
Matrox G200e video/graphics controller:
■Integrated 2D graphics core with hardware acceleration
■DDR2/3 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 16bpp @ 60Hz
■High-speed integrated 24-bit RAMDAC
■Single lane PCI-Express host interface running at Gen 1 speed
Power subsystem Integrated in the Cisco UCS 5100 series blade server chassis
Fans Integrated in the Cisco UCS 5100 series blade server chassis
Integrated management
processor
The built-in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) GUI or CLI
interface enables you to monitor the server inventory, health, and system
event logs.
Cisco UCS Diagnostics
for Cisco UCS B-Series
Blade Servers
The Cisco UCS Blade Server Diagnostics tool for Cisco UCS Blade Servers
enables you to verify the health of the hardware components on your
servers. The diagnostics tool provides a variety of tests to exercise and
stress the various hardware subsystems on the Cisco UCS Blade Servers, such
as memory and CPU. You can use the tool to run a sanity check on the state
of your Cisco UCS Blade Servers after you fix or replace a hardware
component. You can also use this tool to run comprehensive burn-in tests
before you deploy a new Cisco UCS Blade Server in your production
environment.
See the following links for more information:
User Guide:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/ucs_di
agnostics/b_UCS_Blade_Server_Diagnostics_User_Guide.html
ISO Download:
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html
Table 1 Capabilities and Features (continued)
Capability/Feature Description

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CONFIGURING the SERVER
Follow these steps to configure the Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server:
■STEP 1 VERIFY SERVER SKU, page 8
■STEP 2 CHOOSE CPU(S), page 9
■STEP 3 CHOOSE MEMORY, page 11
■STEP 5 CHOOSE HARD DISK DRIVES or SOLID-STATE DRIVES (OPTIONAL), page 19
■STEP 6 CHOOSE ADAPTERS, page 21
■STEP 7 ORDER A TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE (OPTIONAL), page 25
■STEP 8 ORDER CISCO FLEXIBLE FLASH SECURE DIGITAL CARDS, page 26
■STEP 9 ORDER INTERNAL USB 3.0 DRIVE (OPTIONAL), page 27
■STEP 10 CHOOSE OPERATING SYSTEM AND VALUE-ADDED SOFTWARE, page 28
■STEP 11 CHOOSE OPERATING SYSTEM MEDIA KIT (OPTIONAL), page 31
■STEP 12 CHOOSE SERVICE and SUPPORT LEVEL, page 32
■STEP 13 CHOOSE LOCAL KVM I/O CABLE* (OPTIONAL), page 37

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CONFIGURING the SERVER
STEP 1 VERIFY SERVER SKU
Verify the product ID (PID) of the server as shown in Table 2.
The base Cisco UCS B420 M4 blade server does not include the following components. They must
be selected during product ordering:
■CPUs
■Memory
■Disk drives
■Cisco adapters (such as the VIC 1340, VIC 1240, VIC 1380, VIC 1280, and Port Expander)
■Cisco UCS Storage Accelerators
Table 2 PID of the Base UCS B420 M4 Blade Server
Product ID (PID) Description
UCSB-B420-M4 UCS B420 M4 Blade Server with no CPU, memory, HDD, SSD, or adapter cards
NOTE: Use the steps on the following pages to order servers with the
configurable components that you want configured in your servers.

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STEP 2 CHOOSE CPU(S)
The standard CPU features are:
■Intel Xeon processor E5-4600 v3 or v4 series processor family CPUs
■Core counts of up to 18 for v3 CPUs and 22 for v4 CPUs
■Cache sizes of up to 45 MB for v3 CPUs and 55 MB for v4 CPUs
Select CPUs
The supported Intel Xeon E5-4600 v3 and v4 series CPUs on the UCS B420 M4 are listed in
Table 3.
Table 3 Supported Intel CPUs: E5-4600 v3 and v4 Series Processor Family CPUs
Product ID (PID) Intel
Number
Clock
Freq
(GHz)
Power
(W) Cache Size (MB) Cores QPI Highest DDR4 DIMM Clock Support (MHz)
Intel Xeon E5-4600 v4
UCS-CPU-E5-4669E E5-4669 v4 2.20 135 55 22 9.6 2400
UCS-CPU-E5-4667E E5-4667 v4 2.20 135 45 18 9.6 2400
UCS-CPU-E5-4660E E5-4660 V4 2.2 120 40 16 9.6 2400
UCS-CPU-E5-4650E E5-4650 V4 2.2 105 35 14 9.6 2400
UCS-CPU-E5-4655E E5-4655 V4 2.5 135 30 8 9.6 2400
UCS-CPU-E5-4640E E5-4640 V4 2.1 105 30 12 8.0 2133
UCS-CPU-E5-4627E1
Notes
1. The UCS-CPU-E5-4627E CPU does not support Hyper-Threading technology.
E5-4627 V4 2.6 135 25 10 8.0 2400
UCS-CPU-E5-4620E E5-4620 V4 2.1 105 25 10 8.0 2133
UCS-CPU-E5-4610E E5-4610 V4 1.8 105 25 10 6.4 1866
Intel Xeon E5-4600 v3
UCS-CPU-E5-4669D E5-4669 v3 2.10 135 45 18 9.6 2133
UCS-CPU-E5-4667D E5-4667 v3 2.00 135 40 16 9.6 2133
UCS-CPU-E5-4660D E5-4660 v3 2.10 120 35 14 9.6 2133
UCS-CPU-E5-4655D E5-4655 v3 2.90 135 30 6 9.6 2133
UCS-CPU-E5-4650D E5-4650 v3 2.10 105 30 12 9.6 2133
UCS-CPU-E5-4640D E5-4640 v3 1.90 105 30 12 8.0 1866
UCS-CPU-E5-4627D2
2. The UCS-CPU-E5-4627D CPU does not support Hyper-Threading technology.
E5-4627 v3 2.60 135 25 10 8.0 2133
UCS-CPU-E5-4620D E5-4620 v3 2.00 105 25 10 8.0 1866
UCS-CPU-E5-4610D E5-4610 v3 1.70 105 25 10 6.4 1600

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Supported Configurations
(1) Two-CPU Configuration
■Choose two identical CPUs from any one of the rows of Table 3. CPUs 1 and 2 will be
populated.
(2) Four-CPU Configuration
■Choose four identical CPUs from any one of the rows of Table 3.
Notes
■The system will run at the lowest CPU or DIMM clock speed.
■System speed is also dependent on how many DIMMs are populated per channel.
■For 2-CPU systems, only 24 DIMM slots are functional (channels A - H).
■See Table 12 on page 23 for supported adapter combinations in 2-CPU systems.
■For 4-CPU systems, all 48 DIMM slots are functional.