The new Cisco UCS M5 generation, the fifth in UCS history, increases the performance and simplicity of unified computing for data-intensive workloads, edge applications, and distributed application architectures, facilitating the digital transformation of organizations.
 
Designed with the new Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, Cisco UCS M5 systems can support a greater number of workloads by being equipped with twice the memory capacity and delivering up to 86 percent greater performance compared to the previous generation. This is especially important for data-intensive workloads such as real-time analytics and in-memory computing.
 
The M5 generation of systems is the highest-performing in UCS history and includes:
• Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Server: At half the size, the powerful B200 blade server delivers performance, versatility, and density for traditional or distributed multi-tier applications. It is an industry leader in GPU density for small form factor general-purpose blade servers, supporting up to two GPUs.
• Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Server: Delivers market-leading performance, versatility, and density for multiple workloads: mission-critical, memory-intensive, or virtualized workloads for distributed databases.
• Cisco UCS C220 M5 Rack Server: This high-density, two-socket rack server is one of the most versatile for general-purpose applications, providing high performance and efficiency for a wide range of workloads, including virtualization, collaboration, and bare-metal applications.
• Cisco UCS C240 ​​M5 Rack Server: An enterprise-class rack server with storage and communications I/O capabilities optimized for Big Data analytics, software-defined storage, and bare-metal applications.
• Cisco UCS C480 M5 Rack Server: With an innovative modular architecture to facilitate technology upgrades, the C480 model expands scalability for in-memory databases, Big Data analytics, virtualization, VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), and bare-metal applications, now tripling GPU support—up to six GPUs supported—and disk capacity (up to 32 disks).
 
Infrastructure automation and optimization with Cisco Enterprise Cloud Suite.
According to IDC[i], IT departments demand greater planning capabilities and optimized use of data center infrastructure. With the announcement of Cisco UCS Director 6.5 (part of Cisco Enterprise Cloud Suite) and its integration with Cisco Workload Optimization Manager, organizations can adopt a multi-cloud strategy with superior performance and achieve greater efficiency in on-premises infrastructure.
 
• UCS Director 6.5 allows IT departments to complete 80 percent of operational tasks from a single console. The new version expands automation capabilities beyond infrastructure, automating native PowerShell functions, virtual machine mobility across vCenter data centers, and VMware VMRC console support. It also includes automation enhancements for FlexPod, Cisco HyperFlex, and added support for the UCS M5 series and UCS S-Series servers.
Workload Optimization Manager leverages adaptive analytics to continuously accommodate the infrastructure required for demanding workloads in both on-premises and multi-cloud environments. Tight integration with Cisco UCS allows customers to reduce costs by reclaiming idle or underutilized resources while optimizing their compute resources for cloud and virtualized environments. The new Cisco UCS Director version 6.5 also integrates with Workload Optimization Manager, facilitating the automatic creation of a new virtual machine or the configuration of a physical server with UCS Director. Workload Optimization Manager then reallocates resources to ensure application performance and cost efficiency.

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