The Cisco UCS 5100 series blade server chassis

The Cisco 5100 series blade server chassis is a vital building block of the Cisco UCS solution. Currently, there is only one generation of UCS blade chassis, which is Cisco UCS 5108. The chassis form factor is 6 RU and it can host the following:

  • A maximum of eight half-width blade servers
  • A maximum of four full-width blade servers
  • Any other combination of half-width blade and full-width blade servers is also possible

A look at the chassis front

The UCS chassis front is used to insert blade servers into the chassis. The front of the chassis also holds UCS power supplies. The UCS chassis front can hold the following hardware:

  • Eight half-width empty slots for a maximum of eight half-width blade servers with ...

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