Cisco UCS S3260 M5 User Manual

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Design Criteria .................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Requirements ................................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Physical Infrastructure Considerations ............................................................................................................................................ 27
Single Node versus Dual Node Cisco UCS S3260 .................................................................................................................... 27
Replication versus Erasure Coding ................................................................................................................................................. 27
Replication .................................................................................................................................................................................. 27
Erasure Coding .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Supported Erasure Coding Configurations ................................................................................................................................. 28
Flash Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................. 29
JBOD versus RAID0 Disks .......................................................................................................................................................... 30
Memory Sizing ........................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Network Considerations ............................................................................................................................................................. 30
Uplinks ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Multi-Site Deployments.............................................................................................................................................................. 30
Expansion of the Cluster ................................................................................................................................................................ 31
Deployment Guide .............................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
About the Authors ............................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................................................ 35

Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel Xeon Scalable processors
Memory	Up to 3TB per node (24 DIMM slots per node)
Storage	Up to 600 TB
Drive Bays	60 x 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch drive bays
Form Factor	4U
Management	Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC)
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60