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Cisco Rack Servers Reviews & Product Details

The Cisco UCS C480 M5 Rack Server is a high-performance, enterprise-class server designed to handle demanding workloads such as in-memory databases, big data analytics, virtualization, and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI. Housed in a 4-Rack-Unit (4RU form factor, it offers a scalable and flexible solution for both standalone and Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS managed environments. Key Features and Functionality: - Processor Support: Accommodates up to four Intel® Xeon® Scalable CPUs, each with up to 28 cores, providing substantial processing power for intensive applications. - Memory Capacity: Supports up to 12 TB of DDR4 memory using 256 GB DIMMs, and up to 18 TB when combined with Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory Modules, facilitating efficient in-memory computing. - Storage Options: Offers flexible storage configurations with up to 32 Small-Form-Factor (SFF 2.5-inch drives, including SAS, SATA, and PCIe NVMe options, allowing for tailored storage solutions. - Expansion Capabilities: Equipped with 12 PCI Express (PCIe 3.0 slots, including six x8 and six x16 full-height, full-length slots, enabling extensive expansion for various peripherals and accelerators. - GPU Support: Capable of supporting up to 4 GPUs in a 2-CPU configuration and up to 6 GPUs in a 4-CPU configuration, catering to graphics-intensive and parallel processing tasks. - Networking: Features dual embedded 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN-On-Motherboard (LOM ports for high-speed network connectivity. Primary Value and User Solutions: The Cisco UCS C480 M5 Rack Server delivers a balanced combination of performance, scalability, and flexibility, making it ideal for organizations seeking to optimize their data center operations. Its modular design allows businesses to customize the server to meet specific workload requirements, ensuring efficient resource utilization. By supporting substantial memory and storage capacities, along with extensive expansion options, it addresses the needs of data-intensive applications, thereby enhancing overall operational efficiency and reducing total cost of ownership.

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Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/9/2025

"Powerful, Versatile Server with Top-Tier GPU and CPU Options"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Rack Servers?

Strong and Robust Server .

Possibility to add up to 8 L4 nVidia GPU.

Dual Socket up to 2 x 86 Cores Intel CPU.

Super versatil, easy to configure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Rack Servers?

Price maybe a challenge compare to other vendor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/25/2023

"Reliable, powerful compute that competes with the best"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Rack Servers?

Great range of servers to deal with any compute requirements, easy to install and get up and running. Super reliable and market competitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Rack Servers?

There are some cheaper alternatives in the marketplace if budget is an issue. However you do pay for a solid , reliable and powerful hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Soe Moe T.

System Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/24/2023

"Ultimate High Performance Computing Server"

4/5

What do you like best about Cisco Rack Servers?

I like the following things about Cisco Rack Servers.

1. Performance and scalability

2. Reliability and availability

3. Manageability

4. Security

5. Versatility

Overall, I think Cisco rack servers are a good choice for businesses of all sizes. They offer a combination of performance, scalability, reliability, manageability, security and versatility not found in other server solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Rack Servers?

some of the things that I dislike about Cisco Rack Servers are

1. Price

2. Complexity

3. Licensing

4. Noise:

5. Limited availability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Rack Servers solving and how is that benefiting you?

For me, the advantage of Cisco rack servers is that they can run demanding applications such as virtualization, cloud computing, and big data. This helps improve the company's performance and efficiency. Plus, the scalability of Cisco rack servers makes it easy to add capacity as your needs grow. This saves you money by eliminating the need to buy new servers as your business grows. Finally, the reliability of Cisco rack servers ensures your applications are always available, avoiding downtime and keeping your business running smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yan Lin T.

System and Cloud Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/26/2023

"Benefits with Cisco Rack Server"

4/5

What do you like best about Cisco Rack Servers?

I like Cisco Rack Servers for its easy to manage with unified computing system manager (UCS) which simplifies server administration through a single point of control. And another appriciable things is strong security posture that it incoporate advanced security features like TrustSec, FWSM and ACI integration are against protection in safeguards fortify network access controls and threat detection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Rack Servers?

I have nothing special dislike about Cisco Rack Servers but initial setup complexity is a little bit confuse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nyan Lin T.

HPE & Support Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/4/2023

"Reviews for Cisco Rack Server"

5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Rack Servers?

I like best about Cisco Rack Servers are its performance that delivers strong compute power, memory bandwidth and I/O speeds necessary for handling heavy workloads and large datasets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Rack Servers?

Mostly functions and performance are the best and like for me but its cost is a little bit high and feel expensive for other small and entry level organizations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kaung Khant Z.

Network and Collaboration Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/29/2023

"User Experience for Cisco Rack Servers"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Rack Servers?

I like best about Cisco Rack Servers are its scalability that can scale up or down as needed, security that offers a range of security features built into rack servers and management tools that provides a suite of management tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Rack Servers?

I dislike about Cisco Rack Servers are its pricing model to be less competitive that other vendors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/5/2024

"Cisco Rack Servers"

4/5

What do you like best about Cisco Rack Servers?

Best quality of servers. Value for money. Capx and opex both costs are best in market. Versatile and secure. Good performance and scalable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Rack Servers?

Bit complex, also the limited availability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aye Zarni A.

Mobile Developer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/29/2023

"My Experience of Cisco Rack servers"

4/5

What do you like best about Cisco Rack Servers?

As my experience of cisco rack server, I like that the performance, scalability, dependability, manageability, security, and versatility they provide. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Rack Servers?

As my experience of cisco rack server, i don't have much dislike but this server are a little high price and UI is not simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeremy F.

Network Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/7/2021

"Cisco makes a solid, well built, and robust server with the C-Series!"

5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Rack Servers?

Its got the cisco brand behind it, and you can tell in the build quality, constant updates, and long-running system. You may pay more for the Cisco brand, but if the budget allows it, then it's a no-brainer. Just like their network equipment, the hardware once setup will just run forever without intervention. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Rack Servers?

Cisco's smart licensing has gotten better but still has issues and thus is still an issue with the C series UCS boxes. Also figuring out the GUI and system has a pretty big learning curve. It really does so much, but they could have done a better job making it easy to find functions and configure it as it can get confusing fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/29/2021

"UCS C480 M5 RACK SERVER"

4/5

What do you like best about Cisco Rack Servers?

UCS C480 M5 RACK SERVER is a CISCO product. It gives high performance processing. It comes with great expansion capabilities which is helpful in case it is required to expand. Another, nice feature is flexibility to scale in a four rack unit form factor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Rack Servers?

This product comes in 16, 32, 64, 128, and 256 GB, and it would have been great if there is more memory space for this product so, instead of buying and installing two devices of 256 GB, one has the option to purchase one 512 GB or higher. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Rack Servers solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using it as a standalone server in a CISCO-managed environment. It brings the power and automation of unified computing to enterprise applications. It comes with the benefits of easy installation, drastically reducing switching and cable requirements, and help ensure deployment consistency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.