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This chapter provides an overview of the Cisco UCS C460 server features.
The Cisco UCS C460 server is a part of the Cisco UCS C-Series rack-mount server family. It is a
high-performance, high-memory-capacity server designed with the performance and reliability to power
compute-intensive, enterprise-critical standalone applications and virtualized workloads.It operates in a
wide range of data center environments. These environments include the Cisco Unified Computing
System, the Cisco Nexus switches, and discrete Ethernet and Fibre Channel switches from Cisco and
third parties.
Figure 1-1 shows the front panel features.
Figure 1-1 Front Panel Features
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Figure 1-2 shows the operations panel LEDs and buttons.
Figure 1-2 Operations Panel LEDs and Buttons
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Figure 1-3 shows the rear panel features.
Figure 1-3 Rear Panel Features
1 Power supplies, up to four 2 ID button
3 USB ports, two total 4 VGA connector
5 10GBase-T LOM ports, two total 6 SAS riser slot
7 10G SFP+ LOM ports, two total 8 1G LOM ports, two total
9 10/100 Management ports M1 and M2 10 Serial connector
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