| Architecture |
All |
Cisco Unified Computing System with Microsoft Hyper-V Recommended Practices (PDF - 500 KB)  |
| Architecture |
B-Series Blades |
UCS Blades 80Gbps for 79% less vs. IBM Flex (PDF - 822 KB) |
| Architecture |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS Architecture and Management: Comparison with IBM Flex System (PDF - 2.57 MB) |
| Architecture |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco FlexPod IP Shared Storage Solution for Small and Medium-Size Businesses (PDF - 550 KB) |
| Architecture |
All |
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 5.1 |
| Architecture |
All |
Flexpod with Microsoft Private Cloud v3 Design Guide |
| Architecture |
All |
Cisco Unified Computing System Extended Memory Technology Overview |
| Architecture |
All |
Data Center Power and Cooling |
| Architecture |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS, HP and IBM - A Blade Architecture Comparison (PDF - 8.8 MB) |
| Architecture |
B-Series Blades |
Power Management in the Cisco Unified Computing System: An Integrated Approach |
| Big Data |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco, Intel, and Apache Hadoop: Industry's First Reference Design with Advanced Access Control and Encryption (PDF - 171 KB) |
| Big Data |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco UCS Common Platform Architecture Version 2 for Big Data (PDF - 139 KB) |
| Big Data |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco UCS Demonstrates Leading TeraSort Benchmark Performance (PDF - 153 KB) |
| Big Data |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco and Greenplum Partner to Deliver High-Performance Hadoop Reference Configurations (PDF - 3 MB) |
| Big Data |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco Common Platform Architecture for Big Data (PDF - 300 KB) |
| Big Data |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco UCS with MapR: Delivering Advanced Performance for Hadoop Workloads (PDF - 760 KB) |
| Big Data |
All |
Cisco UCS with ParAccel Analytic Platform Solution: Deliver Powerful Analytics to Transform Business (PDF - 550 KB) |
| Big Data |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco UCS with StackIQ Solution: Deliver Big Infrastructure for Big Data Solution Breif |
| Big Data |
C-Series Rack |
Cloudera Hadoop Infrastructure with Cisco UCS Servers and Cisco Nexus Switches (PDF - 1 MB) |
| Business Advantage |
B-Series Blades |
UCS Blades 80Gbps for 79% less vs. IBM Flex (PDF - 822 KB) |
| Business Advantage |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS Migrates Blade Identities to Rack Servers with 83% Fewer Steps than HP (PDF - 1.5 MB) |
| Business Advantage |
All |
Application Solutions with Cisco UCS (PDF - 2 MB) |
| Business Advantage |
All |
Business Advantage Delivered: Cisco UCS (PDF - 6 MB) |
| Business Advantage |
All |
Cisco UCS: A Real-World TCO Analysis (PDF - 2 MB) |
| Business Advantage |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS and HP Blades - A Look at TCO (PDF - 5.8 MB) |
| Business Advantage |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS, HP and IBM - A Blade Architecture Comparison (PDF - 8.8 MB) |
| Business Advantage |
B-Series Blades |
Cost and Complexity Comparison of Cisco UCS vs. IBM Flex System (PDF - 1.8 MB) |
| Business Advantage |
All |
Data Center Capacity Planning and Refresh--Cisco UCS Business Advantage Delivered (PDF - 840 KB) |
| Business Advantage |
All |
Data Center Management Cisco UCS Business Advantage Delivered (PDF - 3 MB) |
| Business Advantage |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS Blades Deploy 77 Percent Faster with 67 Percent Fewer Steps than HP Blades (PDF - 798 KB) |
| Business Advantage |
B-Series Blades |
Data Center Management: The Key Ingredient for Reducing Server Power (PDF - 610 KB) |
| Business Advantage |
All |
Gartner: Fabric-Based Infrastructure Enablers and Inhibitors Through the Lens of User Experiences |
| Business Advantage |
All |
Gartner: Fabric-Based Infrastructure Enablers and Inhibitors Through the Lens of User Experiences |
| Business Advantage |
All |
IT Agility Delivered: Cisco Unified Computing System (PDF - 8 MB) |
| Business Advantage |
All |
Total Economic Impact of Cisco UCS; by Forrester Consulting (PDF - 790 KB) |
| Cloud |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco Solution for EMC VSPEX: Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track 3.0 Enterprise Medium M250 (Solution Brief) (PDF - 279 KB) |
| Cloud |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS and EMC® VNX™ 5300 with Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track 2.0 |
| Cloud |
All |
Cisco VSPEX Solution for Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track 3.0 Small Implementation (PDF - 750 KB) |
| Cloud |
B-Series Blades |
Citrix CloudPlatform Version 3.0.4 on the Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server |
| Cloud |
B-Series Blades |
FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud (PDF - 2 MB) |
| Cloud |
B-Series Blades |
Virtualized SAP Solution Using Cisco Unified Computing System and EMC CLARiiON Storage (PDF - 1 MB) |
| Cloud |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco and Red Hat Simplify the Journey to Cloud Computing (PDF - 5.3 MB) |
| Cloud |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco UCS with EMC VSPEX |
| Collaboration |
All |
Cisco Solution for EMC VSPEX for Deployment of Microsoft SharePoint 2013 on Microsoft Fast Track 3.0 |
| Collaboration |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers and Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (PDF - 870 KB) |
| Collaboration |
B-Series Blades |
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 on Cisco Unified Computing System (PDF - 1 MB) |
| CRM / ERP |
B-Series Blades |
Accelerate and Scale Oracle PeopleSoft Deployments with Cisco UCS (Solution Brief) (PDF - 2 MB) |
| CRM / ERP |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco Unified Computing System for SAP Landscapes (PDF - 290 KB) |
| CRM / ERP |
B-Series Blades |
Oracle PeopleSoft Payroll 9.0 for North America on Cisco Unified Computing System |
| CRM / ERP |
B-Series Blades |
Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne with Microsoft SQL Server and Windows 2008 on the Cisco Unified Computing System |
| CRM / ERP |
B-Series Blades |
Oracles JD Edwards EnterpriseOne with Oracle Virtual Machine on the Cisco Unified Computing System |
| CRM / ERP |
B-Series Blades |
SAP Business Suite Applications - Scalable Performance and Capacity with Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Servers (PDF - 660 KB) |
| CRM / ERP |
B-Series Blades |
SAP System Build and Landscape Management Activities (PDF - 2 MB) |
| CRM / ERP |
B-Series Blades |
Virtualized SAP: Optimize Performance with Cisco Data Center VM-FEX and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (PDF - 770 KB) |
| Databases |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco Starter Scale-Out Solution for SAP HANA with EMC Storage (PDF - 354 KB) |
| Databases |
All |
Power All Oracle Environments with Cisco UCS (Brochure) |
| Databases |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers for Microsoft SQL Server and Consolidation (PDF - 150 KB) |
| Databases |
C-Series Rack |
Deploy Simple, Fast and Flexible Transactional Key-Value Storage with Cisco UCS Servers and the Oracle NoSQL Database (PDF - 910 KB) |
| Databases |
B-Series Blades |
Oracle E-Business Suite R12 on Cisco UCS with EMC VNX 5500 |
| Databases |
B-Series Blades |
Oracle RAC Built on FlexPod with VMware vSphere 5.0 |
| Databases |
B-Series Blades |
SAP Applications with Sybase ASE on Cisco UCS with NetApp Storage |
| Databases |
All |
SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance on the Cisco Unified Computing System |
| Databases |
B-Series Blades |
SQL Server Consolidation on VMware Using Cisco Unified Computing System (PDF - 1 MB) |
| Databases |
B-Series Blades |
SQL Server Consolidation Using Cisco Unified Computing System and Microsoft Hyper-V (PDF - 530 KB) |
| Databases |
C-Series Rack |
SQL Server Consolidation Using Cisco Unified Computing System C460 and Microsoft Hyper-V (PDF - 590 KB) |
| Databases |
All |
Virtualized SAP: Optimize Performance with Cisco Data Center VM-FEX and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (PDF - 773 KB) |
| Databases |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco Reference Configurations for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Fast Track Data Warehouse 3.0 with EMC VNX5300 Series Storage Systems (PDF - 2 MB) |
| Databases |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco Reference Configurations for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Fast Track Data Warehouse 4.0 with EMC VNX5500 Series Storage Systems (PDF - 2 MB) |
| Management |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS Migrates Blade Identities to Rack Servers with 83% Fewer Steps than HP (PDF - 1.5 MB) |
| Management |
All |
Achieve Automated, End-to-End Firmware Management with Cisco UCS Manager |
| Management |
All |
Cisco UCS Manager Architecture |
| Management |
All |
Cisco UCS Manager Configuration Common Practices and Quick-Start Guide |
| Management |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS Blades Deploy 77 Percent Faster with 67 Percent Fewer Steps than HP Blades (PDF - 798 KB) |
| Management |
C-Series Rack |
OS Deployment on Standalone Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers with Microsoft Windows Deployment Services |
| Management |
All |
Understanding Cisco Unified Computing System Service Profiles (PDF - 710 KB) |
| Management |
All |
Use Cisco UCS Connectivity Policies to Achieve Strict Administrative Role Delineation |
| Messaging |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco UCS C210 M2 2500 Mailbox Resiliency Microsoft Exchange 2010 Storage Solution |
| Messaging |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers for Microsoft Exchange 2010 (PDF - 310 KB) |
| Messaging |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS for MS Exchange 2010 Using EMC Unified Storage and MS Hyper-V (PDF - 2 MB) |
| Networking |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS Outperforms HP Blade Servers on East-West Latency (PDF - 1.95 MB) |
| Networking |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS Outperforms IBM Flex System Blades on East-West Network Latency (PDF - 1.99 MB) |
| Networking |
All |
Best Practices in Deploying Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches on Cisco UCS B and C Series Cisco UCS Manager Servers |
| Networking |
B-Series Blades |
Improve Network Throughput by 38 Percent with the Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card (PDF - 262 KB) |
| Networking |
All |
Midmarket Architecture: Cisco UCS with the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch (PDF - 3 MB) |
| Networking |
B-Series Blades |
Networking Performance on RHEL with Cisco UCS 1240 & 1280 Virtual Interface Card (VIC) |
| Networking |
All |
The Critical Role of the Network in Big Data Applications (PDF - 350 KB) |
| Server Performance |
All |
SAP Business Suite Benchmark Performance on Cisco Unified Computing System Whitepaper (PDF - 255 KB) |
| Server Performance |
All |
Best Practices for Setting BIOS Parameters for Performance |
| Server Performance |
B-Series Blades |
Accelerating Database Peformance with Cisco UCS 785GB MLC Fusion ioDrive 2 (PDF - 1.31 MB) |
| Server Performance |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server and HP ProLiant BL460c G6 Server Comparison: Full-Enclosure Power Testing (PDF - 3 MB) |
| Server Performance |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco vs. HP - Server Power Calculator Accuracy Analysis (PDF - 760 KB) |
| Server Performance |
B-Series Blades |
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 on Cisco UCS with iSCSI-Based Storage Access in VMware ESX Virtualization Environment: Performance Study |
| Server Performance |
B-Series Blades |
Performance Benchmark Testing of Oracle JD Edwards on Cisco Unified Computing System |
| Storage |
B-Series Blades |
Boost Database Performance with the Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator (PDF - 920 KB) |
| Storage |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco UCS C-Series I/O Characterization White Paper |
| Storage |
B-Series Blades |
Storage Performance on RHEL with Cisco UCS 1240 & 1280 Virtual Interface Card (VIC) |
| Server Performance |
All |
ODIN Performance Assessment Report (PDF - 4.65 MB) |
| Server Performance |
All |
Using VMware VMmark Benchmark Results to Compare the Virtualization Performance of Servers (PDF - 710 KB) |
| Server Virtualization/Consolidation |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS Using EMC CLARiiON Storage, VMware vSphere 4, and SAP ACC System (PDF - 4 MB) |
| Server Virtualization/Consolidation |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco Virtualization Solution for EMC VSPEX with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V for 50 Virtual Machines (Solution Brief) (PDF - 257 KB) |
| Server Virtualization/Consolidation |
All |
Cisco Virtualization Solutions for EMC VSPEX: VMware V100, V125, V250 (Solution Brief) (PDF - 362 KB) |
| Server Virtualization/Consolidation |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco Virtualization Solution for EMC VSPEX with VMware vSphere 4.1 for V50 Virtual Machines (Solution Brief) (PDF - 353 KB) |
| Server Virtualization/Consolidation |
All |
Delivering on the Promise of Virtualization: Cisco Unified Computing System (PDF - 6 MB) |
| Server Virtualization/Consolidation |
B-Series Blades |
Oracle RAC Built on FlexPod with VMware vSphere 5.0 |
| Server Virtualization/Consolidation |
B-Series Blades |
Server Consolidation Using Cisco Unified Computing System and EMC CLARiiON Storage (PDF - 2 MB) |
| Technical |
C-Series Rack |
Altiris Preboot Image Driver Injection: Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Firmware Release 1.4.6 |
| Technical |
C-Series Rack |
Altiris Scripted OS Deployment: Microsoft Windows 2008 and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Firmware Release 1.4.6 |
| Technical |
C-Series Rack |
Altiris Scripted OS Deployment: Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Firmware Release 1.4.6 |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS to Brocade Connectivity Guide (PDF - 3.5 MB) |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Business Continuity with the Cisco Unified Computing System and EMC Symmetrix VMAX (PDF - 9 MB) |
| Technical |
All |
Cisco FlexFlash: Use and Manage Cisco Flexible Flash Internal SD Card for Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers |
| Technical |
All |
Oracle E-Business Suite Performance on Cisco Unified Computing System |
| Technical |
All |
Cisco Data Center Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) Versus VMware vSwitch |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS Using Open Source Stack (PDF - 1 MB) |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Storage Connectivity Options and Best Practices with NetApp Storage |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco Unified Computing System and EMC VNX5300 Unified Storage Platform (PDF - 660 KB) |
| Technical |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco Unified Computing System and EMC VNXe3300 Unified Storage System (PDF - 560 KB) |
| Technical |
All |
Cisco Unified Computing System BIOS Settings |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco Unified Computing System Blade Server Chassis Power Modes (PDF - 660 KB) |
| Technical |
All |
Cisco Unified Computing System Ethernet Switching Modes |
| Technical |
All |
Cisco VM-FEX Best Practices for VMware ESX Environment Deployment Guide |
| Technical |
All |
Cisco VM-FEX Using VMware ESX Environment Troubleshooting Guide |
| Technical |
All |
Configure Cisco UCS Organization-Aware VLANs to Restrict Network Access |
| Technical |
All |
Data Warehouse Scalability Using Cisco Unified Computing System and Oracle Real Application Cluster With EMC VNX Storage (PDF - 1 MB) |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Data Warehouse Scalability with Cisco Unified Computing System and Oracle Real Application Cluster with EMC CLARiiON® Storage |
| Technical |
All |
Deploy Layer 2 Disjoint Networks Upstream in End Host Mode |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Deploying Oracle Real Application Clusters on the Cisco Unified Computing System with EMC CLARiiON Storage |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Design Considerations for High Availability and Scalability in Blade Server Environments |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
EMC Information Infrastrcture Solutions (PDF - 2 MB) |
| Technical |
C-Series Rack |
Enterprise IO Scalability: LSI WarpDrive SLP-300 Using Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers (PDF - 480 KB) |
| Technical |
All |
Implementing VMware vSphere 5 Auto Deploy on the Cisco Unified Computing System |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Failover Cluster on Bare-Metal Microsoft Windows 2008 with Cisco UCS iSCSI-Based Storage Access: Deployment Guide |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Failover Cluster on Cisco UCS with iSCSI-Based Storage Access Deployment Guide (PDF - 6 MB) |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Migrating a Mission Critical 40 TB Oracle E-Business Suite from HP Superdomes to Cisco Unified Computing System |
| Technical |
C-Series Rack |
OLTP Reference Config. Guidelines for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 on Cisco UCS C-Series Servers (PDF - 1 MB) |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Oracle WebLogic Using Cisco Unified Computing System (PDF - 6 MB) |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Provisioning Oracle Fusion Applications on the Cisco Unified Computing System |
| Technical |
B-Series Blades |
Scalability Study for Deploying VMware View on Cisco UCS and EMC Symmetrix V-Max Systems |
| Technical |
All |
Using SPEC CPU2006 Benchmark Results to Compare the Compute Performance of Servers (PDF - 490 KB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
All |
Gain High-Performance Virtual Desktops with Uncompromised 3D Graphics Experiences Delivered by Cisco, Citrix, and NVIDIA (Solution Brief) (PDF - 906 KB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
All |
Cisco, NVIDIA, and VMware Deliver High-Performance Virtual Desktops with Uncompromised 3D Graphics Experiences (PDF - 0.99 MB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
All |
Cisco UCS with Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp: Accelerate Desktop and Application Virtualization Deployment (PDF - 4.45 MB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco Integrated Desktop Virtualization Solution With Tegile Zebi Storage |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution for EMC VSPEX with Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 for 500 Desktops (Solution Brief) (PDF - 306 KB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution for EMC VSPEX with VMware View 5.1.2 for 500 and 2000 Desktops (Solution Brief) (PDF - 1.5 MB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
B-Series Blades |
4 Month Payback - UCS Virtual Desktop TCO (PDF - 720 KB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
C-Series Rack |
Cisco Solution for Citrix VDI-in-a-Box (PDF - 220 KB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco UCS VDI Solution: Scaling Without Sacrifice (PDF - 1 MB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
B-Series Blades |
Cisco Unified Computing System, Citrix XenDesktop, and Atlantis ILIO (PDF - 2 MB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
B-Series Blades |
Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 Built on Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers, Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches, and VMware ESXi 5.0: Reference Architecture and Deployment Guide |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
All |
Optimizing Desktop Virtualization Solutions with the Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator (PDF - 1 MB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
B-Series Blades |
VDI performance comparison: Cisco USC solution vs. HP solution (PDF - 1 MB) |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
All |
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Meet the Challenge with Cisco Unified Computing System |
| VDI - Virtual Desktop |
All |
Cisco UCS with VMware Horizon View: Accelerate Desktop Virtualization Deployments (Solution Overview) (PDF - 4.21 MB) |