QuickCompete Product Comparison

HP - ProLiant BL460c Gen9

Cisco - UCS B200 M4

Dell - PowerEdge M630

Fujitsu - PRIMERGY BX2560

M1

Fujitsu - PRIMERGY BX2580

M1

Lenovo - Flex System x240 M5

Compute Node

Manufacturer

HP

Cisco

Dell

Fujitsu

Fujitsu

IBM

Product Type

Blade Server

Blade Server

Blade Server

Blade Server

Blade Server

Blade Server

Form Factor

Blade Server

Blade Server

Blade Server

Blade Server

Blade Server

Blade Server

Platform

LINUX, Windows

LINUX, Windows

LINUX, Windows

LINUX, Windows

LINUX, Windows

LINUX, Windows

Announced

8-Sep-14

4-Sep-14

9-Sep-14

29-Aug-14

5-Jan-15

7-Oct-14

Available

8-Sep-14

29-Oct-14

2-Dec-14

8-Sep-14

5-Jan-15

5-Dec-14

Architecture

x86

x86

x86

x86

x86

x86

Base Price (USD)

5,125 (1ch/6co 32GB)

10,838 (1ch/6co 32GB)

5,088 (1ch/6co 32GB)

Blade size

Half-height

Half-wide

Half-height

Half-height

Half-height

Half-wide

Operating System

Solaris, Red Hat Linux, SUSE

Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Windows

Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux,

Windows

Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux,

Windows

Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux,

Windows

Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux,

Windows

Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux,

Windows

Processor Family

Xeon

Xeon

Xeon

Xeon

Xeon

Xeon

Processor Options

Xeon E5-2603 v3 (1.60GHz

85W)Xeon E5-2609 v3
(1.90GHz 85W)Xeon E5-2620
v3 (2.40GHz 85W)Xeon
E5-2623 v3 (3.00GHz
105W)Xeon E5-2630 v3
(2.40GHz 85W)Xeon E5-2630L
v3 (1.80GHz 55W)Xeon
E5-2637 v3 (3.50GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2640 v3
(2.60GHz 90W)Xeon E5-2643
v3 (3.40GHz 135W)Xeon
E5-2650 v3 (2.30GHz
105W)Xeon E5-2650L v3
(1.80GHz 65W)Xeon E5-2660
v3 (2.60GHz 105W)Xeon
E5-2667 v3 (3.20GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2670 v3
(2.30GHz 120W)Xeon E5-2680
v3 (2.50GHz 120W)Xeon
E5-2683 v3 (2.00GHz
120W)Xeon E5-2685 v3
(2.60GHz 120W)Xeon E5-2690
v3 (2.60GHz 135W)Xeon
E5-2695 v3 (2.30GHz
120W)Xeon E5-2697 v3
(2.60GHz 145W)Xeon E5-2698
v3 (2.30GHz 135W)Xeon
E5-2699 v3 (2.30GHz 145W)

Xeon E5-2609 v3 (1.90GHz

85W)Xeon E5-2620 v3
(2.40GHz 85W)Xeon E5-2630
v3 (2.40GHz 85W)Xeon
E5-2630L v3 (1.80GHz
55W)Xeon E5-2637 v3
(3.50GHz 135W)Xeon E5-2640
v3 (2.60GHz 90W)Xeon
E5-2643 v3 (3.40GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2650 v3
(2.30GHz 105W)Xeon
E5-2650L v3 (1.80GHz
65W)Xeon E5-2660 v3
(2.60GHz 105W)Xeon E5-2667
v3 (3.20GHz 135W)Xeon
E5-2670 v3 (2.30GHz
120W)Xeon E5-2680 v3
(2.50GHz 120W)Xeon E5-2683
v3 (2.00GHz 120W)Xeon
E5-2690 v3 (2.60GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2695 v3
(2.30GHz 120W)Xeon E5-2697
v3 (2.60GHz 145W)Xeon
E5-2698 v3 (2.30GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2699 v3
(2.30GHz 145W)

Xeon E5-2603 v3 (1.60GHz

85W)Xeon E5-2609 v3
(1.90GHz 85W)Xeon E5-2620
v3 (2.40GHz 85W)Xeon
E5-2623 v3 (3.00GHz
105W)Xeon E5-2630 v3
(2.40GHz 85W)Xeon E5-2630L
v3 (1.80GHz 55W)Xeon
E5-2637 v3 (3.50GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2640 v3
(2.60GHz 90W)Xeon E5-2643
v3 (3.40GHz 135W)Xeon
E5-2650 v3 (2.30GHz
105W)Xeon E5-2650L v3
(1.80GHz 65W)Xeon E5-2660
v3 (2.60GHz 105W)Xeon
E5-2667 v3 (3.20GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2670 v3
(2.30GHz 120W)Xeon E5-2680
v3 (2.50GHz 120W)Xeon
E5-2683 v3 (2.00GHz
120W)Xeon E5-2690 v3
(2.60GHz 135W)Xeon E5-2695
v3 (2.30GHz 120W)Xeon
E5-2697 v3 (2.60GHz
145W)Xeon E5-2698 v3
(2.30GHz 135W)Xeon E5-2699
v3 (2.30GHz 145W)

Xeon E5-2603 v3 (1.60GHz

85W)Xeon E5-2609 v3
(1.90GHz 85W)Xeon E5-2620
v3 (2.40GHz 85W)Xeon
E5-2623 v3 (3.00GHz
105W)Xeon E5-2630 v3
(2.40GHz 85W)Xeon E5-2630L
v3 (1.80GHz 55W)Xeon
E5-2637 v3 (3.50GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2640 v3
(2.60GHz 90W)Xeon E5-2643
v3 (3.40GHz 135W)Xeon
E5-2650 v3 (2.30GHz
105W)Xeon E5-2650L v3
(1.80GHz 65W)Xeon E5-2660
v3 (2.60GHz 105W)Xeon
E5-2667 v3 (3.20GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2670 v3
(2.30GHz 120W)Xeon E5-2680
v3 (2.50GHz 120W)Xeon
E5-2683 v3 (2.00GHz
120W)Xeon E5-2690 v3
(2.60GHz 135W)Xeon E5-2695
v3 (2.30GHz 120W)Xeon
E5-2697 v3 (2.60GHz
145W)Xeon E5-2698 v3
(2.30GHz 135W)Xeon E5-2699
v3 (2.30GHz 145W)

Xeon E5-2603 v3 (1.60GHz

85W)Xeon E5-2609 v3
(1.90GHz 85W)Xeon E5-2620
v3 (2.40GHz 85W)Xeon
E5-2623 v3 (3.00GHz
105W)Xeon E5-2630 v3
(2.40GHz 85W)Xeon E5-2630L
v3 (1.80GHz 55W)Xeon
E5-2637 v3 (3.50GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2640 v3
(2.60GHz 90W)Xeon E5-2643
v3 (3.40GHz 135W)Xeon
E5-2650 v3 (2.30GHz
105W)Xeon E5-2650L v3
(1.80GHz 65W)Xeon E5-2660
v3 (2.60GHz 105W)Xeon
E5-2667 v3 (3.20GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2670 v3
(2.30GHz 120W)Xeon E5-2680
v3 (2.50GHz 120W)Xeon
E5-2683 v3 (2.00GHz
120W)Xeon E5-2690 v3
(2.60GHz 135W)Xeon E5-2695
v3 (2.30GHz 120W)Xeon
E5-2697 v3 (2.60GHz
145W)Xeon E5-2698 v3
(2.30GHz 135W)Xeon E5-2699
v3 (2.30GHz 145W)

Xeon E5-2603 v3 (1.60GHz

85W)Xeon E5-2608L v3
(2.00GHz 52W)Xeon E5-2609
v3 (1.90GHz 85W)Xeon
E5-2618L v3 (2.30GHz
75W)Xeon E5-2620 v3
(2.40GHz 85W)Xeon E5-2623
v3 (3.00GHz 105W)Xeon
E5-2628L v3 (2.00GHz
75W)Xeon E5-2630 v3
(2.40GHz 85W)Xeon E5-2630L
v3 (1.80GHz 55W)Xeon
E5-2637 v3 (3.50GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2640 v3
(2.60GHz 90W)Xeon E5-2643
v3 (3.40GHz 135W)Xeon
E5-2648L v3 (1.80GHz
75W)Xeon E5-2650 v3
(2.30GHz 105W)Xeon
E5-2650L v3 (1.80GHz
65W)Xeon E5-2658 v3
(2.20GHz 105W)Xeon E5-2660
v3 (2.60GHz 105W)Xeon
E5-2667 v3 (3.20GHz
135W)Xeon E5-2670 v3
(2.30GHz 120W)Xeon E5-2680
v3 (2.50GHz 120W)Xeon
E5-2683 v3 (2.00GHz
120W)Xeon E5-2685 v3
(2.60GHz 120W)Xeon E5-2690
v3 (2.60GHz 135W)Xeon
E5-2695 v3 (2.30GHz
120W)Xeon E5-2697 v3
(2.60GHz 145W)Xeon E5-2698
v3 (2.30GHz 135W)Xeon
E5-2699 v3 (2.30GHz 145W)

Max Processor Chips

5,706 (1ch/6co 32GB)

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QuickCompete Product Comparison

HP - ProLiant BL460c Gen9

Cisco - UCS B200 M4

Dell - PowerEdge M630

Fujitsu - PRIMERGY BX2560

M1

Fujitsu - PRIMERGY BX2580

M1

Lenovo - Flex System x240 M5

Compute Node

Max Processor Cores

36

36

36

36

36

36

Cache

10MB to 45MB L3

10MB to 45MB L3

10MB to 45MB L3

10MB to 45MB L3

10MB to 45MB L3

up to 45MB L3

Chipset

Intel C610

Intel C610

Intel C610

Intel C610

Intel C610

Intel C612

Memory Minimum

8 GB

4 GB

4 GB

8 GB

4 GB

Memory Maximum

512 GB

768 GB

768 GB

512 GB

768 GB

768 GB

Memory Type

DDR4 SDRAM

DDR4 SDRAM

DDR4 SDRAM

DDR4 SDRAM

DDR4 SDRAM

DDR4 SDRAM

DIMM Type

LRDIMM, RDIMM

LRDIMM, RDIMM

LRDIMM, RDIMM

LRDIMM, RDIMM

LRDIMM, RDIMM

Memory DIMM Slots Standard

16

24

24

16

24

24

Max Memory DIMM Slots

16

24

24

16

24

24

Memory Protection

Advanced ECC, Rank Sparing

Advanced ECC, Mirroring,

Sparing

Advanced ECC, Scrubbing,

SDDC

Advanced ECC, Mirroring,

Scrubbing, SDDC, Sparing

ECC, Chipkill, Mirroring, Rank

Sparing

Disk Type

SATA, SAS, Solid State

SATA, SAS, Solid State

SATA, SAS, Solid State

SATA, SAS, Solid State

Solid State

SATA, SAS, Solid State

Disk Controller

Dynamic Smart Array B140i

Optional LSI SAS 3108 (12Gb

SAS RAID)

PERC H330, PERC H730,

PERC H730P

Intel C610 SATA

Intel C610 SATA

LSI SAS3004

Internal Disk Bays

2 (4 max)

Bays Information

2 x 2.5" hot-plug drive bays

2 x 2.5" hot-swap disk drive

bays

2 x 2.5" hot-swap drive bays or 2 x 2.5" hot-plug drive bays

4 x 1.8" hot-swap drive bays
SATA/SAS hard drives OR 2 x
2.5" hot-plug drive bays for
PCIe/SAS/SATA SSD

2 x 1.8" drive bays

2 x 2.5" hot-swap drive bays or

4 x 1.8" SSDs or 2 x NVMe
PCIe SSDs (2nd processor
required)

Disk Max Internal

3,200 GB

3,200 GB

3,277 GB

2,400 GB

256 GB

4,000 GB (using 2.0TB NVMe

PCIe SSDs)

RAID Support

0, 1

0, 1 (optional)

Optional

0, 1

Hot-Swap Disks

SATA, SAS, SSD

SATA, SAS, SSD

SAS, SATA, SSD

SATA, SAS, SSD

None

Media Drive

None

None

I/O Technology

PCI Express 3.0

PCI Express 3.0

PCI Express 3.0

PCI Express 3.0

I/O Slot Types

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16

2 x mezzanine slots (one
2 x PCI Express 3.0 x8
mezzanine slot 1 x PCI Express dedicated to VIC 1340 modular mezzanine slots
3.0 x16 mezzanine slot* * only LAN on motherboard)
available with 2nd CPU
installed

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x8

mezzanine slots

2 x PCI Express 3.0 mezzanine 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16

slots

I/O Max Slots

I/O Internal Slots

Networking

2 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports or

2 x 20 Gigabit Ethernet ports

Network daughter card

providing dual-port 10 Gigabit
Ethernet interfaces

Integrated 4-port Emulex

Integrated 4-port Emulex
OCI14102 controller: 2/4 x 1Gb OCI14102 controller: 2/4 x 1Gb
portsOR 2 x 10Gb ports 1 x
portsOR 2 x 10Gb ports
dedicated 10/100/1000
Ethernet management port

None standard, optional Gigabit

or 10Gb Ethernet adapter (x2x
models) 2 x 10GbE ports with
EN4172 dual-port 10Gb
Ethernet adapter (x4x models)
2 x 10GbE ports with CN4052
dual-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric
adapter (x6x models)

Dimensions

Height: 18.06 cm (7.11 in)

Width: 5.54 cm (2.18 in)
Depth: 51.76 cm (20.38 in)

Height: 5 cm (1.97 in)

Width: 20.3 cm (7.99 in)
Depth: 62 cm (24.41 in)

Height: 19.8 cm (7.8 in)

Width: 5 cm (1.97 in)
Depth: 54.4 cm (21.42 in)

Height: 21 cm (8.27 in)

Width: 4.5 cm (1.77 in)
Depth: 52 cm (20.47 in)

Height: 5.1 cm (2.01 in)

Width: 21.5 cm (8.46 in)
Depth: 49.3 cm (19.41 in)

Weight

6.33 kg (13.96 lbs) (max)

7.25 kg (15.98 lbs)

6.8 kg (14.99 lbs)

7 kg (15.43 lbs)

7 kg (15.43 lbs)

7.1 kg (15.65 lbs)

Max Power (Calculated)

608 W (3,502 CO2e kg pa)

788 W (4,539 CO2e kg pa)

656 W (3,779 CO2e kg pa)

639 W (3,681 CO2e kg pa)

596 W (3,433 CO2e kg pa)

720 W (4,148 CO2e kg pa)

500 W (2,880 CO2e kg pa)

500 W (2,880 CO2e kg pa)

Max Power (Theoretical)

0, 1
SATA, SAS, SSD
None

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Max Heat (Calculated)

HP - ProLiant BL460c Gen9

Cisco - UCS B200 M4

Dell - PowerEdge M630

Fujitsu - PRIMERGY BX2560

M1

Fujitsu - PRIMERGY BX2580

M1

Lenovo - Flex System x240 M5

Compute Node

2,189 kj/hr (2,075 Btu/hr)

2,837 kj/hr (2,689 Btu/hr)

2,361 kj/hr (2,238 Btu/hr)

2,300 kj/hr (2,180 Btu/hr)

2,146 kj/hr (2,034 Btu/hr)

2,592 kj/hr (2,457 Btu/hr)

1,800 kj/hr (1,706 Btu/hr)

1,800 kj/hr (1,706 Btu/hr)

(estimated)

ServerView Suite, iRMC S4

Remote Management, optional
Serverview IO Manager

ServerView Suite, iRMC S4

Remote Management, optional
Serverview IO Manager

Max Heat (Theoretical)

System Management

iLO Management Engine (iLO

4)

Cisco UCS Manager

Dell OpenManage Essentials

Dell OpenManage Mobile; Dell
OpenManage Power Center;
Remote management iDRAC8
with Lifecycle Controller

Capacity On Demand

No

No

No

No

Clustering

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Warranty

3 Years NBD Onsite3 Years Parts, Labor, OnsiteNext

Business Day
responseWorldwide

3yr Parts [CRU] + Onsite3-Year

Limited WarrantySome parts
are Customer Replaceable
Units (CRU)Cisco ships
replacement CRU Next
Business Day (NBD)and client
performs replacementOther
parts replacement is done by
Cisco NBD Onsite

3 Years - Onsite ServiceMay

vary by country

3 Years - Onsite ServiceMay

vary by country

3 Years Next Business Day

OnsiteBusiness Hours Parts
and LaborAvailable US; May
vary in other regions

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UEFI, IBM Integrated

Management Module 2 (IMM2)
with Renesas SH7758
controller, Predictive Failure
Analysis, light path diagnostics
panel, automatic server restart,
remote presence. Support for
IBM Flex System Manager, IBM
Systems Director and Active
Energy Manager, IBM Tools
Center, and IBM ServerGuide

3yr (IOL) NBD Parts [CRU] +

Onsite3-Year Lenovo Onsite
Limited (IOL)Some parts are
Customer Replaceable Units
(CRU)Lenovo ships
replacement CRU Next
Business Day (NBD)and client
performs replacementOther
parts replacement is done by
Lenovo NBD Onsite

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