Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged (apologies) but I have a juicy rumor about Cisco’s blade servers that I think you’ll want to hear. Continue reading
Category Archives: Cisco
First Look at Cisco’s AMD Blade Server
This week at Cisco Live, Cisco unveiled their first blade server built with an AMD processor. Here is a first look at it. Continue reading
Available 4th Gen Intel Xeon CPUs by Blade Server Vendor
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything new. This is partly because blade server news has practically diminished; or I’m just getting really bad at finding “blog-worthy” content. Either way, in this post, I thought it would be helpful to take to post a comparison of CPUs by blade server vendor. Continue reading
Dell PowerEdge MX with Cisco ACI Integration
A few weeks ago, there was a Dell blog post that provided an example of how to integrate Dell’s blade server platform running Dell’s SmartFabric Services with Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI.) Here are some of the key takeaways from that blog post. Continue reading
Cisco Announces UCS X210c M7 and UCS X410c M7 Blade Servers
As expected, I’m starting to see the blade server vendors unveil their next generations of product based in the 4th Generation Intel Xeon SP CPUs. It looks like Cisco was first to announce, as I haven’t seen any other blade server vendor announce. In today’s blog post, I’ll highlight what’s been released about Cisco’s latest announcements. Continue reading
The Ultimate Guide for Blade Server Resources
Happy Halloween! As new blade server content is lacking in the market, I thought I would wrap up this month with an updated list of blade server resources for Cisco, Dell, HPE and Lenovo blade servers.
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Can You Run GPUs on Blade Servers?
In the past, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) was equated to a workload that was designing something, like building automobiles. However, over the past few years, organizations have realized that GPUs have more value than utilization in Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML). In fact, a large majority of recent GPU adoption revolved around utilization of GPUs with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). As we look at a “modular infrastructure” (aka blade server) environments, having multiple servers within a small footprint is ideal for VDI. In today’s blog post, I’m going to review what each blade server vendor offers for GPU options. Continue reading
What We Can Expect for Blade Servers in 2022
As we look into the new year, there are some things I think we can expect to see in the blade server market. Here are a few things I think we’ll see in 2022.
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Cisco (Probably) Isn’t Getting Out of the Blade Server Business
A recent blog post on Blocksandfiles.com is sparking concerns around the future of Cisco’s rack and server business. Are they on their way out, or is this just a bump in the road. Here are my thoughts. Continue reading
Are Multi-Node Systems a Better Option Than Blade Servers?
Lately I’ve been having discussions around “futures” with customers and one topic continues to be over ongoing interest. What will blade servers look like with the expectations of CPU TDPs continuing to increase? Looking into the future, it’s very clear that CPUs are going to create an obstacle for blade server users. TDPs are going to grow to the point where “air cooling” may not be sufficient for all workloads. This will force blade server users to make a choice. Continue reading