Cisco UCS C220 M7 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V3
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco UCS C220 M7 is a compact 1U 2-socket rack server powered by 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with PCIe Gen 5 and DDR5 memory. The ThinkSystem SR630 V3 is Lenovo's dense 1U two-socket premier server powered by 4th and 5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids and Emerald Rapids).
| Cisco UCS C220 M7 | Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| Form factor | 1U rack | 1U rack |
| Processor | Up to 2x 4th or 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 64 cores each (up to 350W TDP) | — |
| Memory | 32x DDR5 DIMM slots (16 per CPU) supporting up to 8TB DDR5-5600 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 10x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe SSDs, or up to 4x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drives, plus dual internal M.2 | Up to 12x 2.5-inch SFF, 4x 3.5-inch LFF, or up to 16x EDSFF E1.S / E3.S NVMe drive bays |
| Expansion slots | Up to 3x PCIe Gen 5 slots (2x full-height and 1x half-height) plus 1x dedicated OCP 3.0 slot | — |
| Network | OCP 3.0 mezzanine adapter and PCIe Cisco VIC adapters supporting up to 100GbE / 200GbE | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-swap 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium power supplies up to 2300W | Dual redundant 750W / 1100W / 1800W / 2400W AC 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium PSUs |
| Management | Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) and Cisco Intersight | — |
| Cpu sockets | — | 2 |
| Cpu platform | — | 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) and 5th Gen (Emerald Rapids) up to 350W TDP |
| Memory slots | — | 32 |
| Memory type | — | DDR5-4800 / DDR5-5600 RDIMM / 3DS RDIMM |
| Memory max (GB) | — | 8,192 |
| Pcie slots | — | Up to 3 PCIe Gen5 slots plus 2 OCP 3.0 slots and internal CFF RAID slot |
| Network onboard | — | Dual OCP 3.0 slots (Gen5/Gen4) plus dedicated 1GbE XClarity management port |
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