UCS C-Series servers are available in industry-standard rack-mount form factor. Like B-Series blade servers, these servers are also based on Intel® Xeon® processors and there is no AMD option available.

C-Series servers can be managed independently through out of band (OOB) web management interface or can be integrated to UCSM software. The embedded controller known as CIMC provides the following services:

• Remote KVM to server console
• Remote power management
• Remote virtual media for operating system installation
• Industry standard IPMI support for monitoring
• Standard SNMP traps for monitoring

Connecting and managing C-Series rack servers through UCSM requires connection through Nexus 2300/2200 series Fabric Extenders which acts as line card to the Fabric Interconnects.

C-Series servers are available in various CPU, memory, I/Om, and storage configurations to address needs of different size of organizations. Following are the specifications of these servers as available at the Cisco website.