Cisco UCS® E-Series M6 Server brings data center-class blade servers to the branch office. This powerful, small-form-factor, x86 64-bit blade servers reside in the Cisco Catalyst™ 8300 Series Edge Platforms. The blade is virtualization-ready and can host essential infrastructure services and mission-critical business applications, all while you maintain a lean branch-office environment.

• Reduced operational burden:
• Through a consolidated, wire-free infrastructure, Cisco UCS E-Series Servers make the addition of new services and infrastructure quick and easy.
• Simplified system maintenance:
• Cisco UCS E-Series Servers ease physical server provisioning and system maintenance.
• Enhanced server management:
• Built-in lights-out server management through the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC), which runs on the same dedicated baseboard management controller hardware found in all Cisco UCS products. This feature provides standalone management consistency with Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers for both local and remote server monitoring and configuration management. The hardware is Cisco Intersight® capable, and we expect Intersight to be supported in the future.
• Stronger physical security:
• The blades require no external network cables or physical Keyboard, Video, or Mouse (KVM). They can therefore be easily secured in a wiring closet or other secure location without compromising manageability, a situation that is difficult to achieve with traditional legacy tower and rack-mount servers that lack virtual KVM capabilities.
• Small footprint:
• Cisco UCS E-Series Servers include multicore x86 64-bit Intel Xeon processors. You can reduce your branch-office server footprint by incorporating high-performance, power-optimized blade servers directly into Catalyst 8300 cloud edge routers. These servers are integrated and housed in a single router chassis, delivering an excellent all-in-one platform for the lean branch office.