The Cisco UCS C240 M6 Rack Server is well-suited for a wide range of storage and I/O-intensive applications such as big data analytics, databases, collaboration, virtualization, consolidation and high-performance computing in its two-socket, 2RU form factor. It can be used standalone or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System, which unifies computing, networking, management, virtualization and storage access into a single integrated architecture enabling end-to-end server visibility, management and control in both bare metal and virtualized environments.