Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming another enterprise workload that infrastructure teams have to support. Whether it’s AI inference, model fine-tuning, VDI, rendering, or other GPU-intensive applications, organizations need access to powerful GPUs without building an entirely separate server infrastructure. That’s where the new Cisco UCS X580p PCIe Node comes in. Let’s take a look at the new X580p PCIe node. Continue reading
Cisco UCS XE9305 — Blade Servers Designed for the Modern Edge
Cisco has expanded its blade server lineup with a new platform built specifically for edge environments, where space, power, and simplicity matter. Launched in November 2025, the Cisco UCS XE9305 Chassis and UCS XE130c M8 Compute Node form the backbone of the Cisco Unified Edge solution — a modular, AI-ready, cloud-managed system that brings compute, networking, storage, and security together in a compact blade form factor.
In this post, we’ll break down what this offering is all about and share the key technical details. Continue reading
Xeon 6 CPUs Available Today
I thought it would be interesting to take a quick glance at the latest Intel CPU availability across the current blade server market. The results were quite interesting. Continue reading
Taking a Look at the Newest Blade Server Offerings
I’ll admit—I’ve been holding off on writing about the latest blade server offerings. I wanted to give all the major server vendors time to announce and start shipping their new models. But now that the dust has settled, I’m genuinely surprised by what I’ve found. Continue reading
Intel Xeon CPUs by Blade Server Vendor
The list below is based upon the list of CPUs that each server vendor posts on their respective websites. Please note, in certain cases there may be options to add Intel Xeon CPUs that are not listed in the matrix below via a custom process; check with your server vendors if something is not listed. Continue reading
IDC Data Shows Blade Server Shipments Trending Down
I was asked about the trends of blade servers recently, so I took the time to take a look at IDC data and the results were quite shocking. Continue reading
I Heard A Rumor About Cisco UCS
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
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 Networking Deployment Guide
This document is an overview of the architecture, features, and functionality of the PowerEdge MX networking infrastructure, including the steps for configuring and troubleshooting the PowerEdge MX networking switches in Full Switch and SmartFabric modes. Continue reading