The Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) is a next-generation, 40-Gbps data center platform that unites computing, network, storage access, and virtualization resources into a cohesive system designed to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and increase business agility. The system integrates a low-latency, lossless 40/10- Gbps Ethernet unified network fabric with enterprise-class, x86-architecture servers. The system is an integrated, scalable, multichassis platform in which all resources participate in a unified management domain.