Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Blade Server (Refurbished)
blade · Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Blade Server. Factory-refurbished, fully tested, original components. 12-month hardwaresys return-to-base warranty. Cost-effective alternative to new — request a quote.
Configuration
| Form Factor | Full-width blade; up to 4 per UCS 5100 Series chassis |
| CPU | 4x Intel Xeon Scalable (1st & 2nd Gen), up to 28 cores per socket |
| DIMM Slots | 48 DDR4 (up to 2933 MHz) |
| Max RAM | 12 TB DDR4 (48x256 GB) or 18 TB mixed (24x256 GB DDR4 + 24x512 GB Optane PMem) |
| Drive Bays | Up to 4x hot-swappable 2.5" SFF SAS/SATA HDD/SSD + NVMe drives |
| Mezzanine Slots | 5 PCIe 3.0 (1 VIC-only, 2 adapter/GPU, 2 front GPU) |
| GPU | Up to 4 GPUs (via front mezzanine slots) |
| RAID | FlexStorage 12-Gbps SAS RAID (0/1/2 GB cache, FBWC) or PCIe SSD passthrough |
| Boot | Dual SD cards (32-128 GB) or dual M.2 SATA SSDs (240-960 GB) |
| Management | Cisco Intersight, UCS Manager 3.2(1)+, CIMC 3.1(2)+ |
Overview
The B480 M5 is the full-width heavyweight of Cisco's classic blade era — the four-socket blade for the workloads that refused to fit the half-width workhorse: big databases, monster VMs, memory-bound estates living inside UCS chassis. Refurbished units keep those estates whole at end-of-era prices. The full-width format was always the rare one, and the used market inherits that scarcity. Each blade is grade A, seated and booted in a chassis at our Shenzhen facility, verified against configuration records, inspected, photographed, serial-logged. Cover is 1-yr hardwaresys RTB. Sealed stock lives in the new B480 M5 listing when policy insists. Send the chassis layout and the memory need, then request a quote.
Need accessories?
RAM, drives, cables, rails — we source everything that goes into the rack.
Every unit is QC-inspected
Standard included on every order. Engineering and Expert available on request.
See QC levels →How we work
Consult & scope
We read your spec, advise on models, budget and timeline.
Spec & price
Our engineer fixes the build; the buyer prices it from vendors.
Contract
Quote, terms and documents — the rate is held, not floating.
Build & QC
Vendor build, then your chosen QC tier with a documented report.
Logistics & customs
Packing, then air from Shenzhen / Hong Kong · delivery quoted per shipment.
Delivery
Final inspection and door-to-door handover.
Common problems when buying blade servers
"In stock" that isn't
We quote real availability — In Shenzhen — ready, or build-to-order with a date — never a stock status we can't hold.
Grey-market boxes with no history
Every unit is QC-tested with a documented report; you see the checks before it ships.
Refurb that's really e-waste
Grade A refurbished only, same one-year warranty as new — or we tell you to buy new instead.
Live price — CISCO-CISCO-UCS-B480-M5-BLADE-REFURB
Optics and enterprise-hardware pricing moves with the market daily, so we don't publish a static number that would be wrong by tomorrow. Send the part number and quantity and you'll have today's real rate — usually within 48 hours, Gulf business time (UTC+4).