The UCS X210c M8 combined with the UCS X580p PCIe Node satisfies the complete requirement set. The X210c M8 uses Intel Xeon 6 processors, while the X580p provides modular GPU expansion and supports up to four PCIe GPUs. Cisco specifically positions this combination for generative AI, inference, and other GPU-accelerated workloads. Management is policy-driven through Cisco Intersight, providing the required cloud-based operational model.

The X580p also supports NVIDIA H200 NVL GPUs and NVLink Bridge capabilities. This is significant where low-latency communication is required between specific GPU pairs because NVLink provides substantially higher-bandwidth GPU-to-GPU communication than standard PCIe-only communication. Cisco's UCS ordering guidance specifies that H200 NVL supports NVL Bridge configurations with a minimum of two GPUs.

Options C and D are high-density AI systems, but they use AMD EPYC-based architectures rather than satisfying the stated Intel CPU requirement. Option A likewise does not match the specified X-Series composability, cloud-managed GPU resource model, and Intel-based requirement as directly as the X210c M8 configuration.

Study Guide Reference: 2.0 AI Infrastructure Components and Architecture — 2.2 Compute deployment; 2.4 power and efficiency considerations.

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