Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M4 Hyper Converged Appliance

Discover the power of true hyperconvergence with the Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M4 Hyper Converged Appliance. This enterprise-grade solution fuses compute, storage, and networking into a single, scalable platform, delivering the performance your business demands while simplifying day-to-day management. Built on the Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform, the HX240c M4 is engineered to accelerate virtualization, containerized workloads, and data-driven applications, helping you innovate faster and respond to changing requirements with minimal downtime.

• Unified hyperconvergence with HX Data Platform — The HX240c M4 integrates software-defined storage, compute, and networking into one cohesive system. This reduces complexity, lowers total cost of ownership, and enables rapid provisioning of workloads. By consolidating resources, you gain a single, consistent management plane that simplifies deployment, scaling, and operations across virtual machines, containers, and production apps. With built-in data services, deduplication, compression, and intelligent caching, you can optimize performance and efficiency without sacrificing reliability.
• High performance and efficiency for modern workloads — Designed to handle a broad range of workloads—from mission-critical databases to containerized microservices and virtual desktop infrastructure—the HX240c M4 delivers strong I/O performance and predictable latency. By leveraging a tightly integrated stack, you get fast data access, improved I/O consistency, and streamlined data mobility across nodes. The platform supports flexible storage configurations and intelligent data placement, ensuring that hot data remains readily accessible for faster application response times.
• Scalable architecture that grows with your business — The HX240c M4 is built for seamless scale-out, allowing you to add compute and storage capacity as needs evolve. This scalability enables you to begin with a lean deployment and expand incrementally, maintaining consistent performance and simplified management. With flexible node configurations and automatic data rebalancing, you can continuously optimize resource utilization while protecting against bottlenecks in peak usage periods.
• Centralized management, security, and reliability — Cisco HyperFlex offers a unified management experience that integrates with familiar tools and platforms you already rely on. The appliance provides robust data protection features, redundant components, and proactive health monitoring to minimize downtime. Security is reinforced through role-based access, encryption options, and secure firmware updates, helping you safeguard sensitive data across the entire hyperconverged environment while maintaining compliance with industry standards.
• Versatile deployment scenarios and strong ROI — Whether you’re consolidating workloads in a private cloud, supporting virtual desktops, or enabling agile development and test environments, the HX240c M4 adapts to your unique requirements. Its compact form factor, combined with easy expansion and streamlined management, translates to faster time-to-value and lower operational costs. Organizations gain better resource utilization, shorter deployment cycles, and the ability to respond quickly to business demand without sacrificing uptime.

Technical Details of Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M4 Hyper Converged Appliance

• Specifications: Available from the supplier portal. Current product data provided here does not include UPC or SKU-based specifications. For complete technical details, please refer to the official SyNNEX supplier specifications under the product listing referencing the Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M4.

How to install Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M4 Hyper Converged Appliance

Installing the Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M4 is designed to be a streamlined process that minimizes downtime while delivering a scalable, resilient hyperconverged environment. Follow these high-level steps to start your deployment and begin benefiting from consolidated infrastructure, simplified management, and faster time to value.

• Prepare your environment by validating power, cooling, and network readiness. Ensure your data center space meets the rack and footprint requirements, and that you have sufficient network bandwidth for the expected traffic patterns between nodes, storage, and management interfaces.
• Rack and physically connect the appliance. Install each HX240c M4 node into a standard rack, connect power and data cables, and verify inter-node connectivity. Ensure management access is available through the designated network segments to support out-of-band management and remote monitoring during the initial configuration.
• Power on and access initial management interfaces. Use the Cisco HX Connect or the dedicated management portal to begin the initial configuration. The setup workflow guides you through discovering hardware, applying firmware revisions, and establishing the base cluster settings for your HyperFlex environment.
• Configure the HyperFlex Data Platform and cluster. Define the cluster topology, assign storage policies, and configure data protection and replication settings. Bind virtual machines, containers, or other workloads to the cluster resources, and establish appropriate resource pools and quality-of-service priorities to ensure consistent performance under varying workloads.
• Validate, monitor, and optimize. After the initial deployment, perform health checks, run baseline performance tests, and confirm that data services, backups, and disaster recovery policies are functioning as intended. Integrate your management workflows with existing tools (vSphere, CIS tools, or other orchestration platforms) and set up ongoing monitoring to ensure sustained performance and reliability.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: What makes the Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M4 different from traditional hypervisor-based solutions? A: The HX240c M4 delivers true hyperconvergence by combining compute, storage, and networking in a single, scalable appliance with the HyperFlex Data Platform. This eliminates silos between storage and compute, simplifies management through a unified control plane, and enables rapid deployment and scaling while maintaining protection and performance for diverse workloads.
• Q: Which workloads are best suited for HyperFlex HX240c M4? A: It is well-suited for virtualization, containerized applications, VDI, databases, and mixed workloads that require low latency, consistent performance, and flexible scaling. The platform supports dynamic workload demands, enabling faster provisioning and easier lifecycle management across your data center.
• Q: How does scaling work with HyperFlex HX240c M4? A: Scaling is designed to be straightforward and non-disruptive. You can add nodes to an existing cluster to increase capacity and compute power, with automatic data distribution and rebalancing to maintain performance and reliability as your environment grows.
• Q: What about management and integration with other tools? A: The HX240c M4 integrates with Cisco management tools, virtualization platforms, and common automation ecosystems. This provides a familiar, centralized interface for day-to-day operations, monitoring, and policy-driven governance across compute, storage, and network resources.
• Q: Are there security and compliance features included? A: Yes. The appliance offers role-based access control, secure firmware updates, data protection services, and encryption options where applicable. These capabilities help protect sensitive data and maintain governance across your hyperconverged environment.