Why does the C240 sometimes price like the C220?

Base chassis are commoditized; the C240's extra value comes from a populated storage config — a bare 2U can sit near a bare 1U.

Do you buy end-of-sale UCS gear?

Yes — we buy past-EOS UCS M5 nodes in bulk for the installed-base and parts market.

How is my data handled?

Every drive is sanitized to NIST SP 800-88 before resale; documentation available on request.

What is the minimum and how fast?

Bulk lots only. Send config and quantity for a fast indicative range via the estimator, then a firm offer on inspection.

Used Cisco UCS C240 M5 Value & Buyback

Name: Cisco UCS C240 M5
Brand: Cisco

Sell used Cisco UCS C240 M5 servers in bulk

A used Cisco UCS C240 M5 (2U) commonly trades in the roughly $250–$1,500 range depending on CPUs, memory, drive complement and condition — the larger 2U chassis carries more storage value than the 1U C220. We buy C240 M5 nodes in bulk across the USA and Canada, take title, and resell globally, with drives wiped to NIST SP 800-88.

✓ USA & Canada✓ One buyer — we take title✓ Drives wiped to NIST SP 800-88✓ Indicative range, firm on inspection

The C240 M5 is Cisco's 2U M5-generation rack server, valued for its larger drive capacity. Like the C220 it is past end-of-sale and declining, and Cisco licensing weighs on standalone resale — but a well-populated storage config recovers more than a bare unit.

Value is set by CPUs, memory, the drive complement and clean licensing state. Run your spec through the estimator for an indicative range — we firm it on inspection.

Indicative used value: roughly $250–$1,500 per unit depending on CPUs, memory, drives and condition — indicative, firm on inspection. Want a number for your exact unit? Try the instant estimator → or get a firm bulk offer →

What drives the value

Drive complement: the 2U C240's value leans on populated SFF/LFF bays and storage controllers more than the 1U C220.
CPU & memory: higher-core Xeon Scalable and populated DIMMs lift value.
Licensing state: clean, unencumbered units price better than license-locked nodes.
Completeness: dual PSUs, rails, caddies and controllers add up.
Quantity: matched lots are more deployable and price above mixed singles.

Component value breakdown

On this platform, value is spread across the chassis and what's inside it — the processors, memory and drives often carry more than the bare unit:

Chassis 32%

CPUs 28%

Memory 20%

Drives 20%

Relative contribution to a typical configured unit — illustrative, not a quote.

Typical depreciation pattern

Hardware sheds value every quarter it sits. Selling earlier in the curve recovers materially more:

100Launch

58+1 yr

42+2 yr

30+3 yr

20+4 yr

Illustrative depreciation pattern for this class of system — not a quote.

End-of-life / support status

The C240 M5 is past end-of-sale and in decline, but moves in bulk for the installed base and storage-heavy redeployments. Cisco licensing weighs on standalone resale, so clean, complete, well-populated units recover the most. Selling sooner beats waiting for the depreciation curve to flatten.

What raises your offer

Sell with populated drive bays, controllers and caddies
Include higher-core CPUs and fully populated memory
Add dual PSUs and rails
Flag clean/unencumbered licensing state
Group identical configs into matched bulk lots

Other servers we buy: UCS C220 M5 · Dell R740 · HPE DL380 Gen10 · read what determines your server value.