Another Server Guy,

Thanks for sharing your experience. If you are new to UCS, there are several special programs offered to give additional discounts. I would ask your partner about those. But you bring up the most important feature of S-Series to me - UCS Management. You can use the same tools, processes, and procedures to manage the S-Series just like the B-Series and C-Series.

Did you see my blog on consolidating multiple 2RU rack servers on to S-Series? http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/do-you-need-more-storage-but-fewer-servers. One of the comments was about reduced software licensing. If you have an enterprise or site license, this probably isn't a factor. But if not, it should also be added into the equation.