Cisco UCS Cisco UCS C220 M3 High-Density Rack Server (Small Form Factor Disk Drive Model)
CONFIGURING the SERVER
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Approved Configurations
(1) No RAID controller plug-in card
■ If you did not choose a plug-in RAID controller (for example, you are using embedded RAID
or a mezzanine RAID controller), you can select up to two PCie option cards listed in
Tab le 9.
(2) One RAID controller plug-in card
■ If you selected a plug-in PCIe RAID controller, you can select only one of the optional PCIe
cards listed in
Table 9.
Caveats
■ For 1-CPU systems:
— Only the full-height PCIe slot (slot 1) is supported
— Neither PCIe slot 2 nor the mezzanine card slot are supported
— Only a single VIC card (either the full-height Cisco UCS P81E or the Cisco VIC 1225
PCIe card) is supported and it must be installed in slot 1 (the full-height slot).
■ For 2-CPU systems:
— Both PCIe slots and the mezzanine card slot are supported
— Only a single VIC card (either the full-height Cisco UCS P81E or the half-height Cisco
VIC 1225 PCIe card) is supported and it must be installed in slot 1 (the full height
slot).
■ All PCIe cards will fit in either slot, except the Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card (VIC),
which must be installed in the full-height slot (slot 1).
■ Other considerations for the Cisco VIC 1225:
— Supports 10G SFP+ optical and copper twinax connections
— Requires that the server has CIMC firmware version 1.4(6) or later installed. There is
a heartbeat LED on the top of the card that indicates when firmware is active.
— To use this card for UCS integration (Cisco UCS Manager mode) with Cisco UCS
Manager 2.1(0) or later, the minimum card-firmware and uboot image level is
2.1(0.306).
■ To help ensure that your operating system is compatible with the card you have selected,
check the Hardware Compatibility List at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10477/prod_technical_reference_list.html
NOTE: If a plug-in RAID controller card is installed, any optional PCIe card you select
will be installed in the full-height slot. RAID controllers are always installed in the
half-height slot.
