Special Considerations For Cisco Ucs Virtual Interface Cards; Special Considerations For Cisco Ucs Fusion Iodrive2 Storage Accelerator Cards - Cisco UCS C240 Installation And Service Manual
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Chapter 3
Maintaining the Server
Special Considerations for Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards
Table 3-8
Table 3-8
Cisco UCS C240 M3 Requirements for Virtual Interface Cards
Number of
VICs
Virtual Interface
Supported
Card (VIC)
in Server
Cisco UCS VIC P81E
N2XX-ACPCI01
Cisco UCS VIC1225
UCSC-PCIE-CSC-02
Cisco UCS VIC1225T
UCSC-PCIE-C10T-02
Cisco UCS VIC 1285
UCSC-PCIE-C40Q-02
1. See
PCIe Slots, page
3-40.
2. Slot 5 is not available in single-CPU configurations.
3. The Cisco UCS VIC1225T is not supported for UCS integration at this time.
Special Considerations for Cisco UCS Fusion ioDrive2 Storage Accelerator Cards
Table 3-9
Table 3-9
Cisco UCS C240 M3 Requirements for Fusion ioDrive2 Cards
Card
Cisco UCS 3.0 TB MLC Fusion ioDrive2
UCSC-F-FIO-3000M
Cisco UCS 1205 GB MLC Fusion ioDrive2
UCSC-F-FIO-1205M
Cisco UCS 785 GB MLC Fusion ioDrive2
UCSC-F-FIO-785M
Cisco UCS 365 GB MLC Fusion ioDrive2
UCSC-F-FIO-365M
1. See
PCIe Slots, page
3-40.
2. Some of the supported slots can be enabled to provide more than the default 25 W power draw for higher performance on some cards. See
Power-Draw for Fusion ioDrive2 Cards, page
3. Slot 2 is the primary slot for Cisco UCS VIC cards and so should be reserved if a VIC card is required in your configuration.
4. A rear-panel tab adapter is required to fit the half-height cards in full-height slots 1, 2, 3, and 5.
OL-25761-01z
describes the requirements for the supported Cisco UCS virtual interface cards (VICs).
Primary Slot For
Slots That
UCS Integration
Support
or Cisco Card
1
VICs
NIC Mode
2
PCIE 2
PCIE 2
2
PCIE 5
2
PCIE 2
PCIE 2
PCIE 5
2
PCIE 2
PCIE 2
PCIE 5
2
PCIE 2
PCIE 2
PCIE 5
describes the requirements for the supported Cisco UCS Fusion ioDrive2 cards.
Max. Number of
Cards
Supported
4 at default
•
25W power
draw
3 at >25W
•
power draw
5
5
5
3-44.
Minimum
CIMC
Minimum VIC
Firmware
Firmware
1.4(4)
2.0(2)
1.4(6)
2.1(0)
3
1.5(1)
2.1(1)
1.5(4)
2.2(1b)
Slots That
Slots That
Support
Support
>25W Power
1
These Cards
Override
PCIE 1
PCIE 1
PCIE 2
PCIE 2
PCIE 3
PCIE 3
PCIE 5
PCIE 5
All
Not
applicable
All
Not
applicable
All
Not
applicable
Cisco UCS C240 Server Installation and Service Guide
Installing or Replacing Server Components
Minimum Nexus
OS on an Upstream
Nexus Fabric
Interconnect
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
Card
Minimum
Height
CIMC
(rear-panel
2
Firmware
tab)
1.5(2)
Full height
3
1.5(2)
Half height
1.5(2)
Half height
1.5(2)
Half height
Enabling Higher
4
3-43
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