Cisco UCS C24 M3 High-Density SFF Rack-Mount Server
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CONFIGURING the SERVER
Approved Configurations
(1) No RAID controller plug-in card
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If you did not choose a plug-in RAID controller, you can select up to five PCIe option cards
listed in
. Two PCIe cards can be plugged into riser 1 and three into riser 2.
(2) One RAID controller plug-in cards
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If you selected one plug-in RAID controller card, you can select additional PCIe option cards
listed in
until all of the slots are filled, if desired. The PCIe cards plug into riser 1
and riser 2.
Caveats
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Only a single Cisco 1225 Virtual Interface Card (VIC) card is supported and it must be
installed in the half-length, full-height PCIe slot (slot 1) on riser 1, which is the only slot that
supports NCSI.
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All PCIe cards will fit in any slot, except the Cisco 1225 VIC card, which must be installed in
the half-length, full-height slot (slot 1) of riser 1. The Cisco 1225 VIC card must be plugged
into slot 1, which supports NCSI.
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Additional considerations for the Cisco 1225 VIC card:
— Supports 10G SFP+ optical and copper twinax connections
— Supported only in PCIe slot 1 of this server. Slot 1 can operate while the server is in
standby power mode.
— 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 (UCSM mode) with Cisco UCS Manager 2.0(2) or
later, the minimum card-firmware and uboot image level is 2.0(2g).
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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:
RAID controllers are always installed in half-height slots.
