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Chapter 3 Maintaining the Server
Installing or Replacing Components
Figure 3-18 Removing and Replacing a PCIe Card
Special Considerations for the Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card (N2XX-ACPCI01)
The Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card is a standard-profile, half-length, dual-port 10 Gb PCIe card
with SFP+. See the following special considerations and prerequisites.
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This card is supported in server Generations M1 and M2.
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This server supports installation of up to two of these cards.
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These cards are supported only in PCIe slots D and E of this server.
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This card must be installed in PCIe slot D to use the Cisco Card NIC mode (see Figure 3-17 on
page 3-33 ). See also NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings, page 2-12 .
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This card requires that the server has CIMC firmware version 1.2(1) or later installed. There is a
heartbeat LED on the top and bottom of the card that indicates when firmware is active.
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To use this card for UCS integration (UCSM mode) with Cisco UCS Manager 2.0(2xx) or later, the
minimum card-firmware and uboot image level is 2.0(2g).
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To use this card for UCS integration (UCSM mode) with Cisco UCS Manager 1.4 or 2.0(1), the
minimum card-firmware and uboot image level is 1.4(1i).
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To connect this card to an upstream Cisco Nexus fabric interconnect (switch), the minimum NXOS
version on the fabric interconnect must be 5.0 or later.
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