
Cisco UCS C210 M2 General-Purpose Rack-Mount Server
CONFIGURING the SERVER
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STEP 4
CHOOSE RAID CONFIGURATION
The base server motherboard comes with an integrated SATA RAID 0/1 controller, which supports
up to 4 SATA drives only (the integrated controller does not support SAS drives). Therefore, a
separate plug-in PCIe controller card is not required when ordering SATA drives and a RAID 0 or 1
configuration is desired.
You can use the built-in SATA RAID 0/1 controller as described in the preceding paragraph or you
can instead choose to implement a RAID configuration by using the optional mezzanine card on
the server motherboard or by using an optional plug-in PCIe RAID controller card.
Cisco can provide factory-configured RAID 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, and 10 systems depending on the RAID
implementation chosen and the number of drives ordered. Factory-configured RAID options are
listed at the end of
Table 6
. Note that RAID levels 50 and 60 are supported on the 9280-4i4e and
9261-8i, but are not factory configurable.
Choose RAID Options
Choose one RAID controller, one RAID configuration option, and, if desired, the battery backup
option listed in
Table 6
.
Table 6 Available RAID Options
Product ID (PID)
PID Description
RAID Controllers
R2X0-ML002
LSI 1064E 4-port SAS 3.0G RAID Mezzanine Card
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Installed on the mezzanine connector inside the UCS C210 M2 server
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Supports up to four SAS or SATA drives with the factory default SAS Extender
or the optional SAS Expander installed. You cannot mix SSD and HDD drive
types. You cannot mix SAS and SATA drives.
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No battery backup
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Factory-configured RAID options: RAID 0, 1, or 1E
UCSC-RAID-C-4I4E
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9280-4i4e, four internal and four external ports
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Takes up one of five available PCIe slots (must be installed in slot #4)
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Supports up to 4 internal SAS or SATA drives (no mixing) plus external JBOD
expansion with the factory default SAS Extender installed. You cannot mix
SSD and HDD drive types
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Battery backup option available (see the battery backup PID section in this
table)
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Factory-configured RAID options: RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 (see the RAID PIDs
section in this table)