Cisco UCS C260 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server
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CONFIGURING the SERVER
STEP 5
CHOOSE MODULAR DRIVE BAYS
The C260 M2 server accommodates two drive bays, with each bay holding up to eight drives. You
should choose the number of drive bays based on the number of drives you selected in
STEP 4
CHOOSE HARD DISK DRIVES or SOLID STATE DRIVES, page 14
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The modular drive bays each come with a backplane and transition card installed. The transition
card connects the drive bay backplane to the motherboard. There are two types of transition
cards:
— Nonexpander (default): Two internal cables from the transition card to a plug-in
RAID controller card are required to control eight drives. One of the connectors
allows control of drives 1 through 4 on the backplane. The other connector allows
control of drives 5 through 8 on the backplane.
— Expander (optional): One internal cable from the transition card to a plug-in RAID
controller card is required to control eight drives. This one connector allows control
of drives 1 through 8 on the backplane
Choose Drive Bays
Choose one or two of the drive bays listed in
Table 7
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Approved Configurations
(1) One Standard Drive Bay with Nonexpander Transition Card
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This option accommodate a maximum of eight drives. All eight drives can be controlled with
two cables connected from the transition card to a single RAID controller.
(2) Two Standard Drive Bays with Nonexpander Transition Cards
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This option accommodates a maximum of sixteen drives. Two RAID controllers are required
to control all sixteen drives. Two cables must be connected to each RAID controller from
each transition card.
Table 7 Available Drive Bays
Product ID (PID)
PID Description
Drive Bay Options
UCSC-DBKP-08D
8 Drive Backplane For C-Series
UCSC-DBKP-08E
8 Drive Backplane W/ Expander For C-Series