Cisco UCS C260 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server
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CONFIGURING the SERVER
STEP 6
CHOOSE RAID CONFIGURATION
The C260 M2 server accommodates either one or two LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i RAID controllers.
The C260 M2 contains two drive bays, each housing up to eight HDDs or SSDs. Each RAID
controller connects to a transition card that connects the drive bay backplane to the
motherboard.
Cisco can provide factory-configured RAID 0, 1, 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 8
. Note that RAID levels 50 and 60 are supported on the 9261-8i, but
are not factory configurable.
Choose RAID Options
Choose one or two RAID controllers, one RAID configuration option, and, if desired, the battery
backup option listed in
Table 8
.
Table 8 Available RAID Options
Product ID (PID)
PID Description
RAID Controllers
R2XX-PL003
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i (RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10)
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Each controller takes up one PCIe slot (slots 3 and 5 are used for RAID
controllers).
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Supports from one to sixteen internal SAS or SATA drives, depending on the
type of transition board installed:
• One drive bay with nonexpander transition board: up to eight drives
supported with one RAID controller having two cables connected to the
transition card.
• Two drive bays with nonexpander transition boards: up to sixteen drives
supported with one RAID controller having two cables connected to one
transition card and a second RAID controller having two cables connected
to the second transition card
• One drive bay with expander transition board: up to eight drives
supported with one RAID controller having one cable connected to the
transition card.
• Two drive bays with expander transition boards: up to sixteen drives
supported with one RAID controller having one cable connected to one
transition card and a second cable connected to the second transition
card
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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)
RAID Battery Backup Option
UCSC-BBU-11-C260
Battery Backup