• Mixing Drive Types in RAID Groups, on page 39
• Disks Replacement Considerations, on page 40
• RAID Backup Units, on page 40
• Installing ENCS-MRAID Drivers for NFVIS, on page 41
• RAID Configuration, on page 41
• Secured RAID Group Configuration, on page 42
• RAID Disk Group Rebuild, on page 45
• For More Information, on page 45
RAID Card Firmware Compatibility
The firmware on the RAID controller must be verified for compatibility with the current Cisco IMC (3.1.5)
and BIOS (2.3) versions that are installed on the server. If not compatible, upgrade or downgrade the RAID
controller firmware accordingly using the Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) for your firmware release to bring it
to a compatible level.
See the HUU guide for your Cisco IMC release for instructions on downloading and using the utility to bring
server components to compatible levels: HUU Guides
ENCS-MRAID Controller Considerations
Stripe-Size Limitation When No Flash-Backed Write Cache is Present
This controller does not have a FBWC, the only stripe size available is 64 KB.
Write-Cache Policy for ENCS-MRAID Controller
This controller does not have SCPM, the default write-cache policy for the ENCS-MRAID controller is Write
Through.
Support Matrix For ENCS-MRAID Controller
the following table lists the support for the available controllers by server version.
Table 8:
ENCS-MRAID Controller Control
Front-Facing Drives?
Boot SSD (Internal M.2) Supported?ENCS Version
YesNoENCS 5406
ENCS 5408
ENCS 5412
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Supported RAID Controllers and Required Cables
RAID Card Firmware Compatibility
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