Cisco UCS C22 M3 High-Density SFF Rack-Mount Server
CONFIGURING the SERVER
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Approved Configurations
(1) No PCIe RAID controller
■ If you did not choose a PCIe RAID controller (for example, you selected embedded RAID (LSI
MegaSR) or no RAID controller at all), you can select up to one PCIe option card listed in
Tab le 8 on page 24 for 1-CPU configurations or up to two cards for 2-CPU configurations.
(2) One PCIe RAID controller
■ If you selected a PCIe RAID controller, you cannot select any additional PCIe cards for 1-CPU
configurations; however, you can select one additional optional PCIe card for 2-CPU
configurations.
Caveats
■ Only a single Cisco UCS 1225 Virtual Interface Card (VIC) card is supported and it must be
installed in the full-height slot of riser 1, which is the only slot that supports NCSI.
■ All PCIe cards will fit in either riser 1 or riser 2, except the VIC card, which must be installed
in the full-height slot of riser 1. The Cisco 1225 VIC card must be plugged into slot 1, which
supports NCSI.
■ Additional considerations for the Cisco 1225 VIC card:
— Supports 10G SFP+ optical and copper twinax connections
— The server supports installation of only one Cisco VIC 1225 card and it is supported
only in PCIe slot 1. Slot 1 can operate while the server is in standby power mode.
— Requires that the server has CIMC firmware version 1.4(6) or later installed. There is
a heartbeat LED on the top of the card that indicates when firmware is active.
— To use this card for UCS integration (Cisco UCS Manager mode) with Cisco UCS
Manager 2.1(0) or later, the minimum card-firmware and uboot image level is
2.1(0.306).
■ To help ensure that your operating system is compatible with the card you have selected,
check the Hardware Compatibility List at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10477/prod_technical_reference_list.html
1. The “QSFP” in UCSC-PCIE-QSFP stands for QLogic SFP (QSFP is not to be confused with 40 GbE QSFP)
NOTE: If a PCIe RAID controller is installed, any optional PCIe card you select will be
installed in the full-height slot. RAID controllers are always installed in the
half-height slot (unless you change the OPROM setting to enable the full-height slot,
slot 1) for RAID.