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Cisco UCS C220 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview
Network and
management I/O
The server provides these rear-panel connectors:
• One 1-Gb Ethernet dedicated management port
• Two 1-Gb Base-T Ethernet ports
• One RS-232 serial port (RJ-45 connector)
• One 15-pin VGA
4
connector
• Two USB
5
2.0 connectors
• One front-panel KVM connector that is used with the included KVM cable,
which provides two USB, one VGA, and one serial connector.
WoL The 1-Gb Base-T Ethernet LAN
ports support the wake-on-LAN (WoL) standard.
Power Up to two power supplies, both either 450W or 650W each.
Redundant as 1+1. Do not mix power supply types in the server.
See Po
wer Specifications, page A-3 for more information on power supplies.
ACPI This server supports the advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) 4.0
standard
.
Storage Drives are installed into front-panel drive bays that provide hot-pluggable access.
There a
re two versions of the server front panel and backplane:
• Small Form Factor—The server can hold up to eight 2.5-inch SAS
6
or SATA
7
hard drives or solid state drives.
• Large Form Factor—The server can hold up to four 3.5-inch SAS or SATA hard
drives.
The server also contains one int
ernal USB 2.0 port on the motherboard that you can
use with a USB thumb drive for additional storage.
Cisco Flexible
Flash drives
The server can be ordered with up to two opt
ional Cisco Flexible Flash drives (SD
cards).
This drive is pre-loaded with four virtual drives. The four virtual drives contain,
respect
ively, the Cisco Server Configuration Utility, the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility,
the Cisco C-Series server drivers set, and a blank virtual drive on which you can
install an OS or a hypervisor (see also Replacing a Cisco Flexible Flash Card,
page 3-40).
The two flash drives can be configured in a RAID 1 configuration to protect your
hy
pervisor VD.
Disk
Manag
ement
(RAID)
For a list of supported RAID controller options, see RAID Controller
Considerations, page C-1.
RAID Backup There is one mounting point inside the chassis that can be
used for a RAID backup
unit when using an LSI MegaRAID card. This unit can be either of the following:
• The optional LSI BBU that can be used with LSI MegaRAID cards.
• The SuperCap Power Module that can be used with LSI MegaRAID-CV cards.
Video Resolution up to 1600x1200, 16bpp at 60 Hz. Up to 256 MB of video memory.
1. DIMM = dual inline memory module
2. DDR3 = double data rate, type 3
3. PCIe = peripheral component interconnect express
4. VGA = video graphics array
5. USB = universal serial bus
Table 1-1 Cisco UCS C220 Server Features (continued)