Cisco UCS C240 M4 Service Manual

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Cisco UCS C240 M4 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations
Embedded SATA RAID Controller
Embedded SATA RAID Controller
Note VMware ESX/ESXi or any other virtualized environments are not supported for use with the embedded
MegaRAID controller. Hypervisors such as Hyper-V, Xen, or KVM are also not supported for use with
the embedded MegaRAID controller.
This server includes an embedded MegaRAID controller hub that can control up to eight SATA-only
front-facing drives (SFF 8-drive server only). It can also control up to two internal boot SSDs (SFF
24-drive and LFF 12-drive servers only).
This section contains the following topics:
• Embedded SATA RAID Controller Requirements For Front-Facing Drive Control, page C-10
• Embedded SATA RAID: Two SATA Controllers, page C-11
• Embedded SATA RAID Controller Considerations, page C-12
• Installing a SATA Interposer Board For Front-Facing Drive Control, page C-12
• Installing a Software RAID 5 Key Module for Embedded RAID 5 Support, page C-12
• Enabling the Embedded RAID Controller in the BIOS, page C-13
• Disabling the Embedded RAID Controller in the BIOS, page C-14
• Launching the LSI Embedded MegaRAID Configuration Utilities, page C-14
• Installing LSI MegaSR Drivers For Windows and Linux, page C-15
Embedded SATA RAID Controller Requirements For Front-Facing Drive Control
The embedded SATA RAID controller hub requires the following items:
• For front-facing drive control—The SFF, 8-drive version of the server.
The embedded RAID option is available for front-facing drive control only with the SFF 8-drive,
direct-connect backplane.
• A SATA interposer board and Y-cable (bundled as UCSC-IP-PCH-C240M4=).
This interposer board plugs into the motherboard and provides cable connectors.
• (Optional) A SATA RAID 5 key module.
This optional module can be installed to a motherboard header to add SATA RAID 5 support for
front-facing drives.
• The embedded SATA RAID controller must be enabled in the server BIOS.
• (Optional) LSI MegaSR drivers for Windows or Linux.
Note The embedded SATA RAID controller can also manage internal SSD boot drives in a RAID 1 array. For
that case, the requirement is either the LFF 12-drive or the SFF 24-drive version of the server. Only the
LFF 12-drive and the SFF 24-drive versions of the server support internal boot SSDs. No cabling is
required for managing the internal SSD boot drives.

Cisco UCS C240 M4 Specifications

General

Tcase	78.9 °C
Bus type	QPI
Stepping	M1
Scalability	2S
Processor code	SR1YA
Processor cache	25 MB
Processor cores	10
Processor model	E5-2650V3
System bus rate	9.6 GT/s
Processor series	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Processor socket	LGA 2011-v3
Processor threads	20
Processor codename	Haswell
Motherboard chipset	Intel C610
Processor frequency	2.3 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	22 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor package size	52.5 x 45 mm
Processor front side bus	- MHz
Processor boost frequency	3 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	Yes
Embedded options available	No
PCI Express configurations	x4, x8, x16
Supported instruction sets	AVX 2.0
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 W
Compatible processor series	Intel® Xeon®
Supported processor sockets	LGA 2011-v3 (Socket R)
Number of processors installed	2
Physical Address Extension (PAE)	46 bit
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	40
Memory types supported by processor	DDR4-SDRAM
Memory channels supported by processor	Quad
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	1600, 1866, 2133 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	68 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	768 GB
HDD size	- \
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Total storage capacity	- GB
Maximum storage capacity	- TB
Number of HDDs installed	-
Memory slots	24
Internal memory	16 GB
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz
Maximum internal memory	384 GB
Maximum graphics card memory	8 MB
Graphics card	G200e
Graphics card family	Matrox
Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT)	VT-d, VT-x
LAN controller	Intel® I350
Cabling technology	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Ethernet interface type	Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Serial ports quantity	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	4
Compatible operating systems	Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Oracle Linux Oracle Solaris Ubuntu Server CentOS
Chassis type	Rack (2U)
Power supply input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Processor ARK ID	81705
Intel Secure Key Technology version	1.00
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	0.00
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version	1.2
PCI Express slots version	3.0

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	738 mm
Width	448 mm
Height	87 mm