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Cisco CSS UCS Platform Series User Guide, KIN-UCSM5-1RU-K9 / KIN-UCSM5-2RU-K9
Chapter 2 Supported Applications
Cisco Video Surveillance Manager, Release 7.11.1 and Higher
Requirements for All Servers
• Drives are not rebuilt when the same drive is removed and reinserted. The removed drive must be
replaced with a new drive. The rebuild will start automatically.
• All drives must be of the same capacity. Drives of different capacities are not supported (for
example, you cannot mix 2TB, 4TB and/or 10TB drives in the same server).
• Installation is supported only if all hard drives are in “configured good” state.
• See the “Replacing Hard Drives” section on page 4-9 for more information.
Cisco CSS UCSM5 1RU Hard Disk Configuration
• The Cisco CSS UCSM5 1RU server ships with 2 or 4 disk drives (other combinations are not
supported).
• Up to four large form factor (LFF) disk drives (3.5” hard drives) of 2TB, 4TB and 10 TB are
supported. These are driven directly from the RAID controller and do not require any expander.
• RAID levels 1, 5 are supported. See the “Supported RAID and Hard Drive Configurations (Cisco
VSM)” section on page 2-3.
Cisco CSS UCSM5 2RU Hard Disk Configuration
• Cisco CSS UCSM5 2RU server ships with 2, 6 or 12 disk drives.
• Up to 12 large form factor (LFF) disk drives (3.5” hard drives) of 2TB, 4TB and 10TB are supported.
These are driven directly from the RAID controller and do not require any expander.
• RAID levels 1, 5 and 6 are supported. See the “Supported RAID and Hard Drive Configurations
(Cisco VSM)” section on page 2-3.
More Information
See the following for more information:
• Replacing Hard Drives, page 4-9
• Related Documentation, page 3-1
• The Cisco Video Surveillance 7 Documentation Roadmap available at
http://www.cisco.com/go/physicalsecurity/vsm/roadmap. This document provides descriptions and
links to Cisco Video Surveillance documentation, server and storage platform documentation, and
other related documentation.