Cisco Systems UCSSP6C220E, UCUCSEZC220M3S manual Supported RAID Controllers and Required Cables

Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations

Supported RAID Controllers and Required Cables

Supported RAID Controllers and Required Cables

This server supports the RAID controller options and cable requirements shown in Table C-1for small form factor drives and Table C-2for large form factor drives.

Caution Do not mix controller types in the server. Do not use the embedded MegaRAID controller and a hardware RAID controller card at the same time. This is not supported and could result in data loss.

Table C-1	Cisco UCS C220 M3 Small Form Factor Drives RAID Options
			Maximum	BBU or
Controller		Style	Drives	SCPM1	RAID Levels	Required Cables
Embedded MegaRAID2		Onboard	4 SATA or	No	0, 1, 54, 10	4 drives:
			8 SAS			1 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE15)
			internal3			8 drives:
						2 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
Cisco UCS RAID SAS		Mezzanine	8 internal	No	0, 1, 1E, 10	4 drives:
2008M-8i:						1 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
PID UCSC-RAID-MZ-C220						8 drives:
						2 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
Cisco UCS RAID SAS		Mezzanine	8 internal	No	0, 1, 1E, 5, 10,	4 drives:
2008M-8i:					50	1 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
PID UCSC-RAID-11-C220						8 drives:
(Includes RAID 5 & 50)						2 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266-8i		PCIe	8 internal	BBU	0, 1, 5, 6, 10,	4 drives:
The cache memory of this					50, 60	1 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
controller is ECC-protected.						8 drives:
						2 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
LSI MegaRAID SAS		PCIe	8 internal	SCPM	0, 1, 5, 6, 10,	4 drives:
9266CV-8i					50, 60	1 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
The cache memory of this						8 drives:
controller is ECC-protected.						2 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
LSI MegaRAID SAS		PCIe	8 external	SCPM	0, 1, 5, 6, 10,	Not sold by Cisco
9285CV-8e					50, 60

1.BBU = battery backup unit. SCPM = SuperCap power module.

2.Migrations from a RAID card to the embedded controller are not supported after-factory. See RAID Controller Migration, page C-6.

3.Support for eight SAS drives requires an optional SCU upgrade ROM module on the motherboard.

4.Support for RAID 5 requires an optional RAID 5 software key module on the motherboard.

5.UCSC-CABLE1is a kit of two mini-SAS cables. This pair of cables is shipped with every new system.

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