Cisco Systems UCS C200 M1, R2001120402 manual RAID Controller Considerations

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RAID Controller Considerations

This appendix contains the following sections:

•Supported RAID Controllers and Required Cables, page C-1

•Enabling the Integrated Intel ICH10R RAID Controller in the BIOS, page C-2

•Enabling the Mezzanine Card RAID Controller in the BIOS, page C-3

•RAID Controller Cabling, page C-3

•How to Determine Which Controller Is in Your Server, page C-4

•How to Disable Quiet Boot For CIMC Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1), page C-5

•How To Launch Option ROM-Based Controller Utilities, page C-5

•Restoring RAID Configuration After Replacing a RAID Controller, page C-6

•For More Information, page C-7

Supported RAID Controllers and Required Cables

The Cisco UCS C200 Large Form-Factor (LFF) and C200 Small Form-Factor (SFF) server models support the RAID controller options and cable requirements shown in Table C-1and Table C-2.

Note Do not mix controller types in the server. Dual controllers are not supported.

Table C-1	Cisco UCS C200 LFF RAID Options (Up to Four 3.5-Inch Internal Drives)
			Max.
			Internal			Opt.
Controller		Style	Drives	SAS	SATA	BBU	RAID Levels	Required Cables
Intel ICH10R1		Integrated	4	No	Yes	No	0, 1	1	SATA
								R200-SATACBL
LSI 1064E		Mezzanine	4	Yes2	Yes	No	0, 1, 1E	1	SAS
								R200-SASCBL
LSI MegaRAID		PCIe	4	Yes3	Yes	Yes	0, 1, 5, 6, 10,	1	SAS
9260-4i							50, 60	R200-SASCBL
LSI MegaRAID		PCIe	4	Yes	Yes	Yes	0, 1, 5, 6, 10,	1	SAS
9280-4i4e							50, 60	R200-SASCBL

1.The integrated ICH10R controller must be enabled in the BIOS. This controller is not compatible for use with VMWare ESX/ESXi Server software in any generation or version of the Cisco UCS C200 server.

2.You cannot mix SAS and SATA drives when using a 1064E-based controller.

3.You can mix SAS and SATA drives when using an LSI MegaRAID card. However, you cannot mix SAS and SATA drives within a volume.

Cisco UCS C200 Server Installation and Service Guide

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