Cisco UCS C240 M3 User Manual page 7

Capability/Feature
Cisco Flexible Flash
drives
Storage controller
Cisco UCS C240 M3 High-Density Rack Server (Small Form Factor Disk Drive Model)
Description
The server supports one internal Cisco Flexible Flash drive (SD card).
The SD card is pre-loaded with four virtual drives. The four virtual
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drives contain, respectively, 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.
4 GB is available for general use
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Embedded RAID (3 Gbs)
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• Embedded SATA-only RAID controller, supporting up to four SATA-only
drives (RAID 0, 1, 10)
• ROM5 RAID upgrade, supporting up to eight SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
(RAID 0, 1, 10). SAS and SATA drives can be mixed.
• ROM55 RAID upgrade, supporting up to eight SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
(RAID 0, 1, 10, 5). SAS and SATA drives can be mixed.
Note that embedded RAID options can be supported only with the version of
the C240 M3 SFF server that has been configured with a 16-drive backplane
with no SAS expander.
Mezzanine Cards (6 Gbs)
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• Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 2008M-8i Mezzanine Card supports up to 8 or 16
SAS/SATA drives (depending on the backplane used) supporting RAID
0, 1, 10, 5, and 50. SAS and SATA drives can be mixed.
• Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 2008M-8i Mezzanine Card supports up to 8 or 16
SAS/SATA drives (depending on the backplane used) supporting RAID
0, 1, and 10. SAS and SATA drives can be mixed.
Note that mezzanine cards are used as follows:
• A mezzanine card in a 16-drive backplane system with no SAS
expander can support up to 8 drives.
• A mezzanine card in a 24-drive backplane system with SAS expander
can support up to 16 drives.
Plug-in PCIe Cards (6 Gbs)
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• LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266-8i 8-port plug-in PCIe RAID RAID controller
card (occupies a half-height PCIe slot) supporting RAID levels 0, 1,
10, 5, 6, 50, 60 and up to 24 internal SAS or SATA drives (with
24-drive backplane with SAS expander). SAS and SATA drives can be
mixed.
• LSI MegaRAID 9266CV-8i RAID 8-port PCIe plug-in RAID controller
card, supporting RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50, and 60 and up to up to 24
internal SAS or SATA drives (with 24-drive backplane with SAS
expander). SAS and SATA drives can be mixed.
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