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Cisco UCS B420 M4

Blade Server

Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server

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CONTENTS

OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

DETAILED VIEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Blade Server Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

BASE SERVER STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

CONFIGURING the SERVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

STEP 1 VERIFY SERVER SKU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

STEP 2 CHOOSE CPU(S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

STEP 3 CHOOSE MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

STEP 4 CHOOSE RAID CONTROLLER AND DISK DRIVE BAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

STEP 5 CHOOSE HARD DISK DRIVES or SOLID-STATE DRIVES (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

STEP 6 CHOOSE ADAPTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

STEP 7 ORDER A TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

STEP 8 ORDER CISCO FLEXIBLE FLASH SECURE DIGITAL CARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

STEP 9 ORDER INTERNAL USB 2.0 DRIVE (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

STEP 10 CHOOSE OPERATING SYSTEM AND VALUE-ADDED SOFTWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

STEP 11 CHOOSE OPERATING SYSTEM MEDIA KIT (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

STEP 12 CHOOSE SERVICE and SUPPORT LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

STEP 13 CHOOSE LOCAL KVM I/O CABLE* (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

DIMM and CPU Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

DIMM Population Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Network Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

VIC 1340/1240 and Port Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Connectivity Using the Cisco UCS 2208XP Fabric Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Connectivity using the Cisco UCS 2204XP Fabric Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server

OVERVIEW

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OVERVIEW

Designed for demanding virtualization and database workloads, the UCS B420 M4 combines a large memory

footprint with four-socket scalability, leveraging the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 v3 product family. The

UCS B420 M4 supports 2133 MHz DDR4 memory and utilizes UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) technology to

achieve up to 160 Gb aggregate I/O bandwidth, all in a dense, full-width blade form factor. The UCS B420

M4 maintains memory performance even as capacity grows, and the large power envelope of the UCS 5108

Blade Server Chassis means the UCS B420 can handle up to 3 TB of memory without compromise to CPU

speed or core count. Up to four UCS B420 M4 Blade Servers can be installed in the UCS 5108 Blade Server

Chassis.

The UCS B420 M4 Blade Server is centrally managed using Cisco UCS Manager. Cisco UCSM provides a single

management interface for all hardware and software components of a UCS domain. Cisco UCSM manages up

to 160 servers, using Single Connect Technology to consolidate network, storage, and management traffic.

With Cisco UCS Central, management can be extended globally to thousands of servers in multiple domains.

Figure 1 Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server

Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server

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DETAILED VIEWS

Blade Server Front View

Figure 2 is a detailed front view of the Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server.

Figure 2 Blade Server Front View

1 Drive bay 1 8 Power button and LED

2 Drive bay 2 9 Network link status button

3 Drive bay 3 10 Blade health LED

4 Drive bay 4 11

Local console connector

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Notes

1. For information about the KVM local I/O cable that plugs into the console connector (a cable is included with

every Cisco UCS 5100 Series blade server chassis accessory kit), see CHOOSE LOCAL KVM I/O CABLE*

(OPTIONAL) on page 36.

5 Left blade ejector handle 12 Reset button access

6 Asset pull handle

(a blank asset tag is provided on which

you can add your own label or sticker or

you can use a marker to write your asset

information on the tag)

13 Beaconing LED and button

7 Right blade ejector handle 14 Ejector thumbscrew

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BASE SERVER STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES

Table 1 lists the capabilities and features of the base server. Details about how to configure the server for

a particular feature or capability (for example, number of processors, disk drives, or amount of memory)

are provided in

CONFIGURING the SERVER on page 7.

NOTE: The B420 M4 blade server requires UCS Manager (UCSM) to operate as part of

the UCS system.

■ The B420 M4 with E5-4600 v3 CPUs requires UCSM 2.2(5a) or later

Table 1 Capabilities and Features

Capability/Feature Description

Blade server chassis The full-width UCS B420 M4 Blade Server mounts in a Cisco UCS 5100 series

blade server chassis

CPU Up to four Intel® E5-4600 v3 series processor family CPUs.

2- and 4-CPU configurations are supported on the UCS B420 M4.

Chipset Intel® C610 chipset

Memory 48 total slots for registered ECC DIMMs

I/O 3 configurable adapter slots:

■ One slot supports the Cisco VIC 1340/1240 adapter only.

■ Two additional slots support Cisco adapters and Cisco UCS Storage

Accelerator adapters.

Storage controller ■ Diskless system (no drive bays or RAID controller), or

■ Optional Cisco FlexStorage 12G SAS RAID controller options, offering:

• SAS/SATA/HDD/SSD support

• RAID support: 0, 1, 10

Storage devices Either two or four hot-plug 2.5” SFF drive bays

One internal USB 2.0 port

Two Cisco Flexible Flash secure digital card slots

Interfaces Front panel

■ One console connector

(see CHOOSE LOCAL KVM I/O CABLE* (OPTIONAL) on page 36)

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Video The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) provides video using the

Matrox G200e video/graphics controller:

■ Integrated 2D graphics core with hardware acceleration

■ DDR2/3 memory interface supports up to 512 MB of addressable memory

(8 MB is allocated by default to video memory)

■ Supports display resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 16bpp @ 60Hz

■ High-speed integrated 24-bit RAMDAC

■ Single lane PCI-Express host interface running at Gen 1 speed

Power subsystem Integrated in the Cisco UCS 5100 series blade server chassis

Fans Integrated in the Cisco UCS 5100 series blade server chassis

Integrated management

processor

The built-in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) GUI or CLI

interface enables you to monitor the server inventory, health, and system

event logs.

Cisco UCS Diagnostics

for Cisco UCS B-Series

Blade Servers

The Cisco UCS Blade Server Diagnostics tool for Cisco UCS Blade Servers

enables you to verify the health of the hardware components on your

servers. The diagnostics tool provides a variety of tests to exercise and

stress the various hardware subsystems on the Cisco UCS Blade Servers, such

as memory and CPU. You can use the tool to run a sanity check on the state

of your Cisco UCS Blade Servers after you fix or replace a hardware

component. You can also use this tool to run comprehensive burn-in tests

before you deploy a new Cisco UCS Blade Server in your production

environment.

See the following links for more information:

User Guide:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/ucs_di

agnostics/b_UCS_Blade_Server_Diagnostics_User_Guide.html

ISO Download:

http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html

Table 1 Capabilities and Features (continued)

Capability/Feature Description

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CONFIGURING the SERVER

Follow these steps to configure the Cisco UCS B420 M4 Blade Server:

■ STEP 1 VERIFY SERVER SKU, page 8

■ STEP 2 CHOOSE CPU(S), page 9

■ STEP 3 CHOOSE MEMORY, page 11

■ STEP 5 CHOOSE HARD DISK DRIVES or SOLID-STATE DRIVES (OPTIONAL), page 18

■ STEP 6 CHOOSE ADAPTERS, page 20

■ STEP 7 ORDER A TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE (OPTIONAL), page 24

■ STEP 8 ORDER CISCO FLEXIBLE FLASH SECURE DIGITAL CARDS, page 25

■ STEP 9 ORDER INTERNAL USB 2.0 DRIVE (OPTIONAL), page 26

■ STEP 10 CHOOSE OPERATING SYSTEM AND VALUE-ADDED SOFTWARE, page 27

■ STEP 11 CHOOSE OPERATING SYSTEM MEDIA KIT (OPTIONAL), page 30

■ STEP 12 CHOOSE SERVICE and SUPPORT LEVEL, page 31

■ STEP 13 CHOOSE LOCAL KVM I/O CABLE* (OPTIONAL), page 36

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STEP 1 VERIFY SERVER SKU

Verify the product ID (PID) of the server as shown in Table 2.

The base Cisco UCS B420 M4 blade server does not include the following components. They must

be selected during product ordering:

■ CPUs

■ Memory

■ Disk drives

■ Cisco adapters (such as the VIC 1340, VIC 1240, VIC 1380, VIC 1280, and Port Expander)

■ Cisco UCS Storage Accelerators

Table 2 PID of the Base UCS B420 M4 Blade Server

Product ID (PID) Description

UCSB-B420-M4 UCS B420 M4 Blade Server with no CPU, memory, HDD, SSD, or adapter cards

NOTE: Use the steps on the following pages to order servers with the

configurable components that you want configured in your servers.

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STEP 2 CHOOSE CPU(S)

The standard CPU features are:

■ Intel Xeon processor E5-4600 v3 series processor family CPUs

■ Core counts of up to 18

■ Cache sizes of up to 45 MB

Select CPUs

The supported Intel Xeon E5-4600 v3 series CPUs on the UCS B420 M4 are listed in Table 3.

Table 3 Supported Intel CPUs: E5-4600 v3 Series Processor Family CPUs

Product ID (PID)

Intel

Number

Clock

Freq

(GHz)

Power

(W)

Cache

Size (MB)

Cores QPI

Highest DDR4 DIMM

Clock Support (MHz)

Intel Xeon E5-4600 v3

UCS-CPU-E5-4669D E5-4669 v3 2.10 135 45 18 9.6 2133

UCS-CPU-E5-4667D E5-4667 v3 2.00 135 40 16 9.6 2133

UCS-CPU-E5-4660D E5-4660 v3 2.10 120 35 14 9.6 2133

UCS-CPU-E5-4655D E5-4655 v3 2.90 135 30 6 9.6 2133

UCS-CPU-E5-4650D E5-4650 v3 2.10 105 30 12 9.6 2133

UCS-CPU-E5-4640D E5-4640 v3 1.90 105 30 12 8.0 1866

UCS-CPU-E5-4627D E5-4627 v3 2.60 135 25 10 8.0 2133

UCS-CPU-E5-4620D E5-4620 v3 2.00 105 25 10 8.0 1866

UCS-CPU-E5-4610D E5-4610 v3 1.70 105 25 10 6.4 1600

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Supported Configurations

(1) Two-CPU Configuration

■ Choose two identical CPUs from any one of the rows of Table 3. CPUs 1 and 2 will be

populated.

(2) Four-CPU Configuration

■ Choose four identical CPUs from any one of the rows of Table 3.

Notes

■ The system will run at the lowest CPU or DIMM clock speed.

■ System speed is also dependent on how many DIMMs are populated per channel.

■ For 2-CPU systems, only 24 DIMM slots are functional (channels A - H).

■ See Table 11 on page 22 for supported adapter combinations in 2-CPU systems.

■ For 4-CPU systems, all 48 DIMM slots are functional.

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STEP 3 CHOOSE MEMORY

The standard memory features are:

■ DIMMs

— DDR4 ECC registered DIMMs

— Clock speed: 2133 MHz

— Ranks per DIMM: up to 8

— Operational voltage: 1.2 V

■ Memory is organized with four memory channels per CPU, with up to three DIMMs per

channel (DPC), as shown in

Figure 3.

Figure 3 UCS B420 M4 Memory Organization

CPU 1 CPU 2

48 DIMMS

4 memory channels per CPU

3 DIMMs per channel

CPU 3 CPU 4

Channel A

Channel B

Channel C

Channel D

Channel E

Channel F

Channel G

Channel H

Channel M

Channel N

Channel O

Channel P

Channel I

Channel J

Channel K

Channel L

A1A2A3

B3

C3

D3

I3

J3

K3

I3

M3

N3

O3

P3

E3

F3

G3

H3

B1B2

C1C2

D1D2

Bank 1

Bank 2

Bank 3

E1 E2

F1 F2

G1 G2

H1 H2

Bank 1

Bank 2

Bank 3

Bank 1

Bank 2

Bank 3

M1 M2

N1 N2

O1 O2

P1 P2

I1I2

J1J2

K1K2

I1I2

Bank 1

Bank 2

Bank 3

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Choose DIMMs and Memory Mirroring

Select the memory configuration and whether or not you want the memory mirroring option.

The supported memory DIMMs and the mirroring option are listed in

Table 4.

When memory mirroring is enabled, the memory subsystem simultaneously writes identical data

to two adjacent channels. If a memory read from one of the channels returns incorrect data due

to an uncorrectable memory error, the system automatically retrieves the data from the other

channel. A transient or soft error in one channel does not affect the mirrored data, and

operation continues unless there is a simultaneous error in exactly the same location on a DIMM

and its mirrored DIMM. Memory mirroring reduces the amount of memory available to the

operating system by 50% because only one of the two populated channels provides data.

Notes

■ DIMM configuration rules:

— The minimum configuration is 1 DIMM per CPU

— The order in which DIMMs must be installed in a channel is Bank 1 (blue socket),

then Bank 2 (black socket), then Bank 3 (white socket).

— You cannot mix DIMM capacities within a bank

— You can mix DIMM capacities within a channel

— 64GB TSV-RDIMMs cannot be mixed with any other DIMMs

■ To optimize memory performance:

— Configure DIMMs identically for each CPU

— Fill banks equally across the CPU. See DIMM population guidelines in Table 25 on

page 40, Table 26 on page 41, and Table 27 on page 41.

—Populate less than 3 DPC

Table 4 Supported DDR4 DIMMs and Memory Mirroring Option

Product ID (PID) PID Description Voltage

Ranks

/DIMM

DIMM Options

UCS-MR-1X648RU-A 64GB DDR4-2133-MHz TSV-RDIMM/PC4-17000/x4 1.2 V 8

UCS-MR-1X322RU-A 32GB DDR4-2133-MHz RDIMM/PC4-17000/x4 1.2 V 2

UCS-MR-1X162RU-A 16GB DDR4-2133-MHz RDIMM/PC4-17000/x4 1.2 V 2

UCS-MR-1X081RU-A 8GB DDR4-2133-MHz RDIMM/PC4-17000/x4 1.2 V 1

Memory Mirroring Option

N01-MMIRROR Memory mirroring option

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■ For systems shipping with E5-4600 v3 series processor family CPUs, DIMM speeds are as

shown in

Table 5, Table 6, and Table 7 on page 13.

For more information regarding memory, see DIMM and CPU Layout on page 39.

Table 5 DIMM Speeds for 2133-MHz E5-4600 v3 Series CPUs

DPC DIMM Type

64 GB (TSV) 16/32 GB (DR) 8 GB (SR)

1DPC 2133 2133 2133

2DPC 2133 2133 2133

3 DPC 1600 1866 1600

Table 6 DIMM Speeds for 1866-MHz E5-4600 v3 Series CPUs

DPC DIMM Type

64 GB (TSV) 16/32 GB (DR) 8 GB (SR)

1DPC 1866 1866 1866

2DPC 1866 1866 1866

3 DPC 1333 1600 1333

Table 7 DIMM Speeds for 1600-MHz E5-4600 v3 Series CPUs

DPC DIMM Type

64 GB (TSV) 16/32 GB (DR) 8 GB (SR)

1DPC 1600 1600 1600

2DPC 1600 1600 1600

3 DPC 1066 1333 1066

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Supported Configurations

(1) Without memory mirroring:

■ Select from 1 to 12 DIMMs per CPU (note that there are 12 DIMM slots per CPU). There must

be at least 1 DIMM per CPU.

(2) With memory mirroring:

■ Select 4 DIMMs per CPU (installed in bank 1), 8 DIMMs per CPU (installed in banks 1, 2), or 12

DIMMs per CPU (installed in banks 1, 2, 3).

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STEP 4 CHOOSE RAID CONTROLLER AND DISK DRIVE BAYS

The UCS B420 M4 can be ordered with or without the Cisco FlexStorage RAID controller with disk

drive bays (local storage subsystem).

There is no RAID or local storage controller or drive bays included (embedded) with the B420 M4

server. Therefore, the Cisco FlexStorage RAID controller with drive bays must be purchased in

order to support any (1, 2, 3, or 4) local hard disk drives (HDDs) or solid state drives (SSDs). The

Cisco FlexStorage RAID controller option includes drive bays one and two, and supports RAID

0,1,10. An optional passthrough module includes drive bays three and four.

For servers that do not need any local HDDs or SSDs (for example, for booting from SAN), you can

order the server without the Cisco FlexStorage RAID controller with disk drive bays; however be

sure to keep Cisco FlexStorage blanking panels installed to maintain proper cooling airflow.

The ordering information is listed in Table 10.

See Figure 4 on page 16 for a top view of the B420 M4 server with and without the Cisco

FlexStorage SAS RAID controller and drive bays. See Figure 5 on page 16 for a front view of

these configurations. When no drive bays are installed, blanking panels must be installed.

Table 8 Card Cage and RAID Ordering Options

Product ID (PID) PID Description

UCSB-MRAID12G Cisco FlexStorage 12G SAS RAID controller with two drive bays

UCSB-LSTOR-PT Passthrough module with two drive bays

UCSB-LSTOR-BK Cisco FlexStorage blanking panels w/o controller, w/o drive bays

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Figure 4 UCS B420 M4 With and Without Drive Bays (Top View)

Figure 5 UCS B420 M4 With and Without Drive Bays (Front View)

RAID

Controller

(integrated

in drive bay)

Disk Drive

Bays (4)

(a) Server with four drive bays

(b) Server with no drive bays

Blanking Panels

(a) Server with four drive bays

(b) Server with no drive bays

Blanking Panels

Blanking Panel

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Supported Configurations

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(1) Four Drive Bays with RAID 0, 1, 10

■ Choose the following:

— One UCSB-MRAID12G. This provides two drive bays installed on the left side of the

blade server (viewed from the front). The RAID controller is integrated in the drive

bays and provides RAID 0,1,10.

— One UCSB-LSTOR-PT. This provides two drive bays installed on the right side of the

blade server (viewed from the front) and includes a passthrough connector that

allows the drives to be managed from the RAID controller in UCSB-MRAID12G (RAID

0,1,10).

(2) Two Drive Bays with RAID 0, 1, 10

■ Choose the following:

— One UCSB-MRAID12G. This provides two drive bays installed on the left side of the

blade server (viewed from the front). The RAID controller is integrated in the drive

bays and provides RAID 0,1,10. The two right-hand bays are fitted with blanking

panels to maintain proper cooling airflow.

(3) No Drive Bays

■ System is installed with blanking panels.

Notes

1. Any empty drive bays must be fitted with blanking panels to maintain proper cooling airflow.

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STEP 5 CHOOSE HARD DISK DRIVES or SOLID-STATE DRIVES (OPTIONAL)

The UCS B420 M4 can be ordered with or without drives. If you ordered one of the RAID

controller with drive bay options in

CHOOSE RAID CONTROLLER AND DISK DRIVE BAYS on page

15 (UCSB-MRAID12G for drive bays one and two, and optionally UCSB-LSTOR-PT for drive bays

three and four), you can order drives listed in this section. The B420 M4 provides up to four hot

plug 2.5” SFF drive bays.

Choose Drives

The supported drives in the UCS B420 M4 are listed in Table 9.

Table 9 Supported Hot Plug Drives

Product ID (PID) PID Description

Drive

Type

Capacity

HDDs

UCS-HD12T10KS2-E 1.2 TB SAS 10K RPM SFF HDD SAS 1.2 TB

A03-D600GA2 600 GB SAS 10K RPM SFF HDD SAS 600 GB

UCS-HD450G15KS2-E 450 GB SAS 15K RPM SFF HDD SAS 450 GB

UCS-HD300G12F105 300 GB 6 Gb SAS 15K RPM SFF HDD SAS 300 GB

A03-D300GA2 300 GB SAS 10K RPM SFF HDD SAS 300 GB

SSDs

UCS-SD16T12S2-EP 1.6 TB 2.5 inch Enterprise performance 12G SAS SSD SAS 1.6 TB

UCS-SD400G12S2-EP 400 GB 2.5 inch Enterprise performance 12G SAS SSD SAS 400 GB

UCS-SD480G0KS2-EV 480 GB 2.5 inch Enterprise Value 6G SATA SSD SATA 480 GB

UCS-SD120G0KS2-EV 120 GB 2.5 inch Enterprise Value 6G SATA SSD SATA 120 GB

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Supported Configurations

■ Select up to 4 of the drives listed in Table 9. This is dependent on the number of drive bays

selected in CHOOSE RAID CONTROLLER AND DISK DRIVE BAYS on page 15.

Notes

■ When creating a RAID volume, mixing different capacity drives causes the system to use the

lowest-capacity drive.

■ Mixing of drive types is supported, but performance may be impacted.

■ Multiple RAID volumes are supported. RAID volumes should use the same media type.

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STEP 6 CHOOSE ADAPTERS

The adapter offerings are:

■ Cisco Virtual Interface Cards (VICs)

Cisco developed 1300 Series and 1200 Series Virtual Interface Cards (VICs) to provide flexibility

to create multiple NIC and HBA devices. The VICs also support adapter Fabric Extender and

Virtual Machine Fabric Extender technologies. The VIC features are listed here:

— 1200 Series VICs enable advanced networking features including Netflow for

network statistics, and DPDK, USNIC for low-latency computing applications.

— 1300 Series VICs include all of the 1200 Series features plus additional

enhancements including network overlay offload support for NVGRE and VXLAN, and

RoCE services.

— In addition, 1300 Series VICs support PCIe Gen 3.0 for greater bandwidth than 1200

Series VICs

— Two Converged Network Adapter (CNA) ports, supporting both Ethernet and FCoE

— Delivers 160 Gbs total I/O throughput to the server, for example:

• VIC 1240 supports 4 x 10 Gbs Unified I/O ports, Port Expander supports 4 x 10 Gbs

Unified I/O ports, and VIC 1280 supports 8 x 10 Gbs Unified ports, for a total of

160 Gbs (see

Figure 16 on page 50).

• VIC 1340 supports dual 4 x 10 Gbs Unified I/O ports, Port Expander supports 4 x

10 Gbs Unified I/O ports, and VIC 1380 supports 8 x 10 Gbs Unified ports, for a

total of 160 Gbs (see

Figure 16 on page 50).

— Creates up to 256 fully functional unique and independent PCIe adapters and

interfaces (NICs or HBAs) without requiring single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV)

support from operating systems or hypervisors

— Provides virtual machine visibility from the physical network and a consistent

network operations model for physical and virtual servers

— Supports customer requirements for a wide range of operating systems and

hypervisors

■ Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator Adapters

Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator adapters are designed specifically for the Cisco UCS B-series M4

blade servers and integrate seamlessly to allow improvement in performance and relief of I/O

bottlenecks.

Table 10 shows the supported adapters.

To help ensure that your operating system is compatible with the cards you have selected,

please check the Hardware Compatibility List at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10477/prod_technical_reference_list.html

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