Cisco UCS B22 M3 Upgrade Guide

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Cisco UCS B-Series Servers Upgrade Guide for
Intel E5-2600/E5 2400 v2 Series CPUs
Caution You must follow the procedures in this guide when upgrading an existing server to use Intel
E5-2600/E5-2400 v2 Series CPUs. Failure to follow these procedures might result in a non-bootable
server.
This document describes the process for successfully upgrading a Cisco UCS B-Series server to use Intel
E5-2600/E5-2400 v2 Series CPUs. Downgrade scenarios are also covered.
The procedures in this guide support the following servers:
• Cisco UCS B200 M3 blade server
• Cisco UCS B22 M3 blade server
Note Cisco UCS B200 Server Generation M2 does not support the Intel E5-2600 v2 Series CPUs.

Cisco UCS B22 M3 Specifications

General

Product Type	Blade Server
Form Factor	Blade
Number of Processors Supported	2
Memory	Up to 768 GB
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 series
Storage	2 x 2.5-inch drives
Power Supply	Shared power supply in Cisco UCS chassis
Mezzanine Slots	2
Operating System Supported	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (with optional Cisco UCS RAID controller)
Network Interface	Dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter