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Disk 
Management
Factory-configured RAID
5
 support options:
  • RAID 0 and 1 support for up to five SATA drives with the integrated SATA 
controller. 
Note The integrated ICH10R RAID controller is not compatible for use with 
VMWare ESX/ESXi Server software in any generation or version of 
the Cisco UCS C210 server.
  • RAID 0, 1, and 1E support for up to four SAS or SATA drives with the optional 
LSI 1064-based controller mezzanine card.
  • RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 00, 10, 50 and 60 support for up to 16 SAS or SATA drives 
with the optional LSI 9261-8i MegaRAID controller card. 
  • RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 00, 10, 50 and 60 support for up to 4 SAS or SATA drives with 
the optional LSI 9280-4i4e MegaRAID card.
See Appendix C, “RAID Controller Considerations” for more information about 
RAID in this server.
PCIe I/O Up to five standard-profile PCIe
6
 expansion cards (or low-profile cards with a 
standard-profile adapters), plugged into horizontal riser card sockets. 
Two of the riser card sockets are full-length, x8-lane, with a x16 connector. The 
other three riser cards are half-length, x8-lane, with a x16 connector.
Network and 
management I/O
The server provides these rear-panel connectors:
  • Two 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet ports (RJ-45 connectors).
These integrated Gigabit ports support the Wake on LAN (WoL) and TCP/IP 
Offload Engine (TOE) standards.
  • One 10/100 Ethernet management port (RJ-45 connector).
  • One DB9 serial connector.
  • One 15-pin VGA
7
 connector.
  • Two USB
8
 2.0 connectors.
The server also has one front-panel console connector (with supplied KVM
9
 cable 
provides DB15 video, DB9 serial, and two USB 2.0 connectors).
Removable media 
devices
One internal DVD drive (orderable option).
The drive supports the following media types: CD-R, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD+R, 
DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, +R DL
Power Up to two power supplies, each with a maximum output of 650 W.
Cooling Three internal fans that force front-to-rear cooling; also one fan in each power 
supply.
Video The server CIMC chip includes a Matrox G200 core. The Matrox G200 core shares 
the same memory as the rest of the CIMC. The first 8 MB of memory are allocated 
to the video core, followed by another 5 MB allocated to the compression engine 
for difference buffers.
Table 1-1 Hardware Features of the Server  (Continued)
Feature or 
Component Cisco UCS C210 Server