Cisco UCS C220 M3 Configuration Guide

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Purpose of This Document
This document gives an overview of RAID technology and describes the various RAID levels, as well as the RAID
levels supported on Cisco UCS
®
C220 and C240 M3 Rack Servers. It also describes how to work with the Cisco
®
Integrated Management Controller (Cisco IMC), including creating RAID volumes and hot spares and replacing a
drive. In addition, it discusses how to migrate the existing RAID level using the WebBIOS utility and how to use the
LSI MegaCLI utility.
RAID Overview
A redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is a group, or array, of independent physical drives that provides
high performance and fault tolerance. The RAID drive group appears to the host computer as either a single unit or
multiple virtual units. I/O is expedited because several drives can be accessed simultaneously.
RAID drive groups provide greater data storage reliability and fault tolerance than single-drive storage systems.
Data loss resulting from a drive failure can be prevented by using the remaining drives to reconstruct missing data.
RAID has become popular because it improves I/O performance and increases storage subsystem reliability.
RAID Levels Supported by Cisco UCS C220/C240 M3 Rack Servers
The RAID levels supported on any Cisco UCS C-Series server vary by RAID controller and can be verified in Cisco
IMC.
Example: RAID levels supported on two different controllers.
Server
Controller
Supported RAID Levels
C220/ C240 M3
Cisco UCS RAID SAS 2008M-8i Mezzanine Card
0, 1, 1E, 5, 10, 50
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271CV-8i
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Verifying the Supported RAID Levels in Cisco IMC
●
Log in to Cisco IMC, navigate to the Storage tab, and click Create Virtual Drive from Unused Physical
Drives. The supported RAID levels can be seen in the drop-down menu next to “RAID Level” (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Verifying the Supported RAID Levels

Cisco UCS C220 M3 Specifications

General

Tcase	70 °C
Bus type	QPI
Stepping	M1
FSB Parity	No
Scalability	2S
Processor cache	10 MB
Processor cores	4
System bus rate	6.4 GT/s
Processor series	Intel Xeon E5-2600
Processor socket	LGA 2011 (Socket R)
Processor codename	Sandy Bridge EP
Processor frequency	2.4 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor package size	52.5 x 45.0 mm
Processor front side bus	- MHz
Processor boost frequency	2.50 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	Yes
Graphics & IMC lithography	32 nm
PCI Express configurations	x4, x8, x16
Supported instruction sets	AVX
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 W
Number of processors installed	2
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)	24
Physical Address Extension (PAE)	46 bit
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	40
Memory types supported by processor	DDR3-SDRAM
Memory channels supported by processor	Quad
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	800, 1066 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	34.1 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	750 GB
HDD size	2.5 \
HDD interface	-
Total storage capacity	500 GB
Compatible memory cards	SD
Maximum storage capacity	- TB
Memory slots	16
Internal memory	32 GB
Memory clock speed	1866 MHz
Maximum internal memory	- GB
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	3
Chassis type	Rack (1U)
Power supply	450 W
Safety	UL 60950-1 No. 21CFR1040, CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1, IEC 60950-1, EN 60950-1, IEC 60950-1, AS/NZS 60950-1, GB4943 2001
Certification	47CFR Part 15 (CFR 47), AS/NZS CISPR22, CISPR2 2, EN55022, ICES003, VCCI, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3, KN22, CNS13438, EN55024, CISPR24, EN300386, KN24
Operating altitude	0 - 3000 m
Non-operating altitude	0 - 12000 m
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 40 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 93 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 90 %
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor ARK ID	64588
Intel Secure Key Technology version	1.00
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	0.00
Harmonized System (HS) code	84714100

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	724 mm
Width	430 mm
Height	43.2 mm