Cisco UCS C220 M4

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Cisco UCS C220 M4 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations
Embedded SATA RAID Controllers
Embedded SATA RAID Controllers
Note VMware ESX/ESXi or any other virtualized environments are not supported for use with the embedded
MegaRAID controller. Hypervisors such as Hyper-V, Xen, or KVM are also not supported for use with
the embedded MegaRAID controller.
This server includes an embedded MegaRAID controller that can control up to eight SATA-only drives.
This section contains the following topics:
• Embedded SATA RAID Controller Requirements, page C-11
• Embedded SATA RAID: Two SATA Controllers, page C-12
• Embedded SATA RAID Controller Considerations, page C-13
• Installing a Software RAID 5 Key Module for Embedded RAID 5 Support, page C-13
• Enabling the Embedded SATA RAID Controller in the BIOS, page C-13
• Disabling the Embedded RAID Controller in the BIOS, page C-15
• Launching the LSI Embedded RAID Configuration Utility, page C-15
• Installing LSI MegaSR Drivers For Windows and Linux, page C-16
Embedded SATA RAID Controller Requirements
The embedded SATA RAID controller hub requires the following items:
• The embedded RAID option is available only with the small form factor drives version of this server
at this time.
• Mini-SAS cables:
– SFF 8-drive: UCS-220CBLSR8=
– LFF 4-drive: UCS-220CBLSR4=
• The embedded SATA RAID controller must be enabled in the server BIOS.
• (Optional) A SATA RAID 5 key module.
This optional module can be installed to a motherboard header to add SATA RAID 5 support.
• (Optional) LSI MegaSR drivers for Windows or Linux.