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Chapter 3 Maintaining the Server
Installing or Replacing Server Components
Replaceable Component Locations
Figure 3-5 shows the locations of the components that are supported as field-replaceable. The view
shown is from the top down, with the top covers and air baffle removed.
Figure 3-5 Replaceable Component Locations
The Technical Specifications Sheets for all versions of this server, which include supported component
part numbers, are at Cisco UCS Servers Technical Specifications Sheets.
1 Drives bays. All drive bays support SAS/SATA drives.
SFF, 8-, 16-, and 24-drive versions only: Drive bays 1
and 2 support SAS/SATA drives and NVMe PCIe SSDs.
NVMe drives require a PCIe interposer board for PCIe
bus connection (see item 6).
10 PCIe riser 2 (PCIe slots 4, 5, 6)
2 Fan modules (six, hot-swappable) 11 PCIe riser 1 (PCIe slots 1, 2, 3*)
*Slot 3 not present in all versions. See Replacing a PCIe
Card, page 3-49 for riser options and slot specifications.
3 DIMM sockets on motherboard (up to 24 DIMMs) 12 SATA boot drives (two sockets available only on PCIe riser
1 option 1C)
4 CPUs and heatsinks (two) 13 mLOM card socket on motherboard under
PCIe riser 1
5 Cisco SD card slots on motherboard (two) 14 Socket for embedded RAID interposer board
6 PCIe interposer board socket 15 Cisco modular RAID controller PCIe slot
(dedicated slot and bracket)
7 USB 3.0 slot on motherboard 16 RTC battery on motherboard
8 Power supplies (hot-swappable, accessed through rear
panel)
17 Embedded RAID header for RAID 5 key
9 Trusted platform module (TPM) socket on motherboard,
under PCIe riser 2
18 Supercap power module (RAID backup) mounting location
on air baffle (not shown)
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