Cisco UCS C460 M4 User Manual

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Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Upgrade Guide for
Intel Xeon v3 Series CPUs
Caution You must follow the procedures in this guide when upgrading an existing server to use Intel Xeon v3
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 C-Series server to use Intel
Xeon v3 Series CPUs. Downgrade scenarios are also covered.
The procedures in this guide support the following server:
• Cisco UCS C460 M4 server
Note To successfully upgrade a Cisco UCS C460 M4 server to use Intel Xeon v3 CPUs, you must also
update the firmware and update the memory risers and DIMMs to DDR4 versions.
This document contains the following sections:
• Minimum Software and Firmware Requirements, page 2
• Upgrading to Intel Xeon v3 Series CPUs, page 4
• Downgrading From Intel Xeon v3 Series CPUs, page 8
• TPM 2.0 Considerations, page 10

Cisco UCS C460 M4 Specifications

General

Product Type	Rack Server
Rack Height	4U
Maximum Processors	4
Memory Type	DDR4
Memory Slots	96
Maximum Memory	6 TB
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Management	Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC)
Processor	Intel Xeon E7-4800 v3/v4 Series
Expansion Slots	7 x PCIe 3.0
Power Supply	Redundant
Number of Power Supplies Supported	Up to 4
Power Supply Wattage	1600W
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi