Cisco UCS S3260 Service Manual

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Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server Chassis Installation and Service Guide
Chapter 2 Installing the System
NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings
NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings
Note The NIC modes and NIC redundancy refer to the ports on the SIOCs. They do not refer to the 1-Gb LOM
port on an S3260 M5 server node.
NIC Modes
You can choose from the following NIC mode settings:
• Cisco Card (default)—The QSFP ports on the active SIOC are used to access Cisco IMC. You must
select a NIC redundancy setting.
• Dedicated—The dedicated RJ-45 management port of either SIOC is used to access the Cisco IMC.
The only NIC redundancy setting for this NIC mode is None.
NIC Redundancy
You can choose from the following NIC redundancy settings:
• Active-active (default)—All QSFP ports are utilized simultaneously. This setting can be used only
with the Cisco Card NIC mode.
• Active-standby—If an active QSFP port fails, traffic fails over to a standby port. This setting can be
used only with the Cisco Card NIC mode.
• None—The ports operate independently and do not fail over if there is a problem. This setting can
be used only with the Dedicated NIC mode.

Cisco UCS S3260 Specifications

General

Drive Bays	Up to 56
Maximum Storage Capacity	Up to 600 TB
Power Supply	Up to 4 hot-plug power supplies
Product Type	Storage Server Chassis
Supported Drives	SAS, SATA
Processors	Up to two Intel Xeon Scalable processors
Memory	Up to 1.5 TB DDR4 RAM
Power Supplies	Redundant 80+ Platinum power supplies
Total Drive Bays	56
Management	Cisco UCS Manager
Compatibility	Cisco UCS system
Form Factor	4U rack