Datasheet

Cisco UCS B420 M3 Blade Server
CONFIGURING the SERVER
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STEP 5 CHOOSE ADAPTERS
The adapter offerings are:
■ Cisco Virtual Interface Cards (VICs)
Cisco-developed Virtual Interface Cards (VICs) provid
e flexibility to create multiple NIC and HBA
devices. The VICs also support UCS Fabric Extender technologies.
■ Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)
Emulex and QLogic Converged Network Adap
ters (CNAs) consolidate Ethernet and Storage (FC)
traffic on the Cisco Unified Fabric.
■ Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator Adapters
Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator adapters are designed specifically fo
r the Cisco UCS B-series M3
blade servers and integrate seamlessly to allow improvement in performance and relief of I/O
bottlenecks.
Table 6 shows supported adapter slot configurations.
Y
ou must install at least one adapter in one of the three ad
apter slots. Also see Network
Connectivity on page 40 for more information.
To help ensure that your operating system is compati
ble with the cards you have selected,
please check the Hardware Compatibility List at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10477/prod_technical_referenc
e_list.html
Choose an Adapter
The supported adapters are listed in Table 6.
Table 6 Supported Adapters
Product ID (PID) PID Description
Virtual Interface Cards (VICs)
UCSB-MLOM-40G-01 VIC 1240. Dual 2x10 Gb for UCS M3 Blade Servers.
Insta
lled in adapter slot 1
only.
UCSB-MLOM-PT-01 Cisco UCS Port Expander for VIC 1240. Ena
b
les an additional dual 2x10 Gb for
the VIC 1240, installed in adapter slot 2 only.
UCS-VIC-M82-8P VIC 1280. Dual 4x10 Gb Virtual Interface Card
Converged Network Adapter (CNAs)
UCSB-MEZ-QLG-03 Cisco UCS CNA M73KR-Q QLogic Adapter (dual-port 10 Gb)
UCSB-MEZ-ELX-03 Cisco UCS CNA M73KR-E Emulex (dual-port 10 Gb)
Cisco UCS Storage Accelerators
UCSB-F-FIO-365M Cisco UCS 365 GB MLC Fusion ioDrive2
UCSB-F-LSI-400S LSI 400 GB SLC WarpDrive