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Table 2.2: (continued)
Components Details
Memory 2x4 banks f.or each CPU. Total of 32GB in 8
banks.
RAID No RAID.
Table 2.3: High-end C240 Mx - Internal components
Components Details
CPU 2x E5-2667 @ 3.20 GHz.
PCIe 1x Riser PCI expansion card option A PID
UCSC-PCI-1A-240M4 enables 2 PCIex16.
CPU Configuration 2-Socket CPU configurations (also works
with 1 CPU).
Memory 2x4 banks for each CPU. Total of 32GB in 8
banks.
RAID No RAID.
Riser 1/2 Both left and right should support x16 PCIe.
Right (Riser1) should be from option A x16
and Left (Riser2) should be x16. Need to
order both.
Important
In all bare metal cases, it’s important to have 4 DRAM channels. Fewer channels will impose a performance issue. To
test it you can run sudo dmidecode -t memory | grep CHANNEL and check CHANNEL x
Table 2.4: Supported NICs
Chipset Bandwidth
(Gb/sec)
TSO LRO Example
Intel I350 1 + - Intel 4x1GE 350-T4 NIC
Intel 82599 10 + + Cisco part ID:N2XX-AIPCI01 Intel x520-D2,
Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ Adapter
Intel 82599
VF
x + +
Intel X710 10 + - Cisco part ID:UCSC-PCIE-IQ10GF SFP+,
Preferred support per stream stats in hardware
Silicom PE310G4i71L
Intel
XL710
40 + - Cisco part ID:UCSC-PCIE-ID40GF, QSFP+
(copper/optical) Preferred support per stream
stats in hardware
Intel
XXV710
1/10/25 + - SFP28 Intel XXV710 Preferred support per
stream stats in hardware
Intel
XL710/X710
VF
x + -