Appendix; Raid Controller Considerations; How To Determine Which Controller Is In Your Server; How To Disable Quiet Boot For Cimc Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1 - Cisco UCS C200 Installation And Service Manual

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RAID Controller Considerations

This appendix contains the following sections:
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How to Determine Which Controller Is in Your Server

The C-Series servers can be ordered or configured with a number of RAID controller options:
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How to Determine Which Controller Is in Your Server, page C-1
How to Disable Quiet Boot For CIMC Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1), page C-2
How To Enable the ICH10R Onboard Controller, page C-3
How To Launch Option ROM-Based Controller Utilities, page C-4
For More Information, page C-4
There is an Intel ICH10R onboard SATA controller on the motherboard. This controller supports
RAID 0 and 1 for up to four SATA drives. This controller must be enabled in the system BIOS before
you can use it (see the "How To Enable the ICH10R Onboard Controller" section on page
The ICH10R RAID controller is not compatible for use with VMWare ESX Server software.
The ICH10R RAID controller supports SATA drives only. SAS drives are not recognized.
You can add an LSI SAS1064E-based controller mezzanine card. This card provides RAID 0, 1, and
1E support for up to four SAS or SATA drives.
The SAS1064E-based mezzanine card supports a configuration of all SAS drives or all SATA
drives. You cannot mix SAS and SATA drives when using a 1064E-based controller card.
You can add an LSI MegaRAID controller card (model varies by server). These cards provide RAID
0, 1, 5, 6, 00, 10, 50, and 60 support for up to eight SAS or SATA drives.
You can configure a mixture of SAS and SATA drives when using an LSI MegaRAID card.
However, you cannot mix SAS and SATA drives within a volume. Two hot spares are supported
so that you can configure a global hot spare for each type (SAS or SATA), and then configure
your volumes to use their corresponding hot spare type (SAS or SATA).
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