Hardware Requirements - Cisco UCS User Manual

Hardware Requirements

Note
Some LSI RAID controllers take time to complete the operation during RAID configuration. SCU does
not have any control over this issue. As a workaround, you can either recreate the RAID or wait for the
operation to complete.
Hardware Requirements
The following are the minimum hardware requirements for UCS-SCU:
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Currently UCS-SCU supports only Intel adapters.
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CD-ROM drive—A USB CD/DVD-ROM drive is required to be able to boot and run the UCS-SCU.
You can also use the virtual media option in the CMC KVM to boot UCS-SCU.
Mouse—Some functions require a standard mouse (PS/2 or USB) for navigation.
USB disk on key device—Functions such as saving UCS-SCU logs require a USB disk on key.
RAM—A minimum of 1 GB RAM. If the available RAM is less than the minimum recommended
value, UCS-SCU will not function properly.
Network adapter—Some optional functions, such as, downloading the OS drivers from
support.cisco.com, require network access. Any single onboard NIC adapter connection is
supported.
RAID Cards—RAID configuration and OS installation are supported on select controllers.
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