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Chapter 3
Maintaining the Server
Figure 3-18
Special Considerations for the Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card (N2XX-ACPCI01)
The Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card is a standard-profile, half-length, dual-port 10 Gb PCIe card
with SFP+. See the following special considerations and prerequisites.
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Removing and Replacing a PCIe Card
This card is supported in server Generations M1 and M2.
This server supports installation of up to two of these cards.
These cards are supported only in PCIe slots D and E of this server.
This card must be installed in PCIe slot D to use the Cisco Card NIC mode (see
page
3-33). See also
NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings, page
This card requires that the server has CIMC firmware version 1.2(1) or later installed. There is a
heartbeat LED on the top and bottom of the card that indicates when firmware is active.
To use this card for UCS integration (UCSM mode) with Cisco UCS Manager 2.0(2xx) or later, the
minimum card-firmware and uboot image level is 2.0(2g).
To use this card for UCS integration (UCSM mode) with Cisco UCS Manager 1.4 or 2.0(1), the
minimum card-firmware and uboot image level is 1.4(1i).
To connect this card to an upstream Cisco Nexus fabric interconnect (switch), the minimum NXOS
version on the fabric interconnect must be 5.0 or later.
Installing or Replacing Components
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