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CONFIGURING the SERVER
STEP 6
CHOOSE RAID CONFIGURATION
The C260 M2 server accommodates either one or two LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i RAID controllers.
The C260 M2 contains two drive bays, each housing up to eight HDDs or SSDs. Each RAID
controller connects to a transition card that connects the drive bay backplane to the
motherboard.
Cisco can provide factory-configured RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 systems depending on the RAID
implementation chosen and the number of drives ordered. Factory-configured RAID options are
listed at the end of
are not factory configurable.
Choose RAID Options
Choose one or two RAID controllers, one RAID configuration option, and, if desired, the battery
backup option listed in
Table 8 Available RAID Options
Product ID (PID)
RAID Controllers
R2XX-PL003
RAID Battery Backup Option
UCSC-BBU-11-C260
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8. Note that RAID levels 50 and 60 are supported on the 9261-8i, but
Table
8.
PID Description
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i (RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10)
Each controller takes up one PCIe slot (slots 3 and 5 are used for RAID
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controllers).
Supports from one to sixteen internal SAS or SATA drives, depending on the
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type of transition board installed:
• One drive bay with nonexpander transition board: up to eight drives
supported with one RAID controller having two cables connected to the
transition card.
• Two drive bays with nonexpander transition boards: up to sixteen drives
supported with one RAID controller having two cables connected to one
transition card and a second RAID controller having two cables connected
to the second transition card
• One drive bay with expander transition board: up to eight drives
supported with one RAID controller having one cable connected to the
transition card.
• Two drive bays with expander transition boards: up to sixteen drives
supported with one RAID controller having one cable connected to one
transition card and a second cable connected to the second transition
card
Battery backup option available (see the battery backup PID section in this
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table)
Factory-configured RAID options: RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 (see the RAID PIDs
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section in this table)
Battery Backup
Cisco UCS C260 M2 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server
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