Step 5 Choose Adapters - Cisco UCS B420 M3 Manual

STEP 5 CHOOSE ADAPTERS
The adapter offerings are:
Cisco Virtual Interface Cards (VICs)
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Cisco-developed Virtual Interface Cards (VICs) provide flexibility to create multiple NIC and HBA
devices. The VICs also support UCS Fabric Extender technologies.
Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)
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Emulex and QLogic Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) consolidate Ethernet and Storage (FC)
traffic on the Cisco Unified Fabric.
Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator Adapters
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Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator adapters are designed specifically for the Cisco UCS B-series M3
blade servers and integrate seamlessly to allow improvement in performance and relief of I/O
bottlenecks.
Table 7 shows supported adapter slot configurations.
You must install at least one adapter in one of the three adapter slots. Also see
Connectivity on page 42
To help ensure that your operating system is compatible with the cards you have selected,
please check the Hardware Compatibility List at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10477/prod_technical_reference_list.html
Choose an Adapter
The supported adapters are listed in
Table 7 Supported Adapters
Product ID (PID)
Virtual Interface Cards (VICs)
UCSB-MLOM-40G-01
UCSB-MLOM-PT-01
UCS-VIC-M82-8P
Converged Network Adapter (CNAs)
UCSB-MEZ-QLG-03
UCSB-MEZ-ELX-03
Cisco UCS Storage Accelerators
UCSB-F-FIO-785M
UCSB-F-FIO-365M
Cisco UCS B420 M3 Blade Server
for more information.
Table
PID Description
VIC 1240. Dual 2x10 Gb for UCS M3 Blade Servers. Installed in adapter slot 1
only.
Cisco UCS Port Expander for VIC 1240. Enables an additional dual 2x10 Gb for
the VIC 1240, installed in adapter slot 2 only.
VIC 1280. Dual 4x10 Gb Virtual Interface Card
Cisco UCS CNA M73KR-Q QLogic Adapter (dual-port 10 Gb)
Cisco UCS CNA M73KR-E Emulex (dual-port 10 Gb)
Cisco UCS 785 GB MLC Fusion ioDrive2
Cisco UCS 365 GB MLC Fusion ioDrive2
7.
CONFIGURING the SERVER
Network
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