Cisco UCS C220 M5 Server Installation and Service Guide - Overview [Cisco UCS C220 M5 Rack Server] (2024)

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Drive bays 1 – 10 support SAS/SATA hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs)

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Fan status LED

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• UCSC-220-M5SX: Drive bays 1 and 2 support NVMe PCIe SSDs.

• UCSC-220-M5SN: Drive bays 1 – 10 support only NVMe PCIe SSDs.

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Network link activity LED

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Power button/power status LED

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Temperature status LED

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Unit identification button/LED

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Pull-out asset tag

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System status LED

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KVM connector

(used with KVM cable that provides one DB-15 VGA, one DB-9 serial, and two USB connectors)

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Power supply status LED

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Drive bays 1 – 4 support SAS/SATA HDDs and SSDs

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Temperature status LED

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Drive bays 1 and 2 support NVMe PCIe SSDs.

A size-converter drive sled is required if 2.5-inch SSDs are used.

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Power supply status LED

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Power button/power status LED

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Network link activity LED

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Unit identification button/LED

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KVM connector

(used with KVM cable that provides one DB-15 VGA, one DB-9 serial, and two USB connectors)

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System health LED

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Pull-out asset tag

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Fan status LED

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Modular LAN-on-motherboard (mLOM) card bay (x16 PCIe lane)

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Rear unit identification button/LED

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USB 3.0 ports (two)

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Power supplies (two, redundant as 1+1)

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Dual 1-Gb/10-Gb Ethernet ports (LAN1 and LAN2)

The dual LAN ports can support 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps, depending on the link partner capability.

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PCIe riser 2/slot 2 (x16 lane)

Includes PCIe cable connectors for front-loading NVMe SSDs (x8 lane)

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VGA video port (DB-15 connector)

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PCIe riser 1/slot 1 (x16 lane)

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1-Gb Ethernet dedicated management port

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Threaded holes for dual-hole grounding lug

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Serial port (RJ-45 connector)

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Chassis

One rack-unit (1RU) chassis

Central Processor

Up to two CPUs from the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family. This includes CPUs from the following series:

• Intel Xeon Bronze 3XXX Processors

• Intel Xeon Silver 4XXX Processors

• Intel Xeon Gold 5XXX Processors

• Intel Xeon Gold 6XXX Processors

• Intel Xeon Platinum 8XXX Processors

Memory

24 DDR4 DIMM sockets on the motherboard (12 each CPU)

Multi-bit error protection

Multi-bit error protection is supported

Baseboard management

BMC, running Cisco Integrated Management Controller (Cisco IMC) firmware.

Depending on your Cisco IMC settings, Cisco IMC can be accessed through the 1-Gb dedicated management port, the 1-Gb/10-Gb Ethernet LAN ports, or a Cisco virtual interface card.

Network and management I/O

Rear panel:

• One 1-Gb Ethernet dedicated management port (RJ-45 connector)

• Two 1-Gb/10-Gb BASE-T Ethernet LAN ports (RJ-45 connectors)

  The dual LAN ports can support 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps, depending on the link partner capability.

• One RS-232 serial port (RJ-45 connector)

• One VGA video connector port (DB-15 connector)

• Two USB 3.0 ports

Front panel:

• One front-panel keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) connector that is used with the KVM cable, which provides two USB 2.0, one VGA, and one DB-9 serial connector.

Modular LOM

One dedicated socket (x16 PCIe lane) that can be used to add an mLOM card for additional rear-panel connectivity.

Power

Two power supplies, redundant as 1+1:

• AC power supplies 770 W AC each

• AC power supplies 1050 W AC each

• AC power supplies 1600 W AC each

• DC power supplies 1050 W DC each

Do not mix power supply types or wattages in the server.

ACPI

The advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) 4.0 standard is supported.

Cooling

Seven hot-swappable fan modules for front-to-rear cooling.

PCIe I/O

Two horizontal PCIe expansion slots on a PCIe riser assembly.

See PCIe Slot Specifications for specifications of the slots.

InfiniBand

The PCIe bus slots in this server support the InfiniBand architecture.

Storage, front-panel

The server is orderable in three different versions, each with a different front panel/drive-backplane configuration.

• Cisco UCS C220 M5 (UCSC-220-M5SX)—Small form-factor (SFF) drives, with 10-drive backplane. Supports up to 10 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives. Drive bays 1 and 2 support NVMe SSDs.

• Cisco UCS C220 M5 (UCSC-220-M5SN)—SFF drives, with 10-drive backplane. Supports up to 10 2.5-inch NVMe-only SSDs in drive bays 1-10.

• Cisco UCS C220 M5 (UCSC-220-M5L)—Large form-factor (LFF) drives, with four-drive backplane. Supports up to four 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drives. Drive bays 1 and 2 support NVMe SSDs. A size-converter drive sled is required to hold 2.5-inch SSDs.

Storage, internal

The server has these internal storage options:

• One USB port on the motherboard.

• One micro-SD card socket on PCIe riser 1.

• Mini-storage module socket, optionally with either:

  • SD card module. Supports up to two SD cards.

  • M.2 SSD module. Supports either two SATA M.2 SSDs or two NVMe M.2 SSDs.

  • Cisco Boot-Optimized M.2 RAID Controller (module with two slots for SATA M.2 drives, plus an integrated SATA RAID controller that can control the two SATA M.2 drives in a RAID 1 array)

Storage management

The server has a dedicated internal mRAID riser that supports one of the following storage-controller options:

• A PCIe-style Cisco modular RAID controller card (SAS/SATA).

• A PCIe-style interposer card for the server’s embedded SATA RAID controller.

For a detailed list of storage controller options, see Supported Storage Controllers and Cables.

RAID backup

The server has a mounting bracket near the cooling fans for the supercap unit that is used with the Cisco modular RAID controller card.

Integrated video

Integrated VGA video.