Cisco Cisco UCS B200 M4 Blade Server Datenbogen

The number of ports available at the mezzanine adapter depends on the type of mezzanine adapter that is 
plugged into the mezzanine slot on the system board. The maximum number of ports is four. The VIC 
1340/1240 senses the type of adapter plugged into the mezzanine slot. In the event a Port Expander Card 
for VIC occupies the mezzanine slot, the four 10G KR ports between the adapters are used for port 
expansion; otherwise, they are unused.

There are multiple options for the mezzanine slot:

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I/O-based PCIe adapters (such as network adapters), or

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Cisco Storage Accelerator adapters (such as Fusion-io cards)

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GPUs

Specific examples of mezzanine adapters are:

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Cisco adapters

— VIC 1380/1280

— Port Expander Card for VIC

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Cisco Storage Accelerator adapters

— Cisco UCS 1300 GB Fusion ioMemory3 PX Performance line

— Cisco UCS 1600 GB Fusion ioMemory3 SX Scale line

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GPUs

— UCSB-GPU-M6 (UCS Blade Server M6 GPU - GRID 2.0 SW required for VDI)

The following sections explain the various I/O options that are possible with the different Fabric Extenders 
(Cisco UCS 2304, 2208XP, 2204XP, and 2104XP) and the VIC 1340/1240 and mezzanine adapters.

NOTE:  In a B200 M4 configured with 1 or 2 CPUs, a UCS B200 M4 blade server must 
have a VIC 1340/1240 installed to provide I/O connectivity.