Cisco Intel X540 2-Port 10GBase-T UCSC-PCIE-ITG= User Manual

Storage controller 

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Embedded RAID (3 Gbs)

• Embedded SATA-only RAID controller, supporting up to four SATA-only 

drives (RAID 0, 1, 10), or

• ROM5 RAID upgrade, supporting up to eight SAS+SATA HDDs or SSDs (RAID 

0, 1, 10), or

• ROM55 RAID upgrade, supporting up to eight SAS+SATA HDDs or SSDs (RAID 

0, 1, 5, 10).

Note that embedded RAID options can be supported only with the version of the 
C240 M3 SFF server that has been configured with a 16-drive backplane.

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Mezzanine Cards (6 Gbs) - two versions

• Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 2008M-8i Mezzanine Card supports up to 8 SAS+SATA 

drives with the 16-drive backplane or 16 SAS+SATA drives with the 24-drive 

backplane (this card supports a maximum of 16 drives for a RAID volume). 

The card supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50. This card has a product ID (PID) 

of UCSC-RAID-11-C240.

• Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 2008M-8i Mezzanine Card supports up to 8 SAS+SATA 

drives with the 16-drive backplane or 16 SAS+SATA drives with the 24-drive 

backplane (this card supports a maximum of 16 drives for a RAID volume). 

The card supports RAID 0, 1, and 10. This card has a product ID (PID) of 

UCSC-RAID-MZ-240.

Note that mezzanine cards are used as follows:

• A mezzanine card in a 16-drive backplane system can support up to 8 

drives. The reason for this is that the 16-drive backplane does not support 

a SAS expander.

• A mezzanine card in a 24-drive backplane system can support up to 16 

drives, due to a 16-drive limit for a RAID volume for this card.

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PCIe RAID Controllers (6 Gbs)

• LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i or 9271CV-8i 8-port PCIe RAID controller with 

on-board 1 GB data cache and chassis-mounted (remote) supercap for data 

cache power backup (supercap not present on 9271-8i), supporting RAID 

levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and up to 24 internal SAS +SATA drives when 

configured with 24-drive backplane. When used with a 16-drive backplane 

version of the server, one controller can control up to 8 drives. Two 

controllers must be installed to control 16 drives.

• LSI MegaRAID 9285CV-8e or 9286CV-8e 8-port PCIe RAID controller with 

on-board 1 GB cache and chassis-mounted (remote) supercap for data 

cache power backup, supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60. Supports 

8 external SAS ports (up to 240 external drives).

• Cisco Nytro MegaRAID 200 GB PCIe RAID controller with on-board 1 GB data 

cache and 200 GB flash memory. The controller supports up to 24 drives on 

the 24-drive backplane version of the server and supports RAID levels 0, 1, 

5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. SAS + SATA drives are supported.