Cisco UCS C220 M5 Server Installation and Service Guide
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The server is orderable in 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.
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.
External Features
This topic shows the external features of the server versions.
Cisco UCS C220 M5 Server (SFF Drives) Front Panel Features
The following figure shows the front panel features of the small form-factor drive versions of the server.
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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Serviceable Component Locations
This topic shows the locations of the field-replaceable components and service-related items. The view in the following figure
shows the server with the top cover removed.
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Front-loading drive bays 1–10 support SAS/SATA drives.
UCSC-220-M5SX: Drive bays 1 and 2 support NVMe PCIe SSDs.
UCSC-220-M5SN: Drive bays 1 – 10 support only NVMe PCIe SSDs.
UCSC-220-M5L: Drive bays 1 and 2 support NVMe PCIe SSDs.
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Power supplies (hot-swappable when redundant as 1+1)
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Cooling fan modules (seven, hot-swappable)
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Trusted platform module (TPM) socket on motherboard (not visible in this view)
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Supercap unit mounting bracket (RAID backup)
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PCIe riser 2/slot 2 (half-height, x16 lane)
Includes PCIe cable connectors for front-loading NVMe SSDs (x8 lane)
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DIMM sockets on motherboard (12 per CPU)
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PCIe riser 1/slot 1 (full-height, x16 lane)
Includes socket for Micro-SD card
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CPUs and heatsinks (up to two)
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Modular LOM (mLOM) card bay on chassis floor (x16 PCIe lane), not visible in this view
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Mini-storage module socket. Options:
SD card module with two SD card slots
M.2 module with slots for either two SATA M.2 drives or two NVMe M.2 drives
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 M.2 drives in a RAID 1 array)
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Modular RAID (mRAID) riser, can optionally be a riser that supports either:
Hardware RAID controller card
Interposer card for embedded SATA RAID
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Chassis intrusion switch (optional)
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PCIe cable connectors for front-loading NVMe SSDs on PCIe riser 2
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Internal USB 3.0 port on motherboard
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Micro-SD card socket on PCIe riser 1
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RTC battery, vertical socket
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The Technical Specifications Sheets for all versions of this server, which include supported component part numbers, are at
Cisco UCS Servers Technical Specifications Sheets (scroll down to Technical Specifications).
Summary of Server Features
The following table lists a summary of server features.
Feature
Description
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)
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.
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.