Cisco Unified Computing System Adapters
Converge LAN and SAN traffic with one adapter
Whether you are using blade, rack, or storage servers from Cisco, the UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) provides optimal connectivity. Cisco also offers other adapters to meet your needs like PCIe flash storage and GPUs.
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Adapters
UCS VIC 1340
- Two ports; 2x 40 Gbps or dual 4 x 10 Gbps
- Blade Server mLOM form factor
- PCIe 3.0 x 16
- VXLAN, NVGRE, RDMA, usNIC, NetFlow, and SMB Direct
UCS VIC 1380
- Two ports; 2x 40 Gbps or dual 4 x 10 Gbps
- Blade server mezzanine form factor
- PCIe 3.0 x 16
- VXLAN, NVGRE, RDMA, usNIC, NetFlow, and SMB Direct
UCS VIC 1225 Series
- Two ports; 2x 10 Gbps SFP+ or 10GBASE-T
- PCIe 2.0 x16 form factor
- Rack server half-height PCI Express adapter
- usNIC and NetFlow
UCS VIC 1227 Series
- Two ports; 2x 10 Gbps SFP+ or 10GBASE-T
- PCIe 2.0 x16
- Rack server mLOM form factor
- usNIC and NetFlow
UCS VIC 1385
- Two ports; 2x 40 Gbps QSFP+
- PCIe 3.0 x 16
- Rack server half-height PCI Express adapter
- VXLAN, NVGRE, RDMA, usNIC, NetFlow, and SMB Direct
UCS VIC 1387
- Two ports; 2x 40 Gbps QSFP+
- PCIe 3.0 x 8
- Rack server mLOM form factor
- VXLAN, NVGRE, RDMA, usNIC, NetFlow, and SMB Direct
Features
Simple computing with SingleConnect
Cisco SingleConnect unifies LAN, SAN, and systems management into one simplified link for rack servers, blade servers, and virtual machines.
Eliminate hypervisor switch overhead
Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) collapses virtual and physical networking into a single infrastructure, eliminating software-based hypervisor switches.
Ultra-low-latency Ethernet
Get lower latency than TCP/IP provides. Cisco offers usNIC for our second- and third-generation virtual interface cards (VlC).
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System Administrator, Florida Institute of Technology Aviation
Resources
Learn about the similarities and differences of the models within this product series.
Models
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1385
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1380
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1340
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1285
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1280
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1240
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1227
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1227T
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1225
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