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This product has been discontinuedSpec SheetCisco UCS C220 M4High-Density Rack Server (Small Form Factor DiskDrive Model)CISCO SYSTEMS170 WEST TASMAN DR SAN JOSE, CA, 95134WWW.CISCO.COMPUBLICATION HISTORY REV E.12MAY 13, 2019

OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5DETAILED VIEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Chassis Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Chassis Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7BASE SERVER STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8CONFIGURING the SERVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13STEP 1 VERIFY SERVER SKU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14STEP 2 SELECT LOCKING SECURITY BEZEL (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15STEP 3 SELECT CPU(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16STEP 4 SELECT MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18STEP 5 SELECT RAID CONTROLLERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24RAID Controller Options (internal HDD/SSD support) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Embedded Software RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Cisco 12G SAS Modular RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24SAS HBA (internal HDD/SSD/JBOD support) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24SAS HBA (external JBOD support) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24RAID Volumes and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25STEP 6 SELECT HARD DISK DRIVES (HDDs) or SOLID STATE DRIVES (SSDs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32STEP 7 SELECT SED HARD DISK DRIVES (HDDs) or SOLID STATE DRIVES (SSDs) . . . . . . . . . . 37STEP 8 SELECT PCIe OPTION CARD(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40STEP 9 ORDER OPTIONAL NETWORK CARD ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43STEP 10 ORDER POWER SUPPLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48STEP 11 SELECT AC POWER CORD(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49STEP 12 ORDER TOOL-LESS RAIL KIT AND OPTIONAL REVERSIBLE CABLE MANAGEMENT ARM . 52STEP 13 SELECT NIC MODE (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53STEP 14 ORDER A TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54STEP 15 ORDER CISCO FLEXIBLE FLASH SD CARD MODULE (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56STEP 16 ORDER OPTIONAL USB 3.0 DRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57STEP 17 SELECT OPERATING SYSTEM AND VALUE-ADDED SOFTWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58STEP 18 SELECT OPERATING SYSTEM MEDIA KIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61STEP 19 SELECT SERVICE and SUPPORT LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62OPTIONAL STEP - ORDER RACK(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67OPTIONAL STEP - ORDER PDU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69CHASSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70CPUs and DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Physical Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Memory Population Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72DIMM Population Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Recommended Memory Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Additional DIMM Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76RAID Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77RAID Option ROM (OPROM) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Embedded SATA RAID: Two SATA Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Serial Port Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Upgrade and Servicing-Related Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Adding an Additional CPU (with CPU heat sink) or Replacing CPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Motherboard Lithium Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Thermal Grease (with syringe applicator) for CPU to Heatsink Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Air Baffle Replacement Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85CPU Heat Sink Cleaning Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852Cisco UCS C220 M4 High-Density Rack Server Small Form Factor Disk Drive Model)

CONTENTSRACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86PDUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88KVM CABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Motherboard USB and SD Ports, and RAID Card Backup Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90NEBS Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Compliance Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94. . 95. . 97. . 98Discontinued EOL Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Cisco UCS C220 M4 High-Density Rack Server Small Form Factor Disk Drive Model)3

4Cisco UCS C220 M4 High-Density Rack Server Small Form Factor Disk Drive Model)

OVERVIEWOVERVIEWThe Cisco UCS C220 M4 SFF rack server is the newest 2-socket, 1U rack server from Cisco, designed forboth performance and expandability over a wide range of storage-intensive infrastructure workloads fromweb serving to distributed database.The enterprise-class UCS C220 M4 small form factor (SFF) server extends the capabilities of Cisco’s UnifiedComputing System portfolio in a 1U form factor with the addition of the Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 and v4 seriesprocessor family that deliver significant performance and efficiency gains. In addition, the UCS C220 M4 SFFserver provides 24 DIMM slots, up to 8 drives and 2 x 1 GbE LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports deliveringoutstanding levels of density and performance in a compact 1U package.The C220 M4 SFF server includes a modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot for installation of a CiscoVirtual Interface Card (VIC) or third-party network interface card (NIC) without consuming a PCI slot inaddition to 2 x 1 GbE embedded (on the motherboard). These features combine to provide outstandinglevels of internal memory and storage expandability along with exceptional performance.The Cisco UCS C220 M4 SFF server can be used standalone, or as part of the Cisco Unified ComputingSystem, which unifies computing, networking, management, virtualization, and storage access into a singleintegrated architecture enabling end-to-end server visibility, management, and control in both bare metaland virtualized environments.Figure 1Cisco UCS C220 M4 High-Density SFF Rack ServerFront ViewRear ViewCisco UCS C220 M4 High-Density Rack Server (Small Form Factor Disk Drive Model)5

DETAILED VIEWSDETAILED VIEWSChassis Front ViewFigure 2 shows the front view of the Cisco UCS C220 M4 High-Density SFF Rack Server.Figure 2Chassis Front View457698103HDD 01HDD 04HDD 02HDD 05HDD 03HDD 06HDD 07HDD 0813529732111Drives (up to eight 2.5-inch drives)7Fan status LED2Pull-out asset tag8Temperature status LED3Operations panel buttons and LEDs9Power supply status LED4Power button/Power status LED10Network link activity LED5Unit identification button/LED11KVM connector (used with KVM cable thatprovides two USB 2.0, one VGA, and oneserial connector)16System status LEDNotes . . .1. For more information about the KVM cable connection, see KVM CABLE, page 896Cisco UCS C220 M4 High-Density Rack Server (Small Form Factor Disk Drive Model)

DETAILED VIEWSChassis Rear ViewFigure 3 shows the external features of the rear panel.Chassis Rear View12PCIe 01PCIe 02PSU 01PSU 02mLOM345678910352977Figure 3111PCIe riser 1/slot 17Serial port (RJ-45 connector)12PCIe riser 2/slot 28Two embedded (on the motherboard) Inteli350 GbE Ethernet controller portsLAN1 is left connector and LAN2 is right connector3Modular LAN-on-motherboard (mLOM) card slot9VGA video port (DB-15)4Grounding-lug hole (for DC power supplies)10Rear unit identification button/LED5USB 3.0 ports (two)11Power supplies (up to two, redundant as 1 1)61-Gb Ethernet dedicated management portNotes . . .1. For details of the serial port pinout, see Serial Port Details, page 82.Cisco UCS C220 M4 High-Density Rack Server (Small Form Factor Disk Drive Model)7

BASE SERVER STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURESBASE SERVER STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURESTable 1 lists the capabilities and features of the base server. Details about how to configure the server fora particular feature or capability (for example, number of processors, disk drives, or amount of memory)are provided in CONFIGURING the SERVER, page 13.Table 1 Capabilities and FeaturesCapability/FeatureDescriptionChassisOne rack unit (1RU) chassisCPUOne or two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 or v4 series processor family CPUsChipsetIntel C610 series chipsetMemory24 slots for registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) or load-reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs)Multi-bit ErrorProtectionThis server supports multi-bit error protection.Embedded NICTwo embedded (on the motherboard) Intel i350 GbE ports, supporting thefollowing:Expansion slots Pre-Execution Boot (PXE boot) iSCSI boot Checksum and segmentation offload NIC teaming Riser 1 (controlled by CPU 1): One full-height profile, 3/4-length slot with x24 connector and x16lane Riser 2 (controlled by CPU 2): One half-height profile, half-length slot with x24 connector and x16lane, or One half-height profile, half-length slot with x24 connector and x8lane and two mini-SAS HD connectors that support two front-mountPCIe Gen 3 NVMe SFF 2.5” drives. Dedicated RAID controller slot (see Figure 6 on page 69) An internal slot is reserved for use by the Cisco 12G SAS Modular RAIDcontroller or the Cisco 12 Gbps Modular SAS HBA.Cisco Flexible FlashdrivesThe server supports up to two internal 32 GB or two internal 64 GB CiscoFlexible Flash drives (SD cards).The second SD card is blank and can be used to mirror the first SD card. Itcan be used to protect the Hypervisor Partition with RAID1.8Cisco UCS C220 M4 High-Density Rack Server (Small Form Factor Disk Drive Model)