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Cisco UCS S3260 System Storage Management
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Storage Server Features and Components Overview
Storage Server Features
The following table summarizes the Cisco UCS S3260 system features:
Table 1: Cisco UCS S3260 System Features
Feature
Chassis
Processors
Memory
Multi-bit error protection
Storage
Disk Management
Storage Server Features and Components Overview, on page 1
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Management Operations, on page 8
Disk Sharing for High Availability, on page 9
Storage Enclosure Operations, on page 13
Description
Four rack unit (4RU) chassis
• Cisco UCS S3260 M3 server nodes: Two Intel
Xeon E5-2600 v2 Series processors inside each
server node.
• Cisco UCS S3260 M4 server nodes: Two Intel
Xeon E5-2600 v4 Series processors inside each
server node.
Up to 16 DIMMs inside each server node.
This system supports multi-bit error protection.
The system has the following storage options:
The system supports up to two storage controllers:
• One dedicated mezzanine-style socket for a Cisco
storage controller card inside each server node
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- Page 1 Disk Sharing for High Availability, on page 9 • Storage Enclosure Operations, on page 13 Storage Server Features and Components Overview Storage Server Features The following table summarizes the Cisco UCS S3260 system features: Table 1: Cisco UCS S3260 System Features Feature Description Chassis...
- Page 2 Each fan module contains two fans. In addition, there is one fan in each power supply. Front Panel Features The following image shows the front panel features for the Cisco UCS S3260 system: Figure 1: Front Panel Features Operations panel Temperature status LED...
- Page 3 Fan status LED Internal-drive status LEDs Rear Panel Features The following image shows the rear panel features for the Cisco UCS S3260 system: Figure 2: Front Panel Features Disk Slots Server bay 1 Not used at this time •...
- Page 4 Cisco UCS S3260 System Storage Management Storage Server Features and Components Overview Server bay 2 Not used at this time • (Optional) server node (Cisco UCS S3260 M4 shown) (Optional) drive expansion module System I/O Solid state drive bays (up to controller (SIOC) four 2.5-inch SAS SSDs)
- Page 5 Disk Slots The Cisco UCS S3260 chassis has 4 rows of 14 disk slots on the HDD motherboard and 4 additional disk slots on the HDD expansion tray. The following image shows the disk arrangement for the 56 top-accessible, hot swappable 3.5-inch 6 TB or 4 TB 7200 rpm NL-SAS HDD drives.
- Page 6 SIOCs set up. SAS Expanders The Cisco UCS S3260 system has two SAS expanders that run in redundant mode and connect the disks at the chassis level to storage controllers on the servers. The SAS expanders provide two paths between a storage controller, and hence enable high availability.
- Page 7 • Server board NVMe enclosure—This enclosure contains one PCIe NVMe controller. Note In the Cisco UCS S3260 system, even though disks can be physically present on the two types of enclosures described above, from the host OS all the disks are viewed as part of one SCSI enclosure.
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Page 8: Cisco Ucs S3260 Storage Management Operations
Cisco UCS S3260 System Storage Management Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Management Operations NVMe Controller—This controller is used by servers in the Cisco UCS S3260 system for inventory and firmware updates of NVMe disks. For more details about the storage controllers supported in the various server nodes, see the related service note: •... -
Page 9: Disk Sharing For High Availability
Cisco UCS S3260 System Storage Management Disk Sharing for High Availability Disk Sharing for High Availability Disk Zoning Policies You can assign disk drives to the server nodes using disk zoning. Disk zoning can be performed on the controllers in the same server or on the controllers on different servers. Disk ownership can be one of the... -
Page 10: Creating Disk Slots And Assigning Ownership
Cisco UCS S3260 System Storage Management Creating Disk Slots and Assigning Ownership Command or Action Purpose Step 2 UCS-A org/ # create disk-zoning-policy Creates a disk zoning policy name with the diskzoning policy-name specified disk zoning policy name. Step 3... -
Page 11: Associating Disk Zoning Policies To Chassis Profile
Cisco UCS S3260 System Storage Management Associating Disk Zoning Policies to Chassis Profile Command or Action Purpose • unassigned—Unassigned Step 5 UCS-A org/disk-zoning-policy/disk-slot* # Creates controller reference for the specified create controller-ref server-id sas controller-id server slot. Step 6 UCS-A org/disk-zoning-policy/disk-slot # Commits the transaction. -
Page 12: Disk Migration
This will ensure that all references from the service profile have been removed prior to disk migration. For more information on virtual drives, please refer to the "virtual drives" section in the Cisco UCS Manager Storage Management Guide, Release 3.1. Procedure Command or Action... -
Page 13: Storage Enclosure Operations
Storage Enclosure Operations Removing Chassis Level Storage Enclosures You can remove the storage enclosure corresponding to HDD expansion tray in Cisco UCS Manager after it is physically removed. You cannot remove server level or any other chassis level storage enclosures. - Page 14 Cisco UCS S3260 System Storage Management Removing Chassis Level Storage Enclosures Command or Action Purpose Step 2 UCS-A /chassis # remove storage-enclosure Removes the chassis level storage enclosure storage-enclosure-name with the specified name. Example The following example removes storage enclosure 25 from chassis 2:...