UCS-HD18TB10KS4K supported on C220 M3 (With 9271CV)??

[DRAGONKZ]

I have a C220 M3 and I want to put in a few of the largest 2.5" drives that were available for that platform.

I've found 1.2TB 10K 6Gb SAS and 12Gb SAS varieties but also stumbled upon a 1.8TB 10K (UCS-HD18TB10KS4K) which appears to be from the M4 generation.

Does anyone know if this drive is likely to work in a M3 with a 9271CV controller running the latest firmware.

My system is already configured as UEFI.

Thanks!

[Evan Mickel]

I do not see that particular model listed in the spec sheet for this server:

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-c-series-rack-servers/c220m3-sff-specsheet.pdf

Ultimately my recommendation would be to determine what your usage for this server will be.  If you're setting up a lab environment and throwing some parts together for a build, it may work fine.  Running these systems with unsupported drives however will reduce Cisco's ability to work with you in the event that this does not work or fails eventually.

Best bet for stability and performance is to select a drive from the spec sheet so that you can be sure that the drive was a tested and known good model for the server in question.

Thanks!  Reach back out with any questions, always happy to help!

[DRAGONKZ]

Thanks for the reply!

This server is one of my lab ones, but I’d ideally like “Cisco” drives from a firmware control perspective.

I did see that list but also realised that this list was the most recent, so wouldn’t have older drives listed.

Is there a “master” list of all M3 drive part numbers anywhere? (I imagine it would be in the CIMC PID, assuming there is a way to pull the info from that file)

I can see several older SAS 6Gb drives on eBay which aren’t on this list and am keen to see the compatibility...etc.

Thanks!

[Kirk J]

Greetings.

The specific drive you are referencing is a 12Gb, 4Kn drive, which is why those are not listed on the spec sheet.

The 12Gb speed would probably downclock, but I suspect the firmware in the older 92xx controller probably does not like the 4Kn sector sizes.

I took a look at Broadcom/LSI's website, and couldn't find the 9270 series controllers listed on the compatibility sheet that referenced 4Kn drives.

If you have another supported use for the drives to retask them with should this fail, then give it a try, but I wouldn't buy one without knowing if this is going to work (guessing it won't).

Thanks,

Kirk...