Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 15000 Series Data Sheet
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Cisco Unified Computing System overview
The Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) is a next-generation data center platform that unites computing, networking, storage access, and virtualization resources into a cohesive system designed to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase business agility. The system integrates a low-latency, lossless 10/25/40/50/100/200 Gigabit Ethernet network fabric with enterprise-class blade, modular, and rack x86-architecture servers. The system is an integrated, scalable, multichassis platform in which all resources participate in a unified management domain.
The Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15000 Series extends the network fabric directly to both servers and virtual machines so that a single connectivity mechanism can be used to connect both physical and virtual servers with the same level of visibility and control. Cisco® VICs provide complete programmability of the Cisco UCS I/O infrastructure, with the number and type of I/O interfaces configurable on demand with a zero-touch model.
Cisco VICs support Cisco SingleConnect technology, which provides an easy, intelligent, and efficient way to connect and manage computing in your data center. Cisco SingleConnect unifies LAN, SAN, and systems management into one simplified link for rack servers, blade servers, and virtual machines. This technology reduces the number of network adapters, cables, and switches needed and radically simplifies the network, reducing complexity. Cisco VICs can support 512 PCI Express (PCIe) virtual devices, either virtual Network Interface Cards (vNICs) or virtual Host Bus Adapters (vHBAs), with a high rate of I/O Operations Per Second (IOPS), support for lossless Ethernet, and 10/25/40/50/100/200-Gbps connection to servers. The PCIe Generation 4 x16 interface helps ensure optimal bandwidth to the host for network-intensive applications, with a redundant path to the fabric interconnect. Cisco VICs support NIC teaming with fabric failover for increased reliability and availability. In addition, it provides a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure for your data center.
The VIC 15000 series is designed for Cisco UCS X-Series M6/M7/M8 Blade Servers, Cisco UCS B-Series M6 Blade Servers, and Cisco UCS C-Series M6/M7/M8 Rack Servers. The adapters are capable of supporting 10/25/40/50/100/200-Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). They incorporate Cisco’s next-generation Converged Network Adapter (CNA) technology and offer a comprehensive feature set, providing investment protection for future feature software releases.
Cisco VIC 15230 and 15231
The Cisco UCS VIC 15230 and 15231 (Figure 1) are 2x100-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE-capable modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) adapters designed exclusively for the Cisco UCS X210c and X215c Compute Nodes. The Cisco UCS VIC 15230 and 15231 adapters enable a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present to the host PCIe standards-compliant interfaces that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.
The Cisco UCS VIC 15230 is functionally equivalent to the 1523, but incorporates secure boot technology.
Cisco UCS VIC 15230 and 15231
Cisco UCS VIC 15230 and 15231 Infrastructure
Cisco VIC 15420
The Cisco UCS VIC 15420 (Figure 3) is a 4x25-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE capable modular LAN On Motherboard (mLOM) designed exclusively for Cisco UCS X210c M6/M7, X410c M7, and X215c M8 Compute Nodes. The Cisco UCS VIC 15420 enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present to the host PCIe standards-compliant interfaces that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.
Cisco UCS VIC 15420
Cisco UCS VIC 15420 Infrastructure
Cisco VIC 15422
The Cisco UCS VIC 15422 (Figure 5) is a 4x25-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE capable mezzanine card (mezz) designed exclusively for Cisco UCS X210c M6/M7, X410c M7, and X215c M8 compute nodes. The card enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.
The UCS VIC 15000 bridge connector (Figure 6) is required with the mezz card to connect the UCS X-Series Blade Server to Intelligent Fabric Module (IFM) UCSX-I-9108-25G or UCSX-I-9108-100G.
In addition to Ethernet network connectivity to the IFM, the VIC 15422 also provides two PCIe x16 Gen4 links to the UCS 9416 X-fabric module for enabling Cisco UCS X440p PCIe node connectivity for the X210c, X410c, and X215c compute nodes.
Cisco UCS VIC 15422
Cisco UCS VIC 15000 bridge connect
Cisco UCS VIC 15422 Infrastructure
Cisco VIC 15427 and 15428
The Cisco UCS VIC 15427 and 15428 (Figure 8) are a quad-port small-form-factor pluggable (SFP+/SFP28/SFP56) mLOM card designed for Cisco UCS C-series M6/M7/M8 rack servers. The card supports 10/25/50-Gbps Ethernet or FCoE. The card can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host, and these can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.
The Cisco UCS VIC 15427 is functionally equivalent to the 15428, but incorporates secure boot technology.
When a UCS rack server with VIC 15427 or 15428 is connected to a fabric interconnect (FI-6536/6400/6300), the VIC 15428 is provisioned through Cisco Intersight™ Managed Mode (IMM) or Cisco UCS Manager (UCSM) policies. When the UCS rack server with VIC 15427 or 15428 is connected to a ToR switch such as Cisco Nexus® 9000 Series, the VIC adapter is provisioned through the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) or Intersight policies for a standalone server.
Cisco UCS VIC 15427 and 15428
Cisco UCS VIC 15427 and 15428 Infrastructure
Cisco VIC 15237 and 15238
The Cisco UCS VIC 15237 and 15238 (Figure 10) are dual-port quad small-form-factor pluggable (QSFP/QSFP28/QSFP56) mLOM cards designed for Cisco UCS C-series M6/M7/M8 rack servers. The card supports 40/100/200-Gbps Ethernet or FCoE. The card can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host, and these can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.
The Cisco UCS VIC 15237 is functionally equivalent to the 15238, but incorporates secure boot technology.
When a UCS rack server with VIC 15237 or 15238 is connected to a fabric interconnect (FI-6536/6300), the VIC adapter is provisioned through Cisco Intersight Managed Mode (IMM) or Cisco UCS Manager (UCSM) policies. When the UCS rack server with VIC 15237 or 15238 is connected to a ToR switch such as Cisco Nexus 9000 Series, the VIC adapter is provisioned through the Cisco IMC or Intersight policies for a UCS standalone server.
Cisco UCS VIC 15237 and 15238
Cisco UCS VIC 15237 and 15238 infrastructure
Cisco VIC 15411
The Cisco UCS VIC 15411 (Figure 12) is a dual-port 40-Gbps or 4x10-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE-capable modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) designed for Cisco UCS B-Series M6 Blade Servers. When used in combination with an optional port expander, the Cisco UCS VIC 15411 capabilities are enabled for two ports of 40-Gbps Ethernet. The Cisco UCS VIC 15411 enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present to the host PCIe standards-compliant interfaces that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.
Cisco UCS VIC 15411
Cisco UCS VIC 15411 infrastructure
Cisco UCS VIC 15411 with port expander
Cisco VIC 15235
The Cisco UCS VIC 15235 (Figure 15) is a dual-port quad small-form-factor pluggable (QSFP/QSFP28/QSFP56) PCIe card designed for Cisco UCS C-series M6/M7/M8 rack servers. The card supports 40/100/200-Gbps Ethernet or FCoE. The card can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host, and these can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.
When a UCS rack server with VIC 15235 is connected to a fabric interconnect (FI-6536/6300), the VIC 15235 is provisioned through Cisco Intersight Managed Mode (IMM) or Cisco UCS Manager (UCSM) policies. When the UCS rack server with VIC 15235 is connected to a ToR switch such as Cisco Nexus 9000 Series, the VIC 15235 is provisioned through the Cisco IMC or Intersight policies for a UCS standalone server.
Cisco UCS VIC 15235
Cisco UCS VIC 15235 infrastructure
Cisco VIC 15425
The Cisco UCS VIC 15425 (Figure 17) is a quad-port small-form-factor pluggable (SFP+/SFP28/SFP56) PCIe card designed for Cisco UCS C-series M6/M7/M8 rack servers. The card supports 10/25/50-Gbps Ethernet or FCoE. The card can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host, and these can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.
When a UCS rack server with VIC 15425 is connected to a fabric interconnect (FI-6536/6400/6300), the VIC 15425 is provisioned through Cisco Intersight Managed Mode (IMM) or Cisco UCS Manager (UCSM) policies. When the UCS rack server with VIC 15425 is connected to a ToR switch such as Cisco Nexus® 9000 Series, the VIC 15425 is provisioned through the Cisco IMC or Intersight policies for a standalone server.
Cisco UCS VIC 15425
Cisco UCS VIC 15425 Infrastructure
The Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series provide the following features and benefits:
● Stateless and agile platform: The personality of the card is determined dynamically at boot time using the service profile associated with the server. The number, type (NIC or HBA), identity (MAC address and World Wide Name [WWN]), failover policy, bandwidth, and Quality-of-Service (QoS) policies of the PCIe interfaces are all determined using the service profile. The capability to define, create, and use interfaces on demand provides a stateless and agile server infrastructure.
● Network interface virtualization: Each PCIe interface created on the VIC is associated with an interface on the Cisco UCS fabric interconnect, providing complete network separation for each virtual cable between a PCIe device on the VIC and the interface on the fabric interconnect.
Next-generation data center features
A hardware classification engine provides support for advanced data center requirements, including stateless network offloads for VXLAN, NVGRE, and GENEVE. Additional features support low-latency kernel bypass for performance optimization through usNIC, DPDK, SR-IOV and server virtualization support using NetQueue and VMQ/VMMQ. The Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series provide high network performance and low latency for the most demanding applications:
● Big data, High-Performance Computing (HPC)
● Large-scale virtual machine deployments
● High-bandwidth storage targets and archives
● NVMe over Fabrics support for NVMe over RoCEv2, NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP
The Cisco VIC provides industry-leading performance and features.
Table 1 summarizes the main features and benefits of the Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series.
Table 1. Features and benefits
| Features |
Benefits |
| PCIe x16 Gen4 interfaces |
Delivers high performance (200 Gb/s) throughput |
| 10/25/40/50/100/200-Gbps unified I/O |
● Delivers 4x 10/25/50-Gbps or 2x 40/100/200-Gbps in a single VIC configuration with a Cisco UCS C-Series M6/M7/M8 Rack Server
● Delivers 2x 100-Gbps or 4x 25-Gbps in a single VIC configuration with the Cisco UCS X210c M6/M7, X410c M7, and X215c M8 compute nodes with Cisco UCS FI-6536/6400
● Delivers 2x 40-Gbps or 4x 10-Gbps in a single VIC configuration with the Cisco UCS B-Series M6 Blade Server with Cisco UCS FI-6536/6400/6300
● Helps reduce TCO by consolidating the overall number of NICs, HBAs, cables, and switches because LAN and SAN traffic run over the same adapter card and fabric
|
| 512 virtual adapters and interfaces |
● Creates fully functional unique and independent PCIe adapters and interfaces (NICs and HBAs) without requiring single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) support from OSes or hypervisors
● Allows these virtual interfaces and adapters to be configured and operated independently, just like physical interfaces and adapters
● Creates a highly flexible I/O environment needing only one card for all I/O configurations
Note: Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series hardware is SR-IOV capable. Please refer to Cisco UCS Manager configuration limits for your specific OS and environment in the configuration guide. |
| Low-latency connectivity |
Supports usNIC technology, delivering latency as low as 1 microsecond in back-to-back VIC connections; standard latency using the Cisco Nexus series switches in approximately 1–2 microseconds |
| Cisco SingleConnect technology |
A single unified network: the same network brings LAN, SAN, and management connectivity to each server. |
| VIC Secure Boot technology |
VIC Secure Boot, available for C-Series and X-Series platforms on select VIC models, ensures the integrity of the VIC hardware and firmware upon server boot. VIC Secure Boot is independent of server-level secure boot technologies from Cisco, Intel, and AMD, but all of these technologies contribute to the Cisco trust model ensuring customers’ equipment is genuine and running validated firmware. |
| Centralized management |
Enables the mLOM and mezzanine in X-Series, and mLOM or PCIe for M6/M7 rack servers, to be centrally configured and managed by Cisco Intersight |
| Support for advanced features |
● usNIC
● 802.1Q (QinQ)
● Small Computer System Interface over IP (iSCSI) and iSCSI boot
● Ethernet NIC (eNIC) and Fibre Channel NIC (fNIC)
● DPDK
● NetFlow
● N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
● Receive flow steering
● Multi-RQ
● 16K extended (TX/RX) ring
● PTPv2 (Linux only)
● VMware NetQueue
● Windows VMQ/VMMQ
● Receive side scaling (IPv4/IPv6/UDP/TCP)
● GENEVE offload support with VMware NSX-T
● VXLAN offload support for VMware NSX-V, Linux (RHEL, SLES)
● ENS support for VMware NSX-T
● VXLAN and NVGRE support on Windows
● NVMe over RoCEv2 support with RHEL
● NVMe over RoCEv2 support with ESXi
● NVMe-TCP qualified with ESXi
● NVMe-TCP qualified with RHEL
● SMB Direct support on Windows 2019 and windows 2022 using RDMA over converged Ethernet RoCEv2
● VIC secure boot (available with VIC 15420 and 15422 from 4.3(1) release, VIC 15235 and 15425 from 4.3(2) release, and VIC 15230, 15237, and 15427 from 4.3(2c) release)
● SR-IOV (Support for ESXi with M7 rack-servers in IMC from 4.3(1) release)
|
| Fibre Channel |
● Supports Fibre Channel over the UCS unified fabric with Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect 6300 Series, 6400 Series and 6536
● Supports NVMe over Fabrics (NVMeoF) for Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe) with RHEL, SLES, and ESXi
● Supports FC multiqueue (FC MQ) on RHEL and SLES
● FDMI on Linux and ESX
● Supports FCoE Fibre Channel when connected to Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
|
| Network architecture |
Provides a redundant path to the fabric interconnect using hardware-based fabric failover |
| High performance I/O |
Supports over 900,000 I/O operations per second (IOPS) |
| Lossless Ethernet |
Uses Priority Flow Control (PFC) to enable lossless Ethernet as part of the Cisco UCS Unified Fabric |
| Broad OS and hypervisor support |
Supports customer requirements for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Citrix XenServer, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Ubuntu. Refer to the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for detail list of supported operating systems |
Table 2 lists the specifications for the Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series.
Table 2. Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series specifications
| Items |
Specifications |
|
● 10-Gigabit Ethernet
● 25-Gigabit Ethernet
● 40-Gigabit Ethernet
● 50-Gigabit Ethernet
● 100-Gigabit Ethernet
● 200-Gigabit Ethernet
● IEEE 802.3x
● IEEE 802.1q (formerly 802.1ad) VLAN
● IEEE 802.1p
● IEEE 802.1Qaz
● IEEEE 802.1Qbb
● IEEE 802.3cd
● IEEE 802.3ba, 802.3bj, 802.3bm
● IEEE 802.3by
● IEEE 802.3ae, 802.3ap
● Prestandard IEEE 802.1BR
● Jumbo frames up to 9KB
● SCSI-FCP
● T11 FCoE
● PCI Express Gen 3 and Gen 4
|
|
| Components |
Cisco UCS custom Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) |
| Connectivity |
PCIe 4.0x16 form factor (PCIe, mLOM and mezz) |
| Performance |
10/25/40/50/100/200-Gbps per port |
| Management |
Software release: Cisco VIC 15230: Minimum UCSM/IMM release is 4.3(2c). Cisco VIC 15231: Recommended IMM release is 4.2(2) or later that contains VIC firmware 5.2(2) Cisco VIC 15427: Minimum UCSM/IMM release is 4.3(2c). Cisco VIC 15428: Recommended UCSM release and IMM release is 4.2(2) or later that contains VIC firmware 5.2(2) or later, and recommended standalone CIMC release is 4.2(2). Review note under Table 2 for minimum version required. Cisco VIC 15411: Recommended UCSM/IMM release is 4.2(3) or later that contains VIC firmware 5.2(3) Cisco VIC 15237: Minimum UCSM/IMM release is 4.3(2c). Cisco VIC 15238: Recommended UCSM release and IMM release is 4.2(3) or later that contains VIC firmware 5.2(3) or later, and recommended standalone CIMC release is 4.2(3). Review note under Table 2 for minimum version required. Cisco VIC 15420 and 15422: Recommended IMM release is 4.3(1) or later Cisco VIC 15235 and 15425: Recommended UCSM release and IMM release is 4.3(2) or later, and recommended standalone CIMC release is 4.3(2) or later. |
| Supported switches with VIC 15425, 15427, and 15428 |
Cisco fabric interconnects and Cisco Nexus switches (from 4.2.3 for 15425/15428, 4.3.2 for 15427):
● Cisco UCS FI-6536
● Cisco UCS-FI-64108
● Cisco UCS-FI-6454
● Cisco UCS-FI-6332-16UP
● Cisco UCS-FI-6332
● Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 in FEX mode
● Cisco Nexus 2348UPQ
● Cisco Nexus 36180YC-R
● Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2
● Cisco Nexus 93360YC-FX2
● Cisco Nexus 9316D-GX
● Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX
● Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX
● Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2
● Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX (qualified with SFP-10G-T-X)
● Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX (qualified with SFP-10G-T-X)
● Catalyst C9500X-60L4D Switch (with 4.3.4 and SFP-50G-CUxM cables)
● Cisco Nexus 93400LD-H1 (with 4.3.5 and SFP-50G-CUxM cables)
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| Supported switches with VIC 15235, 15237, and 15238 |
Cisco fabric interconnects and Cisco Nexus switches (from 4.2.3 for 15235/15238, 4.3.2 for 15237)
● Cisco UCS-FI-6536
● Cisco UCS-FI-6332-16UP
● Cisco UCS-FI-6332
● Cisco Nexus 3232C
● Cisco Nexus 9236C
● Cisco Nexus 9332C
● Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2
● Cisco Nexus 9364C
● Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2-E
● Cisco Nexus 93360YC-FX2
● Cisco Nexus 9316D-GX (with 4.3.5 and SFP-200G-SR4-S/SL4)
● Cisco Nexus 93600CD-GX (with 4.3.5 and SFP-200G-SR4-S/SL4)
● Cisco Nexus 9332D-GX2B (with 4.3.5 and SFP-200G-SR4-S/SL4)
|
| Supported fabric interconnect and IFM with VIC 15230, 15231, 15420, and 15422 |
Cisco fabric interconnect switches and IOMs:
● Cisco UCS FI-6536
● Cisco UCS-FI-64108
● Cisco UCS FI-6454
● Cisco UCSX-I-9108-25G
● Cisco UCSX-I-9108-100G
|
| Supported fabric interconnect and IOM with VIC 15411 |
Cisco fabric interconnect switches and IOMs (from 4.2.3)
● Cisco UCS FI-6536
● Cisco UCS-FI-64108
● Cisco UCS FI-6454
● Cisco UCS-FI-6332-16UP
● Cisco UCS-FI-6332
● Cisco UCS-IOM-2408
● Cisco UCS-IOM-2304v1/v2
● Cisco UCS-IOM-2208
● Cisco UCS-IOM-2204
|
Note: All the listed switches are validated against our transceivers/cables. Any switch that is not listed is expected to work but is not validated.
Table 3. Cisco UCS VIC 15000 power and physical specification
| Items |
Specifications |
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| Cisco UCS VIC |
Power consumption (max) |
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| 15427 and 15428 |
27.4W |
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| 15230 and 15231 |
24.8W |
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| 15237 and 15238 |
34.4W |
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| 15411 |
26.9W |
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| 15235 |
40.8W |
|||
| 15425 |
35.2W |
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| Cisco UCS VIC |
Length |
Width |
Height |
|
| 15427 and 15428 |
6.60 in |
2.5 in |
0.53 in |
|
| 15230 and 15231 |
4.29 in |
5.03 in |
1.47 in |
|
| 15237 and 15238 |
6.28 in |
3.94 in |
0.74 in |
|
| 15411 |
5.85 in |
3.4 in |
0.94 in |
|
| 15235 |
7.17 in |
2.35 in |
0.85 in |
|
| 15425 |
7.17 in |
2.35 in |
0.85 in |
|
Table 4. Cisco UCS VICs, fabric interconnect, IFM, FEX, and server support
| Cisco UCS VIC |
Cisco UCS servers, fabric interconnects, fabric extenders |
| 15230 and 15231 dual-port 100G mLOM |
X210c-M6/M7, X410c-M7, X215c-M8, FI 6536, FI 6454/64108, X9108-IFM-25G, X9108-IFM-100G |
| 15420 quad-port 25G mLOM |
X210c-M6/M7, X410c-M7, X215c-M8, FI 6536, FI 6454/64108, X9108-IFM-25G, X9108-IFM-100G |
| 15422 quad-port 25G Mezz |
X210c-M6/M7, X410c-M7, X215c-M8, FI 6536, FI 6454/64108, X9108-IFM-25G, X9108-IFM-100G |
| 15427 and 15428 quad-port 10/25/50-Gbps mLOM 15425 quad-port 10/25/50-Gbps PCIe |
C220 M6/M7, C240 M6/M7, C225 M6, C245 M6, C225 M8, C245 M8, FI 6536, FI 6454/64108, FI 6332/6332-16UP, 93180YC-FX3 in FEX-mode, 2348UPQ FEX |
| 15411 dual-port 40G mLOM |
B200-M6, FI 6536, FI 6454/64108, FI 6332/6332-16UP, IOM 2204/2208, IOM 2304, IOM 2408 |
| 15237 and 15238 dual-port 40/100/200-Gbps mLOM 15235 dual-port 40/100/200-Gbps PCIe |
C220 M6/M7, C240 M6/M7, C225 M6, C245 M6, C225 M8, C245 M8, FI 6536, FI 6332/6332-16UP |
Transceiver and cable support
The Cisco UCS VIC supports a wide variety of Ethernet connectivity options using Cisco 10/25/40/100-Gbps transceivers and Cisco 10/25/40/100-Gbps passive cables and active optical cables.
Third-party cables and transceivers are not supported on the Cisco UCS C-series VICs . If a third-party cable or transceiver is installed between a UCS C-series VIC and a fabric interconnect or Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch such as Cisco Nexus 9000 Series, the link will not come up. When connecting a UCS C-series VIC to a fabric interconnect or a ToR switch, only the supported transceivers and cables listed below should be used.
Table 5 lists the supported transceiver options.
Table 5. Cisco UCS VIC transceiver matrix
| Product number |
Description |
| SFP+ 10-Gbps transceivers(4) |
|
| SFP-10G-T-X(3) |
10GBASE-T, copper, 30m |
| SFP-10G-SR |
10GBASE-SR, 850 nm, MMF, 300m |
| SFP-10G-SR-S |
10GBASE-SR, 850 nm, MMF, 300m, S-Class |
| SFP-10G-LR |
10GBASE-LR, 1310 nm, SMF, 10 km |
| SFP-10G-LR-S |
10GBASE-LR, 1310 nm, SMF, 10 km, S-Class |
| SFP28 25-Gbps transceivers(7) |
|
| SFP-25G-SR-S(1,6) |
25GBASE-SR SFP28 module for MMF |
| SFP-25G-SL(5,6) |
25GBASE-SL SFP28 module for MMF |
| SFP-10/25G-CSR-S(1,6) |
10/25GBASE-CSR SFP28 module for MMF |
| SFP-10/25G-LR-S(2,6) |
10/25GBASE-LR SFP28 module of SMF |
| QSFP 40-Gbps transceivers |
|
| QSFP-40G-SR4 |
40GBASE-SR4 QSFP transceiver module with MPO connector |
| QSFP-40G-SR4-S |
40GBASE-SR4 QSFP transceiver module, MPO connector, enterprise class |
| QSFP-40G-CSR4 |
40GBASE-CSR4, 4 lanes, 850 nm MMF, MPO |
| QSFP-40G-CSR-S |
40GBASE-SR-, duplex MMF, LC |
| QSFP-40G-SR-BD |
40GBASE-SR-BiDi, duplex MMF (LC) |
| QSFP-40G-LR4 |
QSFP 40GBASE-LR4 OTN transceiver, LC, 10KM |
| QSFP-40G-LR4-S |
40GBASE-LR, 1310 nm, SMF, 10 km, S-Class |
| QSFP 100-Gbps transceivers |
|
| QSFP-100G-SR4-S |
100GBASE SR4 QSFP transceiver, MPO, 100m over OM4 MMF |
| QSFP-100G-SL4 |
100GBASE QSFP Short Link Transceivers, 30M reach over OM4 MMF, MPO |
| QSFP-40/100-SRBD |
100GBASE/40GBASE SR-BiDi QSFP transceiver, LC, 100m over OM4 MMF |
| QSFP-100G-SR1.2(8) |
100G SR-BiDi QSFP Transceiver, LC, 100m OM4 MMF, LC |
| QSFP-100G-LR4-S |
100GBASE LR4 QSFP transceiver, LC, 10KM over SMF |
| QSFP-100G-DR-S |
100GBASE DR QSFP Transceiver, 500m over SMF, LC |
| QSFP-100G-FR-S |
100GBASE FR QSFP Transceiver, 2km over SMF, LC |
| QSFP-100G-SM-SR |
100GBASE CWDM4 Lite QSFP Transceiver, 2km over SMF, 10-60C, LC |
| QSFP-100G-CWDM4-S(13) |
100GBASE CWDM4 QSFP Transceiver, LC, 2km over SMF |
| QSFP-100G-PSM4-S(14) |
100GBASE PSM4 QSFP Transceiver, MPO, 500m over SMF |
| QSFP56 200-Gbps transceivers |
|
| QSFP-200G-SR4-S |
200G QSFP56 Transceiver, MPO-12, 100m OM4 MMF, 200GBASE-SR4 compliant. |
| QSFP-200G-SL4 |
200G QSFP56 Transceiver, MPO-12, 30m (OM4 MMF). |
Note:
Qualified transceiver optical breakout using 3rd party MPO-4xLC fiber breakout cable
● SFP-10G-SR to QSFP-40G-SR4 in 4x10G breakout mode with fabric-interconnect and standalone switches.
● SFP-10G-SR to QSFP-40G-CSR4 in 4x10G breakout mode with fabric-interconnect and standalone switches.
● SFP-10G-LR-S to QSFP-4x10G-LR-S in 4x10G breakout mode with standalone switches.
● SFP-25G-SR-S to QSFP-100G-SR4-S in 4x25G mode breakout mode fabric-interconnect and standalone switches.
● SFP-10/25G-CSR-S to QSFP-100G-SR4-S in 4x25G mode breakout mode fabric-interconnect and standalone switches.
● SFP-10/25G-LR-S to QSFP-100G-PSM4-S in 4x25G mode breakout mode with standalone switches.
● SFP-25G-SL to QSFP-100G-SL4 in 4x25G mode breakout mode with 6536 fabric-interconnect.
Table 6. Cisco UCS VIC cable support matrix
| Product number |
Description |
| SFP+ 10-Gbps cables with integrated transceivers(4) |
|
| SFP-H10GB-CU1M |
10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attached copper cable, 1M |
| SFP-H10GB-CU1-5M |
10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attached copper cable, 1.5M |
| SFP-H10GB-CU2M |
10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attached copper cable, 2M |
| SFP-H10GB-CU2-5M |
10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attached copper cable, 2.5M |
| SFP-H10GB-CU3M(9) |
10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attached copper cable, 3M |
| SFP-H10GB-CU5M(9) |
10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attached copper cable, 5M |
| SFP-H10GB-ACU7M(9) |
10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attached active copper cable, 7M |
| SFP-H10GB-ACU10M |
10GBASE-CU SFP+ direct-attached active copper cable, 10M |
| SFP-10G-AOC1M |
10GBASE active optical SFP+ cable, 1M |
| SFP-10G-AOC2M |
10GBASE active optical SFP+ cable, 2M |
| SFP-10G-AOC3M(9) |
10GBASE active optical SFP+ cable, 3M |
| SFP-10G-AOC5M(9) |
10GBASE active optical SFP+ cable, 5M |
| SFP-10G-AOC7M |
10GBASE active optical SFP+ cable, 7M |
| SFP-10G-AOC10M |
10GBASE active optical SFP+ cable, 10M |
| SFP28 25-Gbps cables with integrated transceivers(7) |
|
| SFP-H25G-CU1M |
25GBASE-CU SFP28 direct-attached copper cable, 1M |
| SFP-H25G-CU2M |
25GBASE-CU SFP28 direct-attached copper cable, 2M |
| SFP-H25G-CU3M(10) |
25GBASE-CU SFP28 direct-attached copper cable, 3M |
| SFP-H25G-CU4M |
25GBASE-CU SFP28 direct-attached copper cable, 4M |
| SFP-H25G-CU5M(10) |
25GBASE-CU SFP28 direct-attached copper cable, 5M |
| SFP-25G-AOC1M |
25GBASE-AOC SFP28 active optical cable, 1M |
| SFP-25G-AOC2M |
25GBASE-AOC SFP28 active optical cable, 2M |
| SFP-25G-AOC3M(10) |
25GBASE-AOC SFP28 active optical cable, 3M |
| SFP-25G-AOC4M |
25GBASE-AOC SFP28 active optical cable, 4M |
| SFP-25G-AOC5M(10) |
25GBASE-AOC SFP28 active optical cable, 5M |
| SFP-25G-AOC7M |
25GBASE-AOC SFP28 active optical cable, 7M |
| SFP-25G-AOC10M |
25GBASE-AOC SFP28 active optical cable, 10M |
| QSFP 40-Gbps cables with integrated transceivers (11) |
|
| QSFP-4x10G-AC7M |
40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to 4x10GBASE-CU SFP+ active direct-attach breakout cable, 7M |
| QSFP-4x10G-AC10M |
40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to 4x10GBASE-CU SFP+ active direct-attach breakout cable, 10M |
| QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M |
40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to 4x10GBASE-CU SFP+ passive direct-attach cable, 1M |
| QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M |
40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to 4x10GBASE-CU SFP+ passive direct-attach cable, 3M |
| QSFP-4SFP10G-CU5M |
40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to 4x10GBASE-CU SFP+ passive direct-attach cable, 5M |
| QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M |
40GBASE-active optical QSFP to 4xSFP+ active optical breakout cable, 1M |
| QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M |
40GBASE-active optical QSFP to 4xSFP+ active optical breakout cable, 2M |
| QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M |
40GBASE-active optical QSFP to 4xSFP+ active optical breakout cable, 3M |
| QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M |
40GBASE-active optical QSFP to 4xSFP+ active optical breakout cable, 5M |
| QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M |
40GBASE-active optical QSFP to 4xSFP+ active optical breakout cable, 7M |
| QSFP-4X10G-AOC10M |
40GBASE-active optical QSFP to 4xSFP+ active optical breakout cable, 10M |
| QSFP-H40G-CU1M |
40GBASE-CR4 passive copper cable, 1M |
| QSFP-H40G-CU3M |
40GBASE-CR4 passive copper cable, 3M |
| QSFP-H40G-CU5M |
40GBASE-CR4 passive copper cable, 5M |
| QSFP-H40G-ACU7M |
40GBASE-CR4 active copper cable, 7M |
| QSFP-H40G-ACU10M |
40GBASE-CR4 active copper cable, 10M |
| QSFP-H40G-AOC1M |
40GBASE active optical cable, 1M |
| QSFP-H40G-AOC2M |
40GBASE active optical cable, 2M |
| QSFP-H40G-AOC3M |
40GBASE active optical cable, 3M |
| QSFP-H40G-AOC5M |
40GBASE active optical cable, 5M |
| QSFP-H40G-AOC7M |
40GBASE active optical cable, 7M |
| QSFP-H40G-AOC10M |
40GBASE active optical cable, 10M |
| QSFP-H40G-AOC15M |
40GBASE active optical cable, 15M |
| SFP56 50-Gbps cables with integrated transceivers(15) |
|
| SFP-50G-CU1M |
25/50GBASE-CR1 SFP56 Copper Cable 1-meter, LSZH |
| SFP-50G-CU1.5M |
25/50GBASE-CR1 SFP56 Copper Cable 1.5-meter, LSZH |
| SFP-50G-CU2M |
25/50GBASE-CR1 SFP56 Copper Cable 2-meter, LSZH |
| SFP-50G-CU2.5M |
25/50GBASE-CR1 SFP56 Copper Cable 2.5-meter, LSZH |
| SFP-50G-CU3M |
25/50GBASE-CR1 SFP56 Copper Cable 3-meter, LSZH |
| SFP-50G-CU4M |
25/50GBASE-CR1 SFP56 Copper Cable 4-meter, LSZH |
| SFP-50G-CU5M |
25/50GBASE-CR1 SFP56 Copper Cable 5-meter, LSZH |
| QSFP 100-Gbps cables with integrated transceivers(16) |
|
| QSFP-4SFP25G-CU1M |
100GBASE QSFP to 4xSFP25G passive copper splitter cable, 1M |
| QSFP-4SFP25G-CU2M |
100GBASE QSFP to 4xSFP25G passive copper splitter cable, 2M |
| QSFP-4SFP25G-CU3M |
100GBASE QSFP to 4xSFP25G passive copper splitter cable, 3M |
| QSFP-4SFP25G-CU5M |
100GBASE QSFP to 4xSFP25G passive copper splitter cable, 5M |
| QSFP-100G-CU1M |
100GBASE-CR4 passive copper cable, 1M |
| QSFP-100G-CU2M |
100GBASE-CR4 passive copper cable, 2M |
| QSFP-100G-CU3M |
100GBASE-CR4 passive copper cable, 3M |
| QSFP-100G-CU5M |
100GBASE-CR4 passive copper cable, 5M |
| QSFP-100G-AOC1M |
100GBASE QSFP active optical cable, 1M |
| QSFP-100G-AOC2M |
100GBASE QSFP active optical cable, 2M |
| QSFP-100G-AOC3M |
100GBASE QSFP active optical cable, 3M |
| QSFP-100G-AOC5M |
100GBASE QSFP active optical cable, 5M |
| QSFP-100G-AOC7M |
100GBASE QSFP active optical cable, 7M |
| QSFP-100G-AOC10M |
100GBASE QSFP active optical cable, 10M |
| QSFP-100G-AOC15M |
100GBASE QSFP active optical cable, 15M |
| QSFP-100G-AOC20M |
100GBASE QSFP active optical cable, 20M |
| QSFP-100G-AOC25M |
100GBASE QSFP active optical cable, 25M |
| QSFP-100G-AOC30M |
100GBASE QSFP active optical cable, 30M |
Note:
Table 7 presents ordering information for the Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series.
| Part number |
Description |
| UCSX-ML-V5D200G(17) |
Cisco UCS VIC 15231 2x100G mLOM for Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node |
| UCSX-ML-V5Q50G |
UCS VIC 15420 4x25G mLOM for Cisco UCS X210c-M6 Compute Node |
| UCSX-ME-V5Q50G |
UCS VIC 15422 4x25G mezz for Cisco UCS X210c-M6 Compute Node |
| UCSX-V5-BRIDGE |
UCS VIC 15000 bridge connector for VIC 15420 mLOM and VIC 15422 mezz in an X210c M6 Compute Node |
| UCSC-M-V5Q50G(17) |
Cisco UCS VIC 15428 Quad port 10/25/50G mLOM for C220-M6, C240-M6, C225-M6, C245-M6 |
| UCSC-M-V5D200G(17) |
Cisco UCS VIC 15238 Dual port 40/100/200G mLOM for C220-M6, C240-M6, C225-M6, C245-M6 |
| UCSB-ML-V5Q10G |
Cisco UCS VIC 15411 mLOM for Cisco UCS B-Series M6 Blade Server |
| UCSC-P-V5Q50G |
Cisco UCS VIC 15425 Quad port 10/25/50G PCIe for Cisco UCS C-Series M6 rack servers |
| UCSC-P-V5D200G |
Cisco UCS VIC 15235 Dual port 40/100/200G PCIe for Cisco UCS C-Series M6 rack servers |
| UCSX-ML-V5D200G-D(17) |
Cisco UCS VIC 15231 2x100G mLOM for Cisco UCS X210c-M7 and X410c-M7 Compute Node |
| UCSX-ML-V5Q50G-D |
UCS VIC 15420 4x25G mLOM for Cisco UCS X210c-M7, X410c-M7, and X215c-M8 Compute Nodes |
| UCSX-ME-V5Q50G-D |
UCS VIC 15422 4x25G mezz for Cisco UCS X210c-M7, X410c-M7, and X215c-M8 Compute Nodes |
| UCSX-V5-BRIDGE-D |
UCS VIC 15000 bridge connector for VIC 15420 mLOM and VIC 15422 mezz in X210c-M7, X410c-M7, and X215c-M8 Compute Nodes |
| UCSC-M-V5Q50G-D(13) |
Cisco UCS VIC 15428 Quad port 10/25/50G mLOM for C220-M7, C240-M7 |
| UCSC-M-V5D200G-D(13) |
Cisco UCS VIC 15238 Dual port 40/100/200G mLOM for C220-M7, C240-M7 |
| UCSC-P-V5Q50G-D |
Cisco UCS VIC 15425 Quad port 10/25/50G PCIe for Cisco UCS C-Series M7/M8 rack servers |
| UCSC-P-V5D200G-D |
Cisco UCS VIC 15235 Dual port 40/100/200G PCIe for Cisco UCS C-Series M7/M8 rack servers |
| UCSC-M-V5D200GV2 |
Cisco UCS VIC 15237 Dual port 40/100/200G mLOM for UCS C-Series M6 rack servers |
| UCSC-M-V5D200GV2D |
Cisco UCS VIC 15237 Dual port 40/100/200G mLOM for UCS C-Series M7/M8 rack servers |
| UCSC-M-V5Q50GV2 |
Cisco UCS VIC 15427 Quad port 10/25/50G mLOM for Cisco UCS C-Series M6 rack servers |
| UCSC-M-V5Q50GV2D |
Cisco UCS VIC 15427 Quad port 10/25/50G mLOM for Cisco UCS C-Series M7/M8 rack servers |
| UCSX-ML-V5D200GV2 |
Cisco UCS VIC 15230 2x100G mLOM for Cisco UCS X-Series M6 Compute Nodes |
| UCSX-ML-V5D200GV2D |
Cisco UCS VIC 15230 2x100G mLOM for Cisco UCS X-Series M7/M8 Compute Nodes |
Note: When ordering Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series, the part numbers with "-D" suffix are ordering PIDs specific to UCS M7 and M8 servers, and the PIDs without "-D" apply to UCS M6 servers. There is no difference in functionality and operation for VICs with and without “-D”.
The Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series is designed for use on Cisco UCS X-Series M6/M7/M8 servers, B-series M6 blade servers, and C-series M6/M7/M8 rack servers.
Find warranty information at Cisco.com on the Product Warranties page.
Information about Cisco’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and performance is provided in Cisco’s CSR and sustainability reporting.
Table 8. Cisco environmental sustainability information
| Sustainability topic |
Reference |
|
| General |
Information on product-material-content laws and regulations |
|
| Information on electronic waste laws and regulations, including our products, batteries, and packaging |
||
| Information on product takeback and reuse program |
||
| Sustainability inquiries |
Contact: csr_inquiries@cisco.com |
|
| Standards |
||
| Power |
Power consumption |
|
| Material |
Product packaging weight and materials |
Contact: environment@cisco.com |
| Physical dimensions |
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| New or revised topic |
Described in |
Date |
| Added new transceiver matrix |
Where applicable |
October 20, 2022 |
| Added PCIe VIC cards |
Where applicable |
June 1, 2023 |
| Added new supported device details |
Where applicable |
June 23, 2023 |
| Added X410c compute node support |
Where applicable |
September 12, 2023 |
| Updates for new VIC models |
Where applicable |
October 1, 2023 |
| VIC Secure Boot technology explanation |
July 1, 2024 |
|
| VIC switch and cables/optics compatibility updates |
July 1, 2024 |
|
| End of sale for non-Secure Boot VICs (15231, 15238, 15428) |
July 1, 2024 |
|
| Additional supported cables and switches with 4.3(5) release |
Where applicable |
November 21, 2024 |