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Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers

Cisco UCS C-Series Network Adapter Models Comparison

For use with the UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers, Cisco offers a choice of four types of PCIe adapters so that you can choose the technology most appropriate for your data center and applications. They can be mixed and matched in the same server.

Adapter Type Model Total Interfaces Interface Type Ethernet Interfaces Fibre Channel Interfaces Ethernet NIC Teaming
Virtual Interface Card Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card 128 (Initially, up to 16 Ethernet and up to 2 Fibre Channel) Dynamic* Up to 128 (Initially, up to 16 fixed) Up to 128 (Initially, up to 2 fixed) Hardware, no driver needed
Converged Network Adapters Emulex OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter 4 Fixed 2 2 Software, via bonding driver
QLogic QLE8152 Dual Port 10 Gb Ethernet to PCIe Converged Network Adapter 4 Fixed 2 2 Software, via bonding driver
Ethernet adapters
(1 Gb, 10 Gb)		 Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 Quad Port Ethernet PCIe Adapter Card with TOE and iSCSI HBA 4 Fixed 4 0 Software, via bonding driver
Broadcom NetXtreme II 57711 Dual Port 10 Gb Ethernet PCIe Adapter Card with TOE and iSCSI HBA 2 Fixed 2 0 Software, via bonding driver
Host Bus Adapters Emulex LightPulse LPe11002 4 Gbps Fibre Channel PCI Express Dual Channel HBA 2 Fixed 0 2 N/A
QLogic SANblade QLE2462, Dual Port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA 2 Fixed 0 2 N/A