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 and rack x86-architecture servers. The system is an integrated, scalable, multichassis platform in which all resources participate in a unified management domain.

Portfolio overview

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 Blade Servers, Cisco UCS B-Series M6 Blade Servers, and Cisco UCS C-Series M6/M7 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.

Product overview

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 Compute Node. 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 15231, but incorporates secure boot technology.

Cisco UCS VIC 15231

Figure 1.               

Cisco UCS VIC 15230 and 15231

 Cisco UCS VIC 15230 and 15231 Infrastructure

Figure 2.               

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 Compute Node. 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

Figure 3.               

Cisco UCS VIC 15420

Cisco UCS VIC 15420 Infrastructure

Figure 4.               

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 and X410c M7 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 or X410c compute node.

Cisco UCS VIC 15422

Figure 5.               

Cisco UCS VIC 15422

Cisco UCS VIC 15000 bridge connect

Figure 6.               

Cisco UCS VIC 15000 bridge connect

Cisco UCS VIC 15422 Infrastructure

Figure 7.               

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 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 15428

Figure 8.               

Cisco UCS VIC 15427 and 15428

 Cisco UCS VIC 15427 and 15428 Infrastructure

Figure 9.               

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 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 15238

Figure 10.           

Cisco UCS VIC 15237 and 15238

 Cisco UCS VIC 15237 and 15238 infrastructure

Figure 11.           

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

Figure 12.           

Cisco UCS VIC 15411

Cisco UCS VIC 15411 infrastructure

Figure 13.           

Cisco UCS VIC 15411 infrastructure

Cisco UCS VIC 15411 with port expander

Figure 14.           

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 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

Figure 15.           

Cisco UCS VIC 15235

Cisco UCS VIC 15235 infrastructure

Figure 16.           

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 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

Figure 17.           

Cisco UCS VIC 15425

Cisco UCS VIC 15425 Infrastructure

Figure 18.           

Cisco UCS VIC 15425 Infrastructure

Features and benefits

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 Rack Server
  Delivers 2x 100-Gbps or 4x 25-Gbps in a single VIC configuration with the Cisco UCS X210c M6/M7 and X410c M7 compute node 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

Product specifications

Table 2 lists the specifications for the Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series.

Table 2.           Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series specifications

Items

Specifications

Standards

  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)

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
  Catalyst C9500X-60L4D Switch (with 4.3.4 and SFP-50G-CUxM cables)

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

Power consumption

Cisco UCS VIC

Power consumption (max)

15427 and 15428

27.4W

15230 and 15231

24.8W

15237 and 15238

34.4W

15411

26.9W

15235

40.8W

15425

35.2W

Physical dimensions

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, FI 6536, FI 6454/64108, X9108-IFM-25G, X9108-IFM-100G

15420 quad-port 25G mLOM

X210c-M6/M7, X410c-M7, FI 6536, FI 6454/64108, X9108-IFM-25G, X9108-IFM-100G

15422 quad-port 25G Mezz

X210c-M6/M7, X410c-M7, 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, 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, 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

Note:        

(1)SFP-10/25G-CSR-S is supported only at 25G. Interoperability between SFP-25G-SR-S and SFP-10/25G-CSR-S (at 25G) is supported on VIC15428.
(2)SFP-10/25G-LR-S is supported at 25G only.
(3)SFP-10G-T-X transceiver is supported at 10G speed with VIC 15428 on ports 2 and 4 when in standby-power. When the server is fully powered-on, SFP-10G-T-X transceiver is enabled for all 4 ports. If user intends to mix cable types on a 15428 VIC card along with SFP-10G-T-X, ports 1 and 3 can support only passive copper cables (10/25G-CUx). The 10GBase-T connections are not supported when the VIC is connected to a Fabric Interconnect.
(4) 10G connectivity from VIC 15428 is supported with UCS fabric interconnect 6300/6400 series and standalone switches. UCS-FI-6536 does not currently support 10-Gbps connectivity to UCS VIC 15428.

(5) SFP-25G-SL is supported with UCS-FI-6536.

(6) FI 6536 with QSA28 (CVR-QSFP28-SFP28) on server-port supports connectivity with VIC14528 using the following SFP28 transceiver. This connectivity is supported with UCS-FI-6536 from IMM Release 4.2(2).
(7) 25G connectivity from VIC 15428 is supported with UCS fabric interconnect 6400/6500 series, 93180YC-FX3 in Fex mode and 93180YC-FX/93360YC-FX2 standalone switches.
(8) Supported in standalone mode with 4.3(1).
(13) Supported in standalone mode with 4.3.4.240152.
(14) Cisco VID V02 and higher is supported. With UCS-FI-6536 for 100G and 4x25G mode with Management versions from 4.3.4. Supported in standalone mode from 4.3.4.240152.
VIC supports 200-Gbps capability but currently there are no 200-Gbps transceiver and cable qualified against a ToR switch. They will be included as the VIC is qualified against a supported ToR switch.

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-Sto 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:        

(9) Support also includes Nexus 93180YC-EX and 93240YC-FX2 with Cisco IMC Release 4.2(2).
(10) Support also included Nexus 36180YC-R, 93180YC-EX, and 93240YC-FX2 with Cisco IMC Release 4.2(2).
(11) 10G connectivity from VIC 15428 with 4x10G/4SFP10G cables is supported with UCS fabric interconnect 6300/6400 series. UCS-FI-6536 does not currently support 10-Gbps connectivity to UCS VIC 15428.
(15) Supported at 50Gbps only, with Cisco Catalyst C9500X-60L4D Switch in standalone mode from 4.3(4).
(16) 25G connectivity from VIC 15428 with 4SFP25G cables is supported with UCS fabric interconnect 6400/6500 series along with 93180YC-FX, 93360YC-FX2, 9336C-FX2, and 9316D-GX standalone switches.

Ordering information

Table 7 presents ordering information for the Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series.

Table 7.           Ordering information

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 and X410c-M7 Compute Node

UCSX-ME-V5Q50G-D

UCS VIC 15422 4x25G mezz for Cisco UCS X210c-M7 and X410c-M7 Compute Node

UCSX-V5-BRIDGE-D

UCS VIC 15000 bridge connector for VIC 15420 mLOM and VIC 15422 mezz in an X210c-M7 and X410c-M7 Compute Node

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 rack servers

UCSC-P-V5D200G-D

Cisco UCS VIC 15235 Dual port 40/100/200G PCIe for Cisco UCS C-Series M7 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 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 rack servers

UCSX-ML-V5D200GV2

Cisco UCS VIC 15230 2x100G mLOM for Cisco UCS X-Series M6/M7 Compute Nodes

UCSX-ML-V5D200GV2D

Cisco UCS VIC 15230 2x100G mLOM for Cisco UCS X-Series M6/M7 Compute Nodes

Note:       When ordering Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series, the part numbers with "-D" suffix are ordering PIDs specific to UCS M7 servers, and the PIDs without "-D" to UCS M6 servers. There is no difference in functionality and operation for VICs with and without “-D”.

(17) VIC 15231, 15238, and 15428 have been replaced by 15230, 15237, and 15427 respectively. The 15231, 15238, and 15428 adapters will not be sold after July 27, 2024, but will continue to be supported under applicable Cisco support contracts.

System requirements

The Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series is designed for use on Cisco UCS X-Series M6/M7 servers, B-series M6 blade servers, and C-series M6/M7 rack servers.

Warranty information

Find warranty information at Cisco.com on the Product Warranties page.

Product sustainability

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

Materials

Information on electronic waste laws and regulations, including our products, batteries, and packaging

WEEE Compliance

Information on product takeback and reuse program

Cisco Takeback and Reuse Program

Sustainability inquiries

Contact: csr_inquiries@cisco.com

Standards

Table 2. Product specifications

Power

Power consumption

Table 3. Power Consumption

Material

Product packaging weight and materials

Contact: environment@cisco.com

Physical dimensions

Table 3. Physical Dimensions

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Document history

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

Table 1

July 1, 2024

VIC switch and cables/optics compatibility updates

Table 2, Table 5, Table 6

July 1, 2024

End of sale for non-Secure Boot VICs (15231, 15238, 15428)

Table 7

July 1, 2024

 

 

 

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