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Cisco Systems UCS C-Series C240 M8 LFF

Veeam Ready Repository - Primary Target
Alliance Partner:

Cisco Systems
Alliance Product:

UCS C-series
Program Category:

Veeam Ready Repository - Primary Target
Category Description:

Solutions certified as a primary backup target. Passing all compatibility/functional tests, as well as extensive performance tests for both backup and restore operations
Article ID:

2506
Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 13
Features and Attributes:
  • Backup Target - Disk DAS
Publication date:

2026-07-21
Last modified date:

2026-07-21
This Veeam Ready test was performed with storage having a configuration that includes SSD/Flash.  As such, this classification only applies to similar configurations in which the same amount or more SSD drives are used.  The use of non-SSD drives may negatively impact performance.

Product Details

Model number: C240 M8 LFF
Storage Category: RAID Storage Array
Drive quantity, size, type:

  • 2 x 480 GB SSD (Micron 5400 M.2) - for OS;
  • 16 x 12TB 3.5in SAS 7.2K RPM 4K HDD (ST12000NM006J) - Veeam Repository

Storage configuration: RAID6 with 16x HDD
Firmware version: 6.0(2.260069)
Connection protocol and speed: Direct attached 12 Gbit/s SAS-3
Operating system: Windows Server 2022 Datacenter OS Version: 10.0.20348.0 Build: 20348 Architecture: 64-bit (x64)
File system: ReFS 
Additional support: All configurations of Cisco UCS C-Series C240 M8 LFF with specifications equivalent or greater than the above

General product family overview: Cisco UCS C240 M8 LFF Rack Server is a 2U, dual-socket platform. The server can operate standalone or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) for integrated compute, networking, storage, and management.

 

Veeam Testing Configuration

Veeam Build Number: 13.0.1.2067

Vendor Recommended Configuration

Vendor Settings:

  • Caching used: Yes
  • Read/write caching: Cisco 24G TriMode RAID CTRL 8GB Cache, Write-Back with 128k Strip size , Current Write Cache Policy - WriteBack , Read Ahead Policy - ReadAhead
  • Multipathing / link aggregation used: No
  • Array deduplication used in testing: No
  • Array compression used in testing: No

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