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Cisco Systems UCS C-Series C240 M8 LFF

Veeam Ready Appliance
Alliance Partner:

Cisco Systems
Alliance Product:

UCS C-series
Program Category:

Veeam Ready Appliance
Category Description:

Servers certified to support the Veeam Software Appliance or Veeam Infrastructure Appliance deployments. Passing all compatibility/functional tests, as well as extensive performance tests for both backup and restore operations.
Article ID:

2544
Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 13
Features and Attributes:
  • All-in-one (bare-metal)
  • Immutability
Publication date:

2026-08-04
Last modified date:

2026-08-04

Product details

Product model name and version: Cisco UCS C-Series, C240 M8 LFF
Product firmware version: 6.0(2.260069)
Hardware Compatibility List: Red Hat https://catalog.redhat.com/en/hardware/system/detail/271827
Hardware health monitoring:

  • Redfish support level: System health and disk health
  • Alternative health reporting options: SNMP

Additional support: All configurations of the Cisco Systems UCS C-Series C240 M8 LFF appliance for the Veeam Hardened Repository with specifications equivalent to or greater than those above.

Bill of Materials (BOM)
Storage type: Direct attached
CPU
Number of sockets  2
Model number Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6517P
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This can be customized during the purchase of the server with a minimum requirement of the above listed CPU.
Memory
Total GB 128
Memory model 16GB DDR5-6400 RDIMM 1Rx8 (16Gb)
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This can be customized during the purchase of the server with a minimum requirement of the above listed CPU.
Network adapters tested
Model

UCSC-M-V5Q50GV2-D  

Cisco VIC 15427 4x 10/25/50G mLOM C-Series w/Secure Boot
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RAID controller(s) tested
Model UCSC-RAIDMP1LL32 24G Tri-Mode M1 RAID controller w/8GB FBWC LFF 32Drv
Firmware version 03.01.41.040 and above
Is the RAID controller capable of presenting virtual volumes / LUNs from one RAID set 168 TB RAID6 with 16x 12TB  (3.5in 12G SAS 7.2K RPM 4K HDD
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Operating system boot device(s)
Disk type M.2 SATA SSD
Size 480 GB
Quantity 2
Model Micron_5400_MTFDDAV480TGA - 480GB M.2 SATA SSD
Cache policy DirectIo
Strip size used 64k
Data protection method

RAID 1

M2 Hardware RAID 
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Backup storage drive(s)
Disk type 3.5in 12G SAS 7.2K RPM 4K HDD
Size 12 TB
Quantity 16
Model ST12000NM006J 
Cache policy Write Cache Policy - WriteBack
Strip size used 128k
Data protection method

RAID 6

Tri-Mode M1 RAID controller w/8GB Cache
Storage network speed 12Gbit/s SAS-3
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Veeam testing configuration

Veeam Software Appliance - 13.0.1.2067

 

Vendor recommended configuration

Documentation with guidelines on RAID controller configuration, Remote access settings, UEFI settings, and firmware upgrade instructions:

  • For the most up-to-date step-by-step instructions and screenshots, please visit the vendor's website.
  • Archive PDF of the vendor documentation.

Vendor contacts

Customer support contact:

  • Web: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/index.html
  • E-mail: support@cisco.com

How to install Veeam Hardened Repository

Please refer to this link: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/deployment_linux_iso_install.html

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