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Which two statements about Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server are true? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is D. Support for the Cisco 12-G 9460-8i PCle SAS RAID controller E. Massive 840-TB data storage capacity. The Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server supports the 12-G 9460-8i SAS RAID controller and delivers up to 840 TB of raw storage capacity in a dense chassis form factor.
Question
Which two statements about Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server are true? (Choose two.)
Options
- AAMD EPYC 7000 series processors, with up to 32 cores per socket
- BUp to 1 TB of Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory
- CIt is in a compact 2-RU form factor.
- DSupport for the Cisco 12-G 9460-8i PCle SAS RAID controller
- EMassive 840-TB data storage capacity
How the community answered
(33 responses)- A3% (1)
- B9% (3)
- C3% (1)
- D85% (28)
Why each option
The Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server supports the 12-G 9460-8i SAS RAID controller and delivers up to 840 TB of raw storage capacity in a dense chassis form factor.
The UCS S3260 uses Intel Xeon Scalable processors, not AMD EPYC 7000 series; AMD processor support is not included in any S3260 platform specification.
Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory is not a listed feature of the UCS S3260; the platform is designed around high-capacity HDD and SSD storage rather than persistent memory DIMMs.
The UCS S3260 occupies a 4-RU chassis, not 2-RU; the larger footprint is required to accommodate its high drive density and dual-node server design.
The UCS S3260 officially supports the Cisco 12-G SAS Modular RAID controller (9460-8i), which provides 12 Gb/s SAS throughput and hardware RAID functionality suited to the server's high-density drive backplane.
The UCS S3260 supports up to 56 large form factor 3.5-inch drives plus additional NVMe drives, achieving up to 840 TB of raw storage capacity, making it one of Cisco's highest-density storage platforms for unstructured data workloads.
Concept tested: Cisco UCS S3260 storage server hardware specifications
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-s-series-storage-servers/datasheet-c78-733817.html
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Lena V.Dec 10, 2025D and E are your two. The S3260 supports the Cisco 12G SAS RAID controller (9460-8i PCIe) for enterprise-grade storage management, and its whole value proposition is density, topping out at 840 TB raw capacity in a 4U chassis. The other options mix in specs that belong to different platforms, AMD EPYC is not a UCS S3260 processor option, Optane DC Persistent Memory belongs to server platforms like the UCS C240, and the S3260 is a 4U tower-style chassis, not 2U.
Wesley A.Nov 24, 2025D and E are the right picks here, and the traps in this question are brutal if you haven't actually studied the S3260 spec sheet. The S3260 is a 4U chassis, not 2U, so C gets knocked out immediately once you know the form factor. Option A trips people up because AMD EPYC sounds plausible on a storage-focused server, but the S3260 runs Intel Xeon, not EPYC, so that one is pure bait. The 840 TB raw capacity figure in E is the headline number Cisco uses in their own marketing for the S3260, and the 12G 9460-8i RAID controller in D is explicitly listed as a supported option for the system, which makes both of those solidly defensible. First time I sat this exam I second-guessed E because 840 TB felt like an exaggerated marketing number and I talked myself into C thinking I remembered the form factor wrong. I circled back with two minutes left, pulled up what I actually knew about the chassis physically, remembered it is a big dense 4U storage beast, and switched my answers to D and E. Passed by a thin margin that retake and this question was one I got right the second time specifically because I stopped trusting vague gut feelings and started anchoring to concrete specs I had drilled.
Luis F.Dec 3, 2025D and E are the right picks here. The S3260 is a beast for dense storage, built around massive capacity (up to 840 TB) and supports that 12G SAS RAID controller which gives you the throughput to actually use all that space without creating a bottleneck.