Cisco RAID Controllers in Saudi Arabia — UCS Spares for Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, NEOM
ICD Group supports Cisco UCS deployments across the Kingdom from a Cairo base with pre-cleared SABER / SALEEM IOR partnership in Riyadh. The KSA Cisco UCS pool skews Vision-2030-heavy: big 2016-2020 buildouts at ministries, universities, SNB, Al Rajhi, Aramco-adjacent vendors, and now a parallel current-gen wave for HUMAIN, DataVolt NEOM, and the new AWS / Azure / Google KSA regions. Our RAID controllers and HBAs stock covers both ends — C220/C240 M5 and M6 for the existing post-SmartNet fleet, C220/C240 M7/M8 and X210c for the 2025-2026 refresh, plus the legacy M4 slice that still turns up in oil-and-gas OT air-gap environments.
KSA is the highest-friction GCC market for non-specialists and that friction is our moat. Since 1 يناير 2025, SABER Product Conformity Certificate (PCoC + SCoC) is mandatory for all KSA shipments — no “undertaking” route survives. Our IOR partnership carries pre-cleared PCoC for Cisco UCS server RAID controllers and HBAs, which is why Cairo-to-Riyadh corridor runs 2-3 business days door-to-door while UK refurb competitors frequently stall seven-plus days on SABER rework. CITC / CST governs telecom (networking gear with RF) — UCS rack servers are outside CITC scope and clear on ZATCA FASAH under HS 8473.30 / 8471.70 at 5% GCC CET.
Representative Cisco UCS RAID Controllers PNs in ICD Inventory
| Cisco Part Number | Description |
|---|---|
UCS-M10CBL-C240M5 | Cisco GPU Power Cable (a-series Gpus, C240 M7) |
UCS-M2-HWRAID-D | Cisco M.2 SATA RAID Controller (boot Optimized, 2X M.2 Slots) |
UCS-M2-NVRAID | Cisco M.2 NVMe RAID Controller (boot Optimized) |
UCS-SCAP-D | Cisco Supercap Module for RAID WRITE-CACHE Backup |
UCS-SCAP-M6 | Cisco Supercap Module for M6 RAID Controllers (write Cache Backup) |
Full UCS raid controllers list covers 42 Cisco-prefixed part numbers. This is a focused specialty inventory — send your UCS part request and we return an exact availability, cross-reference, and compatibility confirmation within the business day.
Cisco UCS Server Models We Support
Per-model parts guides for the UCS generations most common in the region:
- UCS C225 M6 — 1U rack, AMD EPYC Milan
- UCS C245 M6 — 2U rack, AMD EPYC Milan, GPU-ready
- UCS C220 M5 — 1U, Xeon Scalable Gen1/2, primary refurb target
- UCS C240 M5 — 2U, Xeon Gen1/2, Egypt/GCC banking-backbone generation
- UCS C480 M5 — 4U, 4-socket, mission-critical
- UCS C220 M4 — 1U, Xeon E5 v3/v4, EOSL, TPM-only support
- UCS C240 M4 — 2U, Xeon E5 v3/v4, EOSL, ICD Care+ territory
- UCS B200 M5 — B-series blade, chassis 5108
- UCS C220 M7 — 1U rack, Xeon Scalable Gen4/5, DDR5 4800/5600
- UCS C240 M7 — 2U rack, Xeon Scalable Gen4/5, 24x DIMM, 24x SFF
Technical Anchor: 12G SAS HBA (LSI-based) M5 vs M6 Firmware Tie
The UCS-SAS-M5HD (12G Modular SAS HBA, max 26 drives) and UCSC-SAS-M5 / UCSC-MRAID12G family on M5 are Broadcom / LSI silicon under Cisco firmware. The UCSC-RAID-M6HD, UCSC-RAID-220M6, UCSC-RAID-240M6, UCSC-SAS-220M6, UCSC-SAS-240M6 M6 line is the next Broadcom generation but Cisco firmware is deliberately not cross-compatible — UCSM / Intersight will recognize a physical M5 card plugged into an M6 system, but the management stack will refuse RAID policy push and the card logs as unsupported_in_platform. This trips up customers trying to migrate spare HBAs across generations. M6 Tri-Mode options (UCSC-RAID-M6T, UCSC-SAS-M6T, UCSC-RAID-M5-24G) add SAS/SATA/NVMe passthrough, and the M7/M8 line (UCSC-HBA-M1L16, UCSC-RAID-M1L16) is 24G Tri-Mode. Write-cache supercap modules (UCS-SCAP-D, UCS-SCAP-M6, UCSC-MRAID-SC) are generation-locked too. We stock the generation-matching supercap and RAID card for every current quote, plus the M2 boot-RAID options (UCS-M2-HWRAID-D SATA, UCS-M2-NVRAID NVMe) that have become standard in post-2022 UCS orders.
Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam — SABER, ZATCA, and Payment
Cairo CAI to Riyadh RUH runs 2-3 business days via DHL or Aramex with pre-cleared SABER packet; Jeddah JED adds a day in peak season; Dammam DMM and Al Khobar typically align with Riyadh timings. FASAH single-window handles the ZATCA duty + 15% VAT assessment on CIF. For customers locked to specific IOR paperwork — Aramco vendor onboarding, PIF subsidiary procurement, major bank SAMA compliance — we pre-align the commercial invoice, SABER PCoC, and HS declaration before wheels-up to avoid port rework. Our IOR partner holds CITC documentation on file for wireless-adjacent SKUs, though UCS server raid controllers itself sits outside CITC scope.
Payment: SAR bank transfer for resident deals; USD wire for cross-border (majority of ICD KSA). LC via SNB or Al Rajhi for orders above USD 30K — mature LC market, rarely a friction point. Murabaha and Ijara Shariah structures are accepted for Islamic-bank-funded customers provided the invoice itemizes goods rather than interest-bearing credit. ICD Care+ contracts can be structured as SAR-fixed annual for budgeting stability — a common ask from ministries running post-SmartNet UCS C240 M5/M6 fleets that prefer EGP/SAR predictability over USD-tied OEM renewals.
ICD Care+ Post-SmartNet in KSA
Riyadh / Jeddah / Dammam parts coverage via pre-cleared SABER IOR. ICD Care+ in SAR-fixed annual contracts or USD — 40-60% below Cisco SmartNet renewal. Arabic-native L2/L3 support. Common fit: ministries, mid-tier banks, and universities running 2017-2020 Vision-2030 UCS C220/C240 M5/M6 estates, plus Aramco-adjacent vendors where on-prem spares are contractually required by OT air-gap policies.
Request a Quote — Cisco UCS RAID Controllers for Saudi Arabia
Riyadh / Jeddah / Dammam quotes to [email protected] — include IOR preference, SABER paperwork requirement, and delivery city. WhatsApp +20 104 022 22 14. 2-4 hour quote turnaround with SABER-pre-aligned commercial invoice.