The Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1225 is a high-performance dual-port PCI Express card, specifically engineered for Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers. It utilizes Enhanced Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+) technology and supports both 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). One of the standout features of the VIC 1225 is its ability to present up to 256 PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host, which can be dynamically configured as either Network Interface Cards (NICs) or Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). This flexibility, along with Cisco’s Data Center VM-FEX technology, enables streamlined virtual machine connectivity and simplifies server virtualization deployment. Its design also ensures investment protection with support for future feature releases and seamless integration with existing infrastructures

The VIC 1225 is most effective when deployed within the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), a platform designed to integrate compute, networking, storage access, and virtualization resources. It is ideal for data centers aiming to reduce total cost of ownership and enhance agility. With its integration into the Cisco UCS fabric, the VIC 1225 plays a vital role in enabling low-latency, lossless networking across an enterprise’s IT infrastructure. It’s especially beneficial in environments requiring high-throughput, reliable network interfaces—such as virtualized server deployments, enterprise applications, and storage-intensive operations. This makes it a foundational component for building scalable and manageable virtualized environments within Cisco’s unified architecture