Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 - can we load PI2.2 on UCS-E140S-M2/K9 -

I am busy with an iWAN design and part of the solution is to have Cisco Prime deployed as a management tool.
The customer does not have VM and do not want an appliance.
The design caters for the new ISR4400 series routers.
We can add a UCS-E single wide server to the Core Router - UCS-E140S-M2/K9- can I load PI2.2?
The site will have 45 routers, 10 AP's - so will go with 50 lifecycle and assurance licences

I'm afraid this is supported officially. There are only two options :
> Installing as a virtual appliance - on an ESXi server.
> Using Cisco Physical Appliance
Installing directly on another hardware, be it UCS or other physical boxes is not supported. I am not sure if anyone would have tried to install and if there is a procedure to do so.
I can you want to try to burn the image as iso on DVD and install on your UCS box, it may have support issues from TAC whenever you'll reach out.
-Thanks
Vinod
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