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Lenovo ThinkSystem SN850 Server (Xeon SP Gen 2)

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Abstract

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SN850 is a four-socket Intel Xeon processor-based server that is optimized for high-end virtualization, mainstream database deployments, and memory-intensive, high-performance environments. The blade server supports up to four of the second-generation Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family of processors.

This product guide provides essential information to understand the SN850 offering, its key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the SN850 compute node and consider its use in IT solutions.

Note: There are two Product Guides for the ThinkSystem SN850, as follows:

Change History

Changes in the January 2, 2024 update:

  • The ThinkSystem SN850 is now withdrawn from marketing

Introduction

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SN850 is a high-performance server that offers enhanced security, efficiency, and reliability features to handle business-critical workloads. The blade server incorporates up to four second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. The processors feature up to 28 cores each and use Lenovo TruDDR4 memory, which runs at speeds up to 2933 MHz.

Suggested uses: large database, virtualization, enterprise applications, HPC, and cloud applications.

Figure 1 shows the ThinkSystem SN850 server.


Figure 1. ThinkSystem SN850 server

Did you know?

The SN850 server uses the new second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable Gold and Platinum processors and memory can now operate at speeds up to 2933 MHz. It also includes the UEFI-based Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager for rapid system setup and diagnosis, and Lenovo XClarity Controller management processor for systems management and alerting. 

Key features

This section describes the key features of the server.

Scalability and performance

The SN850 offers the following features to boost performance, improve scalability, and reduce costs:

  • Up to 7 SN850 servers can be installed in one Flex System Enterprise chassis.
  • Supports second-generation Intel Xeon Processor Scalable processors
  • Improves productivity by offering superior system performance with four processors, each up to 28 cores or up to 3.8 GHz core frequency, and supporting a processor Thermal Design Power (TDP) rating of up to 165W.
  • Supports up to four processors, 104 cores, and 208 threads, which maximizes the concurrent execution of multi-threaded applications. When four processors are installed, they are connected in a Mesh topology to maximize inter-processor communication (requires processors with three UPI connections)
  • Intelligent and adaptive system performance with energy-efficient Intel Turbo Boost Technology allows CPU cores to run at maximum speeds during peak workloads by temporarily going beyond processor TDP.
  • Intel Hyper-Threading Technology boosts performance for multithreaded applications by enabling simultaneous multithreading within each processor core, up to two threads per core.
  • Intel Virtualization Technology integrates hardware-level virtualization hooks that allow operating system vendors to better use the hardware for virtualization workloads.
  • Intel Speed Select Technology provides improvements in server utilization and guaranteed per-core performance service levels with more granular control over processor performance.
  • Intel Deep Learning Boost (Vector Neural Network Instruction set or VNNI) is designed to deliver significant, more efficient Deep Learning (Inference) acceleration for high-performance Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads.
  • Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512) enable acceleration of enterprise-class workloads, such as databases and enterprise resource planning.
  • Each processor has 6 memory channels with up 2 two DIMMs per channel. Up to 6 TB of memory capacity using 128GB 3DS RDIMMs. Higher memory capacity by using Persistent Memory.
  • Supports 2933 MHz and 2666 MHz memory DIMMs
  • Supports the new Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory; up to 24 Data Center Persistent Memory Modules (DCPMMs) can be installed in conjunction with regular memory DIMMs. DCPMMs are up to 512 GB each, for a total of up to 12 TB of Persistent Memory.
  • Optional support for high-performance PCIe-attached NVMe Flash Storage solid-state drives (SSDs) can significantly improve I/O performance.
  • Embedded 4-port 10Gb Intel adapter built into the system board is based on the Intel Ethernet Connection X722 network controller.
  • With Intel Integrated I/O Technology, the PCI Express 3.0 controller is integrated into the Intel Xeon processor Scalable family. This integration helps to dramatically reduce I/O latency and increase overall system performance.
  • Support for high-bandwidth I/O adapters; up to four in each SN850 server.
  • Support for up to 40 Gb Ethernet, 16 Gb Fibre Channel, and FDR InfiniBand.
  • High-speed USB 3.0 port for connectivity to external devices.

Availability and serviceability

The SN850 provides the following features to simplify serviceability and increase system up-time:

  • The server offers Single Device Data Correction (SDDC, also known as Chipkill), Adaptive Double- Device Data Correction (ADDDC, also known as Redundant Bit Steering or RBS), memory mirroring, and memory rank sparing for redundancy in the event of a non-correctable memory failure.
  • Tool-less cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts, such as CPU, memory, and adapter cards.
  • The Dual M.2 Boot Adapter supports RAID-1 which enables two installed M.2 drives to be configured as a redundant pair.
  • Hot-swap drives support integrated RAID-1 redundancy for data protection and greater system up-time.
  • Solid-state drives (SSDs), which offer significantly better reliability than mechanical HDDs for greater uptime. 
  • The power source independent light path diagnostics functionality provides individual LEDs that lead the technician to failed (or failing) components, which simplifies servicing, speeds up problem resolution, and helps improve system availability.
  • The built-in XClarity Controller continuously monitors system parameters, triggers alerts, and performs recovery actions in case of failures to minimize downtime.
  • Proactive Platform Alerts (including PFA and SMART alerts): Processors, voltage regulators, memory, internal storage (SAS/SATA HDDs and SSDs, NVMe SSDs, flash storage adapters), RAID controllers, and server ambient and sub-component temperatures. Alerts can be surfaced through the system XClarity Controller to managers such as Lenovo XClarity Administrator, VMware vCenter, and Microsoft System Center. These proactive alerts let you take appropriate actions in advance of possible failure, thereby increasing server uptime and application availability.
  • Built-in diagnostics in UEFI, using Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager, speed up troubleshooting tasks to reduce service time, and supports diagnostic function and to collect service data to USB key drive or remote CIFS share folder.
  • Auto-restart in the event of a momentary loss of AC power (based on power policy setting in the XClarity Controller service processor). 
  • Support for the XClarity Administrator Mobile app running on a supported smartphone and connected to the server through the service-enabled USB port, enables additional local systems management functions.
  • Three-year customer replaceable unit and on-site limited warranty; next business day 9x5. Optional service upgrades are available.

Manageability and security

The following powerful systems management features simplify the local and remote management of the SN850:

  • Support for Lenovo XClarity Administrator, providing auto-discovery, inventory tracking, monitoring, policy-based firmware updates, address pool management, configuration patterns and operating system installation.
  • The server includes an XClarity Controller (XCC) management processor to monitor server availability and perform remote management. XCC Advanced is supported as standard, which enables remote KVM, mounting of remote media files (ISO and IMG image files), boot capture, and power capping.
  • UEFI-based Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager, accessible from F1 during boot, provides system inventory information, graphical UEFI Setup, platform update function, RAID Setup wizard, operating system installation function, and diagnostic functions
  • Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 support enables advanced cryptographic functionality, such as digital signatures and remote attestation.
  • Supports Secure Boot to ensure only a digitally signed operating system can be used. Supported with HDDs and SSDs as well as M.2 drives.
  • Support for Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager which captures real-time power and temperature data from the server and provides automated controls to lower energy costs.
  • Industry-standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) NI support for faster, stronger encryption.
  • Intel Execute Disable Bit functionality can help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting operating system.
  • Intel Trusted Execution Technology provides enhanced security through hardware-based resistance to malicious software attacks, which allows an application to run in its own isolated space that is protected from all other software that is running on a system.

Energy efficiency

The SN850 offers the following energy-efficiency features to save energy, reduce operational costs, increase energy availability, and contribute to a green environment:

  • The component-sharing design of the Flex System chassis provides ultimate power and cooling savings.
  • The Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family of processors offer significantly better performance than previous generations of processors, while fitting into the same TDP limits.
  • Intel Intelligent Power Capability powers individual processor elements on and off as needed, which reduces power draw.
  • Solid state drives (SSDs) use as much as 80% less power than traditional spinning 2.5-inch HDDs.
  • The SN850 uses hexagonal ventilation holes which can be grouped more densely than round holes, providing more efficient airflow through the system.

Locations of key components and connectors

Figure 2 shows the front of the server.


Figure 2. Front view of the SN850 server

 

Figure 3 shows the locations of key components inside the server.


Figure 3. Inside view of the SN850 server

 

System architecture

The following figure shows the architectural block diagram of the SN850, showing the major components and their connections.

SN850 system architectural block diagram
Figure 4. SN850 system architectural block diagram

Standard specifications

The following table lists the standard specifications.

Table 1. Standard specifications

Components Specification
Machine Type 7X15
Form factor Double-width Flex System compute node.
Chassis support Flex System Enterprise Chassis with CMM2.
Processor Up to four second-generation Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family of processors, either Gold or Platinum level processors (formerly codename "Cascade Lake"). Supports processors with up to 28 cores, core speeds up to 3.8 GHz, and TDP ratings up to 165W.
Chipset Intel C624
Memory

Up to 48 DIMM sockets (12 DIMMs on 6 channels per processor). DIMM slots are shared between standard system memory and persistent memory. Supports Lenovo TruDDR4 DIMMs at 2933 MHz or 2666 MHz. RDIMMs, LRDIMMs and 3DS RDIMMs are supported (RDIMMs currently only available), but memory types cannot be intermixed. 

Persistent memory Supports up to 24 Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory modules (DCPMMs) installed in the DIMM slots. Persistent memory is installed in combination with system memory DIMMs.
Memory maximums
  • With system memory DIMMs: Up to 6 TB with 48x 128GB 3DS RDIMMs and four processors (1.5 TB per processor)
  • With Persistent Memory in memory mode: Up to 12 TB of Persistent Memory with 24x 512GB Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory modules and four processors (3TB per processor)
  • With Persistent Memory in App Direct mode (App Direct mode is only supported under Special Bid conditions) : Up to 18 TB total memory (12TB of Persistent Memory using 24x 512GB DCPMMs + 6TB of system memory using 24x 128GB 3DS RDIMMs) with four processors (4.5 TB per processor)

Note: Support of more than 1TB per processor (more than 4TB for a 4-processor system) requires M-suffix or L-suffix processors with 2TB or 4.5TB memory support respectively. These calculations include any Persistent Memory installed. See the Processor options section for information.

Memory protection ECC, SDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs), ADDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs, requires Intel Xeon Gold or Platinum processors), memory mirroring, and memory sparing.
Disk drive bays Four 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bays that support SAS, SATA, and SSDs. Optional support for four 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe SSDs. 
Maximum internal storage
  • 122.88TB using 4x 30.72TB 2.5-inch SAS/SATA SSDs
  • 30.72TB using 4x 7.68TB 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs
  • 9.6TB using 4x 2.4TB 2.5-inch HDDs
  • No support for the Flex System Storage Expansion Node
RAID support RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID-5 and RAID-10 with integrated Intel RSTe controller and optional Basic RAID 530-4i controller; RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID-5, RAID-6 and RAID-10 with optional Advanced RAID 930-4i controller.
Network
interfaces
Embedded Intel X722 10 GbE (model specific); optional 1, 10, 25, 40, 50 GbE adapters.
PCI Expansion
slots
Four I/O connectors for adapters. PCI Express 3.0 x16 interface. No support for the Flex System PCIe Expansion Node.
Ports Front: One USB 3.0 port and one console breakout cable port that provides local KVM and serial ports (cable standard with chassis; more cables optional).
Systems management UEFI, Lenovo XClarity Controller with Pilot4 XE401 baseboard management controller (BMC), Predictive Failure Analysis, light path diagnostics panel, automatic server restart, remote presence. Support for Lenovo XClarity Administrator and Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager.
Security features Power-on password, administrator's password, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 and 2.0, Trusted Cryptographic Module (TCM) - China only.
Video G200 graphics with 16 MB memory and 2D hardware accelerator, integrated into the XClarity Controller. Maximum resolution is 1920x1200 32bpp at 60Hz.
Limited warranty Three-year customer-replaceable unit and on-site limited warranty with 9x5/NBD.
Operating systems supported Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi. See the Operating systems section for specifics.
Service and support Optional service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services: 4-hour or 2-hour response time, 6-hour fix time, 1-year or 2-year warranty extension, software support for Lenovo hardware and some third-party applications.
Dimensions Width: 435 mm (17.1 inches), height 55 mm (2.2 inches), depth 493 mm (19.4 inches).
Weight Maximum configuration: 12.3 kg (27 lb).

The SN850 server is shipped with the following items:

  • Statement of Limited Warranty
  • Important Notices

Models

models can be configured by using the Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC).

Configure-to-order (CTO) models are used to create models with factory-integrated server customizations. For CTO models, two types of base CTO models are available for the SN850 as listed in the columns in the following table:

  • General purpose base CTO models are for general business (non-HPC) and is selectable by choosing General Purpose mode in DCSC.
  • AI and HPC base models are intended for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High Performance Computing (HPC) configurations and solutions are enabled using the AI & HPC Hardware - ThinkSystem Hardware mode in DCSC. These configurations, along with Lenovo EveryScale Solutions, can also be built using System x and Cluster Solutions Configurator (x-config). Tip: Some HPC and AI models are not listed in DCSC and can only be configured in x-config.

Preconfigured server models may also be available for the SN850, however these are region-specific; that is, each region may define their own server models, and not all server models are available in every region.

The following table lists the base CTO models of the server.

Table 2. Base CTO models
Machine Type/Model
General purpose
Machine Type/Model
for AI and HPC
Description
7X15CTO1WW 7X15CTOLWW – 3-year warranty

The following table lists the base chassis choices for CTO configurations with second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors.

Table 3. Base chassis for CTO models
Feature code Description
B4M8 Lenovo ThinkSystem SN850 CLX Server

The following tables list the available models, grouped by region.

Refer to the Specifications section for information about standard features of the server.

Models for EMEA regions

Table 4. Models for EMEA regions
Model Intel Xeon
processors†
Memory Drive bays RAID Drives M.2
drives
10 GbE* I/O slots
Standard models
7X15A04TEA 2x Gold 5215 10C 85W 2.5GHz 2x 32GB 2933 Open Open Open Open Open 0 used
4 max
7X15A04UEA 2x Gold 6240 18C 150W 2.6GHz 2x 32GB 2933 Open Open Open Open Open 0 used
4 max
7X15A04SEA 2x Gold 6248 20C 150W 2.5GHz 2x 32GB 2933 Open Open Open Open Open 0 used
4 max
7X15A04VEA 2x Gold 6252 24C 150W 2.1GHz 2x 32GB 2933 Open Open Open Open Open 0 used
4 max

† Processor detail: Quantity, model, core count, TDP, core frequency
* Models with 4x10GbE include a Fabric Connector which routes the embedded X722 10Gb Ethernet controller to I/O slot 3. Models without networking ("Open") can add a Fabric Connector using part number 7M27A03927. The Fabric Connector precludes the use of an I/O adapter in slot 3.

Models for Japan

Table 5. Models for Japan
Model Intel Xeon
processors†
Memory Drive bays RAID Drives M.2
drives
10 GbE* I/O slots
Standard models
7X15A04HJP 2x Gold 5215 10C 85W 2.5GHz 2x 16GB 1Rx4 2666 4x SATA RSTe RAID Open Open 4x 10 GbE
embedded
1 used
4 max
7X15A04GJP 2x Gold 6230 20C 125W 2.1GHz 2x 16GB 1Rx4 2666 4x SAS/SATA RAID 530-4i Open Open 4x 10 GbE
embedded
1 used
4 max

† Processor detail: Quantity, model, core count, TDP, core frequency
* Models with 4x10GbE include a Fabric Connector which routes the embedded X722 10Gb Ethernet controller to I/O slot 3. Models without networking ("Open") can add a Fabric Connector using part number 7M27A03927. The Fabric Connector precludes the use of an I/O adapter in slot 3.

Models for USA and Canada

Table 6. Models for USA and Canada
Model Intel Xeon
processors†
Memory Drive bays RAID Drives M.2
drives
10 GbE* I/O slots
Standard models
7X15A04LNA 4x Platinum 8256 4C 105W 3.8GHz 12x 32GB 2933 Open Open Open M.2 Dual Adapter
No M.2 drive
Open 0 used
4 max

† Processor detail: Quantity, model, core count, TDP, core frequency
* Models with 4x10GbE include a Fabric Connector which routes the embedded X722 10Gb Ethernet controller to I/O slot 3. Models without networking ("Open") can add a Fabric Connector using part number 7M27A03927. The Fabric Connector precludes the use of an I/O adapter in slot 3.

Chassis support

The SN850 server is supported in the Flex System chassis as listed in the following table.

Table 7. Chassis support

Chassis models Description Supports SN850 
8721-HC1 based:
8721-A1x, LRx, DCx
8721-K1G, E1Y, E2Y
Lenovo Flex System Enterprise Chassis
with CMM (68Y7030) standard
No
8721-HC2 based:
8721-ALx, DLx
8721-E3Y, E4Y
Lenovo Flex System Enterprise Chassis
with CMM2 (00FJ669) standard
Yes
7385-DCx Lenovo Flex System Carrier-Grade Chassis No

Note: CMM2 firmware should be 1.6.1 or later to support ThinkSystem compute nodes

Up to seven SN850 servers can be installed in the chassis; however, the actual number that can be installed in a chassis depends on the following factors:

  • TDP power rating for the processors that are installed in the SN850
  • Number of power supplies that are installed in the chassis
  • Capacity of the installed power supplies (2100 W or 2500 W)
  • The voltage of in the input power
  • Chassis power redundancy policy that is used (N+1 or N+N)
  • Node throttling is allowed

The following table provides guidelines about what number of SN850 servers can be installed. For more information, use Lenovo Capacity Planner, which is found at the following web page:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/solutions-and-software/software/lenovo-capacity-planner/solutions/ht504651

The following color coding was used In the table:

  • Green = No restriction on the number of SN850 servers that can be installed
  • Yellow = Some bays must be left empty in the chassis
Table 8. Maximum number of SN850 servers that can be installed based on input voltage and power redundancy policy used (2500 W power supply)
SN850 CPU TDP rating With 208V AC supply (2500 W power output) With 220V or higher AC supply (2745 W power output)
N+1, N=5, 6 PSUs, without throttle N+1, N=4, 5 PSUs, with throttling N+1, N=3, 4 PSUs, with throttling N+N, N=3, 6 PSUs, with throttling N+N, N=3, 6 PSUs, without throttle N+1, N=5, 6 PSUs, without throttle N+1, N=4, 5 PSUs, without throttle N+1, N=3, 4 PSUs, with throttling N+N, N=3, 6 PSUs, with throttling N+N, N=3, 6 PSUs, without throttle
85 W 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 6
105 W 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 6
125 W 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 5
130 W 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 5
140 W 7 7 6 7 4 7 7 7 7 5
150 W 7 7 6 7 4 7 7 7 7 5
165 W 7 7 6 6 4 7 7 7 7 4

Processors

The SN850 supports the second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors that are listed in the following table. The server supports two or four processors. When four processors are installed, they are connected in the Mesh topology to maximize inter-processor communication (requires processors with three UPI connections).

First generation processors: The SN850 also supports first-generation Xeon Scalable processors. For details, see https://lenovopress.com/lp0638.

Topics in this section:

Processor options

All supported processors have the following characteristics:

  • Second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (formerly codenamed "Cascade Lake")
  • 14 nm process technology
  • Six DDR4 memory channels
  • 48 PCIe 3.0 I/O lanes
  • 1 MB L2 cache
  • 1.375 MB or more L3 cache per core
  • Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
  • Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
  • Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512)
  • Two or three Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) links at up to 10.4 GT/s

Some processors include a suffix letter in the processor model number:

  • L: Large memory tier (supports total memory up to 4.5TB per processor)
  • M: Medium memory tier (supports total memory up to 2TB per processor)
  • N: NFV optimized
  • S: Search optimized
  • T: High Tcase
  • U: Single socket
  • V: VM Density optimized
  • Y: Speed Select

Processors with a suffix other than L or M, as well as those without a suffix, support up to 1TB per processor.

B suffix: B is not an official suffix, but instead used by Intel to distinguish between the Xeon Gold 5218 and the Xeon Gold 5218B processors. These two processor models have the same core counts, frequencies, and features, however they are based on different die configurations. You should not install 5218 and 5218B processors in the same server.

Note: The second-generation processor part numbers for the SN850 include only one processor.

Table 9. Processor options for SN850
Part number Feature code Description
4XG7A14438 B4HN Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 85W 2.5GHz Processor
4XG7A14439 B4P9 Intel Xeon Gold 5215L 10C 85W 2.5GHz Processor
4XG7A14440 B4P1 Intel Xeon Gold 5215M 10C 85W 2.5GHz Processor
4XG7A14435 B4HM Intel Xeon Gold 5217 8C 115W 3.0GHz Processor
4XG7A14433 B4HL Intel Xeon Gold 5218 16C 125W 2.3GHz Processor
4XG7A37150 B6BS Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 125W 2.3GHz Processor
4XG7A14466 B4P3 Intel Xeon Gold 5218T 16C 105W 2.1GHz Processor
4XG7A14432 B4HK Intel Xeon Gold 5220 18C 125W 2.2GHz Processor
4XG7A37114 B6CW Intel Xeon Gold 5220S 18C 125W 2.7GHz Processor
4XG7A37107 B6CQ Intel Xeon Gold 5220T 18C 105W 1.9GHz Processor
4XG7A16696 B5S1 Intel Xeon Gold 5222 4C 105W 3.8GHz Processor
4XG7A37118 B6CV Intel Xeon Gold 6222V 20C 115W 1.8GHz Processor
4XG7A37115 B6CL Intel Xeon Gold 6226 12C 125W 2.7GHz Processor
4XG7A14431 B4HJ Intel Xeon Gold 6230 20C 125W 2.1GHz Processor
4XG7A16695 B5RY Intel Xeon Gold 6230N 20C 125W 2.3GHz Processor
4XG7A37106 B6CP Intel Xeon Gold 6230T 20C 125W 2.1GHz Processor
4XG7A37113 B6CK Intel Xeon Gold 6234 8C 130W 3.3GHz Processor
4XG7A37108 B6CJ Intel Xeon Gold 6238 22C 140W 2.1GHz Processor
4XG7A37117 B6CR Intel Xeon Gold 6238L 22C 140W 2.1GHz Processor
4XG7A37116 B6CM Intel Xeon Gold 6238M 22C 140W 2.1GHz Processor
4XG7A14430 B4P2 Intel Xeon Gold 6238T 22C 125W 1.9GHz Processor
4XG7A14428 B4HH Intel Xeon Gold 6240 18C 150W 2.6GHz Processor
4XG7A37112 B6CS Intel Xeon Gold 6240L 18C 150W 2.6GHz Processor
4XG7A37109 B6CN Intel Xeon Gold 6240M 18C 150W 2.6GHz Processor
4XG7A14427 B4HG Intel Xeon Gold 6242 16C 150W 2.8GHz Processor
4XG7A14426 B4HF Intel Xeon Gold 6244 8C 150W 3.6GHz Processor
4XG7A38358 B6PD Intel Xeon Gold 6246 12C 165W 3.3GHz Processor
4XG7A14425 B4HE Intel Xeon Gold 6248 20C 150W 2.5GHz Processor
4XG7A14424 B4HC Intel Xeon Gold 6252 24C 150W 2.1GHz Processor
4XG7A37110 B6CT Intel Xeon Gold 6252N 24C 150W 2.3GHz Processor
4XG7A37111 B6CU Intel Xeon Gold 6262V 24C 135W 1.9GHz Processor
4XG7A16694 B5RZ Intel Xeon Platinum 8253 16C 125W 2.2GHz Processor
4XG7A16693 B5S2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 4C 105W 3.8GHz Processor
4XG7A14423 B4HB Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 24C 165W 2.4GHz Processor
4XG7A14421 B4P7 Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L 24C 165W 2.4GHz Processor
4XG7A14422 B4NZ Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M 24C 165W 2.4GHz Processor
4XG7A14420 B4NU Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y 24/20/16C 165W 2.4GHz Processor
4XG7A14417 B4H8 Intel Xeon Platinum 8276 28C 165W 2.2GHz Processor
4XG7A14418 B4P6 Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L 28C 165W 2.2GHz Processor

Continued support for 1st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors

The SN850 also continues to support the 1st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (formerly codenamed "Skylake") listed in the following table.

Table 10. Long-life 1st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors
Part number Feature code Description

* Only available as a field upgrade for existing customers. Not available in CTO (configure to order) configurations.

For specifications of these processors, see the Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Reference for Lenovo ThinkSystem Servers:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1262-intel-xeon-sp-processor-reference#term=SKL

Memory capacity of processors

Second-generation Xeon Scalable processors are limited to the amount of memory they can address, as follows:

  • Processors with an L suffix (eg 8280L): Up to 4.5 TB per processor
  • Processors with an M suffix (eg 8280M): Up to 2 TB per processor (now withdrawn)
  • All other processors: Up to 1 TB per processor

The calculation of the total memory per processor includes both the system memory DIMMs and the Persistent Memory DCPMMs installed in the server.

For example:

  • A configuration using 12x 64GB DIMMs per processor is a total of 768 GB, which means that neither an M nor an L processor is required
  • A configuration using 6x 32GB DIMMs + 6x 256GB DCPMMs is a total of 1.69 TB which means an M processor is required (an L processor may also be used)
  • A configuration using 6x 64GB DIMMs + 6x 512GB DCPMMs is a total of 3.375 TB which means an L processor is required

Processor features

The following table compares the features of the supported second-generation Intel Xeon processors.

Abbreviations used in the table:

  • UPI: Ultra Path Interconnect
  • TDP: Thermal Design Power
  • FMA: Number of Intel AVX-512 Fused-Multiply Add (FMA) units
  • HT: Hyper-Threading
  • TB: Turbo Boost 2.0
  • VT: Virtualization Technology (includes VT-x and VT-d)
  • SST-PP: Speed Select Technology - Performance Profile
  • DCPMM: DC Persistent Memory Module support
  • RAS: Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability: Std = Standard, Adv = Advanced

The processors that support SST-PP offer three distinct operating points that are defined by a core count with a base speed associated with that core count. The operating point is selected during the boot process and cannot be changed at runtime.

Table 11. Processor specifications
CPU
model
Cores /
threads
Core speed
(Base / TB max)
L3 cache* Max
memory
speed
Max
memory
per CPU
UPI links
& speed
FMA
units
TDP
HT
TB
VT
SST-PP
DCPMM
RAS
Intel Xeon 3200 (Bronze) processors
3204 6 / 6 1.9 / None 8.25 MB 2133 MHz 1 TB 2, 9.6 GT/s 1 85 W N N Y N N Std
Intel Xeon 4200 (Silver) processors
4208 8 / 16 2.1 / 3.2 GHz 11 MB 2400 MHz 1 TB 2, 9.6 GT/s 1 85 W Y Y Y N N Std
4209T 8 / 16 2.2 / 3.2 GHz 11 MB 2400 MHz 1 TB 2, 9.6 GT/s 1 70 W Y Y Y N N Std
4210 10 / 20 2.2 / 3.2 GHz 13.75 MB 2400 MHz 1 TB 2, 9.6 GT/s 1 85 W Y Y Y N N Std
4214 12 / 24 2.2 / 3.2 GHz 16.5 MB 2400 MHz 1 TB 2, 9.6 GT/s 1 85 W Y Y Y N N Std
4214Y 12 / 24 2.2 / 3.2 GHz 16.5 MB 2400 MHz 1 TB 2, 9.6 GT/s 1 85 W Y Y Y Y N Std
10 / 20 2.3 / 3.2 GHz
8 / 16 2.4 / 3.2 GHz
4215 8 / 16 2.5 / 3.5 GHz 11 MB 2400 MHz 1 TB 2, 9.6 GT/s 1 85 W Y Y Y N Y Std
4216 16 / 32 2.1 / 3.2 GHz 22 MB 2400 MHz 1 TB 2, 9.6 GT/s 1 100 W Y Y Y N N Std
Intel Xeon 5200 (Gold) processors
5215 10 / 20 2.5 / 3.4 GHz 13.75 MB 2666 MHz 1 TB 2, 10.4 GT/s 1 85 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
5215M 10 / 20 2.5 / 3.4 GHz 13.75 MB 2666 MHz 2 TB 2, 10.4 GT/s 1 85 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
5215L 10 / 20 2.5 / 3.4 GHz 13.75 MB 2666 MHz 4.5 TB 2, 10.4 GT/s 1 85 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
5217 8 / 16 3.0 / 3.7 GHz 11 MB 2666 MHz 1 TB 2, 10.4 GT/s 1 115 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
5218** 16 / 32 2.3 / 3.9 GHz 22 MB 2666 MHz 1 TB 2, 10.4 GT/s 1 125 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
5218B** 16 / 32 2.3 / 3.9 GHz 22 MB 2666 MHz 1 TB 2, 10.4 GT/s 1 125 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
5218T 16 / 32 2.1 / 3.9 GHz 22 MB 2666 MHz 1 TB 2, 10.4 GT/s 1 105 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
5220 18 / 36 2.2 / 3.9 GHz 24.75 MB 2666 MHz 1 TB 2, 10.4 GT/s 1 125 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
5220S 18 / 36 2.7 / 3.9 GHz 24.75 MB 2666 MHz 1 TB 2, 10.4 GT/s 1 125 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
5220T 18 / 36 1.9 / 3.9 GHz 24.75 MB 2666 MHz 1 TB 2, 10.4 GT/s 1 105 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
5222 4 / 8 3.8 / 3.9 GHz 16.5 MB* 2933 MHz 1 TB 2, 10.4 GT/s 2 105 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
Intel Xeon 6200 (Gold) processors
6222V 20 / 40 1.8 / 3.6 GHz 27.5 MB 2400 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 115 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6226 12 / 24 2.7 / 3.7 GHz 19.25 MB* 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 125 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6230 20 / 40 2.1 / 3.9 GHz 27.5 MB 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 125 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6230N 20 / 40 2.3 / 3.9 GHz 27.5 MB 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 125 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6230T 20 / 40 2.1 / 3.9 GHz 27.5 MB 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 125 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6234 8 / 16 3.3 / 4.0 GHz 24.75 MB 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 130 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6238 22 / 44 2.1 / 3.7 GHz 30.25 MB 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 140 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6238M 22 / 44 2.1 / 3.7 GHz 30.25 MB 2933 MHz 2 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 140 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6238L 22 / 44 2.1 / 3.7 GHz 30.25 MB 2933 MHz 4.5 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 140 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6238T 22 / 44 1.9 / 3.7 GHz 30.25 MB 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 125 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6240 18 / 36 2.6 / 3.9 GHz 24.75 MB 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 150 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6240M 18 / 36 2.6 / 3.9 GHz 24.75 MB 2933 MHz 2 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 150 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6240L 18 / 36 2.6 / 3.9 GHz 24.75 MB 2933 MHz 4.5 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 150 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6242 16 / 32 2.8 / 3.9 GHz 22 MB 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 150 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6244 8 / 16 3.6 / 4.4 GHz 24.75 MB* 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 150 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6246 12 / 24 3.3 / 3.9 GHz 24.75 MB* 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 165 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6248 20 / 40 2.5 / 3.9 GHz 27.5 MB 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 150 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6252 24 / 48 2.1 / 3.7 GHz 35.75 MB* 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 150 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6252N 24 / 48 2.3 / 3.6 GHz 35.75 MB* 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 150 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
6262V 24 / 48 1.9 / 3.6 GHz 33 MB 2400 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 135 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
Intel Xeon 8200 (Platinum) processors
8253 16 / 32 2.2 / 3.0 GHz 22 MB 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 125 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
8256 4 / 8 3.8 / 3.9 GHz 16.5 MB* 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 105 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
8260 24 / 48 2.4 / 3.9 GHz 35.75 MB* 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 165 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
8260M 24 / 48 2.4 / 3.9 GHz 35.75 MB* 2933 MHz 2 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 165 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
8260L 24 / 48 2.4 / 3.9 GHz 35.75 MB* 2933 MHz 4.5 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 165 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
8260Y 24 / 48 2.4 / 3.9 GHz 35.75 MB* 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 165 W Y Y Y Y Y Adv
20 / 40 2.5 / 3.9 GHz
16 / 32 2.7 / 3.9 GHz
8276 28 / 56 2.2 / 4.0 GHz 38.5 MB 2933 MHz 1 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 165 W Y Y Y N Y Adv
8276L 28 / 56 2.2 / 4.0 GHz 38.5 MB 2933 MHz 4.5 TB 3, 10.4 GT/s 2 165 W Y Y Y N Y Adv

* L3 cache is 1.375 MB per core or larger. Processors with a larger L3 cache per core are marked with an *
** The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 and 5218B processors have similar specifications; however, they use different silicon designs and cannot be mixed in the same system.

UEFI operating modes

The SN850 offers preset operating modes that affect energy consumption and performance. These modes are a collection of predefined low-level UEFI settings that simplify the task of tuning the server to suit your business and workload requirements.

The following table lists the feature codes that allow you to specify the mode you wish to preset in the factory for CTO orders.

Table 12. UEFI operating mode presets in DCSC
Feature code Description
BFYB Operating mode selection for: "Maximum Performance Mode"
BFYC Operating mode selection for: "Minimal Power Mode"
BFYD Operating mode selection for: "Efficiency Favoring Power Savings Mode"
BFYE Operating mode selection for: "Efficiency - Favoring Performance Mode"

The preset modes for the SN850 are as follows:

  • Maximum Performance Mode (feature BFYB): Achieves maximum performance but with higher power consumption and lower energy efficiency.
  • Minimal Power Mode (feature BFYC): Minimize the absolute power consumption of the system.
  • Efficiency Favoring Power Savings Mode (feature BFYD): Maximize the performance/watt efficiency with a bias towards power savings. This is the favored mode for SPECpower benchmark testing, for example.
  • Efficiency Favoring Performance Mode (feature BFYE): Maximize the performance/watt efficiency with a bias towards performance. This is the favored mode for Energy Star certification, for example.

For details about these preset modes, and all other performance and power efficiency UEFI settings offered in the SN850, see the paper "Tuning UEFI Settings for Performance and Energy Efficiency on Intel Xeon Scalable Processor-Based ThinkSystem Servers", available from https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1477.

Memory options

The SN850 with second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors uses Lenovo TruDDR4 memory operating at up to 2933 MHz. The server supports 12 DIMMs per processor, which corresponds to 48 DIMMs with four processors installed. Each processor has six memory channels with two DIMMs per channel.

The SN850 with second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors also supports Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory, as described in the Persistent Memory section.

With second-generation processors, the server supports these memory DIMMs:

  • 2666 MHz DIMMs, that operate at 2666 MHz both at 1 DIMM per channel and 2 DIMMs per channel
  • 2933 MHz DIMMs, that operate at 2933 MHz at 1 DIMM per channel, and at 2666 MHz at 2 DIMMs per channel

Note that if the processor selected has a memory bus speed of 2666 MHz, then all DIMMs will operate at 2666 MHz, even if the DIMMs are rated for 2933 MHz.

The following table lists the memory options that are available for the server.

Lenovo TruDDR4 memory uses the highest quality components that are sourced from Tier 1 DRAM suppliers and only memory that meets the strict requirements of Lenovo is selected. It is compatibility tested and tuned to maximize performance and reliability. From a service and support standpoint, Lenovo TruDDR4 memory automatically assumes the system warranty, and Lenovo provides service and support worldwide.

Table 13. Memory options
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
2933 MHz DIMMs
4ZC7A08707 B4LY ThinkSystem 16GB TruDDR4 2933 MHz (1Rx4 1.2V) RDIMM 48 (12 per processor)
4ZC7A08708 B4H2 ThinkSystem 16GB TruDDR4 2933MHz (2Rx8 1.2V) RDIMM 48 (12 per processor)
4ZC7A08709 B4H3 ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR4 2933MHz (2Rx4 1.2V) RDIMM 48 (12 per processor)
4ZC7A08710 B4H4 ThinkSystem 64GB TruDDR4 2933MHz (2Rx4 1.2V) RDIMM 48 (12 per processor)
4ZC7A15113 B587 ThinkSystem 128GB TruDDR4 2933MHz (4Rx4 1.2V) 3DS RDIMM 48 (12 per processor)
2666 MHz DIMMs
7X77A01302 AUNB ThinkSystem 16GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz (1Rx4 1.2V) RDIMM 48 (12 per processor)

The following rules apply when selecting the memory configuration:

  • The server supports RDIMMs, LRDIMMs and 3DS RDIMMs. UDIMMs are not supported.
  • Mixing RDIMMs, LRDIMMs or 3DS RDIMMs is not supported.
  • Mixing x4 and x8 DIMMs is supported.
  • Mixing of 2666 MHz and 2933 MHz is supported, however, all installed memory will operate at the lowest speed.

For best performance, consider the following:

  • Ensure the memory installed is at least the same speed as the memory bus of the selected processor.
  • Populate memory DIMMs in quantities of 6 or 12 per processor, so that all memory channels are used.
  • When mixing 16 GB and 32 GB DIMMs in the same configuration, use 16GB 2Rx8 DIMMs instead of 16 GB 1Rx4 DIMMs for better performance.
  • Populate memory channels so they all have the same total memory capacity.
  • Ensure all memory controllers on a processor socket have the same DIMM configuration.
  • All processor sockets on the same physical server should have the same DIMM configuration.

The following memory protection technologies are supported:

  • ECC
  • SDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs; look for "x4" in the DIMM description)
  • ADDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs)
  • Memory mirroring
  • Memory rank sparing

If memory channel mirroring is used, then DIMMs must be installed in pairs or sets of three (minimum of one pair or set of three per processor), and all DIMMs in the pair or set of three must be identical in type and size. 50% of the installed capacity is available to the operating system.

If memory rank sparing is used, then a minimum of two single-rank or dual-rank DIMMs must be installed per populated channel (the DIMMs do not need to be identical). In rank sparing mode, one rank of a DIMM in each populated channel is reserved as spare memory. The largest rank in the channel will be automatically selected as the spare rank. The amount of memory available to the operating system depends on the number, capacity and rank counts of the DIMMs installed.

Persistent Memory

The SN850 server supports Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory, a new class of memory and storage technology explicitly architected for data center usage. Persistent Memory offers significantly lower latency than fetching data from SSDs, even NVMe SSDs, and offers higher capacities than system memory.

Using Lenovo ThinkSystem servers running applications that are tuned for Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory will result in lower data latency compared to solid-state drive technology. When data is stored closer to the processor on nonvolatile media, applications can see significant overall improvement in performance. 

The following table lists the ordering information for the DC Persistent Memory modules (DCPMMs).

Table 14. DCPMM part numbers
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
4ZC7A15110 B4LV ThinkSystem 128GB TruDDR4 2666MHz (1.2V) Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory 24 (6 per processor)
4ZC7A15111 B4LW ThinkSystem 256GB TruDDR4 2666MHz (1.2V) Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory 24 (6 per processor)
4ZC7A15112 B4LX ThinkSystem 512GB TruDDR4 2666MHz (1.2V) Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory 24 (6 per processor)

The following are the requirements when installing DCPMMs:

  • All second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors that the SN850 supports also support DCPMMs. First generation Xeon Scalable processors are not supported.
  • Only Memory Mode is supported for all SN850 configurations. App Direct Mode and Mixed Mode are only supported under Special Bid conditions.
  • All installed DCPMMs must be the same size. Mixing DCPMMs of different capacities is not supported
  • Maximum 6 DCPMMs per processor (install 1 in each memory channel)
  • Minimum 2 TruDDR4 DIMMs per processor (1 per memory controller)
  • For Memory Mode, minimum 2 DCPMMs per processor (install 1 per memory controller)
  • In Memory Mode, the ratio of memory to DCPMMs must be between 1:16 and 1:4, but the recommended ratio is 1:4 for the best performance. For example, 6x 16GB DIMMs + 2x 256GB DCPMMs is a ratio of 1:5.33.
  • For each memory channel with both a DCPMM and a TruDDR4 DIMM installed, the DCPMM is installed in channel slot 1 (closest) and the DIMM is installed in channel slot 0
  • To maximize performance, balance all memory channel
  • Memory mirroring is not supported in DCPMM Memory Mode.
  • Memory sparing is not supported with DCPMMs installed

App Direct Mode and Mixed Mode are only supported under Special Bid conditions. Under Special Bid conditions, the following are the requirements:

  • For App Direct Mode, mimimum 1 DCPMM installed in the server (any processor)
  • When either Memory Mode or Mixed Mode is used, the ratio of memory to DCPMMs must be between 1:16 and 1:4, but the recommended ratio is 1:4 for the best performance. For example, 6x 16GB DIMMs + 2x 256GB DCPMMs is a ratio of 1:5.33. This ratio requirement does not apply to App Direct mode.
  • In configurations with DCPMMs installed, memory mirroring is supported, with two restrictions:
    • Mirroring is only enabled on the DRAM DIMMs installed in the server; The DCPMMs themselves do not support mirroring.
    • Only App Direct mode is supported. Memory mirroring cannot be enabled when DCPMMs are in Memory Mode or Mixed Mode.

DCPMMs offer the following memory protection technologies:

  • ECC
  • SDDC
  • DDDC
  • Patrol scrubbing
  • Demand scrubbing

For more information, see the Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory (DCPMM) product guide, https://lenovopress.com/LP1066

Internal storage

The SN850 server has four 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays that are accessible from the front of the blade server (see Figure 2). Depending on server configuration and installed backplanes, these bays connect to either the integrated 6 Gbps SATA controller, optional Lenovo RAID controllers or directly to PCIe lanes for NVMe drives.

In addition, the SN850 can also support one or two M.2 form factor SSD drives on a separate adapter. The following table lists the supported M.2 adapters (enablement kits). For more information, see the ThinkSystem M.2 Drives and M.2 Adapters product guide: https://lenovopress.com/lp0769-thinksystem-m2-drives-adapters

Virtualization support: The integrated SATA controller can be used with virtualization hypervisors, including VMware ESXi, Linux KVM, Xen, and Microsoft Hyper-V. However, support is limited to AHCI (non-RAID) mode. RSTe mode is not supported with virtualization hypervisors.

Storage backplane kits, RAID and M.2 upgrades are listed below.  

Table 15. Internal storage upgrades
Part number Feature
code
Name and description Drive types
supported
Maximum
supported
7M17A03930 AVEA ThinkSystem SATA Backplane kit for SN850
​(includes 2 backplanes)
4x SATA 1
7M17A03931 AVEB ThinkSystem NVMe/SATA Backplane Kit for SN850
​(includes 2 backplanes)
4x NVMe or
4x SATA or
combination
1
7M17A03933 AVED ThinkSystem RAID 930-4i-2GB 4 Drive Adapter Kit for SN850
​(includes RAID adapter, 2 backplanes and interposer)
4x SATA or
4x SAS or
combination
1
7M17A03932 AVEC ThinkSystem RAID 530-4i 4 Drive Adapter Kit for SN850
​(includes RAID adapter, 2 backplanes and interposer)
4x SATA or
4x SAS or
combination
1
7Y37A01092 AUMU ThinkSystem M.2 Enablement Kit 1x M.2 1
7Y37A01093 AUMV ThinkSystem M.2 with Mirroring Enablement Kit 2x M.2 1

Supported drives are listed in the Internal drive options section. 

SED encryption key management with SKLM

The server supports self-encrypting drives (SEDs) as listed in the Internal drive options section. To effectively manage a large deployment of these drives in Lenovo servers, IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM) offers a centralized key management solution.

The IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager software is available from Lenovo using the ordering information listed in the following table.

Table 16. IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager licenses
Part number Description
7S0A007FWW IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager Basic Edition Install License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months
7S0A007HWW IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Raw Decimal Terabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months
7S0A007KWW IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Raw Decimal Petabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months
7S0A007MWW IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Usable Decimal Terabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months
7S0A007PWW IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Usable Decimal Petabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months

Controllers for internal storage

In addition to the optional M.2 RAID-1 enabled adapter, the SN850 supports 3 different RAID controllers as shown in the table below.

Table 17. SN850 RAID controllers with features
Feature Onboard RAID 530-4i RAID 930-4i
Adapter type Software RAID RAID controller RAID controller
Part number None 7M17A03932 7M17A03933
Form factor Integrated Adapter Adapter
Controller chip Intel PCH (RSTe) LSI SAS3404 LSI SAS3504
Host interface Not applicable PCIe 3.0x8 PCIe 3.0x8
Port interface 6 Gb SATA 12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS
Drive interface SATA SAS, SATA SAS, SATA
Drive type HDD, SSD HDD, SED, SSD HDD, SED, SSD
Hot-swap drives Yes Yes Yes
Max devices 4 4 4
RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5 0, 1, 10, 5 0, 1, 10, 5, 6
JBOD mode Yes Yes Yes
Cache No No 2GB (Standard)
CacheVault cache protection No No Yes (Flash)
Performance Accelerator (FastPath) No Yes Yes
SED support No Yes Yes

Both the 530-4i and 930-4i replace the onboard SATA controller in the server and support high-performance RAID to the four internal 2.5-inch drive bays.

The following figure shows the ThinkSystem RAID 530-4i adapter for the SN850 blade server. Note that the plastic frame in the lower right of the adapter is part of the mechanism that attaches the adapter to the server; this adapter does not support a supercapacitor.


Figure 5. ThinkSystem RAID 530-4i 

Both ThinkSystem RAID Adapter kits for SN850 include the following components:

  • RAID controller
  • Two replacement 2-drive SAS/SATA backplanes
  • Interposer cable

Internal drive options

The following tables list the drive options for internal storage of the server.

M.2 drives:

M.2 drive support: The use of M.2 drives requires an additional adapter as described in the M.2 drives subsection.

SED support: The tables include a column to indicate which drives support SED encryption. The encryption functionality can be disabled if needed. Note: Not all SED-enabled drives have "SED" in the description.

PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive support: When installed in this server, PCIe 4.0 NVMe drives will operate at PCIe 3.0 speeds.

Table 18. 2.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS HDDs
Part number Feature
code
Description SED
support
Max
Qty
2.5-inch hot-swap HDDs - 12 Gb SAS 15K
7XB7A00021 AULV ThinkSystem 2.5" 300GB 15K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD No 4
7XB7A00022 AULW ThinkSystem 2.5" 600GB 15K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD No 4
7XB7A00023 AULX ThinkSystem 2.5" 900GB 15K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD No 4
2.5-inch hot-swap HDDs - 12 Gb SAS 10K
7XB7A00024 AULY ThinkSystem 2.5" 300GB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD No 4
7XB7A00025 AULZ ThinkSystem 2.5" 600GB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD No 4
7XB7A00026 AUM0 ThinkSystem 2.5" 900GB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD No 4
7XB7A00027 AUM1 ThinkSystem 2.5" 1.2TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD No 4
7XB7A00028 AUM2 ThinkSystem 2.5" 1.8TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD No 4
7XB7A00069 B0YS ThinkSystem 2.5" 2.4TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD No 4
2.5-inch hot-swap HDDs - 12 Gb NL SAS
7XB7A00034 AUM6 ThinkSystem 2.5" 1TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD No 4
7XB7A00035 AUM7 ThinkSystem 2.5" 2TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD No 4
2.5-inch hot-swap SED HDDs - 12 Gb SAS 10K
7XB7A00030 AUM4 ThinkSystem 2.5" 300GB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD SED Support 4
7XB7A00031 AUM5 ThinkSystem 2.5" 600GB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD SED Support 4
7XB7A00033 B0YX ThinkSystem 2.5" 1.2TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD SED Support 4
Table 19. 2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA HDDs
Part number Feature
code
Description SED
support
Max
Qty
2.5-inch hot-swap HDDs - 6 Gb NL SATA
7XB7A00036 AUUE ThinkSystem 2.5" 1TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD No 4
7XB7A00037 AUUJ ThinkSystem 2.5" 2TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD No 4
Table 20. 2.5-inch hot-swap 24 Gb SAS SSDs
Part number Feature
code
Description SED
support
Max
Qty
2.5-inch hot-swap SSDs - 24 Gb SAS - Mixed Use/Mainstream (3-5 DWPD)
4XB7A80340 BNW8 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 800GB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A80341 BNW9 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 1.6TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A80342 BNW6 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 3.2TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A80343 BP3K ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 6.4TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD Support 4
2.5-inch hot-swap SSDs - 24 Gb SAS - Read Intensive/Entry/Capacity (<3 DWPD)
4XB7A80318 BNWC ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 960GB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A80319 BNWE ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 1.92TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A80320 BNWF ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 3.84TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A80321 BP3E ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 7.68TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A80322 BP3J ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 15.36TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A80323 BP3D ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 30.72TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD Support 4
Table 21. 2.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS SSDs
Part number Feature
code
Description SED
support
Max
Qty
2.5-inch hot-swap SSDs - 12 Gb SAS - Write Intensive/Performance (10+ DWPD)
4XB7A83214 BR10 ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3750 400GB Write Intensive SAS 12Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A83215 BR0Z ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3750 800GB Write Intensive SAS 12Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A83216 BR0Y ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3750 1.6TB Write Intensive SAS 12Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A83217 BR0X ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3750 3.2TB Write Intensive SAS 12Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A70006 BG07 ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3732 400GB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A70005 BG06 ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3732 800GB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A70007 BFZZ ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3732 800GB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD SED Support 4
4XB7A70004 BG05 ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3732 1.6TB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A70003 BG04 ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3732 3.2TB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10219 B4Y4 ThinkSystem 2.5" SS530 400GB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10230 B4Y5 ThinkSystem 2.5" SS530 800GB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10231 B4Y6 ThinkSystem 2.5" SS530 1.6TB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10232 B4Y7 ThinkSystem 2.5" SS530 3.2TB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00124 AUMG ThinkSystem 2.5" HUSMM32 400GB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
2.5-inch hot-swap SSDs - 12 Gb SAS - Mixed Use/Mainstream (3-5 DWPD)
4XB7A17062 B8HU ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645a 800GB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17063 B8J4 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645a 1.6TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17064 B8JD ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645a 3.2TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17065 B8JA ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645a 6.4TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A13653 B4A0 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645 800GB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A13654 B4A1 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645 1.6TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A13655 B4A2 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645 3.2TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00117 AUMC ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1635a 400GB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00119 AVRG ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1635a 1.6TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00120 AVRJ ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1635a 3.2TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
2.5-inch hot-swap SSDs - 12 Gb SAS - Read Intensive/Entry/Capacity (<3 DWPD)
4XB7A38175 B91A ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 960GB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A38176 B91B ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 1.92TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17054 B91C ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 3.84TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17055 B91D ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 7.68TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17056 BC4R ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 15.36TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A13645 B4A7 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643 3.84TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A13646 B4A6 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643 7.68TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00123 B116 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1633a 15.36TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
Table 22. 2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA SSDs
Part number Feature
code
Description SED
support
Max
Qty
2.5-inch hot-swap SSDs - 6 Gb SATA - Mixed Use/Mainstream (3-5 DWPD)
4XB7A82289 BQ21 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 480GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A82290 BQ24 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 960GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A82291 BQ22 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 1.92TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A82292 BQ23 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 3.84TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A17125 BA7Q ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 480GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17126 BA4T ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 960GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17127 BA4U ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 1.92TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17128 BK7L ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 3.84TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17087 B8J1 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 240GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17088 B8HY ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 480GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17089 B8J6 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17090 B8JE ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 1.92TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17091 B8J7 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 3.84TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A13633 B49L ThinkSystem 2.5" S4610 240GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A13634 B49M ThinkSystem 2.5" S4610 480GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A13635 B49N ThinkSystem 2.5" S4610 960GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A13637 B49Q ThinkSystem 2.5" S4610 3.84TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A10237 B488 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 240GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10238 B489 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 480GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10239 B48A ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10240 B48B ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 1.92TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10241 B48C ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 3.84TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05723 B0ZP ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4600 240GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05722 B0ZQ ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4600 480GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05721 B0ZR ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4600 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05720 B0ZS ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4600 1.92TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05765 B10W ThinkSystem 2.5" 5100 240GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05764 B10X ThinkSystem 2.5" 5100 480GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05763 B10Y ThinkSystem 2.5" 5100 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05762 B10Z ThinkSystem 2.5" 5100 1.92TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05761 B110 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5100 3.84TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
2.5-inch hot-swap SSDs - 6 Gb SATA - Read Intensive/Entry (<3 DWPD)
4XB7A82258 BQ1Q ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A82259 BQ1P ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A82260 BQ1R ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A82261 BQ1X ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A82262 BQ1S ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A82263 BQ1T ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 7.68TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A72438 BM8B ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A72439 BM8A ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A72440 BM89 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A72441 BM88 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A72442 BM87 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 7.68TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17072 B99D ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17101 BA7G ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17102 BA7H ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17103 BA7J ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17104 BK77 ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17105 BK78 ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 7.68TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A38271 BCTC ThinkSystem 2.5" Multi Vendor 240GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A38272 BCTD ThinkSystem 2.5" Multi Vendor 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A38273 BCTE ThinkSystem 2.5" Multi Vendor 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A38274 BCTF ThinkSystem 2.5" Multi Vendor 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A38275 BCTG ThinkSystem 2.5" Multi Vendor 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17075 B8HV ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 240GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17076 B8JM ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17077 B8HP ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17078 B8J5 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17079 B8JP ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17080 B8J2 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A38185 B9AC ThinkSystem 2.5" 5210 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap QLC SSD No 4
4XB7A38144 B7EW ThinkSystem 2.5" 5210 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap QLC SSD No 4
4XB7A38145 B7EX ThinkSystem 2.5" 5210 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap QLC SSD No 4
4XB7A38146 B7EY ThinkSystem 2.5" 5210 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap QLC SSD No 4
4XB7A10247 B498 ThinkSystem 2.5" S4510 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A10248 B499 ThinkSystem 2.5" S4510 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A10249 B49A ThinkSystem 2.5" S4510 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A13622 B49B ThinkSystem 2.5" S4510 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A13623 B49C ThinkSystem 2.5" S4510 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD No 4
4XB7A10195 B34H ThinkSystem 2.5" PM883 240GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10196 B34J ThinkSystem 2.5" PM883 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10197 B34K ThinkSystem 2.5" PM883 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10198 B34L ThinkSystem 2.5" PM883 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10199 B34M ThinkSystem 2.5" PM883 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10200 B4D2 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM883 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05742 B0YY ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4500 240GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05741 B0YZ ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4500 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05740 B0Z0 ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4500 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05739 B0Z1 ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4500 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05738 B0Z2 ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4500 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00111 AUUQ ThinkSystem 2.5" PM863a 240GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00112 AUM9 ThinkSystem 2.5" PM863a 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00113 AVCZ ThinkSystem 2.5" PM863a 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00114 AVRC ThinkSystem 2.5" PM863a 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10153 B2X2 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10154 B2X3 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10155 B2X4 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10156 B2X5 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10157 B2X6 ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 7.68TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A08502 B10N ThinkSystem 2.5" 5100 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A08503 B10P ThinkSystem 2.5" 5100 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A08504 B10Q ThinkSystem 2.5" 5100 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A08505 B10R ThinkSystem 2.5" 5100 3.84TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00099 AUM8 ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S3520 240GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00100 AUUZ ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S3520 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00101 AVCY ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S3520 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD No 4
Table 23. 2.5-inch hot-swap PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Part number Feature
code
Description SED
support
Max
Qty
2.5-inch SSDs - U.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe - Mixed Use/Mainstream (3-5 DWPD)
4XB7A17129 BNEG ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5620 1.6TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A17130 BNEH ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5620 3.2TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A17133 BNEZ ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5620 6.4TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A17152 BCFV ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5600 1.6TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17153 BCFR ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5600 3.2TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17154 BCFS ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5600 6.4TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD No 4
2.5-inch SSDs - U.3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe - Mixed Use/Mainstream (3-5 DWPD)
4XB7A79639 BNF1 ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 800GB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A13967 BNEJ ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 1.6TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A13970 BNEY ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 3.2TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A13971 BNEL ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 6.4TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A64175 BE03 ThinkSystem U.3 Kioxia CM6-V 800GB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17112 B96Z ThinkSystem U.3 Kioxia CM6-V 1.6TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17113 B96T ThinkSystem U.3 Kioxia CM6-V 3.2TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A17114 B96P ThinkSystem U.3 Kioxia CM6-V 6.4TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
2.5-inch SSDs - U.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe - Read Intensive/Entry (<3 DWPD)
4XB7A13941 BMGD ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5520 1.92TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A13942 BMGE ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5520 3.84TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A13943 BNEF ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5520 7.68TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A13631 BNEQ ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5520 15.36TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A17145 BCFT ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5500 1.92TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17146 BCFW ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5500 3.84TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD No 4
4XB7A17147 BCFU ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5500 7.68TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD No 4
2.5-inch SSDs - U.3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe - Read Intensive/Entry (<3 DWPD)
4XB7A79646 BNF3 ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 960GB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A79647 BNF2 ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 1.92TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A79648 BNF5 ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 3.84TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A79649 BNF4 ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 7.68TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4
4XB7A83097 BQAV ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 15.36TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD Support 4

Note: NVMe PCIe SSDs support surprise hot removal and hot insertion, provided the operating system supports PCIe SSD hot-swap.

Table 24. 2.5-inch hot-swap PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs
Part number Feature
code
Description SED
support
Max
Qty
2.5-inch SSDs - U.2 PCIe 3.0 NVMe - Write Intensive/Performance (10+ DWPD)
7N47A00081 AUMJ ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P4800X 375GB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 HS SSD No 4
7XB7A05923 AWG6 ThinkSystem U.2 PX04PMB 800GB Performance NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
7XB7A05922 AWG7 ThinkSystem U.2 PX04PMB 1.6TB Performance NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
2.5-inch SSDs - U.2 PCIe 3.0 NVMe - Mixed Use/Mainstream (3-5 DWPD)
4XB7A13936 B589 ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4610 1.6TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A13937 B58A ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4610 3.2TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A13938 B58B ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4610 6.4TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A08516 B21W ThinkSystem U.2 Toshiba CM5-V 800GB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A08517 B21X ThinkSystem U.2 Toshiba CM5-V 1.6TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A08518 B21Y ThinkSystem U.2 Toshiba CM5-V 3.2TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A08519 B2XJ ThinkSystem U.2 Toshiba CM5-V 6.4TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00095 AUUY ThinkSystem U.2 PX04PMB 960GB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00096 AUMF ThinkSystem U.2 PX04PMB 1.92TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05772 B11J ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4600 1.6TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05771 B11K ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4600 3.2TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
2.5-inch SSDs - U.2 PCIe 3.0 NVMe - Read Intensive/Entry (<3 DWPD)
4XB7A10202 B58F ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4510 1.0TB Entry NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10204 B58G ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P4510 2.0TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 HS SSD No 4
4XB7A10205 B58H ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4510 4.0TB Entry NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10175 B34N ThinkSystem U.2 PM983 1.92TB Entry NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10176 B34P ThinkSystem U.2 PM983 3.84TB Entry NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
4XB7A10177 B4D3 ThinkSystem U.2 PM983 7.68TB Entry NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00984 AUV0 ThinkSystem U.2 PM963 1.92TB Entry NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
7N47A00985 AUUU ThinkSystem U.2 PM963 3.84TB Entry NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05779 B11C ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4500 1.0TB Entry NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05778 B11D ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4500 2.0TB Entry NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4
7SD7A05777 B11E ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4500 4.0TB Entry NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD No 4

Note: NVMe PCIe SSDs support surprise hot removal and hot insertion, provided the operating system supports PCIe SSD hot-swap.

Table 25. M.2 SATA drives
Part number Feature
code
Description SED
support
Max
Qty
M.2 SSDs - 6 Gb SATA - Read Intensive/Entry (<3 DWPD)
4XB7A82286 BQ1Z ThinkSystem M.2 5400 PRO 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb NHS SSD Support 2
4XB7A82287 BQ1Y ThinkSystem M.2 5400 PRO 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb NHS SSD Support 2
7N47A00129 AUUL ThinkSystem M.2 32GB SATA 6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSD No 2
7N47A00130 AUUV ThinkSystem M.2 128GB SATA 6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSD No 2
4XB7A14049 B5S4 ThinkSystem M.2 5100 240GB SATA 6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSD No 2
7SD7A05703 B11V ThinkSystem M.2 5100 480GB SATA 6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSD No 2
4XB7A17071 B8HS ThinkSystem M.2 5300 240GB SATA 6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSD No 2
4XB7A17073 B919 ThinkSystem M.2 5300 480GB SATA 6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSD No 2

Internal tape drives

The server does not support an internal tape drive. However, it can be attached to external tape drives by using Fibre Channel connectivity.

Optical drives

The server does not support an internal optical drive, however, you can connect an external USB optical drive. Alternatively, use the remote media feature of the XClarity Controller and the Chassis Management Module.

The server supports the external USB optical drive listed in the following table.

Table 26. External optical drive
Part number Feature code Description
7XA7A05926 AVV8 ThinkSystem External USB DVD RW Optical Disk Drive

The drive is based on the Lenovo Slim DVD Burner DB65 drive and supports the following formats: DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-ROM, DVD-R DL, CD-RW, CD-R, CD-ROM.

Embedded 10Gb Network Adapter

The SN850 includes an embedded 4-port 10Gb Intel controller built into the system board. As listed in the Models section, some SN850 models include the Fabric Connector needed to connect the embedded controller to the midplane of the Flex System chassis. For models that do not include the Fabric Connector, it can be ordered and installed in the field. Ordering information is listed in the following table.

Table 27. Fabric Connector ordering information
Part number Feature code Description
7M27A03927 AUYN Lenovo ThinkSystem Server Fabric Connector

The location of the fabric connector is shown below.


Figure 6. Location of fabric connector in SN850 server

Table 25 and Figure 9 show how the 4 ports of the embedded controller connect through the Fabric Connector to the corresponding I/O module ports. The Fabric Connector can be removed, if required, to allow the installation of an I/O adapter on I/O connector 3.

The embedded 10Gb controller is based on the Intel Ethernet Connection X722 network controller which is part of the Intel C624 "Lewisburg" PCH chipset of the SN850 and other Lenovo ThinkSystem servers.

The Intel X722 controller is optimized for data center, cloud, and mobile applications and includes the following features:

  • VXLAN/NVGRE Hardware Offloads: These stateless offloads preserve application performance for overlay networks. With these offloads, it is possible to distribute network traffic across CPU cores. At the same time, the controller offloads LSO, GSO, and checksum from the host software, which reduces CPU overhead.
  • Low latency: Intel Ethernet Flow Director delivers hardware-based application steering and Intel Data Direct I/O makes the processor cache the primary destination and source of I/O data rather than main memory.
  • Virtualization performance: With Intel Virtualization Technology (VT), the controller delivers outstanding I/O performance in virtualized server environments. The controller reduces I/O bottlenecks by providing intelligent offloads for networking traffic per virtual machine (VM), which enables near-line rate speeds for small packets and supports almost an unlimited amount of isolated traffic flows so that you can scale your cloud environment.
  • Next-generation VMDq: The controller supports up to 128 VMDq VMs and offers enhanced Quality of Service (QoS) by providing weighted round-robin servicing for the Tx data. The controller offloads the data-sorting functionality from the hypervisor to the network silicon, which improves data throughput and CPU usage.
  • SR-IOV implementation: Provides an implementation of the PCI-SIG standard for I/O Virtualization. The physical configuration of each port is divided into multiple virtual ports. Each virtual port is assigned to an individual VM directly by bypassing the virtual switch in the Hypervisor, which results in near-native performance.
  • iWarp RDMA support implements kernel bypass and direct data placement and allows for more efficient high-speed networking by eliminating queues and network related interrupts
  • VM load balancing: Provides traffic load balancing (Tx and Rx) across VMs that are bound to the team interface. It also provides fault tolerance if a switch, port, or cable fails or is disconnected.
  • Auto-detect (PnP) feature for the LOM adapters, enabling you to change speed (eg from a 1Gb LOM to 10 Gb LOM) and the network interface will automatically reconfigure during the boot process.

Note: The onboard Ethernet controller does not support 10 Mb or 100 Mb Ethernet connections.

I/O expansion options

The SN850 has four I/O expansion connectors for attaching I/O adapter cards. The I/O expansion connectors use a high-density, 216-pin PCIe connection. Installing I/O adapter cards allows the server to connect with I/O modules in the chassis. Each slot has a PCI Express 3.0 x16 host interface and all slots support the same form-factor adapters.

The following figure shows the location of the I/O expansion connectors.


Figure 7. Location of the I/O adapter slots in the SN850 server

All I/O adapters are the same form factor. A compatible switch or pass-through module must be installed in the corresponding I/O bays in the chassis, as indicated in the following table. Installing two switches means that all ports of the adapter are enabled, which improves performance and network availability.

Table 28. Adapter to I/O bay correspondence

I/O adapter slot in the server Port on the adapter Corresponding I/O module bay in the chassis
Slot 1 Port 1 Module bay 1
Port 2 Module bay 2
Port 3 (for 4-port cards) Module bay 1
Port 4 (for 4-port cards) Module bay 2
Slot 2 Port 1 Module bay 3
Port 2 Module bay 4
Port 3 (for 4-port cards) Module bay 3
Port 4 (for 4-port cards) Module bay 4
Slot 3 Port 1 Module bay 1
Port 2 Module bay 2
Port 3 (for 4-port cards) Module bay 1
Port 4 (for 4-port cards) Module bay 2
Slot 4 Port 1 Module bay 3
Port 2 Module bay 4
Port 3 (for 4-port cards) Module bay 3
Port 4 (for 4-port cards) Module bay 4

For more information about supported switches, see the Flex System Interoperability Guide, which is available at this web page:
http://lenovopress.com/fsig

The following figure shows the location of the I/O module bays in the Flex System Enterprise Chassis.

Location of the switch bays in the NGP Enterprise Chassis
Figure 8. Location of the I/O module bays in the Flex System Enterprise Chassis

The following figure shows how two-port adapters are connected to switches that are installed in the chassis.

Logical layout of the interconnects between I/O adapters and I/O modules

Figure 9. Logical layout of the interconnects between I/O adapters and I/O modules

Network adapters

In addition to the embedded Intel 4-port 10Gb controller (model specific), the SN850 supports other network adapters that can be installed in IO slots.

The following table lists the supported network adapters and upgrades. Adapters can be installed in any slot. However, compatible switches must be installed in the corresponding bays of the chassis.  

Operating system support: The following adapters do not support the latest operating systems (ESXi 8.x, RHEL 9.x, SLES 16.x):

  • ThinkSystem QLogic QL45214 Flex 25Gb 4-Port Ethernet Adapter, 7XC7A05844
  • ThinkSystem QLogic QL45212 Flex 50Gb 2-Port Ethernet Adapter, 7XC7A05843
  • ThinkSystem QLogic QL45262 Flex 50Gb 2-Port Ethernet Adapter with iSCSI/FCoE, 7XC7A05845

See the product guides for the adapters or ServerProven for the list of supported OSes for these adapters.

Table 29. Network adapters
Part number Feature code Description
50 Gb Ethernet
7XC7A05843 B2VT ThinkSystem QLogic QL45212 Flex 50Gb 2-Port Ethernet Adapter
7XC7A05845 B2VV ThinkSystem QLogic QL45262 Flex 50Gb 2-Port Ethernet Adapter with iSCSI/FCoE
40 Gb Ethernet
7ZT7A00502 AVCU ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-3 Mezz 40Gb 2-Port Ethernet Adapter
25 Gb Ethernet
4XC7A08315 BHBX ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 25Gb 2-port Mezz Adapter
7XC7A05844 B2VU ThinkSystem QLogic QL45214 Flex 25Gb 4-Port Ethernet Adapter
10 Gb Ethernet
01CV780 AU7X Flex System CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced (with FCoE / iSCSI)
01CV790 AU7Y Flex System CN4054S 4-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced (with FCoE / iSCSI)
00AG540 ATBT Flex System CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
00AG590 ATBS Flex System CN4054S 4-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
InfiniBand
7ZT7A00508 AUKV ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-3 Mezz FDR 2-Port InfiniBand Adapter

For more details about these adapters, see the Lenovo Press product guides in the Network adapters category: https://lenovopress.com/servers/blades/nic

For more information about adapter-to-switch compatibility, see the Flex System Interoperability Guide:
http://lenovopress.com/fsig

Storage host bus adapters

The following table lists storage Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) that are supported by the SN850. Storage HBAs are supported in all slots, however for CTO orders, the HBAs are installed only in slots 2 and 4.

Operating system support: The following adapters do not support the latest operating systems (ESXi 8.x, RHEL 9.x, SLES 16.x):

  • ThinkSystem Emulex LPm16002B-L Mezz 16Gb 2-Port Fibre Channel Adapter, 7ZT7A00521
  • ThinkSystem Emulex LPm16004B-L Mezz 16Gb 4-Port Fibre Channel Adapter, 7ZT7A00522

See the product guides for the adapters or ServerProven for the list of supported OSes for these adapters.

Table 30. Storage host bus adapters
Part number Feature code Description
Fibre Channel
7ZT7A00520 AVCV ThinkSystem QLogic QML2692 Mezz 16Gb 2-Port Fibre Channel Adapter
7ZT7A00521 AVCW ThinkSystem Emulex LPm16002B-L Mezz 16Gb 2-Port Fibre Channel Adapter
7ZT7A00522 AVCX ThinkSystem Emulex LPm16004B-L Mezz 16Gb 4-Port Fibre Channel Adapter

For details about these adapters, see the Lenovo Press product guides in the Storage adapters category: https://lenovopress.com/servers/blades/hba

For more information about adapter-to-switch compatibility, see the Flex System Interoperability Guide:
http://lenovopress.com/fsig

Power supplies

Power to the blade server is derived from the power supplies that are installed in the chassis. There are no server options regarding power supplies.

System Management

The server contains an integrated service processor, XClarity Controller (XCC), which provides advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and alerting functions. The XCC is based on the Pilot4 XE401 baseboard management controller (BMC) using a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 service processor.

Local management

As shown in Figure 2, the SN850 front panel includes a USB port, status indicators, a button to enable management via the USB port and a console breakout cable port. The breakout cable (supplied with the chassis) provides serial, video and a USB port for connecting a local console. The USB ports on the breakout cable support keyboard and mouse; storage devices are not supported.

System status with XClarity Mobile

The Lenovo XClarity Mobile (LXCM) app now includes a tethering function where you can connect your Android or iOS device to the server via USB to see the status of the server.

The steps to connect the mobile device are as follows:

  1. Enable USB Management on the server, by pressing and holding for 3 seconds the dedicated USB management button on the front of the server.
  2. Connect the mobile device via a USB cable to the server's USB port with the management symbol 
  3. In iOS or Android settings, enable Personal Hotspot or USB Tethering
  4. Launch the Lenovo XClarity Mobile app

Once connected you can see the following information:

  • Server status including error logs (read only, no login required)
  • Server management functions (XClarity login credentials required)

Light Path Diagnostics

The SN850 includes light path diagnostics. If an environmental condition exceeds a threshold or if a system component fails, XCC lights LEDs inside the server to help you diagnose the problem and find the failing part.

For quick problem determination when you are physically at the server, the server offers the following three-step guided path:

  • Illuminate the Fault LED on the front panel. 
  • Identify the fault in the light path diagnostics panel, as shown in the following figure.
  • If a DIMM is faulty, the LED next to it is illuminated.

The SN850 light path diagnostics panel is inside the server near the front panel, as shown in the following figure.


Figure 10. Location of SN850 light path diagnostics panel

To illuminate the light path diagnostics LEDs, power off the server, slide it out of the chassis, and press and hold the power button. The power button doubles as the light path diagnostics reminder button when the server is removed from the chassis.

The meanings of the LEDs in the light path diagnostics panel are listed in the following table.

Table 31. Light path diagnostic panel LEDs
LED Meaning
LIGHT PATH The light path diagnostics panel is operational.
SYSTEM  BOARD A system board error is detected.
NMI A non-maskable interrupt (NMI) occurred.
CPU MISMATCH The processors are mismatched.
TEMP An over-temperature condition occurred that was critical enough to shut down the server.
MEMORY A memory fault occurred. The corresponding DIMM error LEDs on the system board are also lit.
STORAGE BP 1 A hard disk drive backplane error has occurred.
M.2  A M.2 backplane error has occurred.

The front of the server also houses an information pull-out tab. See Figure 2 for the location. A label on the tab shows the network information (MAC address and other data) to remotely access XClarity Controller.

Remote management

Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) is an embedded management engine common in every ThinkSystem server. 

There are two ways to access the management processor:

  • Command-line interface. To access the CLI interface, use SSH to log in to the management processor.

  • Web-based interface. To access the web-based interface, point your browser to the IP address for the management processor. The intuitive interface includes at-a-glance visualizations and simple access to common system actions.  The dashboard is shown in the following figure. 

Figure 11. Lenovo XClarity Controller dashboard

Remote server management is provided through industry-standard interfaces:

  • Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Version 2.0
  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Version 3 (no SET commands; no SMNP v1)
  • Common Information Model (CIM-XML)
  • Representational State Transfer (REST) support
  • Redfish support (DMTF compliant)
  • Web browser - HTML 5-based browser interface (Java and ActiveX not required) using a responsive design (content optimized for device being used - laptop, tablet, phone) with NLS support

IPMI via the Ethernet port (IPMI over LAN) is supported, however it is disabled by default. For CTO orders you can specify whether you want to the feature enabled or disabled in the factory, using the feature codes listed in the following table.

Table 32. IPMI-over-LAN settings
Part number Feature code Description
CTO only B7XZ Disable IPMI-over-LAN (default)
CTO only B7Y0 Enable IPMI-over-LAN

Virtual presence (remote control) and virtual media capability also come standard in the SN850. The remote control functions include the following:

  • Remotely viewing video with graphics resolutions up to 1600x1200 at 75 Hz with up to 32 bits per pixel, regardless of the system state
  • Remotely accessing the server using the keyboard and mouse from a remote client
  • Capturing blue-screen errors
  • International keyboard mapping support
  • LDAP-based authentication
  • Remote mounting of ISO and diskette IMG image files as virtual drives that are available for use by the server
  • Boot Capture
  • Virtual console collaboration - Ability for up to 6 remote users to be log into the remote session simultaneously
  • Power capping

Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager

Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager (LXEM) is an agent-less, web-based console that provides power management for ThinkServer, System x and ThinkSystem servers. It enables server density and data center capacity to be increased through the use of power capping.

LXEM is a licensed product. A single-node LXEM license is included with the XClarity Controller Enterprise (XCC Enterprise) version. Because the Enterprise version of XCC is standard in the SN850, a license for XClarity Energy Manager is included.  For more information on LXEM, please see the User Guide: http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds101160

Lenovo XClarity Administrator

Lenovo XClarity Administrator is a centralized resource management solution designed to reduce complexity, speed response, and enhance the availability of Lenovo systems and solutions. It provides agent-free hardware management for ThinkSystem servers, in addition to ThinkServer, System x, and Flex System servers. The administration dashboard is based on HTML 5 and allows fast location of resources so tasks can be run quickly.

Because Lenovo XClarity Administrator does not require any agent software to be installed on the managed endpoints, there are no CPU cycles spent on agent execution, and no memory is used, which means that up to 1GB of RAM and 1 - 2% CPU usage is saved, compared to a typical managed system where an agent is required.

Lenovo XClarity Administrator is an optional software component for the SN850. The software can be downloaded and used at no charge to discover and monitor the SN850 and to manage firmware upgrades.

If software support is required for Lenovo XClarity Administrator, or premium features such as configuration management and operating system deployment are required, Lenovo XClarity Pro software subscription should be ordered. Lenovo XClarity Pro is licensed on a per managed system basis, that is, each managed Lenovo system requires a license.

The following table lists the Lenovo XClarity software license options.

Table 33. Lenovo XClarity Pro ordering information
Part number Feature code Description
00MT201 1339 Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/1 Yr SW S&S
00MT202 1340 Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/3 Yr SW S&S
00MT203 1341 Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/5 Yr SW S&S
7S0X000HWW SAYV Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/6 Yr SW S&S
7S0X000JWW SAYW Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/7 Yr SW S&S

Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers the following standard features that are available at no charge:

  • Auto-discovery and monitoring of Lenovo systems
  • Firmware updates and compliance enforcement
  • External alerts and notifications via SNMP traps, syslog remote logging, and e-mail
  • Secure connections to managed endpoints
  • NIST 800-131A or FIPS 140-2 compliant cryptographic standards between the management solution and managed endpoints
  • Integration into existing higher-level management systems such as cloud automation and orchestration tools through REST APIs, providing extensive external visibility and control over hardware resources
  • An intuitive, easy-to-use GUI
  • Scripting with Windows PowerShell, providing command-line visibility and control over hardware resources

Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers the following premium features that require an optional Pro license:

  • Pattern-based configuration management that allows to define configurations once and apply repeatedly without errors when deploying new servers or redeploying existing servers without disrupting the fabric
  • Bare-metal deployment of operating systems and hypervisors to streamline infrastructure provisioning

For more information, refer to the Lenovo XClarity Administrator Product Guide:
http://lenovopress.com/tips1200

Lenovo XClarity Integrators

Lenovo also offers software plug-in modules, Lenovo XClarity Integrators, to manage physical infrastructure from leading external virtualization management software tools including those from Microsoft and VMware.

These integrators are offered at no charge, however if software support is required, a Lenovo XClarity Pro software subscription license should be ordered.

Lenovo XClarity Integrators offer the following additional features:

  • Ability to discover, manage, and monitor Lenovo server hardware from VMware vCenter or Microsoft System Center
  • Deployment of firmware updates and configuration patterns to Lenovo x86 rack servers and Flex System from the virtualization management tool
  • Non-disruptive server maintenance in clustered environments that reduces workload downtime by dynamically migrating workloads from affected hosts during rolling server updates or reboots
  • Greater service level uptime and assurance in clustered environments during unplanned hardware events by dynamically triggering workload migration from impacted hosts when impending hardware failures are predicted

For more information about all the available Lenovo XClarity Integrators, see the Lenovo XClarity Administrator Product Guide: https://lenovopress.com/tips1200-lenovo-xclarity-administrator

Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager

Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager (LXPM) is a UEFI-based application embedded in ThinkSystem servers and accessible via the F1 key during system boot.

LXPM provides the following functions:

  • Graphical UEFI Setup
  • System inventory information and VPD update
  • System firmware updates (UEFI and XCC)
  • RAID setup wizard
  • OS installation wizard (including unattended OS installation)
  • Diagnostics functions

Lenovo XClarity Essentials

Lenovo offers the following XClarity Essentials software tools that can help you set up, use, and maintain the server at no additional cost:

  • Lenovo Essentials OneCLI

    OneCLI is a collection of server management tools that uses a command line interface program to manage firmware, hardware, and operating systems. It provides functions to collect full system health information (including health status), configure system settings, and update system firmware and drivers.

  • Lenovo Essentials UpdateXpress

    The UpdateXpress tool is a standalone GUI application for firmware and device driver updates that enables you to maintain your server firmware and device drivers up-to-date and help you avoid unnecessary server outages. The tool acquires and deploys individual updates and UpdateXpress System Packs (UXSPs) which are integration-tested bundles.

  • Lenovo Essentials Bootable Media Creator

    The Bootable Media Creator (BOMC) tool is used to create bootable media for offline firmware update.

For more information and downloads, visit the Lenovo XClarity Essentials web page:
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-center

Security

The server offers the following security features:

  • Administrator and power-on password
  • Trusted Platform Module (TPM) supporting both TPM 1.2 and TPM 2.0
  • Optional plugin Trusted Cryptographic Module (TCM) or Nationz TPM, available only in China
  • Support for IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM) as described in the Internal storage section

The server is NIST SP 800-147B compliant.

The TCM and TPM plugin modules, available only for China customers, are installed in a dedicated socket on the system board, as shown in Figure 3. Ordering information is shown in the following table.

Table 34. Security features
Part number Feature code Description
None* AVKE ThinkSystem Trusted Cryptographic Module (China customers only)
None* B22N ThinkSystem Nationz Trusted Platform Module v2.0 (China customers only)

* Available configure-to-order or pre-configured models only; Not available as a field upgrade.

Intel Transparent Supply Chain

Add a layer of protection in your data center and have peace of mind that the server hardware you bring into it is safe authentic and with documented, testable, and provable origin.

Lenovo has one of the world’s best supply chains, as ranked by Gartner Group, backed by extensive and mature supply chain security programs that exceed industry norms and US Government standards. Now we are the first Tier 1 manufacturer to offer Intel® Transparent Supply Chain in partnership with Intel, offering you an unprecedented degree of supply chain transparency and assurance.

To enable Intel Transparent Supply Chain for the Intel-based servers in your order, add the following feature code in the DCSC configurator, under the Security tab.

Table 35. Intel Transparent Supply Chain ordering information
Feature code Description
BB0P Intel Transparent Supply Chain

For more information on this offering, see the paper Introduction to Intel Transparent Supply Chain on Lenovo ThinkSystem Servers, available from https://lenovopress.com/lp1434-introduction-to-intel-transparent-supply-chain-on-thinksystem-servers.

Operating systems

The server supports the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Xen SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Xen SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Xen
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Xen SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Xen SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Xen SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Xen SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Xen SP5
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 64-bit
  • VMware ESXi 6.5 U2
  • VMware ESXi 6.5 U3
  • VMware ESXi 6.7 U1
  • VMware ESXi 6.7 U2
  • VMware ESXi 6.7 U3
  • VMware ESXi 7.0
  • VMware ESXi 7.0 U1
  • VMware ESXi 7.0 U2
  • VMware ESXi 7.0 U3
  • VMware ESXi 8.0
  • VMware ESXi 8.0 U1
  • VMware ESXi 8.0 U2

For a complete list of supported, certified and tested operating systems, plus additional details and links to relevant web sites, see the Operating System Interoperability Guide: https://lenovopress.com/osig#servers=sn850-7x15-sp-gen-2

For configure-to-order configurations, the server can be preloaded with VMware ESXi installed on M.2 cards. Ordering information is listed in the following table.

Table 36. VMware ESXi preload
Part number Feature code Description
CTO only B3VW VMware ESXi 6.5 U2 (Factory Installed)
CTO only B6U0 VMware ESXi 6.5 U3 (factory installed)
CTO only B4XA VMware ESXi 6.7 U1 (Factory Installed)
CTO only B6U1 VMware ESXi 6.7 U2 (factory installed)
CTO only B88T VMware ESXi 6.7 U3 (factory installed)
CTO only BBZG VMware ESXi 7.0 (Factory Installed)
CTO only BE5E VMware ESXi 7.0 U1 (Factory Installed)
CTO only BHSR VMware ESXi 7.0 U2 (Factory Installed)
CTO only BMEY VMware ESXi 7.0 U3 (Factory Installed)
CTO only BMT5 VMware ESXi 8.0 (Factory Installed)
CTO only BQ8S VMware ESXi 8.0 U1 (Factory Installed)
CTO only BYC7 VMware ESXi 8.0 U2 (Factory Installed)

Physical specifications

The server features the following dimensions and weight (approximate):

  • Width: 435 mm (17.1 in)
  • Height: 56 mm (2.2 in)
  • Depth: 493 mm (19.4 in)
  • Maximum weight: 12.3 kg (27.0 lb)

The shipping (cardboard packaging) dimensions of the SN850 are as follows:

  • Width: 685 mm (27.0 inches)
  • Height: 195 mm (7.7 inches)
  • Depth: 612 mm (24.1 inches)

Operating environment

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SN850 server complies with ASHRAE Class A3 specifications. System performance may be impacted when operating temperature is above ASHRAE A3 specification or fan failed condition.

Temperature and humidity

The server is supported in the following environment:

  • Air temperature:
    • Operating:
      • ASHRAE Class A2: 10 °C - 35 °C (50 °F - 95 °F); decrease the maximum ambient temperature by 1 °C for every 300 m (984 ft) increase in altitude above 900 m (2,953 ft)
      • ASHRAE Class A3: 5 °C - 40 °C (41 °F - 104 °F); decrease the maximum ambient temperature by 1 °C for every 175 m (574 ft) increase in altitude above 900 m (2,953 ft)
    • Server off: 5°C to 45°C (41°F to 113°F)
    • Shipment/Storage: -40 °C to 60 °C (-40 °F to 140 °F)
  • Maximum altitude: 3,050 m (10,000 ft)
  • Relative Humidity (non-condensing):
    • Operating:
      • ASHRAE Class A2: 8% - 80%, maximum dew point: 21°C (70°F)
      • ASHRAE Class A3: 8% - 85%, maximum dew point: 24°C (75°F)
    • Shipment/Storage: 8% - 90%

Shock and vibration:

The server, installed in the Enterprise Chassis, has the following vibration and shock limits:

  • Vibration:
    • Operating: 0.21 G rms at 5 Hz to 500 Hz for 15 minutes across 3 axes
    • Non-operating: 1.04 G rms at 2 Hz to 200 Hz for 15 minutes across 6 surfaces
  • Shock:
    • Operating: 15 G for 3 milliseconds in each direction (±X,±Y,±Z axes, total 6 shocks)
    • Non-operating, based on weight of the system (server with/without chassis):
      • Less than 4 kg: 50 G for 180 inches/sec velocity change across 6 surfaces (total 6 shocks)
      • 4 kg to 12 kg: 50 G for 167 inches/sec velocity change across 6 surfaces (total 6 shocks)
      • 12 kg to 23 kg: 50 G for 152 inches/sec velocity change across 6 surfaces (total 6 shocks)
      • 23 kg to 32 kg: 35 G for 152 inches/sec velocity change across 6 surfaces (total 6 shocks)
      • 32 kg to 69 kg: 35 G for 136 inches/sec velocity change across 6 surfaces (total 6 shocks)
      • 69 kg and above: 25 G for 118 inches/sec velocity change across 6 surfaces (total 6 shocks)

Particulate contamination

Airborne particulates (including metal flakes or particles) and reactive gases acting alone or in combination with other environmental factors such as humidity or temperature might damage the system that might cause the system to malfunction or stop working altogether.

The following specifications indicate the limits of particulates that the system can tolerate:

  • Reactive gases:
    • The copper reactivity level shall be less than 200 Angstroms per month (Å/month)
    • The silver reactivity level shall be less than 200 Å/month
  • Airborne particulates:
    • The room air should be continuously filtered with MERV 8 filters.
    • Air entering a data center should be filtered with MERV 11 or preferably MERV 13 filters.
    • The deliquescent relative humidity of the particulate contamination should be more than 60% RH
    • Environment must be free of zinc whiskers

For additional information, see the Specifications section of the documentation for the server, available from the Lenovo Documents site, https://pubs.lenovo.com/

Warranty and Support

The ThinkSystem SN850 (machine type 7X15) has a 3-year warranty.

The standard warranty terms are customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite (for field-replaceable units FRUs only) with standard call center support during normal business hours and 9x5 Next Business Day Parts Delivered.

Lenovo’s additional support services provide a sophisticated, unified support structure for your data center, with an experience consistently ranked number one in customer satisfaction worldwide. Available offerings include:

  • Premier Support

    Premier Support provides a Lenovo-owned customer experience and delivers direct access to technicians skilled in hardware, software, and advanced troubleshooting, in addition to the following:

    • Direct technician-to-technician access through a dedicated phone line
    • 24x7x365 remote support
    • Single point of contact service
    • End to end case management
    • Third-party collaborative software support
    • Online case tools and live chat support
    • On-demand remote system analysis
  • Warranty Upgrade (Preconfigured Support)

    Services are available to meet the on-site response time targets that match the criticality of your systems.

    • 3, 4, or 5 years of service coverage
    • 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions
    • Foundation Service: 9x5 service coverage with next business day onsite response. YourDrive YourData is an optional extra (see below).
    • Essential Service: 24x7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response or 24-hour committed repair (available only in select markets). Bundled with YourDrive YourData.
    • Advanced Service: 24x7 service coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed repair (available only in select markets). Bundled with YourDrive YourData.
  • Managed Services

    Lenovo Managed Services provides continuous 24x7 remote monitoring (plus 24x7 call center availability) and proactive management of your data center using state-of-the-art tools, systems, and practices by a team of highly skilled and experienced Lenovo services professionals.

    Quarterly reviews check error logs, verify firmware & OS device driver levels, and software as needed. We’ll also maintain records of latest patches, critical updates, and firmware levels, to ensure you systems are providing business value through optimized performance.

  • Technical Account Management (TAM)

    A Lenovo Technical Account Manager helps you optimize the operation of your data center based on a deep understanding of your business. You gain direct access to your Lenovo TAM, who serves as your single point of contact to expedite service requests, provide status updates, and furnish reports to track incidents over time. In addition, your TAM will help proactively make service recommendations and manage your service relationship with Lenovo to make certain your needs are met.

  • Enterprise Server Software Support

    Enterprise Software Support is an additional support service providing customers with software support on Microsoft, Red Hat, SUSE, and VMware applications and systems. Around the clock availability for critical problems plus unlimited calls and incidents helps customers address challenges fast, without incremental costs. Support staff can answer troubleshooting and diagnostic questions, address product comparability and interoperability issues, isolate causes of problems, report defects to software vendors, and more.

  • YourDrive YourData

    Lenovo’s YourDrive YourData is a multi-drive retention offering that ensures your data is always under your control, regardless of the number of drives that are installed in your Lenovo server. In the unlikely event of a drive failure, you retain possession of your drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Your data stays safely on your premises, in your hands. The YourDrive YourData service can be purchased in convenient bundles and is optional with Foundation Service. It is bundled with Essential Service and Advanced Service.

  • Health Check

    Having a trusted partner who can perform regular and detailed health checks is central to maintaining efficiency and ensuring that your systems and business are always running at their best. Health Check supports Lenovo-branded server, storage, and networking devices, as well as select Lenovo-supported products from other vendors that are sold by Lenovo or a Lenovo-Authorized Reseller.

Examples of region-specific warranty terms are second or longer business day parts delivery or parts-only base warranty.

If warranty terms and conditions include onsite labor for repair or replacement of parts, Lenovo will dispatch a service technician to the customer site to perform the replacement. Onsite labor under base warranty is limited to labor for replacement of parts that have been determined to be field-replaceable units (FRUs). Parts that are determined to be customer-replaceable units (CRUs) do not include onsite labor under base warranty.

If warranty terms include parts-only base warranty, Lenovo is responsible for delivering only replacement parts that are under base warranty (including FRUs) that will be sent to a requested location for self-service. Parts-only service does not include a service technician being dispatched onsite. Parts must be changed at customer’s own cost and labor and defective parts must be returned following the instructions supplied with the spare parts.

Lenovo Service offerings are region-specific. Not all preconfigured support and upgrade options are available in every region. For information about Lenovo service upgrade offerings that are available in your region, refer to the following resources:

For service definitions, region-specific details, and service limitations, please refer to the following documents:

Services

Lenovo Services is a dedicated partner to your success. Our goal is to reduce your capital outlays, mitigate your IT risks, and accelerate your time to productivity.

Note: Some service options may not be available in all markets or regions. For more information, go to https://www.lenovo.com/services. For information about Lenovo service upgrade offerings that are available in your region, contact your local Lenovo sales representative or business partner.

Here’s a more in-depth look at what we can do for you:

  • Asset Recovery Services

    Asset Recovery Services (ARS) helps customers recover the maximum value from their end-of-life equipment in a cost-effective and secure way. On top of simplifying the transition from old to new equipment, ARS mitigates environmental and data security risks associated with data center equipment disposal. Lenovo ARS is a cash-back solution for equipment based on its remaining market value, yielding maximum value from aging assets and lowering total cost of ownership for your customers. For more information, see the ARS page, https://lenovopress.com/lp1266-reduce-e-waste-and-grow-your-bottom-line-with-lenovo-ars.

  • Assessment Services

    An Assessment helps solve your IT challenges through an onsite, multi-day session with a Lenovo technology expert. We perform a tools-based assessment which provides a comprehensive and thorough review of a company's environment and technology systems. In addition to the technology based functional requirements, the consultant also discusses and records the non-functional business requirements, challenges, and constraints. Assessments help organizations like yours, no matter how large or small, get a better return on your IT investment and overcome challenges in the ever-changing technology landscape.

  • Design Services

    Professional Services consultants perform infrastructure design and implementation planning to support your strategy. The high-level architectures provided by the assessment service are turned into low level designs and wiring diagrams, which are reviewed and approved prior to implementation. The implementation plan will demonstrate an outcome-based proposal to provide business capabilities through infrastructure with a risk-mitigated project plan.

  • Basic Hardware Installation

    Lenovo experts can seamlessly manage the physical installation of your server, storage, or networking hardware. Working at a time convenient for you (business hours or off shift), the technician will unpack and inspect the systems on your site, install options, mount in a rack cabinet, connect to power and network, check and update firmware to the latest levels, verify operation, and dispose of the packaging, allowing your team to focus on other priorities.

  • Deployment Services

    When investing in new IT infrastructures, you need to ensure your business will see quick time to value with little to no disruption. Lenovo deployments are designed by development and engineering teams who know our Products & Solutions better than anyone else, and our technicians own the process from delivery to completion. Lenovo will conduct remote preparation and planning, configure & integrate systems, validate systems, verify and update appliance firmware, train on administrative tasks, and provide post-deployment documentation. Customer’s IT teams leverage our skills to enable IT staff to transform with higher level roles and tasks.

  • Integration, Migration, and Expansion Services

    Move existing physical & virtual workloads easily, or determine technical requirements to support increased workloads while maximizing performance. Includes tuning, validation, and documenting ongoing run processes. Leverage migration assessment planning documents to perform necessary migrations.

Regulatory compliance

The server conforms to the following standards:

  • ASHRAE Class A3
  • FCC - Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Class A
  • Canada ICES-004, issue 3 Class A
  • UL/IEC 60950-1
  • CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1
  • Japan VCCI, Class A
  • IEC 60950-1 (CB Certificate and CB Test Report)
  • Taiwan BSMI CNS13438, Class A; CNS14336
  • Australia/New Zealand AS/NZS CISPR 22, Class A
  • Korea KN22, Class A, KN24
  • IEC 60950-1 (CB Certificate and CB Test Report)
  • CE Mark (EN55022 Class A, EN60950-1, EN55024, EN61000-3-2,
  • EN61000-3-3)
  • TUV-GS (EN60950-1/IEC 60950-1, EK1-ITB2000)

Lenovo Financial Services

Lenovo Financial Services reinforces Lenovo’s commitment to deliver pioneering products and services that are recognized for their quality, excellence, and trustworthiness. Lenovo Financial Services offers financing solutions and services that complement your technology solution anywhere in the world.

We are dedicated to delivering a positive finance experience for customers like you who want to maximize your purchase power by obtaining the technology you need today, protect against technology obsolescence, and preserve your capital for other uses.

We work with businesses, non-profit organizations, governments and educational institutions to finance their entire technology solution. We focus on making it easy to do business with us. Our highly experienced team of finance professionals operates in a work culture that emphasizes the importance of providing outstanding customer service. Our systems, processes and flexible policies support our goal of providing customers with a positive experience.

We finance your entire solution. Unlike others, we allow you to bundle everything you need from hardware and software to service contracts, installation costs, training fees, and sales tax. If you decide weeks or months later to add to your solution, we can consolidate everything into a single invoice.

Our Premier Client services provide large accounts with special handling services to ensure these complex transactions are serviced properly. As a premier client, you have a dedicated finance specialist who manages your account through its life, from first invoice through asset return or purchase. This specialist develops an in-depth understanding of your invoice and payment requirements. For you, this dedication provides a high-quality, easy, and positive financing experience.

For your region-specific offers, please ask your Lenovo sales representative or your technology provider about the use of Lenovo Financial Services. For more information, see the following Lenovo website:

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/landingpage/lenovo-financial-services/

Seller training courses

The following sales training courses are offered for employees and partners (login required). Courses are listed in date order.

  1. Partner Technical Webinar - OneIQ
    2024-07-15 | 60 minutes | Employees and Partners
    Details
    Partner Technical Webinar - OneIQ

    In this 60-minute replay, Peter Grant, Field CTO for OneIQ, reviewed and demo’d the capabilities of OneIQ including collecting data and analyzing. Additionally, Peter and the team discussed how specific partners (those with NA Channel SA coverage) will get direct access to OneIQ and other partners can get access to OneIQ via Distribution or the NA LETS team.

    Published: 2024-07-15
    Length: 60 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
    Course code: 071224
  2. SAP Webinar for Lenovo Sellers: Lenovo Portfolio Update for SAP Landscapes
    2024-06-04 | 60 minutes | Employees Only
    Details
    SAP Webinar for Lenovo Sellers: Lenovo Portfolio Update for SAP Landscapes

    Join Mark Kelly, Advisory IT Architect with the Lenovo Global SAP Center of Competence as he discusses:
    • Challenges in the SAP environment
    • Lenovo On-premise Solutions for SAP
    • Lenovo support resources for SAP solutions

    Published: 2024-06-04
    Length: 60 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Course code: DSAPF101
  3. Lenovo Data Center Product Portfolio
    2024-05-29 | 20 minutes | Employees and Partners
    Details
    Lenovo Data Center Product Portfolio

    This course introduces the Lenovo data center portfolio, and covers servers, storage, storage networking, and software-defined infrastructure products. After completing this course about Lenovo data center products, you will be able to identify product types within each data center family, describe Lenovo innovations that this product family or category uses, and recognize when a specific product should be selected.

    Published: 2024-05-29
    Length: 20 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
    Course code: SXXW1110r7
  4. VTT Cloud Architecture: NVIDIA Using Cloud for GPUs and AI
    2024-05-22 | 60 minutes | Employees Only
    Details
    VTT Cloud Architecture: NVIDIA Using Cloud for GPUs and AI

    Join JD Dupont, NVIDIA Head of Americas Sales, Lenovo partnership and Veer Mehta, NVIDIA Solution Architect on an interactive discussion about cloud to edge, designing cloud Solutions with NVIDIA GPUs and minimizing private\hybrid cloud OPEX with GPUs. Discover how you can use what is done at big public cloud providers for your customers. We will also walk through use cases and see a demo you can use to help your customers.

    Published: 2024-05-22
    Length: 60 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Course code: DVCLD212
  5. Partner Technical Webinar - ISG Portfolio Update
    2024-04-15 | 60 minutes | Employees and Partners
    Details
    Partner Technical Webinar - ISG Portfolio Update

    In this 60-minute replay, Mark Bica, NA ISG Server Product Manager reviewed the Lenovo ISG portfolio. He covered new editions such as the SR680a \ SR685a, dense servers, and options that are strategic for any workload.

    Published: 2024-04-15
    Length: 60 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
    Course code: 041224
  6. Partner Technical Webinar – StorMagic
    2024-03-19 | 60 minutes | Employees and Partners
    Details
    Partner Technical Webinar – StorMagic

    March 08, 2024 – In this 60-minute replay, Stuart Campbell and Wes Ganeko of StorMagic joined us and provided an overview of StorMagic on Lenovo. They also demonstrated the interface while sharing some interesting use cases.

    Published: 2024-03-19
    Length: 60 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
    Course code: 030824
  7. Intel Transparent Supply Chain on Lenovo Servers
    2024-01-29 | 12 minutes | Employees and Partners
    Details
    Intel Transparent Supply Chain on Lenovo Servers

    This course introduces the Intel Transparent Supply Chain (TSC) program, explains how the program works, and discusses the benefits of the Intel TSC program to customers. Adding the Intel TSC feature to an order is explained.

    Course objectives:
    • Describe the Intel® Transparent Supply Chain program
    • Explain how the Intel® Transparent Supply Chain program works
    • Discuss the benefits of the Intel® Transparent Supply Chain program to Lenovo customers
    • Explain how to add Intel® Transparent Supply Chain program feature to an order

    Published: 2024-01-29
    Length: 12 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
    Course code: SXXW1230
  8. Family Portfolio: Storage Controller Options
    2024-01-23 | 25 minutes | Employees and Partners
    Details
    Family Portfolio: Storage Controller Options

    This course covers the storage controller options available for use in Lenovo servers. The classes of storage controller are discussed, along with a discussion of where they are used, and which to choose.

    After completing this course, you will be able to:
    • Describe the classes of storage controllers
    • Discuss where each controller class is used
    • Describe the available options in each controller class

    Published: 2024-01-23
    Length: 25 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
    Course code: SXXW1111
  9. Lenovo-Intel Sustainable Solutions QH
    2024-01-22 | 10 minutes | Employees and Partners
    Details
    Lenovo-Intel Sustainable Solutions QH

    This Quick Hit explains how Lenovo and Intel are committed to sustainability, and introduces the Lenovo-Intel joint sustainability campaign. You will learn how to use this campaign to show customers what that level of commitment entails, how to use the campaign's unsolicited proposal approach, and how to use the campaign as a conversation starter which may lead to increased sales.

    Published: 2024-01-22
    Length: 10 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
    Course code: SXXW2524a
  10. FY24Q3 Intel Servers Update
    2023-12-11 | 15 minutes | Employees and Partners
    Details
    FY24Q3 Intel Servers Update

    This update is designed to help you discuss the features and customer benefits of Lenovo servers that use the 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors. Lenovo has also introduced a new server, the ThinkSystem SD650-N V3, which expands the supercomputer server family. Reasons to call your customer and talk about refreshing their infrastructure are also included as a guideline.

    Published: 2023-12-11
    Length: 15 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
    Course code: SXXW2522a
  11. Partner Technical Webinar - Data Center Limits and ISG TAA Compliance
    2023-05-16 | 60 minutes | Employees and Partners
    Details
    Partner Technical Webinar - Data Center Limits and ISG TAA Compliance

    In this 60-minute replay, we had two topics. First Vinod Kamath, Lenovo Distinguished Engineer for Data Center Cooling presented on the Systems Configuration and Data Center Ambient Limits. Second, Shama Patari, Lenovo Trade Council, and Glenn Johnson, Lenovo Principal Engineer for Supply Chain presented on ISG TAA Compliance.

    Published: 2023-05-16
    Length: 60 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
    Course code: 051223
  12. Lenovo Sustainable Computing
    2022-09-16 | 4 minutes | Employees and Partners
    Details
    Lenovo Sustainable Computing

    This Quick Hit describes the Lenovo sustainable computing program, and the many ways in which Lenovo strives to respect and protect the environment.

    Published: 2022-09-16
    Length: 4 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
    Course code: SXXW2504a

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