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- Physical specifications
- Operating environment
- Regulatory compliance
- Warranty and support
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- Power distribution units
- Uninterruptible power supply units
- Lenovo Financial Services
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Abstract
Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes are designed for deploying industry-leading hyperconvergence software from Nutanix on Lenovo enterprise platforms that feature the second generation of the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family (Xeon SP Gen 2).
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes deliver fully validated and integrated Lenovo hardware and firmware, certified and preloaded with Nutanix software. Nutanix brings the benefits of web-scale technologies to enterprise applications through enterprise storage, data protection, infrastructure resilience, management and analytics, and security.
This product guide provides essential technical and pre-sales information on the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Node, 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 ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Node and consider its use in IT solutions.
Note: This product guide describes ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes featuring the second generation of the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family (Xeon SP Gen 2). For ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes featuring the first generation of the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family (Xeon SP Gen 1), refer to the following Lenovo Press product guide:
- Lenovo ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Node (Xeon SP Gen 1)
http://lenovopress.com/LP0951
Change History
Changes in the April 12, 2023 update:
- Updated Part Numbers for Systems Management - See Systems Management section
- Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/1 Yr SW S&S, 00MT201
- Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/3 Yr SW S&S, 00MT202
- Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/5 Yr SW S&S, 00MT203
Introduction
Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes are designed for deploying industry-leading hyperconvergence software from Nutanix on Lenovo enterprise platforms that feature the second generation of the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family (Xeon SP Gen 2).
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes deliver fully validated and integrated Lenovo hardware and firmware, certified and preloaded with Nutanix software. Nutanix brings the benefits of web-scale technologies to enterprise applications through enterprise storage, data protection, infrastructure resilience, management and analytics, and security.
The ThinkAgile HX7821 is a 4U rack-mount certified node that supports four processors, up to 6 TB of TruDDR4 memory with up to 2933 MHz memory speeds, 16x SAS/SATA and 8x AnyBay SFF hot-swap drive bays with an extensive choice of NVMe PCIe, SAS, and SATA SSDs and SAS HDDs, and flexible network connectivity options with 1/10 GbE RJ-45, 10 GbE SFP+, 10/25 GbE SFP28, and 25/40 GbE QSFP+ ports.
Several common uses for the ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Node that is optimized for high-performance workloads include databases, e-mail and collaboration, and workload-balancing clusters.
The ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Node is shown in the following figure.
Figure 1. Lenovo ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Node
Did you know?
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes are built on industry-leading Lenovo ThinkSystem servers that feature enterprise-class reliability, management, and security.
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes deliver fully validated and integrated hardware and firmware that is certified with Nutanix software.
Key features
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes are designed for the industry’s most feature-rich hyperconverged infrastructure from Nutanix. Nutanix brings the benefits of web-scale technologies to enterprise applications through enterprise storage, data protection, infrastructure resilience, management and analytics, and security.
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes offer the following key features:
- Built on proven and reliable Lenovo ThinkSystem servers featuring Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family that provide compute power for a variety of workloads and applications.
- Deliver fully validated and integrated hardware and firmware that is certified with Nutanix software.
- Preloaded with Nutanix software and ready for out-of-box deployment (software licenses are not included).
- Provide flexibility in using the existing Nutanix term-based software licenses and active support contracts or purchasing new software licenses and support contracts from Nutanix.
- Offer optional Lenovo Professional Services to get customers up and running quickly.
The Nutanix software running on the HX Certified Nodes deliver the following key features:
- A natively integrated solution for data protection and continuous availability at VM granularity that gives administrators an affordable range of options to meet the recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) for different applications.
- A fault resistant platform, with no single point of failure and no bottlenecks with shared-nothing architecture, where all data, metadata and services are distributed to all nodes within the cluster, that is built to detect, isolate and recover from failures anywhere in the system.
- An intuitive user-centric management experience to simplify every aspect of the IT infrastructure lifecycle and provide a single pane of glass to monitor and control Nutanix clusters, with simplified workflows and rich automation for common administrative tasks.
- Powerful security features, such as two-factor authentication and data-at-rest encryption, with a security development lifecycle that is integrated into product development to help customers meet the most stringent security requirements.
Components and connectors
The following figure shows the front view of the HX7821 Certified Node.
Figure 2. HX7821 Certified Node front view
The front of the HX7821 Certified Node includes the following components:
- 16x SAS/SATA and 8x AnyBay SFF hot-swap drive bays
- One VGA port
- One USB 2.0 port with XClarity Controller access
- One USB 2.0 port
- A Power button
- Status LEDs
- A Pull-out LCD panel
The following figure shows the rear view of the HX7821 Certified Node.
Figure 3. HX7821 Certified Node rear view
The rear of the HX7821 Certified Node includes the following components:
- PCIe Riser Card 1 (optional): Up to four PCIe slots
- I/O Tray:
- Three PCIe slots
- One ML2 slot
- One LOM card slot
- PCIe Riser Card 2 (optional): Up to four PCIe slots
- One 1 GbE port for XClarity Controller
- One DB-9 serial port
- Two USB 3.0 ports
- One VGA port
- Four hot-swap power supplies
System specifications
The following table lists the system specifications of the ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Node.
Factory-integrated models
Factory-integrated models of the ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes are configured by using the Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
http://dcsc.lenovo.com
During the configuration process, you are selecting one of the base Configure-to-Order (CTO) models first, and then you are adding components (processors, memory, drives, and network adapters) to the selected model according to the output from the Nutanix Sizer tool:
http://services.nutanix.com/
Note: You are required to engage a Lenovo representative in the project that includes the ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes.
The following table lists the base CTO model of the ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Node.
The following table lists the base chassis for the HX7821 Certified Node.
The HX7821 Certified Nodes ship with the following items:
- Electronic Publications Flyer
- Fixed Rail Kit
- Four customer-selected power cables
Processors
The ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Node ships with four processors. The following table lists the processor options that are available for selection.
Support for additional processors: The table below lists the processors supported across all configurations. Additional processors may also be supported. Please contact your Lenovo representative regarding the support of additional options through our Special Bid ordering process.
The following table lists the specifications of the processors for the certified nodes.
Processor specifications table abbreviations:
- UPI: Ultra Path Interconnect
- TDP: Thermal Design Power
- HT: Hyper-Threading
- TB: Turbo Boost 2.0
- VT-x: Virtualization Technology
- VT-d: Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
- RAS: Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability
- Std: Standard RAS
- Adv: Advanced RAS
Memory
The ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes support Lenovo TruDDR4 memory. TruDDR4 memory uses the highest-quality components sourced from Tier 1 DRAM suppliers and only memory that meets strict requirements is selected. It is compatibility tested and tuned to maximize performance and reliability.
The ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes support 24 or 48 DIMMs with four processors. Each processor has six memory channels (two integrated memory controllers with three memory channels per memory controller), and there are two DIMMs per channel.
The following rules apply when selecting the memory configuration:
- The certified node supports RDIMMs or 3DS RDIMMs with rated speeds of 2666 MHz or 2933 MHz.
- The following memory capacities are supported by the certified node: 384 GB, 768 GB, 1.125 TB, 1.5 TB, 2.25 TB, 3 TB, 4.5 TB, and 6 TB.
- In the configurations with other than 1.125 TB, 2.25 TB, or 4.5 TB of memory capacity, all DIMMs in the certified node must be of the same type, speed, rank, and capacity (the same part number or feature code).
- In the configuration with 1.125 TB, 2.25 TB, or 4.5 TB of memory capacity, a combination of DIMMs with different capacities is used, and all DIMMs in the certified node must be of the same type and speed.
- All DIMMs in the certified node operate at the same speed, which is determined as the lowest value of:
- DIMM rated speed (2666 MHz or 2933 MHz).
- Memory speed supported by the specific processor (2666 MHz or 2933 MHz).
- Memory speed for the selected quantity of DIMMs per channel:
- One DIMM per channel (1 DPC): 2933 MHz.
- Two DIMMs per channel (2 DPC)
- Performance+ DIMMs: 2933 MHz.
- Other supported DIMMs: 2666 MHz.
- Certified node configurations with more than 1 TB of memory capacity per socket require processors that support up to 2 TB (M-suffix) or 4.5 TB (L-suffix) per socket. Certified node configurations with more than 2 TB of memory capacity per socket require processors that support up to 4.5 TB per socket (L-suffix).
The following memory protection technologies are supported:
- ECC
- SDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs)
- ADDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs)
- Patrol scrubbing
- Demand scrubbing
The following table lists the supported memory configurations that are available for selection.
* Factory-installed only; no field upgrade.
^ This memory combination operates at up to 2666 MHz.
Internal storage
The ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Node provides 16x SAS/SATA and 8x AnyBay SFF hot-swap drive bays for configurable storage capacity, and it contains two internal M.2 SATA non-hot-swap SSDs configured in a RAID-1 drive group for software preload.
The following table lists the internal storage options for the HX7821 Certified Node.
Configuration notes:
- Two SAS/SATA backplanes, four AnyBay (SAS/SATA/NVMe) backplanes, and one M.2 with Mirroring Enablement Kit are derived by the configurator.
- The M.2 with Mirroring Enablement Kit is connected to the Intel PCH via the PCIe link, and the kit supports two M.2 SATA SSDs configured in a RAID-1 drive group for software preload.
The following table lists the storage controllers for internal storage of the HX7821 Certified Node.
| Description | Feature code | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| ThinkSystem 430-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA (non-RAID) | AUNM | 2 |
Configuration notes:
- Two low profile SAS HBAs for internal storage are derived by the configurator, and they occupy the dedicated PCIe x8 slots on the compute and storage trays.
- The onboard NVMe interfaces provide PCIe 3.0 x4 JBOD (non-RAID) connectivity to the U.2 NVMe PCIe cache SSDs in the AnyBay drive bays.
Drives for internal storage
The system supports the drives listed in the following tables.
Configuration notes:
- For hybrid configurations, the system supports 4-20 capacity drives (HDDs) depending on the quantity of the cache drives (SSDs):
- 2 cache drives: 4-10 capacity drives in increments of 2 drives.
- 4 cache drives: either 8 or 12-20 capacity drives in increments of 2 drives.
- 6 cache drives: 12-18 capacity drives in increments of 2 drives.
- 8 cache drives: 16 capacity drives.
- For All Flash configurations, the system supports from 4 to 24 SSDs depending on the selected SSD types:
- 4-24 SAS or SATA SSDs in increments of 2 drives.
- 2 NVMe PCIe SSDs and 4 or 6 SAS or SATA SSDs.
- 4 NVMe PCIe SSDs and 8-20 SAS or SATA SSDs in increments of 2 drives.
- All NVMe PCIe SSDs in the system must be of the same model and capacity. All SAS or SATA SSDs in the system must be of the same model and capacity. All HDDs in the system must be of the same type and capacity.
- The M.2 drives are used for software preload. Two M.2 SATA SSDs are required for selection, and they must be of the same model and capacity.
The following tables list the hard disk drive and solid-state drive options for the internal disk storage of the server.
2.5-inch hot-swap drives:
- Table 9: 2.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS HDDs
- Table 10: 2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA HDDs
- Table 11: 2.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS SSDs
- Table 12: 2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA SSDs
- Table 13: 2.5-inch hot-swap PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs
M.2 drives:
- Table 14: M.2 SATA drives
M.2 drive support: The use of M.2 drives requires an additional adapter as described in the Internal storage section.
Note: NVMe PCIe SSDs support surprise hot removal and hot insertion, provided the operating system supports PCIe SSD hot-swap.
I/O expansion
The HX7821 Certified Node supports one LOM card slot and up to 14 I/O expansion slots: Three PCIe slots and one ML2 slot in the I/O tray, one PCIe slot in the Compute tray, one PCIe slot in the Storage tray, and up to eight PCIe slots with up to two riser cards.
The slot form factors are as follows:
- Riser Card 1 (if present):
- PCIe x8 Riser Card:
- Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length.
- Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length.
- Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length.
- Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length.
- PCIe x16 Riser Card:
- Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x16; full-height, half-length.
- Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x16; full-height, half-length.
- PCIe x8 Riser Card:
- I/O tray:
- Slot 5: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile.
- Slot 6: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile.
- Slot 7: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile.
- Slot 8: ML2 x16; low profile (not used).
- Slot 9: LOM Card slot (PCIe 3.0 x8 interface).
- Riser Card 2 (if present):
- PCIe x8 Riser Card:
- Slot 10: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length.
- Slot 11: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length.
- Slot 12: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length.
- Slot 13: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length.
- PCIe x16 Riser Card:
- Slot 12: PCIe 3.0 x16; full-height, half-length.
- Slot 13: PCIe 3.0 x16; full-height, half-length.
- PCIe x8 Riser Card:
- Compute tray: Internal PCIe 3.0 x8 (for an internal storage controller).
- Storage tray: Internal PCIe 3.0 x8 (for an internal storage controller).
Riser 1 supplies slots 1-4, and Riser 2 supplies slots 10-13. The slots that are available for use depend on the number of riser cards that are installed, as shown in the following table.
* Slot 8 is an ML2 slot (not available for PCIe adapter installation).
Network connectivity
The ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes provide base two- or four-port 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+ network connectivity with the onboard Intel X722 NIC and a LOM card installed in the certified node. Two, four, six, or eight additional 10 GbE SFP+, 10/25 GbE SFP28, or 25/40 GbE QSFP+ expansion ports can be selected, if required.
The following table lists the network adapter options that are available for selection.
^ For 25 GbE connectivity, the ConnectX-5 adapter requires the optional Mellanox QSA 100G to 25G Cable Adapters (4G17A10853) (one per port); the supported cables include 25 GbE passive DAC and active optical cables (25 GbE transceivers not supported) (see Transceivers and cables for 25 GbE SFP28 ports for details).
Configuration notes:
- One of the 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+ LOM cards is required for selection, and it provides base network connectivity. Optional expansion ports can be selected, if needed.
- The 10 GbE and 25 GbE PCIe network adapters are supported in the full-high and low-profile PCIe x8 and x16 slots supplied by the I/O Tray and Riser Cards 1 and 2.
- The 40 GbE PCIe network adapters are supported in the full-high and low-profile PCIe x16 slots supplied by the I/O Tray and Riser Cards 1 and 2.
- Supported transceivers or DAC cables should be purchased for the SFP+, SFP28, and QSFP+ ports, and UTP Category 6 cables should be purchased for the 10 GbE RJ-45 ports. The maximum number of transceivers or cables that are supported per adapter equals the quantity of the adapter ports, and all adapter ports must have the same type of the transceiver or cable selected.
The following transceivers and cables can be purchased:
The following table lists cables for the 10 GbE RJ-45 ports.
The following table lists transceivers and cables for the 10 GbE SFP+ ports.
The following table lists transceivers and cables for the 25 GbE SFP28 ports.
The following table lists transceivers and cables for the 40 GbE QSFP+ ports.
Power supplies and cables
The ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes ship with four power supplies. The following table lists the power supply options that are available for selection.
| Description | Feature code | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| High Efficiency 1600W Power Supply for SR950 (200-240VAC only) | AUPJ | 4 |
| High Efficiency 2000W Power Supply for SR950 (200-240VAC only) | B5KD | 4 |
Configuration notes:
- For N+N power redundancy, the power supplies should provide sufficient power without oversubscription for the selected node configuration. To ensure that the right power supply is chosen, you should always validate your node configuration using the latest version of the Lenovo Capacity Planner:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lcp - All four power supplies in the certified node must be identical.
The ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes ship with four customer-configured power cords. The following table lists the rack power cables and line cords that can be ordered for the HX7821 Certified Nodes.
Rack installation
The HX7821 Certified Nodes ship with the rail kit shown in the following table.
The following table summarizes the rail kit features and specifications.
* While certain servicing tasks require the certified node to be removed from the rack cabinet, the majority of certified node components can be serviced from the front or rear of the certified node, which does not require the removal of the certified node from the rack cabinet.
** If a 0U PDU is used, the rack cabinet must be at least 1100 mm (43.31 in.) deep.
^ Measured when mounted on the rack, from the front surface of the front mounting flange to the rear most point of the rail.
Software
The ThinkAgile HX HX7821 Certified Nodes support the following hypervisors that are installed on the 2x M.2 SSDs configured in a RAID-1 drive group:
- Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) (Bundled with AOS)
- VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 2
- VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 3
- VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 1
- VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3
- VMware ESXi 7.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Hyper-V)
The following table lists the hypervisors available for selection.
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes are shipped with the Nutanix software preloaded. Nutanix software licenses and software support are not included. Customers can use the existing Nutanix term-based software licenses and active support contracts, or they can purchase term-based software licenses and support contracts from Nutanix.
Configuration notes:
- The HX Certified Nodes support the Nutanix Software Pro and Ultimate editions; the Starter edition is not supported.
- The HX7821 Certified Nodes (Xeon SP Gen 2) can be deployed as a cluster of 3 or more nodes (AOS 5.11 or later).
- The HX Certified Nodes support firmware updates from Nutanix Prism with the ThinkAgile HX Lifecycle Manager (UEFI, XCC, drives, network adapters, and SAS HBAs).
Systems management
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes support the following systems management tools:
- Lenovo XClarity Controller
- Light path diagnostics
- Lenovo XClarity Administrator and XClarity Pro
- Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager
Lenovo XClarity Controller
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes contain Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise, which provides advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and alerting functions.
XClarity Controller Enterprise offers the following capabilities for the HX Certified Nodes:
- Gathering and viewing system information and inventory
- Monitoring system status and health
- Alerting and notifications
- Event logging
- Syslog alerting
- Configuring security
- Updating system firmware
- Real-time power usage monitoring
- Displaying graphics for real-time and historical power usage data and temperature
- Capping power usage
- Remotely controlling power (Power on, Power off, Restart)
The XClarity Controller provides remote server management through the following interfaces:
- Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Version 2.0
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Version 3
- Common Information Model (CIM)
- Data Center Manageability Interface (DCMI) Version 1.5
- Redfish REpresentational State Transfer (REST) API
- Web browser with HTML5 support
- Command-line interface
- Virtual Operator Panel with XClarity Mobile App via the front USB port with XClarity Controller access
Virtual Operator Panel provides quick access to system status, firmware, network, health, and alerts information. With proper authentication, it also allows to configure systems management and network settings and to control system power (Power on, Power off, Restart). The Virtual Operator Panel can be accessed from the XClarity Mobile App running on the Android or iOS mobile device that is connected to the front USB port with XClarity Controller access (See Components and connectors).
Light path diagnostics
The ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes include basic light path diagnostics, which provides the system LEDs on the front of the certified node (see Components and connectors) and the LEDs near the monitored components (for example, the DIMM error LEDs on the system board). Also, the ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes offer an LCD display panel, which provides quick access to system status, firmware, network, and health information.
Lenovo XClarity Administrator and XClarity Pro
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is a centralized systems management solution that helps administrators deliver infrastructure faster. This solution integrates easily with Lenovo x86 servers, appliances, certified nodes, Top-of-Rack Ethernet switches, and storage systems, providing automated agent-less discovery, inventory, monitoring, and alerts across multiple systems. In addition, some managed endpoints support firmware updates and configuration management.
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is an optional software component for the ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes which can be used to manage firmware upgrades outside of the Nutanix Prism software.
Notes:
- Lenovo XClarity Administrator can be downloaded and used at no charge to discover and monitor HX Certified Nodes and manage firmware upgrades for them.
- Optional Lenovo XClarity Pro subscription license that can be selected in the configurator provides software support for XClarity Administrator for the duration of the selected warranty period. If Lenovo XClarity software support is required, the XClarity Pro option must be selected.
The XClarity Pro license can be added during the initial purchase by selecting one of the software options listed in the following table.
Also, XClarity Pro licenses can be added after the initial deployment by purchasing one of the software license options listed in the following table.
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is available from Lenovo at no charge, and it offers the following features:
- Auto-discovery and monitoring of HX Certified Nodes
- 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 support with Windows PowerShell, providing command-line visibility and control over hardware resources
For more information, refer to the Lenovo XClarity Administrator Product Guide:
http://lenovopress.com/tips1200
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager provides a stand-alone, web-based agent-less power management console that provides real time data and enables customers to observe, plan and manage power and cooling for Lenovo servers and appliances. Using built-in intelligence, XClarity Energy Manager identifies power consumption trends and ideal power settings, and it performs cooling analysis so that customers can define and optimize their power-saving policies.
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager offers the following capabilities:
- Monitors room, row, rack, and device levels in the data center
- Reports vital system information, such as power, temperature and resource utilization
- Monitors inlet temperature to locate hot spots, reducing the risk of data or device damage
- Provides finely-grained controls to limit platform power in compliance with IT policy
- Generates alerts when a user-defined threshold is reached
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager license is included in the XClarity Controller Enterprise upgrade.
For more information, refer to the Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager web page:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lxem
Physical specifications
The ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes have the following dimensions and weight (approximate):
- Height: 173 mm (6.8 in.)
- Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
- Depth: 800 mm (31.5 in.)
- Weight (maximum): 58.7 kg (129.4 lb)
Operating environment
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes comply with ASHRAE class A2 specifications. The node performance might be impacted when the operating temperature is outside the ASHRAE A2 specifications. Depending on the hardware configuration, some HX7821 Certified Nodes comply with ASHRAE class A3 and class A4 specifications. To comply with ASHRAE class A3 and class A4 specifications, the HX7821 Certified Nodes must meet the following hardware configuration requirement: Processors with TDP more than or equal to 150 W not installed.
The HX Certified Nodes are supported in the following environment:
- Air temperature:
- Operating:
- ASHRAE Class A4: 5 °C - 45 °C (41 °F - 113 °F); for altitudes above 900 m (2,953 ft), decrease the maximum ambient temperature by 1 °C for every 125-m (410-ft) increase in altitude
- ASHRAE Class A3: 5 °C - 40 °C (41 °F - 104 °F); for altitudes above 900 m (2,953 ft), decrease the maximum ambient temperature by 1 °C for every 175-m (574-ft) increase in altitude
- ASHRAE Class A2: 10 °C - 35 °C (50 °F - 95 °F); for altitudes above 900 m (2,953 ft), decrease the maximum ambient temperature by 1 °C for every 300-m (984-ft) increase in altitude
- Non-operating: 5 °C - 45 °C (41 °F - 113 °F)
- Storage: -40 °C - +60 °C (-40 °F - 140 °F)
- Operating:
- Maximum altitude: 3,050 m (10,000 ft)
- Humidity:
- Operating:
- ASHRAE Class A4: 8% - 90% (non-condensing); maximum dew point: 24 °C (75 °F)
- ASHRAE Class A3: 8% - 85% (non-condensing); maximum dew point: 24 °C (75 °F)
- ASHRAE Class A2: 8% - 80% (non-condensing); maximum dew point: 21 °C (70 °F)
- Storage: 8% - 90% (non-condensing)
- Operating:
- Electrical: 200 - 240 (nominal) V AC; 50 Hz / 60 Hz
- Acoustics (maximum configuration, operating): 6.1 bels
- 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 (positive and negative X, Y, and Z axes)
- Non-operating:
- 12 kg - 22 kg: 50 G for 152 in./sec velocity change across 6 surfaces
- 23 kg - 31 kg: 35 G for 152 in./sec velocity change across 6 surfaces
The following table lists the maximum system power load, rated inlet current, and system heat output based on the power supply and source voltage.
Regulatory compliance
The ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes conform to the following regulations:
- United States: FCC Part 15, Class A; UL 60950-1
- Canada: ICES-003/NMB-03, Class A; CAN/CSA-C22.2 60950-1
- Mexico: NOM-19
- Argentina: IEC60950-1
- European Union: CE Mark (EN55022 Class A, IEC/EN60950-1, EN55024, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3)
- Germany: TUV-GS (IEC/EN60950-1, EK1-ITB2000)
- Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus: EAC (TR CU 004/2011, TR CU 020/2011)
- China: CCC GB4943.1, GB9254 Class A, GB17625.1
- India: BIS
- Japan: VCCI, Class A
- Taiwan: BSMI CNS13438, Class A; CNS14336-1
- Korea: KN22, Class A; KN24
- Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 22 Class A
- Reduction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS)
- Energy Star 3.0
Warranty and support
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes can be configured with a three-, four, or five-year hardware warranty and various levels of service coverage with a well-defined scope of services, including service hours, response time, term of service, and service agreement terms and conditions.
The base warranty provides 9x5 Next Business Day response with parts delivered. Lenovo’s additional support services provide a sophisticated, unified support structure for a customer's data center, with an experience consistently ranked number one in customer satisfaction worldwide.
The following Lenovo support services are available for selection:
- Warranty service level upgrades (Preconfigured Support) are available to meet the on-site response time targets that match the criticality of customer's 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, with optional YourDrive YourData.
- Essential Service: 24x7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response or 24-hour committed repair (available only in select regions), bundled with YourDrive YourData.
- Advanced Service: 24x7 service coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed repair (available only in select regions), bundled with YourDrive YourData.
- Managed Services
Lenovo Managed Services provide continuous 24x7 remote monitoring (plus 24x7 call center availability) and proactive management of a customer's 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 and operating system device driver levels, and software as needed. Lenovo will also maintain records of latest patches, critical updates, and firmware levels, to ensure customer's systems are providing business value through optimized performance.
- Technical Account Management (TAM)
A Lenovo Technical Account Manager helps customers optimize operations of their data centers based on a deep understanding of customer's business. Customers gain direct access to a Lenovo TAM, who serves as their single point of contact to expedite service requests, provide status updates, and furnish reports to track incidents over time. Also, a TAM helps proactively make service recommendations and manage service relationship with Lenovo to make certain that customer's needs are met.
- Enterprise Software Support
Lenovo Enterprise Software Support is an additional support service that provides 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 compatibility and interoperability issues, isolate causes of problems, report defects to software vendors, and more.
- YourDrive YourData
Lenovo’s YourDrive YourData service is a multi-drive retention offering that ensures that customer's data is always under their control, regardless of the number of drives that are installed in their Lenovo server. In the unlikely event of a drive failure, customers retain possession of their drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Customer's data stays safely on customer premises, in their hands. The YourDrive YourData service can be purchased in convenient bundles with Foundation, Essential, or Advanced services.
- Health Check
Having a trusted partner who can perform regular and detailed health checks is central to maintaining efficiency and ensuring that customer 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.
Some regions might have different warranty terms and conditions than the standard warranty. This is due to local business practices or laws in the specific region. Local service teams can assist in explaining region-specific terms when needed. 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 support services are region-specific. Not all support services are available in every region. For information about Lenovo support services that are available in a specific region, refer to the following resources:
- Service part numbers in Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
http://dcsc.lenovo.com/#/services - Lenovo Services Availability Locator
https://lenovolocator.com/
For service definitions, region-specific details, and service limitations, refer to the following documents:
- Lenovo Statement of Limited Warranty for Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Servers and System Storage
http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht503310 - Lenovo Data Center Services Agreement
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht116628
Deployment services
The following optional Lenovo Professional Services are available for the ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes to get customers up and running quickly:
- Basic Hardware Installation Services
- Unpacking and inspecting the systems
- Installing options and mounting the systems in a rack cabinet
- Connecting the systems to electrical power and network
- Checking and updating firmware to the latest levels
- Verifying operations
- Disposal of the packaging materials (within the customer site)
- Nutanix deployment services - Base (per node)
- Conducting remote preparation and planning
- Verifying firmware versions and performing firmware updates, if needed
- Installing and configuring hypervisor and Nutanix controller VM
- Creating Nutanix cluster
- Configuring storage
- Configuring administrative features
- Nutanix deployment services - Advanced (per cluster)
- Configuring and integrating a virtualized environment:
- Nutanix containers and Acropolis (AHV) cluster; or
- VMware vCenter Server and vSphere cluster; or
- Microsoft Hyper-V cluster and System Center Virtual Machine Manager
- Transferring knowledge
- Configuring and integrating a virtualized environment:
- Nutanix deployment services - Advanced with XClarity (per cluster)
- Nutanix deployment services - Advanced
- Installing Lenovo XClarity
- Configuring Lenovo XClarity network settings and performing discovery and inventory
- Installing system updates
Ethernet LAN switches
The following table lists the Ethernet LAN switches that are offered by Lenovo that can be used with the ThinkAgile HX7821 Certified Nodes for network connectivity.
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Top-of-rack Switches category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/switches#rt=product-guide
Rack cabinets
The following table lists the supported rack cabinets.
For specifications about these racks, see the Lenovo Rack Cabinet Reference, available from:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1287-lenovo-rack-cabinet-reference
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Rack cabinets category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/racks
Power distribution units
The following table lists the power distribution units (PDUs) that are offered by Lenovo.
For more information, see the Lenovo Press documents in the PDU category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu
Uninterruptible power supply units
The following table lists the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units that are offered by Lenovo.
† Only available in China and the Asia Pacific market.
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the UPS category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/ups
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/
Related publications and links
For more information, see these resources:
- Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/software-defined-infrastructure/ThinkAgile-HX-Series/p/WMD00000326 -
Interactive 3D Tour of ThinkAgile HX Series offerings:
https://lenovopress.com/lp0454-lenovo-thinkagile-hx-series-interactive-3d-tour - Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
http://dcsc.lenovo.com - Lenovo ThinkAgile product publications (user manuals):
https://thinkagile.lenovofiles.com/help/index.jsp - Nutanix documentation
https://my.nutanix.com/ - Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series Best Recipes
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/HT515725 - Lenovo Data Center Support
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com
Trademarks
Lenovo and the Lenovo logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both. A current list of Lenovo trademarks is available on the Web at https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/legal/copytrade/.
The following terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both:
Lenovo®
AnyBay®
ThinkAgile®
ThinkSystem®
XClarity®
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Intel® and Xeon® are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries.
Microsoft®, Hyper-V®, PowerShell, Windows PowerShell®, Windows Server®, and Windows® are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
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Full Change History
Changes in the April 12, 2023 update:
- Updated Part Numbers for Systems Management - See Systems Management section
- Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/1 Yr SW S&S, 00MT201
- Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/3 Yr SW S&S, 00MT202
- Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/5 Yr SW S&S, 00MT203
Changes in the August 2, 2022 update:
- Memory DIMM withdrawn - Memory section::
- ThinkSystem 64GB TruDDR4 2666MHz (4Rx4, 1.2V) 3DS RDIMM, 4ZC7A08716
Changes in the July 29, 2022 update:
- Updated the drive tables - Drives for internal storage section
- Added Drive, ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5600 1.6TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD, 4XB7A17152
- Added Drive, ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5600 3.2TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD, 4XB7A17153
- Added Drive, ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5600 6.4TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD, 4XB7A17154
- Added Drive, ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5500 1.92TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD, 4XB7A17145
- Added Drive, ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5500 3.84TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD, 4XB7A17146
- Added Drive, ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5500 7.68TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD, 4XB7A17147
- Drive withdrawn, ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4610 3.2TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A13937
- Drive withdrawn, ThinkSystem U.2 Toshiba CM5-V 1.6TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A08517
- Drive withdrawn, ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 480GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A10238
- Drive withdrawn, ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 1.92TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A10240
- Drive withdrawn, ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A10239
- Changed Max Drive support from 24 to 8 -ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 15.36TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD,4XB7A17056
- Changed Max Drive support from 24 to 16 -ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 7.68TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A17055
Changes in the November 9, 2020 update:
- Added VMware ESXi 7.0 - Software section
Changes in the October 25, 2020 update:
- Updated the drive tables - Drives for internal storage section
Changes in the May 19, 2020 update:
- Updated Drives for internal storage: Added ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 7.68TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
Changes in the April 14, 2020 update:
- Updated Warranty and support: Updated support terms and conditions
- Updated Software: Added Add VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3
Changes in the March 24, 2020 update:
- Updated Internal storage: Added ThinkSystem M.2 5300 240GB and 480GB SATA 6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSDs
Changes in the March 3, 2020 update:
- Updated Network connectivity:
- Added Mellanox ConnectX-5 Ex 25/40GbE 2-port Low-Latency Adapter
- Added Transceivers and cables for 40 GbE QSFP+ ports
- Updated Software: Added VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 3
- Updated Ethernet LAN switches: Added ThinkSystem NE1064TO and NE2580O ONIE switches
Changes in the December 10, 2019 update:
- Added ThinkSystem 2.5" 5200 1.92TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD
- Added ThinkSystem U.2 P4800X 750GB Performance NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
Changes in the September 19, 2019 update:
- Added ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643 3.84TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
Changes in the September 3, 2019 update:
- Added ThinkSystem M.2 5100 240GB and 480GB SATA 6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSDs
- Added I/O expansion
- Updated network adapter quantity
Changes in the August 20, 2019 update:
- Updated Processors
Changes in the August 2, 2019 update:
- Added ThinkSystem U.2 CM5-V 1.6TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 HS SSD
- Added ThinkSystem 2.5" PM883 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD
- Added ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4510 1.92TB Entry SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD
- Marked withdrawn drives
Changes in the July 12, 2019 update:
- Added ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4610 3.2TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
Changes in the May 29, 2019 update:
- Added Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Hyper-V)
First published: 14 May 2019
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