Lenovo ThinkAgile VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530 and VX7531 2U Appliances and Certified Node, VX650 V2-DPU Certified Node (Intel Xeon SP Gen 3)

The Lenovo ThinkAgile VX3530-G, VX5530 and VX7530 Appliances, VX7531 Certified Node and VX650 V2-DPU Certified Node are 2-socket 2U systems that feature the 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. With up to 40 cores per processor and support for the new PCIe 4.0 standard for I/O, the VX systems offer the ultimate in two-socket performance in a 2U form factor. VMware offers a unique, software-defined approach to hyper convergence, leveraging the hypervisor to deliver compute, storage and management in a tightly integrated software stack.

Suggested uses: Inference, virtualization, VDI, HPC, Hyperconverged infrastructure

Figure 1. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX with 2.5-inch drive bays

ThinkAgile features

The ThinkAgile VX3530-G, VX5530 and VX7530 Appliances, VX7531 Certified Node and VX650 V2-DPU Certified Node offer the following key features:

• Factory-integrated, pre-configured ready-to-go appliances built on proven and reliable Lenovo ThinkSystem servers that provide compute power for a variety of workloads and applications and powered by industry-leading hyperconverged infrastructure software from VMware.
• Provide quick and convenient path to implement a hyperconverged solution powered by VMware vSAN with "one stop shop" and a single point of contact provided by Lenovo for purchasing, deploying, and supporting the solution.
• Meet various workload demands with cost-efficient hybrid or performance-optimized all-flash storage configurations.
• Deliver fully validated and integrated hardware and firmware that is certified with VMware software.
• Appliances include Lenovo ThinkAgile Advantage Single Point of Support for quick 24/7 problem reporting and resolution.
• Offer Lenovo deployment services to get customers up and running quickly.

The VMware software running on ThinkAgile VX3530-G, VX5530 and VX7530 Appliances, VX7531 Certified Node and VX650 V2-DPU Certified Node delivers the following key features:

• Distributed architecture that allows "pay-as-you-grow", non-disruptive scaling by adding new nodes to the cluster (scale-out) to increase capacity and performance.
• Advanced capacity management, including deduplication, compression, and erasure coding (RAID 5/6), which helps deliver greater storage utilization with dramatically lower storage capacity and costs.
• Automation of VM storage provisioning and control of storage service levels (capacity, performance, availability) with VM-centric policies to load balance storage resources.
• Native HCI security solution with two-factor authentication (SecurID and CAC) and data-at-rest encryption that does not require self-encrypting drives (SEDs).
• Stretched cluster with local and site failure protection between two geographically dispersed sites for higher level of availability with near zero downtime.
• Centralized management with provisioning, administering, and monitoring virtual resources across multiple hosts and clusters from a centralized interface.
• Rapid workload provisioning, simplified data center operations, increased business efficiency, and decreased CAPEX and OPEX costs.
• VM and data protection with agent-less, image-level virtual machine backups and application-aware protection for business-critical Microsoft applications (Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint) along with WAN-efficient, encrypted backup data replication.
• Reduced unplanned downtime and virtually eliminated planned downtime for server and storage maintenance with live workload migration, high availability, and fault tolerance.
• Enhanced application performance and availability with resource management, load balancing, and access prioritization.
• Intelligent operations management and automation to proactively monitor and manage compute, storage, and networking resources, identify performance bottlenecks, and re-balance workloads by leveraging predictive analytics.
• Capacity planning and optimization guidance to address future needs with performance trends, projections and extended forecasts.
• Managing remote offices and branch offices with rapid provisioning of servers through virtualization, minimization of host configuration drift, and enhanced visibility into regulatory compliance, across multiple sites.

Hardware features

The VX systems are based on the SR650 V2 and have the following hardware features:

Scalability and performance

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU offer numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability and reduce costs: 

• Supports one or two third-generation Intel Xeon Processor Scalable processors
  • Up to 40 cores and 80 threads
  • Core speeds of up to 3.6 GHz
  • TDP ratings of up to 270W
• Support for up to 32 TruDDR4 memory DIMMs operating at up to 3200 MHz means you have the fastest available memory subsystem.
• Supports configurations of 2 DIMMs per channel to operate at the 3200 MHz rated speed of the memory DIMMs.
• Using 128GB 3DS RDIMMs, the server supports up to 4TB of system memory.
• Supports the new Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series for advanced in-memory database applications, dense-virtualization; up to 16 PMem Modules can be installed in conjunction with regular system memory.
• Supports up to eight single-width GPUs or three double-wide GPUs, for substantial processing power in a 2U system.
• Supports up to 40x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, by using combinations of front-accessible (up to 24 bays), mid bays (8 bays) and rear-accessible (8 bays).
• Supports 20x 3.5-inch drive bays for lower-cost high-capacity HDD storage. 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drive bays can be mixed if desired.
• Supports 16x NVMe drives without oversubscription of PCIe lanes (1:1 connectivity), or up to 32 NVMe drives with a 1:2 oversubscription. The use of NVMe drives maximizes drive I/O performance, in terms of throughput and latency.
• Supports 12x SATA drives using the onboard SATA controller (no additional adapter needed), enabling lower cost, high capacity storage solution for cold or archival storage workloads.

• Supports high-speed RAID controllers from Broadcom providing 12 Gb SAS connectivity to the drive backplanes. A variety of PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0 RAID adapters are available.
• Supports up to two externally accessible 7mm hot-swap drives with RAID functionality for operating system boot functions.
• Supports M.2 drives for convenient operating system boot functions. Available M.2 adapters support either one M.2 drive or two M.2 drives in a RAID 1 configuration for performance and reliability.
• The server has a dedicated industry-standard OCP 3.0 small form factor (SFF) slot, with a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, supporting a variety of Ethernet network adapters. A simple-swap mechanism with a thumbscrew and pull-tab enables tool-less installation and removal of the adapter. The adapter supports shared BMC network sideband connectivity to enable out-of-band systems management.
• Dedicated models to support NVIDIA Bluefield-2 Data Processing Unit (DPU) with dual ports of 25GbE
• The server offers PCI Express 4.0 I/O expansion capabilities that doubles the theoretical maximum bandwidth of PCIe 3.0 (16GT/s in each direction for PCIe 4.0, compared to 8 GT/s with PCIe 3.0). A PCIe 4.0 x16 slot provides 64 GB/s bandwidth, enough to support a 200GbE network connection.
• The server offers up to eight PCIe 4.0 slots, all with rear access, plus an internal bay for a cabled RAID adapter or HBA, plus a slot dedicated to the OCP adapter.

Availability and serviceability

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU provide many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:

• 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), and memory mirroring for redundancy in the event of a non-correctable memory failure.
• The server offers hot-swap drives, supporting RAID redundancy for data protection and greater system uptime.
• Available M.2 RAID Boot Adapters support RAID-1 which can enable two SATA or two NVMe M.2 drives to be configured as a redundant pair.
• The server has up to two hot-swap redundant power supplies and up to six hot-swap redundant fans to provide availability for business-critical applications.
• The light path diagnostics feature uses LEDs to lead the technician to failed (or failing) components, which simplifies servicing, speeds up problem resolution, and helps improve system availability.
• Solid-state drives (SSDs) offer more reliability and performance than traditional mechanical HDDs for greater uptime.
• Proactive Platform Alerts (including PFA and SMART alerts): Processors, voltage regulators, memory, internal storage (SAS/SATA HDDs and SSDs, NVMe SSDs, M.2 storage, flash storage adapters), fans, power supplies, RAID controllers, server ambient and subcomponent temperatures. Alerts can be surfaced through the 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.
• The built-in XClarity Controller continuously monitors system parameters, triggers alerts, and performs recovery actions in case of failures to minimize downtime.
• Built-in diagnostics in UEFI, using Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager, speed up troubleshooting tasks to reduce service time.
• Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager supports diagnostics and can save service data to a USB key drive or remote CIFS share folder for troubleshooting and reduce service time.
• Auto restart in the event of a momentary loss of AC power (based on power policy setting in the XClarity Controller service processor)
• Offers a diagnostics port on the front of the server to allow you to attach an external diagnostics handset for enhanced systems management capabilities.
• Support for the XClarity Administrator Mobile app running on a supported smartphone or tablet and connected to the server through the service-enabled USB port, enables additional local systems management functions.
• Three-year or one-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty (varies by geography), 9 x 5 next business day. Optional service upgrades are available.

Manageability and security

Systems management features simplify local and remote management of the VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU:

• The server includes an XClarity Controller (XCC) to monitor server availability. Optional upgrade to XCC Advanced to provide remote control (keyboard video mouse) functions. Optional upgrade to XCC Enterprise enables the additional support for the mounting of remote media files (ISO and IMG image files), boot capture, and power capping.
• Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers comprehensive hardware management tools that help to increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity through advanced server management capabilities.
• 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.
• 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.
• An integrated industry-standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) enables improved setup, configuration, and updates, and simplifies error handling.
• Support for industry standard management protocols, IPMI 2.0, SNMP 3.0, Redfish REST API, serial console via IPMI
• An integrated hardware Trusted Platform Module (TPM) supporting TPM 2.0 enables advanced cryptographic functionality, such as digital signatures and remote attestation.
• Administrator and power-on passwords help protect from unauthorized access to the server.
• Supports Secure Boot to ensure only a digitally signed operating system can be used. Supported with HDDs and SSDs, as well as 7mm and M.2 drives.
• Industry-standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) NI support for faster, stronger encryption.
• Intel Execute Disable Bit functionality can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supported operating system.
• Intel Trusted Execution Technology provides enhanced security through hardware-based resistance to malicious software attacks, allowing an application to run in its own isolated space, protected from all other software running on a system.
• Additional physical security features are an available chassis intrusion switch and available lockable front bezel.

Energy efficiency

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU offer the following energy-efficiency features to save energy, reduce operational costs, and increase energy availability:

• Energy-efficient system board components help lower operational costs.
• High-efficiency power supplies with 80 PLUS Platinum and Titanium certifications
• Solid-state drives (SSDs) consume as much as 80% less power than traditional spinning 2.5-inch HDDs.
• The server uses hexagonal ventilation holes, which can be grouped more densely than round holes, providing more efficient airflow through the system and thus keeping your system cooler.
• Optional Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager provides advanced data center power notification, analysis, and policy-based management to help achieve lower heat output and reduced cooling needs.

The ThinkAgile VX3530-G, VX5530 and VX7530 Appliances, VX7531 Certified Node and VX650 V2-DPU Certified Node are based on the ThinkSystem SR650 V2 server.

The following table provides an overview comparison between the VX systems.

The following table lists the standard specifications.

Factory-integrated models of the ThinkAgile VX Series Appliances 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 Configure-to-Order (CTO) base models first, and then you are adding components (processors, memory, drives, and network adapters) to the selected model.

The ThinkAgile VX3530-G, VX5530 and VX7530 Appliances, VX7531 Certified Node and VX650 V2-DPU Certified Node are based on the ThinkSystem SR650 V2 server, however there are key differences:

• No onboard SATA controller support
• No RAID adapter support
• No VROC RAID support
• No SATA HDDs
• No SED drive support
• No Fibre Channel support
• No InfiniBand support
• Drives are categorized as Cache or Capacity drives and are formed as disk groups (up to 5 disk groups)

For details about the ThinkSystem SR650 V2, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server

To verify what specific hardware components are supported with the VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU, see the DCSC configurator:
https://dcsc.lenovo.com

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU systems support the following processors. The systems support 1 or 2 processors installed.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#processors

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU systems support the following memory options.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#memory-options

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU systems support the following persistent memory options.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#persistent-memory

The following table lists the supported Disk Groups for each VX system.

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU have three drive bay zones and supports up to 20x 3.5-inch or 40x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays or a combination of drive bays, depending on the selected chassis and backplane configuration. The server also supports configurations without any drive bays if desired.

All drives are hot-swap and are accessible from the front, from the rear, or from drive bays that are located in the middle of the server (accessible when you remove the top cover of the server).

The server also supports one or two M.2 drives, installed in an M.2 adapter internal to the server.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#internal-storage

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU support the following storage controller options.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#controllers-for-internal-storage

This section lists the supported drives:

• • Boot drives
  • Internal drives for VX3530-G
  • Internal drives for VX5530
  • Internal drives for VX7530
  • Internal drives for VX7531
  • Internal drives for VX650 V2-DPU Certified Node

Configuration Note:

• VMware will no longer support higher capacity drives greater than 8TB
• Express Storage Architecture (ESA) supports a minimum of 4 drives and a maximum of 24 drives.  Please reference the vSAN ESA ReadyNode Hardware Guidance for additional requirements.
• VMware vSAN certification for Generic NVMe drives: The drives are listed in the VMware Compatibility Guide (VCG) under the drive vendor company name instead of Lenovo. To check a drive for vSAN certification, search the VCG using the Supplier part number. Part numbers can be found using the Product Guide for the corresponding Drive Family on Lenovo Press https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/servers/options/drives#sort=last_update. 

Boot drives

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU systems support the following drive for boot functions.

Internal drives for VX3530-G

The following table lists the drives support in the VX3530-G. For both All Flash Storage and Hybrid Storage configurations, drives are classified as either Cache drives, Capacity drives, or both.

Internal drives for VX5530

The following table lists the drives support in the VX5530. For both All Flash Storage and Hybrid Storage configurations, drives are classified as either Cache drives, Capacity drives, or both.

Internal drives for VX7530

The following table lists the drives support in the VX7530. For both All Flash Storage and Hybrid Storage configurations, drives are classified as either Cache drives, Capacity drives, or both.

Internal drives for VX7531

The following table lists the drives support in the VX7531. For both All Flash Storage and Hybrid Storage configurations, drives are classified as either Cache drives, Capacity drives, or both.

Internal drives for VX650 V2-DPU Certified Node

The following table lists the drives support in the VX650 V2-DPU Certified Node. For both All Flash Storage and Hybrid Storage configurations, drives are classified as either Cache drives, Capacity drives, or both.

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU systems support the following networking options.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#i-o-expansion
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#network-adapters

Note:  For VX650 V2-DPU Certified Node, this slot is occupied by BSH7* ThinkSystem OCP Enablement Kit for Distributed Services Engine.

The initial release of the DPU solution with Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series features NVIDIA Bluefield-2 Data Processing Unit (DPU) with dual ports of 25GbE, an array of ARM® cores, purpose-built hardware-acceleration engines, and full software programmability powered by NVIDIA DOCA™ software framework to leverage DPU hardware accelerators, providing breakthrough data center performance, efficiency and security for software-defined storage, networking, and management of workloads.

Configuration Note:

• The feature is factory-installed, requires the VMware vSphere 8 or later release. 
•   The DSE solution requires the OCP adapter; as a result, no other OCP networking adapters are supported                          

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU systems support the following GPU options.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#gpu-adapters

The ThinkAgile VX3530-G Appliance supports the following operating systems:

• VMware ESXi 7.0 U2
• VMware ESXi 7.0 U3
• VMware ESXi 8.0
• VMware ESXi 8.0 U1

The ThinkAgile VX5530 Appliance supports the following operating systems:

• VMware ESXi 7.0 U2
• VMware ESXi 7.0 U3
• VMware ESXi 8.0
• VMware ESXi 8.0 U1

The ThinkAgile VX7530 Appliance supports the following operating systems:

• VMware ESXi 7.0 U2
• VMware ESXi 7.0 U3
• VMware ESXi 8.0
• VMware ESXi 8.0 U1

The ThinkAgile VX7531 Certified Node supports the following operating systems:

• VMware ESXi 7.0 U2
• VMware ESXi 7.0 U3
• VMware ESXi 8.0
• VMware ESXi 8.0 U1

The ThinkAgile VX650 V2-DPU Certified Node supports the following operating systems:

• VMware ESXi 7.0 U3
• VMware ESXi 8.0 U1

Configuration Note:

VMware vSAN certification for Generic NVMe drives: The drives are listed in the VMware Compatibility Guide (VCG) under the drive vendor company name instead of Lenovo. To check a drive for vSAN certification, search the VCG using the Supplier part number. Part numbers can be found using the Product Guide for the corresponding Drive Family on Lenovo Press https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/servers/options/drives#sort=last_update. 

For further details, including any restrictions, see the OS Interoperability Guide:
https://lenovopress.com/osig#term=vx%2520whitley%25202u&support=all

VMware vSAN, vSphere, and vCenter Server software are required for ThinkAgile VX Series Integrated Systems and Certified Nodes. For Integrated Systems, you are required to purchase VMware vSAN licenses for VX Series from Lenovo. Customers have the option to transfer the license after it has initially landed on Lenovo VX Integrated System. For Certified Nodes, you can purchase the vSAN licenses from Lenovo or from VMware, or you can use your existing licenses. For vSphere and vCenter Server, you can use the existing VMware software licenses and active support contracts, or you can purchase software licenses and support from Lenovo or VMware.

Lenovo offers the following VMware software license and support options for ThinkAgile VX Series systems:

• VMware vSAN License and Subscription
• VMware vSphere License and Subscription
• VMware HCI Kit License and Subscription
• VMware Horizon License and Subscription
• VMware Cloud Foundation License and Subscription
• VMware vCenter Server License and Subscription

For details and ordering information, see the VMware Software Solution Product Guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1265-vmware-software-solution-product-guide

Configuration notes:

• The selection of vSAN licenses is required: Standalone licenses, HCI bundle licenses, VDI solution licenses, or VCF licenses.
• VMware software licenses that are available for selection include 1-year, 3-year, or 5-year software support (matches the duration of the selected solution-level warranty period).
• The quantity of processor-based licenses is derived by the configuration tool based on the number of processors selected.
• The quantity of VM-based licenses is specified based on VM requirements.
• The quantity of CCU-based licenses is specified based on the concurrent user requirements.

The VX3530-G, VX5530, VX7530, VX7531 and VX650 V2-DPU have a 3-year warranty based on the machine type:

• 7Z63 - 3 year warranty

The ThinkAgile VX Series Appliances can be configured with a three- or five-year hardware warranty with 24x7 ThinkAgile Advantage Single Point of Support (Lenovo server hardware and VMware software; requires an active software support contract purchased either from VMware or Lenovo) and various levels of coverage with a well-defined scope of services, including service hours, response time, term of service, and service agreement terms and conditions.

The Lenovo local support centers perform problem determination and resolution for hardware-related issues and escalate to VMware, on behalf of the customer, for software-related problem determination. VMware will contact the customer and will own the software-related problem resolution until closure.

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.

The ThinkAgile VX Series Integrated Systems (appliances) include one- (PRC only), three-, or five-year software support and subscription (matches the duration of the selected warranty period) that entitles customers to submit service requests to troubleshoot VMware software issues and receive code updates, including fixes, patches, and new software releases.

The Lenovo local support centers perform problem determination and resolution for hardware-related issues and escalate to VMware, on behalf of the customer, for software-related problem determination. VMware will contact the customer and will own the software-related problem resolution until closure.

For the VMware vSphere, vSAN, and vCenter Server software and subscription licenses purchased from Lenovo together with the ThinkAgile VX Series Integrated Systems, software support that is provided by VMware includes Production-level support with 24x7 phone and web coverage with the following target response times (priorities are defined by VMware based on the impact on productivity):

• Severity 1 (Critical: Substantial loss or disruption of service, significant risk of data loss): 30 minutes
• Severity 2 (Major: Operations are severely constrained, significant impact): 4 business hours
• Severity 3 (Minor: Non-critical loss of functionality, minimal impact): 8 business hours
• Severity 4 (Cosmetic: General questions): 12 business hours

For the VMware software and subscription licenses provided by the customer, software support that is provided by VMware is based on the support level included with these licenses.

For more information, refer to the Data Center Implementation Services web page:
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/services/implementation-services/

The server conforms to the following standards:

• ANSI/UL 62368-1
• IEC 62368-1(CB Certificate and CB Test Report)
• FCC - Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Class A
• Canada ICES-003, issue 7, Class A
• CSA C22.2 No. 62368-1
• CISPR 32, Class A, CISPR 35
• Japan VCCI, Class A
• Taiwan BSMI CNS13438, Class A; CNS 14336-1; Section 5 of CNS15663
• CE, UKCA Mark (EN55032 Class A, EN62368-1, EN55024, EN55035, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3, (EU) 2019/424, and EN50581)
• Korea KN32, Class A, KN35
• Russia, Belorussia and Kazakhstan, TP EAC 037/2016 (for RoHS)
• Australia/New Zealand AS/NZS CISPR 32, Class A; AS/NZS 62368.1
• China CELP certificate, HJ 2507-2011
• UL Green Guard, UL2819
• Energy Star 3.0
• EPEAT (NSF/ ANSI 426) Bronze
• China CCC certificate, GB17625.1;GB4943.1;GB/T9254
• China CECP certificate, CQC3135
• Japanese Energy-Saving Act

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/

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