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Lenovo ThinkAgile HX5530, HX5531, HX7530 and HX7531 2U Appliances & Certified Nodes (Intel Xeon SP Gen 3)Product Guide
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33 pages, 1.3 MBAbstract
The Lenovo ThinkAgile HX 2U Appliances & Certified Nodes are 2-socket 2U systems that feature the 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and are designed for deploying industry-leading hyperconvergence software from Nutanix on Lenovo enterprise platforms. Nutanix brings the benefits of web-scale technologies to enterprise applications through enterprise storage, data protection, infrastructure resilience, management and analytics, and security.
The 2U systems are available either as an Appliance or Certified Node. HX Appliances deliver fully validated and integrated Lenovo hardware and firmware, certified and preloaded with licensed Nutanix software. They also include ThinkAgile Advantage support with one single point of contact for support of the hardware and software. HX Certified Nodes deliver fully validated Lenovo hardware and firmware, certified and can be preloaded with Nutanix software. Certified Nodes do not include licenses to Nutanix software and enhanced software support.
This product guide provides essential pre-sales information to understand the ThinkAgile systems, their 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 HX offerings and consider their use in IT solutions.
How customers use HX 5000 Series
Case Study: Heartland Jiffy Lube
Heartland Jiffy Lube revs up the reliability of its IT services with hyperconverged infrastructure from Lenovo
Oil change and car service provider Heartland Jiffy Lube found that its diverse and aging IT infrastructure was increasingly impacting operations and employee productivity. To boost availability and reliability, the company implemented Intel® Xeon® processor-equipped Lenovo Converged HX5500 Appliance with Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform software – radically simplifying its infrastructure. Today, Heartland Jiffy Lube has peace of mind that IT systems will run uninterrupted, all while leaving room for growth.
How customers use HX 5000 Series
Case Study: Alamos Gold
Building a mining systems platform equipped for growth
Mining: an inherently challenging and hazardous job, and one that Alamos Gold is determined to improve the safety and efficiency of. How? By running many of its critical systems on an ultra-reliable, easy-to-manage hyperconverged infrastructure from Lenovo and Nutanix.
How customers use HX 7000 Series
Case Study: Grupo Agora
AGORA Group -- Quenching the thirst of millions of people in Spain
Whether you want to enjoy a chilled beer or a refreshing soft drink, AGORA group has just what tickles your fancy. With a range of 13 different beers – including the popular Ámbar and Moritz brands – and a wide array of sodas, you’ll be sure to find the perfect beverage to quench your thirst.
How customers use HX 5000 Series
Case Study: Bona Dea International Hospital
Bona Dea International Hospital -- Transforming patient care with state-of-the-art IT
When patients’ well-being is on the line, you need IT infrastructure you can rely on to keep critical medical systems running around the clock. Bona Dea International Hospital eschewed traditional data center solutions in favor of a hyperconverged infrastructure from Lenovo and Nutanix to support its crucial services.
How customers use HX 5000 Series
Case Study: Qilu University of Technology (齐鲁工业大学)
Training the technical workforce of tomorrow.
Qilu University of Technology in Jinan, China, teamed up with Lenovo to boost its big data capabilities, so it can equip students with the skills they need to succeed in an increasingly digital world.
How customers use HX 5000 Series
Case Study: ISM Canada
Simplifies its IT so it can spend more time helping clients with theirs.
Fed up with managing stacks of servers and storage systems, ISM Canada wanted to simplify its data center architecture. How? With a hyperconverged infrastructure from Lenovo and Nutanix. Now, the company spends less time managing hardware and more time serving clients.
How customers use HX 5000 Series
Case Study: Loughborough Schools Foundation
Scoring top marks for student and staff services.
Loughborough Schools Foundation overhauled its outdated IT architecture with a hyperconverged infrastructure from Lenovo and Nutanix to underpin essential teaching and admin systems.
Change History
Changes in the March 29, 2022 update:
- New support for the following GPUs - GPU adapters section:
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A30 24GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU, 4X67A76581
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU, 4X67A76715
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A16 64GB Gen4 PCIe Passive GPU, 4X67A76727
Introduction
The Lenovo ThinkAgile HX 2U Appliances & Certified Nodes are 2-socket 1U systems that feature the 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and are designed for deploying industry-leading hyperconvergence software from Nutanix on Lenovo enterprise platforms. Nutanix brings the benefits of web-scale technologies to enterprise applications through enterprise storage, data protection, infrastructure resilience, management and analytics, and security.
The 2U systems are available either as an Appliance (HXnnn0) or Certified Node (HXnnn1):
- HX5530 and HX5531 for storage-heavy workloads
- HX7530 and HX7531 for high performance workloads
HX Appliances deliver fully validated and integrated Lenovo hardware and firmware, certified and preloaded with licensed Nutanix software. They also include ThinkAgile Advantage support with one single point of contact for support of the hardware and software.
HX Certified Nodes deliver fully validated Lenovo hardware and firmware, certified and can be preloaded with Nutanix software. Certified Nodes do not include licenses to Nutanix software and enhanced software support.
Figure 1. Lenovo ThinkAgile HX 2U Appliances & Certified Nodes with 2.5-inch drive bays
Did you know?
The ThinkAgile HX 2U Appliances & Certified Nodes are built on the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V2 server that features enterprise-class reliability, management, and security.
The HX5530 and HX7530 Appliances offer ThinkAgile Advantage Single Point of Support for quick 24/7 problem reporting and resolution.
Key features
Combining performance and flexibility, the HX 2U systems are a great choice for enterprises of all sizes. The systems offer a broad selection of processors, memory and drives, and offers high performance features that industries such as finance, healthcare and telco need. Outstanding reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) and high-efficiency design can improve your business environment and can help save operational costs.
Appliance features
The HX Series Appliances (HX5530 and HX7530) 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’s most feature-rich hyperconverged infrastructure software from Nutanix.
- Provide quick and convenient path to implement a hyperconverged solution powered by Nutanix 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 (including all-NVMe) configurations.
- Deliver fully validated and integrated hardware and firmware that is certified with Nutanix software.
- 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.
Certified Node features
The HX Certified Nodes (HX5531 and HX7531) offer the following key features:
- Built on proven and reliable Lenovo ThinkSystem servers 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 (Note: 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 2U systems delivers 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.
Hardware features
The HX systems are based on the SR650 V2 and have the following hardware features:
Scalability and performance
The HX 2U systems 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 single-width GPUs or double-wide GPUs, for substantial processing power in a 2U system.
- Configurations with 2.5-inch drives support up to 24x hot-swap drives, all front accessible
- Configurations with 3.5-inch drives support up to 12x 3.5-inch hot-swap front-accessible drives plus 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap rear-accessible drives
- The HX7530 and HX7531 support 8x NVMe drives without oversubscription of PCIe lanes (1:1 connectivity). The use of NVMe drives maximizes drive I/O performance, in terms of throughput and latency.
- 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.
- 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 a slot dedicated to the OCP adapter.
Availability and serviceability
The HX 2U systems 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.
- 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, 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 HX 2U systems:
- 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, 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 HX 2U systems 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.
Components and connectors
The ThinkAgile HX 2U Appliances & Certified Nodes are based on the ThinkSystem SR650 V2 server.
The following figure shows the front of the HX7530 and HX7531 with 2.5-inch drives.
Figure 2. Front view with 2.5-inch drives
The following figure shows the front of the HX5530 and HX5531 with 3.5-inch drives.
Figure 3. Front view with 3.5-inch drives
The following figure shows the components visible from the rear of the system. The figure shows one configuration, with eight PCIe slots, however there are additional rear configurations which include 3.5-inch drive bays, 2.5-inch drive bays, or 7mm drive bays.
Figure 4. Rear view of the HX systems (configuration with eight PCIe slots)
The following figure shows the locations of key components inside the systems.
Figure 5. Internal view of the HX systems
Standard specifications
The ThinkAgile HX 2U Appliances & Certified Nodes are based on the ThinkSystem SR650 V2 server.
The following table provides an overview comparison between the HX systems.
| HX5530 Appliance HX5531 Certified Node |
HX7530 Appliance HX7531 Certified Node |
|
|---|---|---|
| HX offering type | Appliance Certified Node |
Appliance Certified Node |
| Target workloads | Storage heavy | High performance |
| Base MTM | A: 7Z82CTO1WW CN: 7Z84CTO1WW |
A: 7Z82CTO2WW CN: 7Z84CTO2WW |
| Form Factor | 2U | 2U |
| Base platform | SR650 V2 | SR650 V2 |
| CPU | 1-2x Intel Xeon SP Gen 3 | 2x Intel Xeon SP Gen 3 |
| Memory | 32x DDR4 3200 MHz (4TB maximum) |
32x DDR4 3200 MHz (4TB maximum) |
| Drive Bays | Front: 12x 3.5" SAS/SATA Rear: 4x 2.5" SAS/SATA |
Front: 16x 2.5" SAS/SATA + optional 8x 2.5" AnyBay Rear: None |
| Drive configurations | All Flash Hybrid |
All Flash Hybrid |
| HBA | 430-16i HBA | 430-8i HBA 430-16i HBA |
| Boot drives | 2x M.2 SATA 2x 7mm SATA |
2x M.2 SATA 2x 7mm SATA |
| OCP networking | 1x OCP 3.0 adapter 10Gb, 25Gb |
1x OCP 3.0 adapter 10Gb, 25Gb |
| PCIe networking | Up to 7x PCIe adapters 10Gb, 25Gb |
Up to 7x PCIe adapters 10Gb, 25Gb |
| GPUs | 2x DW GPU 300W each 6x SW GPU 75W each 4x SW GPU 150W each |
2x DW GPU 300W each 7x SW GPU 75W each 4x SW GPU 150W each |
| Hypervisor | Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXi | Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXi |
The following table lists the standard specifications.
| Components | Specification |
|---|---|
| Machine types | 7Z82 - 2U Appliance - 3 year warranty 7Z84 - 2U Certified Node - 3 year warranty |
| Form factor | 2U rack |
| Processor | One or two third-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor (formerly codenamed "Ice Lake"). Supports processors up to 40 cores, core speeds of up to 3.6 GHz, and TDP ratings of up to 270W. |
| Chipset | Intel C621A "Lewisburg" chipset, part of the platform codenamed "Whitley" |
| Memory | 32 DIMM slots with two processors (16 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 8 memory channels, with 2 DIMMs per channel (DPC). Lenovo TruDDR4 RDIMMs and 3DS RDIMMs are supported. DIMMs operate at up to 3200 MHz at 2 DPC. |
| Persistent memory | Not supported. |
| Memory maximum | With RDIMMs: Up to 4TB by using 32x 128GB 3DS RDIMMs |
| Memory protection | ECC, SDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs), ADDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs, requires Platinum or Gold processors), and memory mirroring. |
| Disk drive bays |
|
| Storage controller |
|
| Network interfaces | Dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot with PCIe 4.0 x16 host interface. Supports 10GbE and 25GbE network connectivity. One port can optionally be shared with the XClarity Controller (XCC) management processor for Wake-on-LAN and NC-SI support. |
| PCIe slots |
Up to 8x PCIe 4.0 slots, all full height slots and with rear access, plus a slot dedicated to the OCP adapter. Slot availability is based on riser selection and rear drive bay selection. Slots 4-8 require two processors. Slots are configured using three riser cards. Riser 1 (slots 1-3) and Riser 2 (slots 4-6) are installed in slots in the system board, Riser 3 (slots 7-8) is cabled to ports on the system board. For 2.5-inch front drive configurations, the server supports the installation of an HBA in a dedicated area that does not consume any of the PCIe slots. |
| GPU support | Supports up to 7x single-wide GPUs or up to 2x double-wide GPUs |
| Ports |
Front: 1x USB 3.1 G1 (5 Gb/s) port, 1x USB 2.0 port (also for XCC local management), External diagnostics port, optional VGA port. Rear: 3x USB 3.1 G1 (5 Gb/s) ports, 1x VGA video port, 1x RJ-45 1GbE systems management port for XCC remote management. Optional DB-9 COM serial port (installs in slot 3). Internal: 1x USB 3.1 G1 connector for operating system or license key purposes |
| Cooling | 6x (with two processors installed) or 5x (with one processor installed) dual-rotor hot swap 60 mm fans, configuration dependent. Fans are N+1 redundant, tolerating a single-rotor failure. One fan integrated in each power supply. |
| Power supply | Up to two hot-swap redundant AC power supplies, 80 PLUS Platinum or 80 PLUS Titanium certification. 500 W, 750 W, 1100 W and 1800 W AC options, supporting 220 V AC. 500 W, 750 W and 1100 W options also support 110V input supply. In China only, all power supply options support 240 V DC. Also available is a 1100W power supply with a -48V DC input. |
| Video | G200 graphics with 16 MB memory with 2D hardware accelerator, integrated into the XClarity Controller. Maximum resolution is 1920x1200 32bpp at 60Hz. |
| Hot-swap parts | Drives, power supplies, and fans. |
| Systems management | Operator panel with status LEDs. Optional External Diagnostics Handset with LCD display. Models with 8x or 16x 2.5-inch front drive bays can optionally support an Integrated Diagnostics Panel. XClarity Controller (XCC) embedded management, XClarity Administrator centralized infrastructure delivery, XClarity Integrator plugins, and XClarity Energy Manager centralized server power management. Optional XClarity Controller Advanced and Enterprise to enable remote control functions. |
| Security features | Chassis intrusion switch, Power-on password, administrator's password, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), supporting TPM 2.0. In China only, optional Nationz TPM 2.0. Optional lockable front security bezel. |
| Software |
|
| Hypervisors | Nutanix AHV or VMware ESXi. |
| Hardware warranty |
|
| Software maintenance | Three-, four-, or five-year software support and subscription (matches the duration of the selected warranty period). |
| Dimensions | Width: 445 mm (17.5 in.), height: 87 mm (3.4 in.), depth: 764 mm (30.1 in.) |
| Weight | Maximum: 38.8 kg (85.5 lb) |
Models
Factory-integrated models of the appliances and 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 Series appliances. ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes do not have this requirement.
The following table lists the base CTO models.
| Machine Type/Model | Description |
|---|---|
| 7Z82CTO1WW | ThinkAgile HX5530 Appliance |
| 7Z84CTO1WW | ThinkAgile HX5531 Certified Node |
| 7Z82CTO2WW | ThinkAgile HX7530 Appliance |
| 7Z84CTO2WW | ThinkAgile HX7531 Certified Node |
Comparison with the ThinkSystem SR650 V2
The ThinkAgile HX 2U Appliances & Certified Nodes are based on the ThinkSystem SR650 V2 server, however there are key differences:
- No persistent memory support
- No onboard SATA controller support
- No RAID adapter support
- No VROC RAID support
- No mid-chassis drive bay support
- No SED drive support
- No Fibre Channel support
- No InfiniBand support
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 HX 2U systems, see the DCSC configurator:
https://dcsc.lenovo.com
Processors
The HX 2U systems support the following processors.
For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#processors
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.
Configuration notes:
- HX5530 and HX5531 support 1 or 2 processors
- HX7530 and HX7531 require 2 processors
| Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |||
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| 4XG7A63443 | BB2N | Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y 8C 105W 2.8GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63468 | BB3C | Intel Xeon Silver 4310 12C 120W 2.1GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63459 | BB34 | Intel Xeon Silver 4310T 10C 105W 2.3GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63455 | BB2Z | Intel Xeon ICX Silver 4314 16C 135W 2.4GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63465 | BB39 | Intel Xeon Silver 4316 20C 150W 2.3GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63477 | BB3M | Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y 8C 140W 3.2GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63456 | BB30 | Intel Xeon Gold 5317 12C 150W 3.0GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63470 | BB3E | Intel Xeon ICX Gold 5318N 24C 150W 2.1GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63442 | BB2M | Intel Xeon Gold 5318S 24C 165W 2.1GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63460 | BB35 | Intel Xeon ICX Gold 5318Y 24C 165W 2.1GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63581 | BB2R | Intel Xeon Gold 5320 26C 185W 2.2GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63454 | BB2Y | Intel Xeon Gold 5320T 20C 150W 2.3GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63446 | BB4E | Intel Xeon Gold 6326 16C 185W 2.9GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63473 | BB3H | Intel Xeon Gold 6330 28C 205W 2.0GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63478 | BB3N | Intel Xeon Gold 6330N 28C 165W 2.2GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63469 | BB3D | Intel Xeon Gold 6334 8C 165W 3.6GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63480 | BB3S | Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y 24C 185W 2.4GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63579 | BB3P | Intel Xeon Gold 6338 32C 205W 2.0GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63457 | BB31 | Intel Xeon Gold 6338N 32C 185W 2.2GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63458 | BB33 | Intel Xeon Gold 6338T 24C 165W 2.1GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63578 | BB3B | Intel Xeon Gold 6342 24C 230W 2.8GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63452 | BB2W | Intel Xeon Gold 6346 16C 205W 3.1GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63575 | BB2L | Intel Xeon Gold 6348 28C 235W 2.6GHz Processor | No | No | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63450 | BB2U | Intel Xeon Gold 6354 18C 205W 3.0GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63580 | BB3Q | Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S 32C 205W 2.2GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63448 | BB2S | Intel Xeon Platinum 8352V 36C 195W 2.1GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63451 | BB2V | Intel Xeon Platinum 8352Y 32C 205W 2.2GHz Processor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63479 | BB3R | Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 32C 250W 2.6GHz Processor | No | No | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63466 | BB3A | Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P 32C 240W 2.6GHz Processor | No | No | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63444 | BB2P | Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y 36C 250W 2.4GHz Processor | No | No | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63462 | BB37 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 38C 270W 2.4GHz Processor | No | No | 2 | 2 |
| 4XG7A63576 | BB3G | Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 40C 270W 2.3GHz Processor | No | No | 2 | 2 |
Memory
The HX 2U 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
| Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
HX5530
|
HX5531
|
HX7530
|
HX7531
|
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| RDIMMs | ||||||
| 4X77A08632 | B963 | ThinkSystem 16GB TruDDR4 3200 MHz (2Rx8 1.2V) RDIMM | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| 4X77A08633 | B964 | ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR4 3200 MHz (2Rx4 1.2V) RDIMM | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| 4X77A08634 | B965 | ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR4 3200 MHz (2Rx8 1.2V) RDIMM | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| 4X77A08635 | B966 | ThinkSystem 64GB TruDDR4 3200 MHz (2Rx4 1.2V) RDIMM | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| 3DS RDIMMs | ||||||
| 4X77A08636 | BA62 | ThinkSystem 128GB TruDDR4 3200 MHz (4Rx4 1.2V) 3DS RDIMM | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
Internal storage
Internal storage configurations of the HX 2U systems are as follows. All drives are hot-swap and are accessible from the front or rear of the system:
- HX5530 and HX5531:
- Front drive bays: 12x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA
- Rear drive bays: 4x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA
- HX7530 and HX7531:
- Front drive bays (24 bays): 16x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8x 2.5-inch AnyBay
- Front drive bays (16 bays max): 16x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA
- Rear drive bays: None
The systems also support the following boot drive alternatives:
- 7mm hot-swap SATA drives installed at the rear of the server
- M.2 drives in an M.2 adapter that is internal to the server
Note: Mid-chassis drives are not supported in HX 2U systems.
Configuration rules
Configuration rules are as follows:
- For hybrid configurations, the system supports from 4 to 12 capacity drives (HDDs) depending on the quantity of the cache drives (SSDs):
- For HX5530/HX5531 systems only: 2 cache drives: From 4 to 12 capacity drives in increments of 2 drives
- For all systems: 4 cache drives: From 8 to 10 capacity drives in increments of 2 drives
- Hybrid configurations with more than 80 TB of storage capacity require:
- Processors with 12 or more cores
- SSD cache capacity of 7.68 TB or more
- For Hybrid configurations, SATA and SAS SSDs are supported for cache, however NVMe drives are not supported for cache.
- For All Flash configurations, the system supports from 4 to 14 SSDs in increments of 2 drives
- All 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 7mm or M.2 drives are used for software preload. Two SATA drives are required for selection, and they must be of the same part number.
Backplanes
The choice of backplanes supported varies by system, as listed in the following table.
For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#internal-storage
| Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
HX5530
|
HX5531
|
HX7530
|
HX7531
|
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| Front 3.5-inch drive backplanes | ||||||
| None | B8LT | ThinkSystem 2U 12x3.5" SAS/SATA Backplane | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| Front 2.5-inch drive backplanes | ||||||
| None | B8LU | ThinkSystem 2U 8x2.5" SAS/SATA Backplane | No | No | 2 | 2 |
| None | BH8B | ThinkSystem 2U/4U 8x2.5" AnyBay Backplane | No | No | 1 | 1 |
| Rear 2.5-inch drive backplanes | ||||||
| None | B8LV | ThinkSystem 2U 4x2.5" SAS/SATA Backplane | 1 | 1 | No | No |
Boot drive enablement
For OS boot functions, the systems also support either two 7mm hot-swap drive bays installed at the rear of the server, or two M.2 drives installed on an adapter internal to the server. The following table lists the supported controllers/enablement kits for M.2 boot drives.
For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#internal-storage
| Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HX5530 | HX5531 | HX7530 | HX7531 | |||
| 4Y37A09739 | B5XH | ThinkSystem M.2 SATA 2-Bay RAID Enablement Kit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4XH7A61057 | B8P2 | ThinkSystem 2U 7mm Drive Kit w/ SATA RAID | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Controllers for internal storage
The HX 2U systems support the following internal storage controllers.
For details about these options, see the SR650 V2 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1392-thinksystem-sr650-v2-server#controllers-for-internal-storage
| Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
HX5530
|
HX5531
|
HX7530
|
HX7531
|
|||
| SAS/SATA HBA - PCIe 3.0 | ||||||
| 7Y37A01088 | AUNL | ThinkSystem 430-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA | No | No | 3 | 3 |
| 7Y37A01089 | AUNM | ThinkSystem 430-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| SAS/SATA HBA - PCIe 4.0 | ||||||
| None | BM51 | ThinkSystem 440-8i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBA | No | No | 3 | 3 |
| None | BM50 | ThinkSystem 440-16i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Internal drive options
The following table lists the supported drive options for the HX 2U systems.
| Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HX5530 | HX5531 | HX7530 | HX7531 | |||
| 2.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS HDDs | ||||||
| 7XB7A00069 | B0YS | ThinkSystem 2.5" 2.4TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | No | No | 20 | 20 |
| 2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA HDDs | ||||||
| 7XB7A00036 | AUUE | ThinkSystem 2.5" 1TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD | No | No | 20 | 20 |
| 7XB7A00037 | AUUJ | ThinkSystem 2.5" 2TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | No | No | 20 | 20 |
| 2.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS SSDs | ||||||
| 4XB7A17062 | B8HU | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645a 800GB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
| 4XB7A17063 | B8J4 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645a 1.6TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
| 4XB7A17054 | B91C | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 3.84TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
| 4XB7A17055 | B91D | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 7.68TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
| 2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA SSDs | ||||||
| 4XB7A13635 | B49N | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4610 960GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
| 4XB7A13636 | B49P | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4610 1.92TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
| 4XB7A13622 | B49B | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4510 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
| 4XB7A13623 | B49C | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4510 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
| 2.5-inch hot-swap PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs | ||||||
| 4XB7A17152 | BCFV | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5600 1.6TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | No | 8 | 8 |
| 4XB7A17153 | BCFR | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5600 3.2TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | No | 8 | 8 |
| 4XB7A17154 | BCFS | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5600 6.4TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | No | 8 | 8 |
| 4XB7A17145 | BCFT | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5500 1.92TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | No | 8 | 8 |
| 4XB7A17146 | BCFW | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5500 3.84TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | No | 8 | 8 |
| 4XB7A17147 | BCFU | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5500 7.68TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | No | 8 | 8 |
| 3.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS HDDs | ||||||
| 7XB7A00046 | AUUG | ThinkSystem 3.5" 10TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 7XB7A00067 | B117 | ThinkSystem 3.5" 12TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 3.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA HDDs | ||||||
| 7XB7A00051 | AUU8 | ThinkSystem 3.5" 4TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 7XB7A00052 | AUUA | ThinkSystem 3.5" 6TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 7XB7A00053 | AUU9 | ThinkSystem 3.5" 8TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 7XB7A00054 | AUUB | ThinkSystem 3.5" 10TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 7XB7A00068 | B118 | ThinkSystem 3.5" 12TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 4XB7A13914 | B7F0 | ThinkSystem 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 3.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS SSDs | ||||||
| 4XB7A17066 | B8HT | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1645a 800GB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 4XB7A17043 | B8JN | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1645a 1.6TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 4XB7A17058 | B91E | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1643a 3.84TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 4XB7A17059 | BEVK | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1643a 7.68TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 3.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA SSDs | ||||||
| 4XB7A13641 | B49T | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4610 960GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 4XB7A13642 | B49U | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4610 1.92TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 4XB7A13628 | B49G | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4510 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 4XB7A13629 | B49H | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4510 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 12 | 12 | No | No |
| 7mm 2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA SSDs | ||||||
| 4XB7A17106 | BK79 | ThinkSystem 7mm S4520 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XB7A17107 | BK7A | ThinkSystem 7mm S4520 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XB7A38181 | B8JQ | ThinkSystem 7mm 5300 240GB Entry SATA 6Gb SSD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XB7A38182 | B8JT | ThinkSystem 7mm 5300 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb SSD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| M.2 SATA drives | ||||||
| 4XB7A17071 | B8HS | ThinkSystem M.2 5300 240GB SATA 6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4XB7A17073 | B919 | ThinkSystem M.2 5300 480GB SATA 6Gbps Non-Hot Swap SSD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Network adapters
The HX 2U 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
Mixing vendors is not supported: HX configurations only support network adapters from one vendor. For example, if you select a Broadcom OCP adapter, you cannot select a Mellanox PCIe network adapter.
| Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HX5530 | HX5531 | HX7530 | HX7531 | |||
| 10 Gb Ethernet | ||||||
| 4XC7A08240 | B5T4 | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57454 10GBASE-T 4-port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 Gb Ethernet | ||||||
| 4XC7A08242 | B5SV | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57454 10/25GbE SFP28 4-port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4XC7A62582 | BE4T | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HX5530 | HX5531 | HX7530 | HX7531 | |||
| 10GBASE-T Ethernet | ||||||
| 4XC7A08245 | B5SU | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57454 10GBASE-T 4-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 25 Gb Ethernet | ||||||
| 4XC7A08316 | BD49 | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57454 10/25GbE SFP28 4-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter V2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 4XC7A08249 | B653 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 4XC7A62580 | BE4U | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 100 Gb Ethernet | ||||||
| None | B8PP | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
GPU adapters
The HX 2U 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
| Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HX5530 | HX5531 | HX7530 | HX7531 | |||
| Double-wide GPUs | ||||||
| 4X67A76715 | BLK1 | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4X67A13135 | BEL5 | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A100 40GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4X67A72593 | BEL4 | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4X67A76581 | BJHG | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A30 24GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4X67A76727 | BNFE | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A16 64GB Gen4 PCIe Passive GPU | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4X67A13125 | BB2D | ThinkSystem NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 24GB PCIe Passive GPU | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Single-wide GPUs | ||||||
| 4X67A71311 | BFTZ | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A10 24GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 4X67A14926 | B4YB | ThinkSystem NVIDIA T4 16GB PCIe Passive GPU | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Software
The systems support the hypervisors listed in the following table. Hypervisors are installed on the 2x M.2 SSDs configured in a RAID-1 drive group.
| Feature code | Description | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| B15S | Nutanix SW Stack on Nutanix AHV | 1 |
| BG4Z | Nutanix SW Stack on VMware ESXi 6.7 | 1 |
| BFT6 | Nutanix SW Stack on VMware ESXi 7.0 | 1 |
Configuration notes:
- In ESXi-based environments, HX Series Appliances require VMware vCenter Server.
- The HX Certified Nodes support the Nutanix Software Starter, Pro and Ultimate editions.
- The HX Certified Nodes can be deployed as a cluster of 3 or more nodes (AOS 5.17.1.3 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)
Nutanix licenses on certified nodes: The certified node ships with the Nutanix software preloaded, however 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.
For the information on appliance firmware levels, hypervisor versions, and software versions that have been tested for interoperability, refer to the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series Best Recipes:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht505413
The ThinkAgile Appliances support the following software components:
- Nutanix Acropolis
- Nutanix Prism
- Nutanix Calm (optional)
- Nutanix Flow (optional)
Nutanix Acropolis
The appliance can be configured with one of the Nutanix software editions that are listed in the following table. The Nutanix software is factory-preloaded and the appropriate license for the selected software edition can be downloaded from the Nutanix website to match the serial number of the appliance.
| Feature code | Description | Quantity (per node) |
|---|---|---|
| B0VU | Nutanix Starter Edition | 1 |
| B0VV | Nutanix Pro Edition | 1 |
| B0VW | Nutanix Ultimate Edition | 1 |
The editions have the following characteristics:
- The Starter edition offers the core set of Nutanix software functionality. This edition is ideal for small-scale deployments with a limited set of workloads.
- The Pro edition offers rich data services, along with resilience and management features. This edition is ideal for enterprises running multiple applications on a Nutanix cluster or with large-scale single workload deployments.
- The Ultimate edition offers the full suite of Nutanix software capabilities to tackle complex infrastructure challenges. This edition is ideal for multi-site deployments.
The following table compares key features of the Nutanix software editions. For more information, see the following web page:
https://www.nutanix.com/products/software-options
| Feature | Starter Edition | Pro Edition | Ultimate Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Storage | |||
| Cluster Size | 12 | No enforced limits on-prem. 16 nodes validated in AWS | No enforced limits on-prem. 16 nodes validated in AWS |
| Heterogeneous Clusters | Included | Included | Included |
| VM-centric Snapshots & Clones | Included | Included | Included |
| Data Tiering | Included | Included | Included |
| Online Cluster Grow/Shrink | Included | Included | Included |
| Data Path Redundancy | Included | Included | Included |
| Tunable Redundancy Factor | 2 | 2 or 3 | 2 or 3 |
| Availability Domains | Node | Node, Block, Rack | Node, Block, Rack |
| Basic Compression (LZ4) - Inline and post process | Included | Included | Included |
| Deep Compression (LZ4HC) - Greater efficiency for cold data | No | Included | Included |
| Cache Deduplication | Included | Included | Included |
| Capacity Tier Deduplication | No | Included | Included |
| Erasure Coding (EC-X) | No | Included | Included |
| VM Centric Storage QoS | No | Included | Included |
| VM Flash Mode | No | No | Included |
| Consolidated Storage Services | |||
| Volume Groups - for in-cluster VMs | Included | Included | Included |
| Volume Groups - external access | No | Included | Included |
| Nutanix Files | 1 TiB Free Capacity | 1 TiB Free Capacity | 1 TiB Free Capacity |
| Nutanix Objects | 2 TiB Free Capacity | 2 TiB Free Capacity | 2 TiB Free Capacity |
| Data Protection and Disaster Recovery | |||
| Async Replication (RPO = 1 hr or greater) | Included | Included | Included |
| Application Consistent Snapshots | Included | Included | Included |
| Self Service Restore | No | Included | Included |
| Multiple Site DR (many to one, one to many, many to many) | No | Adv Replication add-on license | Included |
| Metro Availability | No | Adv Replication add-on license | Included |
| Sync Replication (RPO = 0) | No | Adv Replication add-on license | Included |
| NearSync Replication (RPO = 1-15 min) | No | Adv Replication add-on license | Included |
| Advanced Orchestration with Runbook Automation | No | Adv Replication add-on license | Included |
| Security | |||
| Client Authentication | Included | Included | Included |
| Cluster Lockdown | No | Included | Included |
| Data-at-Rest Encryption (Software-based & SED) | No | Add-on license available | Included |
| Native KMS | No | Add-on license available | Included |
| Management & Analytics | |||
| Prism Starter | Included | Included | Included |
| Insights | Included | Included | Included |
| LCM | Included | Included | Included |
| Foundation | Included | Included | Included |
| Foundation Central | Included | Included | Included |
| Supported Hypervisors | |||
| Nutanix AHV | Included | Included | Included |
| VMware ESXi | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Hyper-V | Included | Included | Included |
| Included Hypervisor and Container Runtime | |||
| Nutanix AHV (All Hypervisor Features Included) | Included | Included | Included |
| Nutanix Karbon | Included | Included | Included |
Configuration notes:
- When adding software licenses after the initial deployment, customers should request a quote for the selected license part numbers from Lenovo and provide additional details on the existing installation.
- The total file/object storage capacity in Tebibytes (TiB) can be calculated by multiplying the total file/object storage capacity in Terabytes (TB) by 0.909495.
Nutanix Prism
Nutanix Prism gives administrators an easy way to manage virtual environments running on Acropolis, and it simplifies and streamlines common workflows for hypervisor and virtual machine lifecycle management.
Nutanix Prism is a part of the Nutanix software preloaded on the appliances, and it includes the following components:
- Prism Starter (included in Starter, Pro, and Ultimate Nutanix software editions): Provides ability to configure, manage, and monitor a Nutanix cluster and centralized management of multiple local and remote Nutanix clusters.
- Prism Pro (selectable software license; optional): Enables efficiency evaluation, capacity planning, expansion recommendations, custom dashboards, and advanced search capabilities.
- Prism Ultimate (selectable software license; optional): Multiple Site DR, Sync Replication (RPO = 0), Data-at-Rest Encryption, VM Flash Mode, Metro Availability, Native KMS
The Prism Pro or Prism Ultimate software license can be added during the initial purchase by selecting one of the software options listed in the following table. These feature codes are only for HX appliances, not for certified nodes.
| Feature code | Description | Quantity (per node) |
|---|---|---|
| B0W4 | Prism Pro | 1 |
| B0W5 | XClarity Pro and Prism Pro | 1 |
| BMUM | Prism Ultimate | 1 |
| BMUN | XClarity Pro and Prism Ultimate | 1 |
Also, Prism Starter can be upgraded to Prism Pro or Prism Ultimate after the initial deployment by purchasing one of the software license options listed in the following table. These part numbers are only for HX appliances, not for certified nodes.
| Part number | Feature code | Description | Quantity (per node) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prism Pro licenses | |||
| 7S0P000UWW | AW87 | Nutanix Prism Pro with 1Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P000VWW | AW88 | Nutanix Prism Pro with 2Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P000WWW | AW89 | Nutanix Prism Pro with 3Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P000XWW | AW8A | Nutanix Prism Pro with 4Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P000YWW | AW8B | Nutanix Prism Pro with 5Yr Support | 1 |
| Prism Ultimate licenses | |||
| 7S0P002BWW | S6Q6 | Nutanix Prism Ultimate per Node 1 Year | 1 |
| 7S0P002CWW | S6Q7 | Nutanix Prism Ultimate per Node 2 Year | 1 |
| 7S0PCTO1WW | S6Q9 | Nutanix Prism Ultimate per Node 4 Year | 1 |
| 7S0PCTO1WW | S6Q8 | Nutanix Prism Ultimate per Node 3 Year | 1 |
| 7S0PCTO1WW | S6QA | Nutanix Prism Ultimate per Node 5 Year | 1 |
Configuration note: When upgrading Prism Starter after the initial deployment, customers should request a quote for the selected Prism part numbers from Lenovo and provide additional details on the existing installation.
Nutanix Prism offers the following features:
- Single point of control
- Accelerates enterprise-wide deployment
- Manages capacity centrally
- Adds nodes in minutes
- Supports non-disruptive software upgrades with zero downtime
- Integrates with REST APIs and PowerShell
- Manages firmware updates with the ThinkAgile HX Lifecycle Manager (UEFI, XCC, drives, network adapters, and SAS HBAs)
- Monitoring and alerting
- Tracks infrastructure utilization (storage, processor, memory)
- Centrally monitors multiple clusters across multiple sites
- Monitors per-VM performance and resource usage
- Checks system health
- Generates alerts and notifications
- Integrated data protection
- Offers customizable RPO/RTO and retention policies
- Supports configurable per-VM replication (1:1, 1:many and many:1)
- Provides efficient VM recovery
- Deploys affordable DR and backup to the cloud
- Diagnostics and troubleshooting
- Provides time-based historical views of VM activity
- Performs proactive alert analysis
- Correlates alerts and events to quickly diagnose issues
- Generates actionable alerts and reduces resolution times
- Analyzes trending patterns for accurate capacity planning
Nutanix Calm
Nutanix Calm enables advanced application-level orchestration by providing a powerful, common management framework that can be leveraged by IT teams to rapidly create and deliver applications. The Calm software offers the following key features:
- Fully automates the provisioning, scaling, and deletion of traditional multi-tiered applications and distributed services.
- Simplifies the set-up and management of custom enterprise applications by incorporating all elements of each application, including relevant VMs, configurations, and related binaries, into an easy-to-use-blueprint.
- Publishes blueprints through the Nutanix Marketplace, giving end users the ability to request IT services that can then be instantly provisioned.
- Maintains control with role-based governance that limits user operations based on permissions and logs all activities for end-to-end traceability.
The Calm software is licensed on a per-VM basis in 25 VM packs. The Calm software licenses can be added during the initial purchase by selecting the software option listed in the following table. Calm licenses are only for HX appliances, not for certified nodes.
| Feature code | Description | Quantity (per 25 VMs) |
|---|---|---|
| B4E4 | Calm 25 License Pack | 1 |
Also, Calm licenses can be added after the initial deployment by purchasing one of the software license options listed in the following table.
| Part number | Feature code | Description | Quantity (per 25 VMs) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7S0P000ZWW | B3D7 | Nutanix Calm Standard, Per 25 VMs w/1Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P0010WW | B3D8 | Nutanix Calm Standard, Per 25 VMs w/2Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P0011WW | B3D9 | Nutanix Calm Standard, Per 25 VMs w/3Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P0012WW | B3DA | Nutanix Calm Standard, Per 25 VMs w/4Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P0013WW | B3DB | Nutanix Calm Standard, Per 25 VMs w/5Yr Support | 1 |
Configuration notes:
- Calm supports the AHV hypervisors.
- When adding the Calm software licenses after the initial deployment, customers should request a quote for the selected Calm part numbers from Lenovo and provide additional details on the existing installation.
Nutanix Flow
Nutanix Flow delivers advanced networking and security services, providing visibility into the virtual network, application-centric protection from network threats, and automation of common networking operations. The Flow software offers the following key features:
- Real-time visualization of communications between VMs helps implement appropriate network policies in a Nutanix environment.
- Micro-segmentation provides granular control and governance of all traffic into and out of a virtual machine with network policies attached to individual VMs and applications, rather than specific network segments.
- API-based notifications enable third party network devices to automate network configuration changes, such as VLAN provisioning or policy updates, in response to VM lifecycle events, such as adding a new VM.
- Service insertion and chaining enables virtualized network functions from third-party software (such as virtual firewalls and load balancers) to be deployed with VM traffic in a Nutanix environment.
The Flow software is licensed on a per-node basis. The Flow software license can be added during the initial purchase by selecting the software option listed in the following table, These part numbers are only for HX appliances, not for certified nodes.
| Feature code | Description | Quantity (per node) |
|---|---|---|
| B4E5 | Flow Single Node License | 1 |
Also, Flow licenses can be added after the initial deployment by purchasing one of the software license options listed in the following table.
| Part number | Feature code | Description | Quantity (per node) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7S0P0014WW | B3DC | Nutanix Flow, Per Node w/1Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P0015WW | B3DD | Nutanix Flow, Per Node w/2Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P0016WW | B3DE | Nutanix Flow, Per Node w/3Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P0017WW | B3DF | Nutanix Flow, Per Node w/4Yr Support | 1 |
| 7S0P0018WW | B3DG | Nutanix Flow, Per Node w/5Yr Support | 1 |
Configuration notes:
- Flow supports the AHV hypervisors only.
- When adding the Flow software licenses after the initial deployment, customers should request a quote for the selected Flow part numbers from Lenovo and provide additional details on the existing installation.
Warranty and Support
The ThinkAgile HX Series appliances can be configured with a three-, four, or five-year hardware warranty with 24x7 ThinkAgile Advantage Single Point of Support (Lenovo appliance hardware and Nutanix software) 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 Nutanix, on behalf of the customer, for software-related problem determination. Nutanix will contact the customer and will own the software-related problem resolution until closure.
For more information refer to the Lenovo Support Plan - ThinkAgile HX Appliance and Lenovo Converged HX Series
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht505404
The ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes can be configured with 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.
For more information refer to the Lenovo Support Plan - ThinkAgile HX Certified Nodes
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/HT510301
Hardware warranty
The ThinkAgile HX 2U Appliances & Certified Nodes have a 3-year warranty:
- 7Z82 - 2U Appliance - 3 year warranty
- 7Z84 - 2U Certified Node - 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:
- Service part numbers in Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
http://dcsc.lenovo.com/#/services - Lenovo Services Availability Locator
http://lenovolocator.com/
For service definitions, region-specific details, and service limitations, please 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 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
- VMware vCenter Server and vSphere cluster (for VMware installations)
- 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
The following table lists ThinkAgile Health Check & Deployment offerings are available for ThinkAgile HX customers. These offerings are performed by Lenovo Professional Services.
- Onsite Deployment: Install, configure, and validate solution on-site, and conduct knowledge transfer.
- Remote Deployment: Install, configure, and validate solution remotely, and conduct knowledge transfer.
- Remote Health Check: Report & remediation of hardware and cluster health issues, including firmware and software updates.
Note: For custom Hardware Installation and Deployment Services, please contact the Lenovo Professional Services team for sizing and pricing.
| Part number | Description |
|---|---|
| Onsite deployment services | |
| 5MS7B00043 | ThinkAgile HX Onsite Deployment (up to 3 nodes) |
| 5MS7B00044 | ThinkAgile HX Onsite Deployment (additional node) |
| Remote deployment services | |
| 5MS7B00045 | ThinkAgile HX Remote Deployment (up to 3 nodes) |
| 5MS7B00046 | ThinkAgile HX Remote Deployment (additional node) |
| 5MS7A27430 | ThinkAgile HX SAP HANA Deployment - Custom |
| Annual Remote Health Check | |
| 5MS7B00065 | ThinkAgile HX 1X Annual Remote Health Check (up to 3 node cluster) |
| 5MS7B00066 | ThinkAgile HX 1X Annual Remote Health Check (additional node) |
| 5MS7B00067 | ThinkAgile HX 1X Annual Remote Health Check & Update (up to 3 node cluster) |
| 5MS7B00068 | ThinkAgile HX 1X Annual Remote Health Check & Update (additional node) |
For more information, refer to the Data Center Implementation Services web page:
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/services/implementation-services/
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 - ThinkAgile HX Series Comparison reference
https://lenovopress.com/lp1336-thinkagile-hx-series-comparison -
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
http://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/docs - Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series Best Recipes
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht505413 - Lenovo Data Center Support
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com
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Full Change History
Changes in the March 29, 2022 update:
- New support for the following GPUs - GPU adapters section:
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A30 24GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU, 4X67A76581
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU, 4X67A76715
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A16 64GB Gen4 PCIe Passive GPU, 4X67A76727
Changes in the February 9, 2022 update:
- Added the following supported PCIe network adapters - Network adapters section
- ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter, 4XC7A62580
- ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter, 4XC7A08248
- Added a note that you cannot mix vendors with networking adapters
Changes in the January 28, 2021 update:
- Added support 7mm hot-swap drives as boot drives - Boot drive enablement section and Internal drive options section
- ThinkSystem 2U 7mm Drive Kit w/ SATA RAID, B8P2
- ThinkSystem 7mm S4520 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A17106
- ThinkSystem 7mm S4520 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A17107
- ThinkSystem 7mm 5300 240GB Entry SATA 6Gb SSD, 4XB7A38181
- ThinkSystem 7mm 5300 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb SSD, 4XB7A38182
Changes in the December 14, 2021 update:
- Added the following 10GbE PCIe adapter - Network adapters section:
- ThinkSystem Broadcom 57454 10GBASE-T 4-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter
Changes in the December 7, 2021 update:
- Added the following SAS HBAs - Controllers for internal storage section:
- ThinkSystem 440-8i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBA
- ThinkSystem 440-16i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBA
- Added the following 25GbE PCIe adapters - Network adapters section:
- ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter
- ThinkSystem Broadcom 57454 10/25GbE SFP28 4-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter V2
Changes in the November 18, 2021 update:
- Clarified the processor quantities supported by each system - Standard specifications section and Processors section
Changes in the November 15, 2021 update:
- Updated the list of supported OCP network adapters - Network adapters section
Changes in the November 2, 2021 update:
- Added support for the following drive to the HX5530, HX5531 - Internal drive options section:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1643a 7.68TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A17059
Changes in the October 13, 2021 update:
- Added configuration requirements for internal drives - Internal storage section
Changes in the August 30, 2021 update:
- Updated the list of supported network adapters - Network adapters section
First published: August 10, 2021