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Abstract
In February, Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group announced several new offerings, including new server options and new features to servers in the ThinkSystem portfolio.
Change History
Changes in the February 22, 2022 update:
- New drive options - see the New server options section
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 7mm 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD, 4XB7A17184
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 7mm 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD, 4XB7A17188
- ThinkSystem 7mm 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A17095
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED, 4XB7A13972
- ThinkSystem Intel S4520 2.5" 7mm 240GB Entry SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap SSD Trayless, 4XB7A77056
- ThinkSystem Intel S4520 2.5" 7mm 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap SSD Trayless, 4XB7A77057
- Extended GPU support - see the New server features section:
- SE350 now supports NVIDIA A2
- SR630 now supports NVIDIA A2
- SR650 now supports NVIDIA A100, A16 and A2 GPUs
- Extended support for drives in the following servers - see the New server features section:
- ST650 V2
- SR630 V2
- SR650 V2
- SR670 V2
- SD630 V2
- SN550 V2
New server options
The following server options have been announced:
New Samsung SSD:
- ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 PM9A3 3.84TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD, 4XB7A79697
See the ThinkSystem PM9A3 Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSDs product guide
New trayless and 7mm hot-swap form factors for these Micron SSDs:
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 7mm 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD, 4XB7A17184
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 7mm 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD, 4XB7A17188
- ThinkSystem 7mm 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A17095
See the ThinkSystem 5300 Mainstream 6Gb SATA SSDs and ThinkSystem 5300 Entry 6Gb SATA SSDs product guides
New Micron SED drive:
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED, 4XB7A13972
See the ThinkSystem 5300 Mainstream 6Gb SATA SED SSDs product guide
New trayless form factor for these Intel SSDs:
- ThinkSystem Intel S4520 2.5" 7mm 240GB Entry SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap SSD Trayless, 4XB7A77056
- ThinkSystem Intel S4520 2.5" 7mm 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap SSD Trayless, 4XB7A77057
See the ThinkSystem S4520 Read Intensive SATA 6Gb SSDs product guide
New RAID adapter:
- ThinkSystem RAID 540-16i PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter, 4Y37A78835
See the ThinkSystem RAID 540 PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapters product guide
Figure 1. ThinkSystem RAID 540-16i PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter
New Flex System network adapter:
- ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 25Gb 2-port Mezz Adapter, 4XC7A08315
See the ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 25Gb 2-port Mezz Adapter product guide
New GPUs
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A16 64GB Gen4 PCIe Passive GPU, 4X67A76727
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU, 4X67A81547
Figure 2. ThinkSystem NVIDIA A16 64GB Gen4 PCIe Passive GPU
New server features
Key new features added to our ThinkSystem servers include the following:
SE350:
- New support for NVIDA A2 GPU
Details in the ThinkSystem SE350 product guide
SR630:
- New support for NVIDA A2 GPU
Details in the ThinkSystem SR630 product guide
SR650:
- New support for NVIDA A100, A16 and A2 GPUs
Details in the ThinkSystem SR650 product guide
SR650 V2:
- The server now supports the 512GB Persistent Memory module, enabling up to 12TB of system memory
- The server now supports the use of Riser 3 with only 1 processor installed, adding either two PCIe x8 slots or one PCIe x16 slot to the 1-socket configuration
- The server now supports the ThinkSystem Xilinx Alveo U50 Data Center Accelerator Adapter
- Additional drive support
Details in the ThinkSystem SR650 V2 Server product guide
SR630 V2:
- The server now supports the 512GB Persistent Memory module, enabling up to 12TB of system memory
- The server now supports the ThinkSystem Xilinx Alveo U50 Data Center Accelerator Adapter
- Additional drive support
Details in the ThinkSystem SR630 V2 Server product guide
Note: The support of 8x NVMe 2.5-inch drive bays or 8x AnyBay 2.5-inch drive bays with only 1 processor has been delayed until 2Q/2022.
Figure 3. Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V2
ST650 V2:
- Added support of field upgrades to 16x 3.5-inch drive bays
- Support for additional storage adapters including the PCIe Gen 4 940-16i RAID adapter and 440 HBAs
- Support for an internal LTO7 tape drive
- Support for the ThinkSystem Intel E810-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter
- Additional drive support
SR665:
- Support for additional RAID adapter and SAS HBAs including the RAID 9350, RAID 5350 and 4350 HBAs
Details in the ThinkSystem SR665 Server product guide
SR645:
- The server now supports 8TB of system memory using 32x 256GB 3DS RDIMMs
- Support for additional RAID adapter and SAS HBAs including the RAID 9350, RAID 5350 and 4350 HBAs
Details in the ThinkSystem SR645 Server product guide
SR670 V2:
- New support for 8x single-wide GPUs combined with 8x NVMe drives or 8x SAS/SATA drives
- Support for NVIDIA A10 and NVIDIA T4 GPUs
- New support for 8x double-wide GPUs with a x16 GPUDirect Storage connection to EDSFF NVMe drives
- Support for the ThinkSystem HHHL PM1735 6.4TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe4.0 x8 Flash Adapter, 4XB7A14077
- Additional drive support
Details in the ThinkSystem SR670 V2 Server product guide
SD630 V2:
- Additional drive support
Details in the ThinkSystem SD630 V2 Server product guide
ThinkAgile MX updates
The ThinkAgile MX appliances and certified nodes with 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors now support these PCIe Gen 4 SAS HBAs for internal storage:
- ThinkSystem 440-8i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBA
- ThinkSystem 440-16i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBA
For details, see the ThinkAgile MX 1U and ThinkAgile MX 2U product guides
Figure 4. ThinkAgile MX3530 and MX3531 2U Appliances & Certified Nodes with 2.5-inch drive bays
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager
The IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager software is now available from Lenovo using the ordering information listed in the following table.
| Part number | Description |
|---|---|
| 7S0A007FWW | IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager Basic Edition Install License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months |
| 7S0A007HWW | IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Raw Decimal Terabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months |
| 7S0A007KWW | IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Raw Decimal Petabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months |
| 7S0A007MWW | IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Usable Decimal Terabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months |
| 7S0A007PWW | IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager For Usable Decimal Petabyte Storage Resource Value Unit License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months |
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The following terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both:
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AnyBay®
Flex System
ThinkAgile®
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Intel® and Xeon® are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries.
Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
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Full Change History
Changes in the February 22, 2022 update:
- New drive options - see the New server options section
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 7mm 5300 960GB Entry SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD, 4XB7A17184
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 7mm 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Trayless SSD, 4XB7A17188
- ThinkSystem 7mm 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD, 4XB7A17095
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 5300 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD SED, 4XB7A13972
- ThinkSystem Intel S4520 2.5" 7mm 240GB Entry SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap SSD Trayless, 4XB7A77056
- ThinkSystem Intel S4520 2.5" 7mm 480GB Entry SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap SSD Trayless, 4XB7A77057
- Extended GPU support - see the New server features section:
- SE350 now supports NVIDIA A2
- SR630 now supports NVIDIA A2
- SR650 now supports NVIDIA A100, A16 and A2 GPUs
- Extended support for drives in the following servers - see the New server features section:
- ST650 V2
- SR630 V2
- SR650 V2
- SR670 V2
- SD630 V2
- SN550 V2
First published: February 15, 2022
