What's New - May 2022

The ThinkSystem SR645 server now supports the new AMD EPYC 7003 Series Processors with AMD 3D V-Cache ("Milan-X"). These are high-performance processors which have 768MB of L3 cache. These processors are best suited for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) workloads.

These new processors can now be configured with the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR645.

Figure 1. Lenovo ThinkSystem SR645 now support "Milan-X" processors

For more information about the new Milan-X processors see the Lenovo Press article available at
https://lenovopress.com/lp1593-amd-epyc-7003-processors-with-3d-v-cache

For SR645 configuration information, see the SR645 product guide:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1280-thinksystem-sr645-server

The following new server options have been announced:

• Drives
• Storage controllers for internal drives
• Storage controller for external drives
• GPUs

Drives

• ThinkSystem U.2 P5520 Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD drive family
• ThinkSystem U.2 P5620 Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD drive family
• ThinkSystem U.3 7450 PRO Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD drive family
• ThinkSystem U.3 7450 MAX Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD drive family
• ThinkSystem U.3 PM1733a Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD drive family
• 20TB SAS and SATA hard disk drives

For more information see these resources:

• ThinkSystem SSD Portfolio
• ThinkSystem HDD Reference

Storage controllers for internal drives

• ThinkSystem RAID 9350-16i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Internal Adapter
• ThinkSystem RAID 9350-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Internal Adapter

For more information, see this resource:

• ThinkSystem RAID Adapter and HBA Reference

Figure 2. ThinkSystem RAID 9350-16i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Internal Adapter

Storage controller for external drives

• ThinkSystem RAID 940-8e 4GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter

GPUs

• New feature codes for existing GPU models without the CEC secondary RoT chip:
  • ThinkSystem NVIDIA A10 24GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC
  • ThinkSystem NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC
  • ThinkSystem NVIDIA A30 24GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC
  • ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC

For details see the following resource:

• ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile GPU Summary

The following exist server options now have additional server support:

• Network adapters
• Drives
• Storage adapters
• GPUs
• ESXi Preload

Network adapters

• ThinkSystem Intel X710-T4L 10GBase-T 4-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter
  • Added multiple systems
• Mellanox ConnectX-5 EDR IB VPI Dual-port x16 PCIe 3.0 HCA
  • Added SR630 V2 support
• ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter
  • Added SD630 V2 support

For more information see this resource:

• ThinkSystem SSD Portfolio

Figure 3. ThinkSystem P5800X Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD

Storage adapters

• X350 RAID adapters and HBAs - added ST650 V2, SR630 V2, SR650 V2, SR670 V2, SR850 V2 and SR860 V2 support
  • ThinkSystem 4350-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA
  • ThinkSystem 4350-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA
  • ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter
  • ThinkSystem RAID 9350-16i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter
  • ThinkSystem RAID 9350-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter
• ThinkSystem RAID 540-16i PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter
  • Added SR570, SR590, SR630, SR650 support
• ThinkSystem 4-Port PCIe Gen4 NVMe Retimer Adapter
  • Added SR645, SR850 V2, SR860 V2

For more information, see this resource:

• ThinkSystem RAID Adapter and HBA Reference

Figure 4. ThinkSystem NVIDIA A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU

ESXi Preload

• VMware ESXi 7.0 U3 is now available as a factory preload in most ThinkSystem servers