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- Ramon Capeles
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The Lenovo ThinkAgile VX665 V3 Integrated Systems and Certified Node are 2-socket 2U systems that features the AMD EPYC 9000 Series "Genoa" family of processors. With up to 96 cores per processor and support for the new PCIe 5.0 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.
This product guide provides essential pre-sales information to understand the VX665 V3, 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 VX systems and consider their use in IT solutions.
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Change History
Changes in the September 19, 2023 update:
- Added support for the following drives: see Internal drive options section:
- ThinkSystem 2.5" CM893a 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A89423
- ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A87524
- ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A87525
- ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A87526
- ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A87527
- Added support for the following memory options: see Memory Options section:
- ThinkSystem 96GB TruDDR5 4800MHz (2Rx4) 10x4 RDIMM-A, 4X77A81448
Introduction
The Lenovo ThinkAgile VX665 V3 Integrated Systems and Certified Node are 2-socket 2U systems that features the AMD EPYC 9004 Series "Genoa" family of processors. With up to 96 cores per processor and support for the new PCIe 5.0 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, networking and management in a tightly integrated software stack.
Tip: ThinkAgile Integrated System is the new name for ThinkAgile Appliance.
Suggested uses: Inference, virtualization, VDI, HPC, Hyperconverged infrastructure
Did you know?
The ThinkAgile VX665 V3 Integrated Systems and Certified Node are built on the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR665 v3 server that features enterprise-class reliability, management, and security.
The VX665 V3 Integrated Systems comes preinstalled with VMware software. The deployer tool provides for faster day 0 and day 1 operations. XClarity Integrator acting as the Hardware Support manager (HSM) for the vCenter Life Cycle Manager (vLCM), handles lifecycle management of both software and firmware updates via a single pane of glass that fully integrates VMware tools. The VX Integrated System offers ThinkAgile Advantage Single Point of Support for quick 24/7 problem reporting and resolution.
The systems have been designed to take advantage of the features of the AMD EPYC 9004 Series "Genoa" family of processors, such as the full performance of 96-core processors, support for 4800 MHz memory and PCIe Gen 5.0 support.
The systems are available as an Integrated System or a Certified Node delivering greater virtualized workload consolidation with higher core count, GPU support and easy-to-use lifecycle management console.
Key features
ThinkAgile features
The ThinkAgile VX665 V3 Integrated Systems and Certified Node offer the following key features:
- Factory-integrated, pre-configured ready-to-go Integrated Systems 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.
- Provides a 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.
- Integrated Systems 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 VX665 V3 Integrated Systems and 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 VX665 V3 are based on the SR665 V3 and have the following hardware features
Scalability and performance
The VX665 V3 offer numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability and reduce costs:
- Supports the AMD EPYC 9004 family of processors
- Supports processors with up to 96 cores and 192 threads, core speeds of up to 3.6 GHz, and TDP ratings of up to 360W.
- Support for up to 24 TruDDR5 memory DIMMs with two processors (12 DIMMs per processor). Each processor has 12 memory channels and 1 DIMMs per channel. With 1 DIMM installed per channel (12 DIMMs total), memory operates at 4800 MHz.
- Using 256GB 3DS RDIMMs, the server supports up to 6TB of system memory.
- Supports up to eight single-width GPUs, each up to 75W 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) 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, bandwidth, 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 5.0 x16 interface, supporting a variety of Ethernet network adapters. Simple-swap mechanism with thumbscrews and pull-tab enables tool-less installation and removal of the adapter. Supports shared BMC network sideband connectivity to enable out-of-band systems management.
- The server offers PCI Express 5.0 I/O expansion capabilities that doubles the theoretical maximum bandwidth of PCIe 4.0 (32GT/s in each direction for PCIe 5.0, compared to 16 GT/s with PCIe 4.0). A PCIe 5.0 x16 slot provides 128 GB/s bandwidth, enough to support a 400GbE network connection.
- Up to eight PCIe 5.0 slots, all with rear access, plus an internal bay for a cabled HBA, plus a slot dedicated to the OCP adapter.
Availability and serviceability
The VX665 V3 provide many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:
- The server uses ECC memory and supports memory RAS features including Single Device Data Correction (SDDC, also known as Chipkill), Patrol/Demand Scrubbing, Bounded Fault, DRAM Address Command Parity with Replay, DRAM Uncorrected ECC Error Retry, On-die ECC, ECC Error Check and Scrub (ECS), and Post Package Repair.
- The server offers hot-swap drives for greater system uptime.
- 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.
- Optional front-accessible slots and drives so that most major components and cables (except power) are located at the front of the server.
- The power-source-independent light path diagnostics 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 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 and VMware vCenter. 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 2 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 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, 9 x 5 next business day. Optional service upgrades are available.
Manageability and security
Systems management features simplify local and remote management of the VX665 V3:
- The server includes an XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) to monitor server availability. Optional upgrade to XCC Platinum to provide remote control (keyboard video mouse) functions, support for the mounting of remote media files, FIPS 140-3 security, enhanced NIST 800-193 support, boot capture, power capping, and other management and security features.
- 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 AMD Secure Root-of-Trust, Secure Run and Secure Move features to minimize potential attacks and protect data as the OS is booted, as applications are run and as applications are migrated from server to server.
- Supports Secure Boot to ensure only a digitally signed operating system can be used.
- Industry-standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) NI support for faster, stronger encryption.
- Additional physical security features are a chassis intrusion switch and a lockable front bezel.
Energy efficiency
The VX665 V3 offer the following energy-efficiency features to save energy, reduce operational costs, and increase energy availability:
- Energy-efficient planar components help lower operational costs.
- Carbon offset is available at click of button. You can project the carbon emissions per device for an average lifecycle (up to 5 years). That information is available here
- High-efficiency power supplies with 80 PLUS Platinum and Titanium certifications
- Low-voltage 1.1 V DDR5 memory offers energy savings compared to 1.2 V DDR4 DIMMs, an approximately 20% decrease in power consumption
- 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 and analysis to help achieve lower heat output and reduced cooling needs.
Components and connectors
The ThinkAgile VX665 V3 Integrated Systems and Certified Node are based on the ThinkSystem SR665 V3 server.
The following figure shows the front of the VX665 V3 with 2.5-inch drives.
Figure 2. Front view of the ThinkAgile VX665 V3 with 2.5-inch drives
The following figure shows the front of the VX665 V3 with 3.5-inch drives.
Figure 3. Front view of the ThinkAgile VX665 V3 with 3.5-inch drives
The following figure shows the components visible from the rear of the VX systems. 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 VX665 V3 (configuration with eight PCIe slots)
Standard specifications
The ThinkAgile VX665 V3 Integrated Systems and Certified Node are based on the ThinkSystem SR665 V3 server.
The following table provides an overview comparison between the VX systems.
VX665 V3 IS | VX665 V3 CN | |
---|---|---|
Code Name | Kauai | Kauai |
VX offering type | Integrated System | Certified Node |
Base model | 7D9LCTO1WW | 7D9LCTO2WW |
Form factor | 2U | 2U |
Base platform | SR665 V3 | SR665 V3 |
CPU | 1x or 2x EPYC 9004 | 1x or 2x EPYC 9004 |
Memory |
24x DDR5 4800MHz |
24x DDR5 4800MHz |
Drive bays | 40x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA 16x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA 32x 2.5-inch NVMe 12x 3.5-inch NVMe |
40x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA |
Drive Configuration | All Flash or Hybrid | All Flash or Hybrid |
Disk groups | Up to 5 groups | Up to 5 groups |
HBA | 4350-8i 4350-16i 440-8i 440-16i 440-16i Int |
4350-8i 4350-16i 440-8i 440-16i 440-16i Int |
Boot drives | 2x 7mm hot-swap SATA 2x 7mm hot-swap NVMe 2x M.2 SATA |
2x 7mm hot-swap SATA 2x 7mm hot-swap NVMe 2x M.2 SATA |
OCP networking | 1x OCP 3.0 adapter 2/4port 10G/10GBASE-T, 25Gb,100Gb |
1x OCP 3.0 adapter 2/4port 10G/10GBASE-T, 25Gb,100Gb |
PCIe networking | Up to 10x adapters 10GBASE-T, 10G, 25G, 100G |
Up to 10x adapters 10GBASE-T, 10G, 25G, 100G |
GPUs | Supports up to: 8x single-wide GPUs or 3x double-wide GPUs |
Supports up to: 8x single-wide GPUs or 3x double-wide GPUs |
Hypervisor | ESXi 7.0 U3 ESXi 8.0 |
ESXi 7.0 U3 ESXi 8.0 |
The following table lists the standard specifications.
Components | Specification |
---|---|
Machine types | 7D9A - 3 year warranty |
Form factor | 2U rack. |
Processor | One or two AMD EPYC 9004 Series processors (codenamed "Genoa"). Supports processors up to 96 cores, core speeds of up to 3.6 GHz, and TDP ratings of up to 360W. Supports PCIe 5.0 for high performance I/O. |
Chipset | Not applicable (platform controller hub functions are integrated into the processor) |
Memory | 24 DIMM slots with two processors (12 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 12 memory channels, with 1 DIMM per channel (DPC). Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMMs, 3DS RDIMMs, and 9x4 RDIMMs are supported, up to 4800 MHz |
Memory maximum | Up to 6TB with 24x 256GB 3DS RDIMM-A |
Persistent memory | Not supported. |
Memory protection | ECC, SDDC, Patrol/Demand Scrubbing, Bounded Fault, DRAM Address Command Parity with Replay, DRAM Uncorrected ECC Error Retry, On-die ECC, ECC Error Check and Scrub (ECS), Post Package Repair |
Disk drive bays |
Up to 20x 3.5-inch or 40x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays:
The systems also support these drives for OS boot:
See Supported drive bay combinations for details. |
Storage controller |
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Network interfaces | Dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot with PCIe 5.0 x16 host interface, either at the rear of the server (rear-accessible) for the front of the server (front-accessible). Supports a variety of 2-port and 4-port adapters with 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE and 100 GbE network connectivity. One port can optionally be shared with the XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) management processor for Wake-on-LAN and NC-SI support. Additional PCIe network adapters supported in PCIe slots. |
PCI Expansion slots |
Up to 10x PCIe slots with rear access, plus a slot dedicated to the OCP adapter. Slot are either PCIe 5.0 or 4.0 depending on riser selection and rear drive bay selection. The use of some slots requires 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. A variety of riser cards are available. See the I/O expansion for details. For 2.5-inch front drive configurations, the server supports the installation of a HBA in a dedicated area that does not consume any of the PCIe slots. The server alternatively supports slots at the front of the server (configurations with up to 16 drive bays)
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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 2nd XCC remote management port (installs in OCP slot). Optional DB-9 COM serial port (installs in slot 3). Internal: 1x USB 3.1 G1 (5 Gb/s) connector for operating system or license key purposes. |
Cooling | Up to 6x N+1 redundant hot swap 60 mm fans, configuration dependent. 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. 750 W, 1100 W, 1800 W, 2400 W, and 2600 W AC, supporting 220 V AC. 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 16x 2.5-inch front drive bays can optionally support an Integrated Diagnostics Panel. XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) embedded management based on the ASPEED AST2600 baseboard management controller (BMC). Dedicated rear Ethernet port for XCC2 remote access for management. Optional 2nd redundant XCC2 remote port supported, installs in the OCP slot. XClarity Administrator for centralized infrastructure management, XClarity Integrator plugins for VMware Lifecycle Manager, and XClarity Energy Manager centralized server power management. Optional XCC Platinum to enable remote control functions and other features. |
Security features | Chassis intrusion switch, Power-on password, administrator's password, Root of Trust module supporting TPM 2.0 and Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR). Optional lockable front security bezel. |
Software |
Software licenses that can be purchased from Lenovo or provided by the customer:
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Hypervisors | VMware ESXi 7.0 U3 (factory install), ESXi 8.0 (Future Support) See the Operating system support section for specifics. |
Limited warranty | Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9x5 next business day (NBD). |
Service and support | Optional service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services: 4-hour or 2-hour response time, 6-hour fix time, 1-year or 2-year warranty extension, software support for Lenovo hardware and some third-party applications. |
Software maintenance | One-, three-, or five-year software support and subscription is included with the VMware software licenses available from Lenovo (optional). |
Dimensions | Width: 445 mm (17.5 in.), height: 87 mm (3.4 in.), depth: 764 mm (30.1 in.). See Physical and electrical specifications for details. |
Weight | Maximum: 38.8 kg (85.5 lb) |
Models
Factory-integrated models of the ThinkAgile VX Series Integrated Systems 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.
Note: You are required to engage a Lenovo representative in the project that includes the ThinkAgile VX Series Integrated Systems. ThinkAgile VX certified nodes do not have this requirement.
The following table lists the CTO base models.
Machine Type/Model | Description |
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7D9LCTO1WW | ThinkAgile VX665 V3 Integrated System |
7D9LCTO2WW | ThinkAgile VX665 V3 Certified Node |
Models of the VX systems are defined based on whether the systems have 2.5-inch drive bays at the front (called the 2.5-inch chassis) or whether they have 3.5-inch drive bays at the front (called the 3.5-inch chassis). For models, the feature codes for these chassis bases are as listed in the following table.
Feature code | Description |
---|---|
BLKJ | ThinkSystem V3 2U 12x3.5" Chassis |
BLKK | ThinkSystem V3 2U 24x2.5" Chassis |
Comparison with the ThinkSystem SR665 V3
The ThinkAgile VX665 V3 Integrated Systems and Certified Node are based on the ThinkSystem SR665 V3 server, however there are key differences between the base model and the Integrated System\Certified Node:
- No onboard SATA controller support
- No SATA HDDs
- No support for SED drives
- Fibre Channel support for data migration only
- InfiniBand support only supports the ethernet function
- Drives are categorized as Cache or Capacity drives and are formed as disk groups (up to 5 disk groups)
For details about the ThinkSystem SR665 V3, see the SR665 V3 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1608-thinksystem-sr665-v3-server
To verify what specific hardware components are supported with the VX665 V3, see the DCSC configurator:
https://dcsc.lenovo.com
Processor options
The VX665 V3 systems support the following third-generation AMD EPYC processors.
For details about the ThinkSystem SR665 V3, see the SR665 V3 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1608-thinksystem-sr665-v3-server#processor-options
Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |
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VX665 V3 IS | VX665 V3 CN | |||
None | BREE | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9124 16C 200W 3.0GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BREJ | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9174F 16C 320W 4.1GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BREH | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9224 24C 200W 2.5GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BRED | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9254 24C 200W 2.9GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BREF | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9274F 24C 320W 4.05GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BREC | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9334 32C 210W 2.7GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BR30 | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9354 32C 280W 3.25GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BREG | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9354P 32C 280W 3.25GHz Processor | 1 | 1 |
None | BR32 | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9374F 32C 320W 3.85GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BREB | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9454 48C 290W 2.75GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BREM | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9454P 48C 290W 2.75GHz Processor | 1 | 1 |
None | BR31 | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9474F 48C 360W 3.6GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BREA | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9534 64C 280W 2.45GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BPVJ | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9554 64C 360W 3.1GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BREL | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9554P 64C 360W 3.1GHz Processor | 1 | 1 |
None | BR2Z | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9634 84C 290W 2.25GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BPVK | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9654 96C 360W 2.4GHz Processor | 2 | 2 |
None | BREK | ThinkSystem AMD EPYC 9654P 96C 360W 2.4GHz Processor | 1 | 1 |
Memory options
The VX665 V3 systems support the following memory options.
For details about the ThinkSystem SR665 V3, see the SR665 V3 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1608-thinksystem-sr665-v3-server#memory-options
Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |
---|---|---|---|---|
VX665 V3 IS | VX665 V3 CN | |||
4X77A81437 | BQ3C | ThinkSystem 16GB TruDDR5 4800MHz (1Rx8) RDIMM-A | 24 | 24 |
4X77A81438 | BQ39 | ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR5 4800MHz (1Rx4) 10x4 RDIMM-A | 24 | 24 |
4X77A81439 | BQ3E | ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR5 4800MHz (1Rx4) 9x4 RDIMM-A | 24 | 24 |
4X77A81440 | BQ37 | ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR5 4800MHz (2Rx8) RDIMM-A | 24 | 24 |
4X77A81441 | BQ3D | ThinkSystem 64GB TruDDR5 4800MHz (2Rx4) 10x4 RDIMM-A | 24 | 24 |
4X77A81442 | BQ36 | ThinkSystem 64GB TruDDR5 4800MHz (2Rx4) 9x4 RDIMM-A | 24 | 24 |
4X77A81448 | BUVV | ThinkSystem 96GB TruDDR5 4800MHz (2Rx4) 10x4 RDIMM-A | 24 | 24 |
4X77A81443 | BQ3A | ThinkSystem 128GB TruDDR5 4800MHz (4Rx4) 3DS RDIMM-A v2 | 24 | 24 |
4X77A81444 | BQ3B | ThinkSystem 256GB TruDDR5 4800MHz (8Rx4) 3DS RDIMM-A | 24 | 24 |
Internal storage
Internal storage configurations of the VX665 V3 are as follows. All drives are hot-swap and are accessible from the front or rear of the system, or from the internals of the server with the cover removed (where mid drives are supported)
- VX665 V3 Integrated System and Certified Node:
- Front drive bays:
- Up to 24x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA or NVMe or 8x 2.5-inch Anybay
- Up to 12x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA or Anybay
- Mid drive bays:
- Up to 8x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA or NVMe
- Up to 4x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA
- Rear drive bays:
- Up to 8x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA
- Up to 4x 2.5-inch Anybay
- Up to 4x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA
- Up to 2x (7mm) SATA/NVME
- Front IO Chassis:
- Up to 8x 2.5-inch Anybay and 8x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA
- Front drive bays:
Specific choices of drive backplane are listed in the table below.
For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR665 V3 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1608-thinksystem-sr665V3-server#internal-storage
Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |
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VX665 V3 IS | VX665 V3 CN | |||
Front 3.5-inch drive backplanes | ||||
None | B8L3 | ThinkSystem 1U/2U 4x3.5" SAS/SATA Backplane | 1 | 1 |
None | B8LP | ThinkSystem 2U 8x3.5" SAS/SATA Backplane | 1 | 1 |
None | B8LT | ThinkSystem 2U 12x3.5" SAS/SATA Backplane | 1 | 1 |
None | BPL8 | ThinkSystem 2U 8x3.5" SAS/SATA+4 AnyBay Backplane | 1 | 1 |
None | BPL9 | ThinkSystem 2U 8x3.5" SAS/SATA+4 NVMe Backplane | 1 | 1 |
Front 2.5-inch drive backplanes | ||||
None | B8LV | ThinkSystem 2U 4x2.5" SAS/SATA Backplane | 2 | 2 |
None | B8LU | ThinkSystem 2U 8x2.5" SAS/SATA Backplane | 3 | 3 |
None | BH8D | ThinkSystem 2U/4U 8x2.5" NVMe Backplane | 3 | 3 |
None | BPL7 | ThinkSystem 2U 6x2.5" SAS/SATA+2 AnyBay Backplane | 1 | 1 |
None | BH8B | ThinkSystem 2U/4U 8x2.5" AnyBay Backplane | 3 | 3 |
Integrated Diagnostics Panel (for 2.5-inch configurations with 8 or 16 bays only) | ||||
None | BMJA | ThinkSystem 2U 16x2.5" Front Operator Panel v2 | 1 | 1 |
Mid - 3.5-inch drive backplane | ||||
None | BCQK | ThinkSystem 2U 4x3.5" SAS/SATA Middle Backplane | 1 | 1 |
Mid - 2.5-inch drive backplane | ||||
None | BCQL | ThinkSystem 2U 4x2.5" SAS/SATA Middle Backplane | 2 | 2 |
None | BDY7 | ThinkSystem 2U 4x2.5" Middle NVMe Backplane | 2 | 2 |
Rear - 3.5-inch drive backplanes | ||||
None | BAG7 | ThinkSystem 2U 2x3.5" SAS/SATA Rear Backplane | 1 | 1 |
Rear - 2.5-inch drive backplanes | ||||
None | B97X | ThinkSystem 2U 8x2.5" SAS/SATA Rear Backplane | 1 | 1 |
Rear - 7mm drive backplanes | ||||
None | BQ2C | ThinkSystem 1U/2U 2x7mm NVMe Rear Backplane | 1 | 1 |
For OS boot functions, the systems also support one or two 7mm hot-swap drives at the rear of the server, or one 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.
Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |
---|---|---|---|---|
VX665 V3 IS | VX665 V3 CN | |||
M.2 enablement kits | ||||
4Y37A79663 | BM8X | ThinkSystem M.2 SATA/x4 NVMe 2-Bay Enablement Kit | 1 | 1 |
7MM enablement kits | ||||
None | BU0N | ThinkSystem 7mm SATA/NVMe 2-Bay Rear Enablement Kit v2 | 1 | 1 |
None | B8P3 | ThinkSystem 2U 7mm Drive Kit w/ NVMe RAID | 1 | 1 |
RAID adapters M.2/7MM - Boot Only | ||||
None | BT7N | ThinkSystem Raid 5350-8i for M.2/7MM SATA boot Enablement | 1 | 1 |
None | BT7P | ThinkSystem Raid 540-8i for M.2/7MM NVMe boot Enablement | 1 | 1 |
RAID adapters PCIe - Boot Only | ||||
4Y37A72482 | BJHK | ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter | 3 | 3 |
For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR665 V3 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1608-thinksystem-sr665V3-server#internal-storage
Configuration notes:
- If RAID support is not required, the M.2 adapter connects to an onboard port. No additional adapter is required
- The support of RAID-1 with the M.2 drives requires an additional RAID adapter that is installed in PCIe slot 2:
- RAID support for 7MM/M.2 SATA drives requires a RAID 5350-8i adapter (feature BT7N) for Boot only
- RAID support for 7MM/M.2 NVMe or SATA drives requires a RAID 540-8i adapter (feature BT7P) for Boot Only
- The RAID adapter used for M.2 drive support cannot be configured for use with other drive bays for VSAN data
Disk Groups
The following table lists the supported Disk Groups for each VX system.
Drive Selection Rules | VX665 V3 Integrated System | VX665 V3 Certified Node |
---|---|---|
Model type | Hybrid (HY) or All Flash (AF) | Hybrid (HY) or All Flash (AF) |
Maximum number of drives | *32 | *32 |
Number of Disk Groups | 1 - 5 | 1 - 5 |
Number of Cache Drives per Disk Group | 1 | 1 |
Number of Capacity Drives per Disk Group | 2 - 7 | 2 - 7 |
Allowed Capacity Drive Quantities | ||
1 Disk Group (1 Cache Drive) | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 |
2 Disk Groups (2 Cache Drives) | 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or 14 | 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or 14 |
3 Disk Groups (3 Cache Drives) | 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 or 21 | 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 or 21 |
4 Disk Groups (4 Cache Drives) | 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 or 28 | 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 or 28 |
5 Disk Groups (5 Cache Drives) | 10, 15, 20, or 25 | 10, 15, 20, or 25 |
*40 drives support available via CORE
Controllers for internal storage
The VX665 V3 systems support the following storage controller options.
For details about these components, including configuration rules, see the SR665 V3 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1608-thinksystem-sr665-v3-server#controllers-for-internal-storage
Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |
---|---|---|---|---|
VX665 V3 IS | VX665 V3 CN | |||
SAS/SATA HBA - PCIe 3.0 adapters | ||||
4Y37A72480 | BJHH | ThinkSystem 4350-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA | 3 | 3 |
4Y37A72481 | BJHJ | ThinkSystem 4350-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA | 2 | 2 |
SAS/SATA HBA - PCIe 4.0 adapters | ||||
4Y37A78601 | BM51 | ThinkSystem 440-8i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBA | 3 | 3 |
4Y37A78602 | BM50 | ThinkSystem 440-16i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBA | 2 | 2 |
4Y37A09725 | B8P1 | ThinkSystem 440-16i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb Internal HBA | 1 | 1 |
SAS Expander | ||||
4Y37A09736 | B8P6 | ThinkSystem 48 port 12Gb Internal Expander* | 1 | 1 |
NVMe adapters | ||||
4C57A65446 | B98C | ThinkSystem 4-Port PCIe Gen4 NVMe Retimer Adapter | 3 | 3 |
* ThinkSystem 48 port 12Gb Internal Expander supported via CORE
Internal drive options
This section lists the supported drives:
Configuration Note:
- 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 following table lists the supported 7mm and M.2 drives suitable for OS boot functions.
Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |
---|---|---|---|---|
VX665 V3 IS | VX665 V3 CN | |||
7mm 2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA SSDs | ||||
4XB7A82264 | BQ1U | ThinkSystem 7mm 5400 PRO 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 2 | 2 |
4XB7A82265 | BQ1V | ThinkSystem 7mm 5400 PRO 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 2 | 2 |
4XB7A82266 | BQ1W | ThinkSystem 7mm 5400 PRO 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 2 | 2 |
4XB7A17106 | BK79 | ThinkSystem 7mm S4520 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 2 | 2 |
4XB7A17107 | BK7A | ThinkSystem 7mm S4520 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 2 | 2 |
4XB7A17108 | BK7B | ThinkSystem 7mm S4520 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | 2 | 2 |
7mm PCIe 4.0 NVMe Drives | ||||
4XB7A82853 | BPZ4 | ThinkSystem 7mm U.3 7450 PRO 960GB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | 2 | 2 |
4XB7A82855 | BPZ5 | ThinkSystem 7mm U.3 7450 PRO 1.92TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | 2 | 2 |
4XB7A82856 | BPZ6 | ThinkSystem 7mm U.3 7450 PRO 3.84TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | 2 | 2 |
M.2 SATA drives | ||||
4XB7A82286 | BQ1Z | ThinkSystem M.2 5400 PRO 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb NHS SSD | 2 | 2 |
4XB7A82287 | BQ1Y | ThinkSystem M.2 5400 PRO 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb NHS SSD | 2 | 2 |
4XB7A82288 | BQ20 | ThinkSystem M.2 5400 PRO 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb NHS SSD | 2 | 2 |
M.2 PCIe NVMe drives | ||||
4XB7A13999 | BKSR | ThinkSystem M.2 7450 PRO 960GB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 NHS SSD | 2 | 2 |
Internal drives for VX665 V3 IS
The following table lists the drives support in the VX665 V3 IS. For both All Flash Storage and Hybrid Storage configurations, drives are classified as either Cache drives, Capacity drives, or both.
Configuration Note:
- Maximum drive quantities depend on Disk Group configurations.
- Drive configurations over 32 require CORE.
- VMware will no longer support higher capacity drives greater than 8TB
Part number | Feature | Description | All Flash | All Flash | Hybrid | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ESA | Cache | Capacity | Cache | Capacity | |||
2.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS HDDs | |||||||
7XB7A00027 | AUM1 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 1.2TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD | No | No | No | No | 32 |
7XB7A00028 | AUM2 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 1.8TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | No | No | No | No | 32 |
4XB7A83970 | BRG7 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 2.4TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2 | No | No | No | No | 32 |
2.5-inch hot-swap 24 Gb SAS SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A80318 | BNWC | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 960GB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80319 | BNWE | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 1.92TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80320 | BNWF | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 3.84TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80321 | BP3E | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 7.68TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80322 | BP3J | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 15.36TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80323 | BP3D | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 30.72TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80340 | BNW8 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 800GB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A80341 | BNW9 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 1.6TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A80342 | BNW6 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 3.2TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A80343 | BP3K | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 6.4TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A82289 | BQ21 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 480GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A82290 | BQ24 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 960GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A82291 | BQ22 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 1.92TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A82292 | BQ23 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 3.84TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A17125 | BA7Q | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 480GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A17126 | BA4T | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 960GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A17127 | BA4U | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 1.92TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A17128 | BK7L | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 3.84TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A82258 | BQ1Q | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A82259 | BQ1P | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A82260 | BQ1R | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A82261 | BQ1X | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A82262 | BQ1S | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A82263 | BQ1T | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 7.68TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A72438 | BM8B | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A72439 | BM8A | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A72440 | BM89 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A72441 | BM88 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A72442 | BM87 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 7.68TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A87524 | BWKN | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A87525 | BWKM | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A87526 | BWKL | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A87527 | BWKK | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17072 | B99D | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17101 | BA7G | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17102 | BA7H | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17103 | BA7J | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17104 | BK77 | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17105 | BK78 | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 7.68TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A89423 | BXDY | ThinkSystem 2.5" CM893a 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
2.5-inch hot-swap PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A17158 | BKKY | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5800X 400GB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17159 | BKKZ | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5800X 800GB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17160 | BMM8 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5800X 1.6TB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A79639 | BNF1 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 800GB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A13967 | BNEJ | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 1.6TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A13970 | BNEY | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 3.2TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | 32 | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A13971 | BNEL | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 6.4TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | 32 | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A79646 | BNF3 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 960GB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A79647 | BNF2 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 1.92TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A79648 | BNF5 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 3.84TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | 32 | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A79649 | BNF4 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 7.68TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | 32 | No | 32 | No | No |
3.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS HDDs | |||||||
7XB7A00042 | AUU5 | ThinkSystem 3.5" 2TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD | No | No | No | No | 20 |
7XB7A00043 | AUU6 | ThinkSystem 3.5" 4TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD | No | No | No | No | 20 |
7XB7A00044 | AUU7 | ThinkSystem 3.5" 6TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | No | No | No | No | 20 |
7XB7A00045 | B0YR | ThinkSystem 3.5" 8TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | No | No | No | No | 20 |
3.5-inch hot-swap 24 Gb SAS SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A80324 | BNWD | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1653 960GB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | No |
4XB7A80325 | BNWG | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1653 1.92TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | No |
4XB7A80326 | BNWH | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1653 3.84TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | No |
4XB7A80327 | BP3F | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1653 7.68TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | No |
4XB7A80328 | BP3H | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1653 15.36TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | No |
4XB7A80345 | BNWA | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1655 1.6TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
4XB7A80346 | BNWB | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1655 3.2TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
4XB7A80347 | BP3G | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1655 6.4TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
3.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SAS SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A17119 | BA7L | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4520 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | 20 |
4XB7A17120 | BA7M | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4520 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | 20 |
4XB7A17121 | BA7N | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4520 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | 20 |
4XB7A17122 | BK7F | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4520 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | 20 |
4XB7A17123 | BK7G | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4520 7.68TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | 20 |
4XB7A17137 | BA4W | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4620 480GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
4XB7A17138 | BA4X | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4620 960GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
4XB7A17139 | BA4Y | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4620 1.92TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
4XB7A17140 | BK7P | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4620 3.84TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
3.5-inch hot-swap PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A17161 | BMM7 | ThinkSystem 3.5" U.2 P5800X 400GB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 12 | 12 | No | No |
4XB7A17162 | BMM5 | ThinkSystem 3.5" U.2 P5800X 800GB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 12 | 12 | No | No |
4XB7A77070 | BMM6 | ThinkSystem 3.5" U.2 P5800X 1.6TB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 12 | 12 | No | No |
Internal drives for VX665 V3 CN
The following table lists the drives support in the VX665 V3 CN. For both All Flash Storage and Hybrid Storage configurations, drives are classified as either Cache drives, Capacity drives, or both.
Configuration Note:
- Maximum drive quantities depend on Disk Group configurations.
- Drive configurations over 32 require CORE.
- VMware will no longer support higher capacity drives greater than 8TB
Part number | Feature | Description | All Flash | All Flash | Hybrid | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ESA | Cache | Capacity | Cache | Capacity | |||
2.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS HDDs | |||||||
7XB7A00027 | AUM1 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 1.2TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD | No | No | No | No | 32 |
7XB7A00028 | AUM2 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 1.8TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | No | No | No | No | 32 |
4XB7A83970 | BRG7 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 2.4TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2 | No | No | No | No | 32 |
2.5-inch hot-swap 24 Gb SAS SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A80318 | BNWC | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 960GB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80319 | BNWE | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 1.92TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80320 | BNWF | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 3.84TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80321 | BP3E | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 7.68TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80322 | BP3J | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 15.36TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80323 | BP3D | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1653 30.72TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A80340 | BNW8 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 800GB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A80341 | BNW9 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 1.6TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A80342 | BNW6 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 3.2TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A80343 | BP3K | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 6.4TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SATA SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A82289 | BQ21 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 480GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A82290 | BQ24 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 960GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A82291 | BQ22 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 1.92TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A82292 | BQ23 | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 MAX 3.84TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A17125 | BA7Q | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 480GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A17126 | BA4T | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 960GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A17127 | BA4U | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 1.92TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A17128 | BK7L | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4620 3.84TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | 32 | No |
4XB7A82258 | BQ1Q | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A82259 | BQ1P | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A82260 | BQ1R | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A82261 | BQ1X | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A82262 | BQ1S | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A82263 | BQ1T | ThinkSystem 2.5" 5400 PRO 7.68TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A72438 | BM8B | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A72439 | BM8A | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A72440 | BM89 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A72441 | BM88 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A72442 | BM87 | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893 7.68TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A87524 | BWKN | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A87525 | BWKM | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A87526 | BWKL | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A87527 | BWKK | ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17072 | B99D | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 240GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17101 | BA7G | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17102 | BA7H | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17103 | BA7J | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17104 | BK77 | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17105 | BK78 | ThinkSystem 2.5" S4520 7.68TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A89423 | BXDY | ThinkSystem 2.5" CM893a 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
2.5-inch hot-swap PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A17158 | BKKY | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5800X 400GB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17159 | BKKZ | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5800X 800GB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A17160 | BMM8 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.2 P5800X 1.6TB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A79639 | BNF1 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 800GB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A13967 | BNEJ | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 1.6TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A13970 | BNEY | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 3.2TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | 32 | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A13971 | BNEL | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 MAX 6.4TB Mixed Use NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | 32 | 32 | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A79646 | BNF3 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 960GB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A79647 | BNF2 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 1.92TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A79648 | BNF5 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 3.84TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | 32 | No | 32 | No | No |
4XB7A79649 | BNF4 | ThinkSystem 2.5" U.3 7450 PRO 7.68TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | 32 | No | 32 | No | No |
3.5-inch hot-swap 12 Gb SAS HDDs | |||||||
7XB7A00042 | AUU5 | ThinkSystem 3.5" 2TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD | No | No | No | No | 20 |
7XB7A00043 | AUU6 | ThinkSystem 3.5" 4TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD | No | No | No | No | 20 |
7XB7A00044 | AUU7 | ThinkSystem 3.5" 6TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | No | No | No | No | 20 |
7XB7A00045 | B0YR | ThinkSystem 3.5" 8TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD | No | No | No | No | 20 |
3.5-inch hot-swap 24 Gb SAS SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A80324 | BNWD | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1653 960GB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | No |
4XB7A80325 | BNWG | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1653 1.92TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | No |
4XB7A80326 | BNWH | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1653 3.84TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | No |
4XB7A80327 | BP3F | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1653 7.68TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | No |
4XB7A80328 | BP3H | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1653 15.36TB Read Intensive SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | No |
4XB7A80345 | BNWA | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1655 1.6TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
4XB7A80346 | BNWB | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1655 3.2TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
4XB7A80347 | BP3G | ThinkSystem 3.5" PM1655 6.4TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
3.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SAS SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A17119 | BA7L | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4520 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | 20 |
4XB7A17120 | BA7M | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4520 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | 20 |
4XB7A17121 | BA7N | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4520 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | 20 |
4XB7A17122 | BK7F | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4520 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | 20 |
4XB7A17123 | BK7G | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4520 7.68TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | No | 20 | No | 20 |
4XB7A17137 | BA4W | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4620 480GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
4XB7A17138 | BA4X | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4620 960GB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
4XB7A17139 | BA4Y | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4620 1.92TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
4XB7A17140 | BK7P | ThinkSystem 3.5" S4620 3.84TB Mixed Use SATA 6Gb HS SSD | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | No |
3.5-inch hot-swap PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs | |||||||
4XB7A17161 | BMM7 | ThinkSystem 3.5" U.2 P5800X 400GB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 12 | 12 | No | No |
4XB7A17162 | BMM5 | ThinkSystem 3.5" U.2 P5800X 800GB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 12 | 12 | No | No |
4XB7A77070 | BMM6 | ThinkSystem 3.5" U.2 P5800X 1.6TB Write Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD | No | 12 | 12 | No | No |
Network adapters
The VX665 V3 systems support the following networking options.
For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR665 V3 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1608-thinksystem-sr665V3-server##i-o-expansion
https://lenovopress.com/lp1608-thinksystem-sr665-v3-server#network-adapters
Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |
---|---|---|---|---|
VX665 V3 IS | VX665 V3 CN | |||
Gigabit Ethernet | ||||
4XC7A08235 | B5T1 | ThinkSystem Broadcom 5719 1GbE RJ45 4-port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 |
4XC7A08277 | B93E | ThinkSystem Intel I350 1GbE RJ45 4-port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 |
10 GbE | ||||
4XC7A08236 | B5ST | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57416 10GBASE-T 2-port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 |
4XC7A08278 | BCD5 | ThinkSystem Intel X710-T2L 10GBASE-T 2-port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 |
4XC7A80268 | BPPY | ThinkSystem Intel X710-T4L 10GBase-T 4-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 |
25 GbE | ||||
4XC7A08237 | BN2T | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 |
4XC7A80567 | BPPW | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57504 10/25GbE SFP28 4-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 |
4XC7A08294 | BCD4 | ThinkSystem Intel E810-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 |
4XC7A80269 | BP8L | ThinkSystem Intel E810-DA4 10/25GbE SFP28 4-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 |
4XC7A62582 | BE4T | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 |
100 GbE | ||||
4XC7A08243 | BPPX | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57508 100GbE QSFP56 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | 1 | 1 |
Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |
---|---|---|---|---|
VX665 V3 IS | VX665 V3 CN | |||
Gigabit Ethernet | ||||
7ZT7A00484 | AUZV | ThinkSystem Broadcom 5719 1GbE RJ45 4-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 10 | 10 |
7ZT7A00535 | AUZW | ThinkSystem I350-T4 PCIe 1Gb 4-Port RJ45 Ethernet Adapter | 10 | 10 |
10 GbE | ||||
7ZT7A00496 | AUKP | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57416 10GBASE-T 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 8 | 8 |
4XC7A08245 | B5SU | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57454 10GBASE-T 4-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 8 | 8 |
4XC7A80266 | BNWL | ThinkSystem Intel X710-T2L 10GBase-T 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 10 | 10 |
4XC7A79699 | BMXB | ThinkSystem Intel X710-T4L 10GBase-T 4-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 10 | 10 |
25 GbE | ||||
4XC7A08238 | BK1H | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 10 | 10 |
4XC7A80566 | BNWM | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57504 10/25GbE SFP28 4-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 6 | 6 |
4XC7A08295 | BCD6 | ThinkSystem Intel E810-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 10 | 10 |
4XC7A80267 | BP8M | ThinkSystem Intel E810-DA4 10/25GbE SFP28 4-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 6 | 6 |
4XC7A62580 | BE4U | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 10 | 10 |
100 GbE | ||||
4XC7A08297 | BK1J | ThinkSystem Broadcom 57508 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter | 6 | 6 |
4XC7A08248 | B8PP | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | 6 | 6 |
4C57A14178 | B4RA | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 HDR100/100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe VPI Adapter | 6 | 6 |
4C57A14177 | B4R9 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 HDR100/100GbE QSFP56 1-port PCIe VPI Adapter | 6 | 6 |
200 GbE | ||||
4C57A15326 | B4RC | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 HDR/200GbE QSFP56 1-port PCIe 4 VPI Adapter | 6 | 6 |
GPU adapters
The VX665 V3 systems support the following GPU options.
For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR665 V3 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1608-thinksystem-sr665V3-server##gpu-adapters
Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |
---|---|---|---|---|
VX665 V3 IS | VX665 V3 CN | |||
Double-wide GPUs | ||||
4X67A76720 | BMT9 | ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB PCIe Active GPU | 3 | 3 |
4X67A76726 | BNFD | ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX A4500 20GB PCIe Active GPU | 3 | 3 |
4X67A76581 | BJHG | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A30 24GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU | 3 | 3 |
4X67A71310 | BFT0 | ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB PCIe Active GPU | 3 | 3 |
4X67A76715 | BLK1 | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU | 3 | 3 |
4X67A82257 | BR9U | ThinkSystem NVIDIA H100 80GB PCIe Gen5 Passive GPU | 3 | 3 |
CTO Only | BQZR | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A30 24GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC | 3 | 3 |
4X67A72593 | BQZQ | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC | 3 | 3 |
4X67A76727 | BQZU | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A16 64GB Gen4 PCIe Passive GPU w/o CEC | 3 | 3 |
CTO Only | BQZP | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC | 3 | 3 |
Single-wide GPUs | ||||
CTO Only | BQZT | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC | 8 | 8 |
Fibre Channel host bus adapters
Part number | Feature | Description | Maximum supported | |
---|---|---|---|---|
VX665 V3 IS | VX665 V3 CN | |||
64 Gb Fibre Channel HBAs | ||||
4XC7A77485 | BLC1 | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe36002 64Gb 2-port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter | 10 | 10 |
32 Gb Fibre Channel HBAs | ||||
4XC7A76498 | BJ3G | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe35000 32Gb 1-port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter v2 | 10 | 10 |
4XC7A76525 | BJ3H | ThinkSystem Emulex LPe35002 32Gb 2-port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter V2 | 10 | 10 |
4XC7A08279 | BA1G | ThinkSystem QLogic QLE2770 32Gb 1-Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter | 10 | 10 |
4XC7A08276 | BA1F | ThinkSystem QLogic QLE2772 32Gb 2-Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter | 10 | 10 |
16 Gb Fibre Channel HBAs | ||||
01CV840 | ATZV | Emulex 16Gb Gen6 FC Dual-port HBA | 10 | 10 |
01CV830 | ATZU | Emulex 16Gb Gen6 FC Single-port HBA | 10 | 10 |
01CV760 | ATZC | QLogic 16Gb Enhanced Gen5 FC Dual-port HBA | 10 | 10 |
01CV750 | ATZB | QLogic 16Gb Enhanced Gen5 FC Single-port HBA | 10 | 10 |
Operating system support
The ThinkAgile VX665 V3 IS supports the following operating systems:
Server: ThinkAgile VX665 V3 IS (7D9K, EPYC 9004)
- VMware ESXi 7.0 U3
- VMware ESXi 8
The ThinkAgile VX665 V3 CN supports the following operating systems:
Server: ThinkAgile VX665 V3 CN (7D9K, EPYC 9004)
- VMware ESXi 7.0 U3
- VMware ESXi 8
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%2520amd%25202u%25202s&support=all
Software
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.
ThinkAgile VX Deployer Tool
The ThinkAgile VX Deployer tool is a web-based UI used to simplify and automate the deployment of Lenovo ThinkAgile VX systems within VMware vSAN clusters. The ThinkAgile VX Deployer tool can install and configure the following software:
VMware ESXi
VMware ESXi is a bare-metal hypervisor that the ThinkAgile VX Deployer tool installs on the hardware of each host in the cluster. ESXi translates requests between the physical and virtual resources, making virtualization possible.
VMware vCenter Server
VMware vCenter Server is a management console that provides a centralized platform for controlling VMware vSphere environments. One service that runs in VMware vCenter Server is VMware vLCM, which provides centralized and simplified management to install software, maintain that software through updates and upgrades, and decommission it.
Lenovo® XClarity Integrator
Lenovo XClarity Integrator is the hardware support manager (HSM) used by vCenter for firmware upgrades. Lenovo XClarity Integrator fully integrates with VMware vLCM to give the VMware vCenter Server software visibility into Lenovo hardware. The interface for the ThinkAgile VX Deployer tool is a straightforward web-based installation wizard with three top-level options:
- Install a new cluster (using the wizard).
- Add nodes to an existing cluster (using the wizard).
- Use a configuration file to install a new cluster or add nodes to an existing cluster.
Prowess testing included all three of these options, plus some key lifecycle-management features in VMware vCenter Server. To view the results of our testing please use the link https://www.lenovo.com/content/dam/lenovo/dcg/global/en/products/software-defined-infrastructure/Prowess_Measuring_the_Ease_of_Deployment_of_ThinkAgile_VX.pdf
Warranty and Support
The VX665 V3 have a 3-year warranty based on the machine type:
- 7D9A - 3 year warranty
The ThinkAgile VX Series Integrated Systems 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.
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
Software maintenance
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.
Deployment services
The following optional Lenovo basic installation services are available for the ThinkAgile VX Series Integrated Systems (appliances):
- Unpacking and inspecting the systems
- 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)
The following Lenovo deployment services are available for the ThinkAgile VX Series Integrated Systems to get customers up and running quickly:
- Conducting remote preparation and planning
- Verifying firmware versions and performing firmware updates, if needed
- Configuring XCC management settings
- Configuring hypervisor settings
- Configuring vSAN
- Configuring VMware vCenter Server and discovering hosts and storage
- Configuring Lenovo XClarity network settings and performing discovery and inventory
- Transferring knowledge
- Developing post-installation documentation
The following table lists ThinkAgile Health Check & Deployment offerings are available for ThinkAgile VX 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.
Part number | Description |
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Onsite deployment services | |
5MS7B00082 | ThinkAgile VX Onsite Deployment (up to 4 nodes) |
5MS7B00083 | ThinkAgile VX Onsite Deployment (additional node) |
Remote deployment services | |
5MS7A87711 | ThinkAgile VX Remote Deployment (up to 4 nodes) |
5MS7A87712 | ThinkAgile VX Remote Deployment (additional node) |
Remote Health Check | |
5MS7B00178 | ThinkAgile VX 1X Remote Health Check (up to 4 node cluster) |
5MS7B00179 | ThinkAgile VX 1X Remote Health Check (additional node) |
5MS7B00059 | ThinkAgile VX 1X Remote Health Check & Update (up to 4 node cluster) |
5MS7B00060 | ThinkAgile VX 1X 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 VX Series
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/software-defined-infrastructure/ThinkAgile-VX-Series/p/WMD00000340 - ThinkAgile VX - Best Recipes
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/HT505302 - VMware documentation
https://docs.vmware.com/ - ThinkSystem SR665 V3 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1608-thinksystem-sr665-v3-server
Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following:
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Full Change History
Changes in the September 19, 2023 update:
- Added support for the following drives: see Internal drive options section:
- ThinkSystem 2.5" CM893a 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A89423
- ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 480GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A87524
- ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A87525
- ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 1.92TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A87526
- ThinkSystem 2.5" PM893a 3.84TB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD, 4XB7A87527
- Added support for the following memory options: see Memory Options section:
- ThinkSystem 96GB TruDDR5 4800MHz (2Rx4) 10x4 RDIMM-A, 4X77A81448
Changes in the August 22, 2023 update:
- Added support for the following adapters: see Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters section
- ThinkSystem QLogic QLE2770 32Gb 1-Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter, 4XC7A08279
- ThinkSystem QLogic QLE2772 32Gb 2-Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter, 4XC7A08276
- ThinkSystem Emulex LPe35000 32Gb 1-port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter v2, 4XC7A76498
- ThinkSystem Emulex LPe35002 32Gb 2-port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter V2, 4XC7A76525
- ThinkSystem Emulex LPe36002 64Gb 2-port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter, 4XC7A77485
- QLogic 16Gb Enhanced Gen5 FC Single-port HBA, 01CV750
- QLogic 16Gb Enhanced Gen5 FC Dual-port HBA, 01CV760
- Emulex 16Gb Gen6 FC Dual-port HBA, 01CV840
- Emulex 16Gb Gen6 FC Single-port HBA, 01CV830
Changes in the July 18, 2023 update:
- Added internal drive support for the following: see Internal drive options section:
- ThinkSystem 7mm U.3 7450 PRO 960GB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD, 4XB7A82853
- ThinkSystem 7mm U.3 7450 PRO 1.92TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD, 4XB7A82855
- ThinkSystem 7mm U.3 7450 PRO 3.84TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD, 4XB7A82856
- Added internal storage support for the following: see Internal storage section:
- ThinkSystem 2U 7mm Drive Kit w/ NVMe RAID
- Added Network Adapter support for the following - Network Adapters section
- ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 HDR/200GbE QSFP56 1-port PCIe 4 VPI Adapter, 4C57A15326
Changes in the July 6, 2023 update:
- Added internal drive support for the following: see Internal drive options section
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 2.4TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7A83970
Changes in the June 28, 2023 update:
- Added configuration note for:
- VMware vSAN certification for Generic NVMe drives: - see Internal drive options section or Operating System Support section:
- Express Storage Architecture (ESA) support -see Internal drive options section
Changes in the February14, 2023 update:
- Added Network Adapter support for the following - Network Adapters section -
- ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 HDR100/100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe VPI Adapter, 4C57A14178
- ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 HDR100/100GbE QSFP56 1-port PCIe VPI Adapter, 4C57A14177
Changes in the January 18, 2023 update:
- Added RAID support for the following - Controllers for internal storage section -
- ThinkSystem RAID 540-8i PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter, 4Y37A78834
- Added the following GPUs - GPU adapters section:
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC, CTO Only
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA H100 80GB PCIe Gen5 Passive GPU, 4X67A82257
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A30 24GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC, CTO Only
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC, 4X67A72593
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A16 64GB Gen4 PCIe Passive GPU w/o CEC, 4X67A76727
- ThinkSystem NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC, CTO Only