Lenovo ThinkAgile FX650 V4
Lenovo's 2-socket 2U hyperconverged appliance (base MTM 7DPMCTO1WW, built on the ThinkSystem SR650 V4) for Intel Xeon 6 P-core "Granite Rapids" 6500P/6700P-series processors up to 86 cores and 350 W, with 32 DDR5 DIMM slots (up to 8 TB) and up to 24 x 2.5" all-NVMe hot-swap drives. Factory-validated for VMware Cloud Foundation/vSphere Foundation, Nutanix Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure Local/Windows Server HCI, aimed at cloud, AI/ML, database and VDI workloads with any-to-any hypervisor migration via Lenovo Professional Services.
Memory
- Slots
- 32 DIMM (16 per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel, 8 channels per CPU)
- Max
- 8 TB (32 x 256 GB 3DS RDIMM, 2 CPUs)
- Types
- Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMM, 3DS RDIMM, MRDIMM (6700P-series CPUs only)
- Speed
- RDIMM up to 6400 MT/s at 1 DPC, 5200 MT/s at 2 DPC; MRDIMM up to 8000 MT/s at 1 DPC (no 2 DPC support)
- Protection
- ECC, SDDC and ADDDC (x4 DIMMs; ADDDC not supported with x4 RDIMMs at 9 DIMMs per channel), memory mirroring
Storage
- Front
- Up to 24 x 2.5" NVMe hot-swap drive bays (PCIe 4.0 and 5.0 NVMe SSDs supported), 1:1 PCIe connectivity, no oversubscription
- M.2
- 2 x rear hot-swap M.2 with RAID 1, or an internal M.2 module for up to 2 drives with optional RAID 1
- Onboard
- Up to 24 x onboard NVMe ports
- Configuration
- All-flash NVMe only; no HBA or vROC support; RAID adapter supported for boot only; SED encryption not supported; external storage not supported
Graphics
- Onboard
- Embedded 2D graphics in XClarity Controller 3, 16 MB, max 1920x1200 32bpp at 60 Hz; rear VGA plus optional front Mini DisplayPort 1.1a, usable simultaneously
- Single-wide GPU
- Up to 4 x NVIDIA L4 24 GB PCIe Gen4 passive GPU
- Double-wide GPU
- Up to 2 x NVIDIA L40S 48 GB PCIe Gen4 passive GPU
Expansion
- Riser 1
- 2 x low-profile x8 or x16 (CPU 1)
- Riser 2
- 3 x full-height slots, two x16 and one x8 (CPU 1)
- Riser 3
- 3 x full-height slots, two x16 and one x8 (CPU 2); requires 2 processors
- Riser 4
- 2 x low-profile x8 or x16 (CPU 2); requires 2 processors
- Notes
- Up to 4 rear PCIe 5.0 slots configured, plus 2 OCP slots; use of Riser 3 and Riser 4 requires 2 processors
- OCP 3.0
- 2 x dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slots, PCIe 5.0 x8 or x16; one port per adapter can be shared with XCC3 for Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI
Networking
- OCP 3.0 adapters
- Up to 2 x 25 GbE (Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 2-port SFP28, Broadcom 57504 4-port SFP28)
- PCIe adapters
- Up to 4 x 25 GbE (ConnectX-6 Lx 2-port SFP28, Broadcom 57504 4-port SFP28) or 100 GbE (ConnectX-6 Dx 2-port QSFP56)
- Management
- 1 x dedicated 1 GbE RJ-45 XCC port; optional adapter to share one remote-management connection across 4 servers
Power
- PSU options
- 800 W, 1300 W, 2000 W, 2700 W and 3200 W (80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium); most support 230 V, some also 115 V; HVDC and -48 V DC options; 240 V DC in China only
- Redundancy
- 2 x hot-swap redundant PSUs; one fan integrated in each PSU
- Cooling
- 6 x single- or dual-rotor hot-swap 60 mm fans, N+1 redundant, tolerating a single-rotor failure; optional open-loop water cooling for the processors (Processor Neptune Core)
Ports
- Front
- External diagnostics port, optional 2 x USB 3 (5 Gb/s, one for XCC local management), optional Mini DisplayPort 1.1a
- Rear
- 2 x USB 3 (5 Gb/s), 1 x VGA, 1 x RJ-45 1 GbE XCC management port; optional DB-9 serial port (in a slot); optional second RJ-45 management port and optional shared remote-management adapter (both in OCP bay)
- Internal
- Optional 1 x USB 3 (5 Gb/s) for OS/license key purposes
Physical
- Form factor
- 2U rack
- Dimensions
- 445 mm W x 87 mm H x 796 mm D (17.5 x 3.4 x 31.3 in)
- Weight
- 38.8 kg (85.5 lb) maximum
- Machine type
- 7DPM (3- or 5-year warranty)
Management
- BMC
- XClarity Controller 3 (XCC3, ASPEED AST2600); optional XCC3 Premier adds remote KVM, remote media mounting, boot capture, power capping, Neighbor Groups, System Guard, CNSA-compliant and FIPS 140-3-compliant security modes, and enhanced NIST 800-193 support
- Tools
- Lenovo XClarity Administrator, XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Integrator, XClarity Energy Manager
- Protocols
- IPMI 2.0, SNMP 3.0, Redfish REST API, serial console via IPMI
- Security
- Chassis intrusion switch, power-on and administrator passwords, dedicated Firmware and Root of Trust Security Module with TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, Intel Execute Disable Bit, Intel Trusted Execution Technology; optional lockable front security bezel
- Warranty
- 3- or 5-year (model-dependent) customer-replaceable-unit and onsite limited warranty, 9x5 next business day; optional service upgrades (4-hour or 2-hour response, 6-hour fix time)
- Cluster
- Minimum 2 nodes (Azure Local, max 16), 4 nodes (VMware Cloud Foundation management domain), 3 nodes (VMware vSphere Foundation vSAN, max 64 hosts, or Nutanix); max cluster size 64 hosts
Operating systems
- VMware
- VMware ESXi 8.0 U3 (field-installed), ESXi 9.0 (factory-installed)
- Nutanix
- Nutanix AHV (factory-installed)
- Microsoft
- Azure Local OS (factory-installed), Windows Server 2025 Datacenter for S2D/Hyper-V (factory-installed or bring-your-own-license)
Processors
- Intel Xeon 6505P
- Intel Xeon 6507P
- Intel Xeon 6515P
- Intel Xeon 6517P
- Intel Xeon 6520P
- Intel Xeon 6527P
- Intel Xeon 6530P
- Intel Xeon 6714P
- Intel Xeon 6724P
- Intel Xeon 6730P
- Intel Xeon 6732P
- Intel Xeon 6736P
- Intel Xeon 6737P
- Intel Xeon 6740P
- Intel Xeon 6745P
- Intel Xeon 6747P
- Intel Xeon 6760P
- Intel Xeon 6767P
- Intel Xeon 6787P