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Lenovo ThinkAgile HX2720-E

An entry-level Nutanix Xpress hyperconverged appliance node aimed at small and midsize businesses: a half-wide 1U node (1-2 Intel Xeon Silver processors), with up to four HX2720-E nodes sharing a 2U four-node (2U4N) HX Series enclosure for power, cooling and rack space.

Memory

Slots
Up to 12 DIMMs per node
Max capacity
384 GB using 12 x 32 GB TruDDR4 RDIMMs
Type
8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz RDIMMs
Protection
ECC, SDDC (x4-based DIMMs), patrol scrubbing, demand scrubbing

Storage

Drive bays
6 x 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap per node
Hybrid config
1 cache SSD + 4-5 capacity HDDs, or 2 cache SSDs + 4 capacity HDDs
All-flash config
4 to 6 SSDs in increments of 1 drive
Drive capacities
SAS SSDs up to 1.6 TB (12 Gbps); SATA SSDs up to 1.92 TB (6 Gbps); NL SATA HDDs up to 2 TB (6 Gbps)
Capacity
Hybrid up to 10 TB; All Flash up to 11.52 TB
Controller
1 x 430-8i Dense HBA (12 Gbps SAS / 6 Gbps SATA)
Boot drive
2 x 128 GB M.2 non-hot-swap SSDs in RAID-1

Expansion

Onboard
1 x PCIe 3.0 x8 on the system board for the internal storage controller
Per-node slot
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 low-profile slot per node in the enclosure (via the PCIe x16 I/O shuttle), used for a network adapter

Networking

Base ports
2 x 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+ network ports per node
Optional expansion
2 x optional 1/10 GbE RJ-45, 10 GbE SFP+ or 25 GbE SFP28 ports per node
Management
1 x Ethernet RJ-45 port for systems management, on the enclosure

Power

Supplies
2 x hot-swap redundant 2000 W (200-240 V) 80 PLUS Platinum power supplies in the enclosure (shared by up to 4 nodes)
Cooling
5 hot-swap system fans in the enclosure

Physical

Form factor
Half-wide 1U node; up to 4 nodes per 2U four-node (2U4N) HX Series enclosure
Enclosure dimensions
87 mm H x 448 mm W x 834 mm D (3.4 x 17.6 x 32.8 in)
Node dimensions
41 mm H x 222 mm W x 562 mm D (1.6 x 8.7 x 21.1 in)
Enclosure weight
Maximum 55.0 kg (121.3 lb) with 4 nodes
Node weight
Maximum 7.5 kg (16.5 lb)

Management

Controller
XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise (Pilot 4 chip)
Tools
XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Administrator and XClarity Pro; optional XClarity Integrator for Nutanix and XClarity Energy Manager
Video
Matrox G200, 16 MB, integrated in XCC; max 1920x1200 32bpp at 60 Hz
Security
Power-on password, administrator's password, TPM 1.2 or 2.0 (configurable UEFI setting)
Warranty
Three-year or five-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with ThinkAgile Advantage Support; selectable 9x5 NBD parts, 9x5 NBD onsite, 24x7 with 2-hour/4-hour onsite response, or 6-hour/24-hour committed repair (select countries)

Operating systems

Hypervisors
Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (default factory preload); VMware ESXi 6.0 U3 or 6.5 U1 (optional factory preload); ESXi 6.5 U2 or 6.7 U1 (field upgrade only)
Software
Nutanix Acropolis Xpress edition

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Silver 4108
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4114
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4116