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