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Lenovo ThinkAgile HX3321

A 2-socket 1U Nutanix Certified Node built on the ThinkSystem SR630 platform, aimed at VDI, server virtualization and private-cloud workloads (a SAP HANA-certified variant was also offered). Launched with 1st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable ("Skylake") processors and later updated to support 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable ("Cascade Lake") processors.

Memory

Slots
24 DIMM (12 per processor; 6 channels per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel)
Max capacity
3.0 TB (requires an L-suffix processor); 2933 MHz max with 2nd Gen CPU, 2666 MHz max with 1st Gen CPU
Type
TruDDR4 RDIMM and 3DS RDIMM (1st Gen also supports LRDIMM)
Persistent memory
Not supported
Protection
ECC, SDDC (x4-based DIMMs), ADDDC (x4-based DIMMs, requires Gold/Platinum CPU), patrol and demand scrubbing

Storage

2nd Gen drive bays
Front 6 x 2.5" SAS/SATA + 4 x 2.5" AnyBay; optional rear 2 x 2.5" SAS/SATA
1st Gen drive bays
10x or 12x 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap (12-bay models drop 2 rear-access PCIe slots)
Hybrid config (2nd Gen)
2 cache SSDs + 4-10 capacity HDDs (increments of 2), or 4 cache SSDs + 8 capacity HDDs
All-flash config (2nd Gen)
2-12 capacity SSDs (increments of 2); or with NVMe cache: 2 cache + 4-10 capacity, or 4 cache + 8 capacity
Drive capacities (1st Gen)
SAS SSDs up to 3.84 TB; SATA SSDs up to 3.84 TB; SAS HDDs up to 2.4 TB; NL SATA HDDs up to 2 TB
Storage controller
Onboard NVMe ports (RAID not supported); 12 Gb SAS/SATA non-RAID 430-16i HBA
Boot
2 x M.2 SATA SSDs in RAID-1 (internal M.2 enablement kit)
Note
All SSDs in the node must share model and capacity; all HDDs must share type and capacity

Expansion

Slots (2nd Gen)
Up to 3 rear-accessible PCIe 3.0 slots plus 1 internal PCIe 3.0 slot for the storage controller, plus a slot dedicated to the LOM network adapter
Slots (1st Gen, 10-bay)
4 x PCIe 3.0 slots: Slot 1 x8 LP, Slot 2 x16 LP, Slot 3 x16 LP (network), Slot 4 x8 (storage controller)
Slots (1st Gen, 12-bay)
2 x PCIe 3.0 slots: Slot 3 x16 LP (network), Slot 4 x8 (storage controller)

Networking

LOM (2nd Gen)
1 x 10 Gb 2-port or 4-port Base-T or SFP+ LOM card
PCIe adapters (2nd Gen)
Up to 4: Intel X550-T2 dual-port 10GBASE-T, Intel X710-DA2 dual-port 10Gb SFP+, Broadcom 57454 V2 10/25GbE SFP28 4-port, Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port, or Mellanox ConnectX-5 Ex 25/40GbE 2-port
Base ports (1st Gen)
2x or 4x 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+
Optional ports (1st Gen)
2x, 4x or 6x 1/10 GbE RJ-45, 10 GbE SFP+ or 25 GbE SFP28
Management
1 x RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet port for XClarity Controller

Power

Supplies
2 x hot-swap redundant 550 W, 750 W or 1100 W (100-240 V) High Efficiency Platinum, or 750 W (200-240 V) High Efficiency Titanium (1st Gen: 750 W or 1100 W Platinum, or 750 W Titanium); HVDC support in China
Cooling
Seven hot-swap system fans with N+1 redundancy

Ports

Front
1 x USB 2.0 (XClarity Controller access), 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x VGA
Rear
2 x USB 3.0, 1 x VGA

Physical

Form factor
1U rack-mount
Dimensions
43 mm H x 434 mm W x 715 mm D (1.7 x 17.1 x 28.1 in)
Weight
Maximum 18.8 kg (41.4 lb)

Management

Controller
XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise (Pilot 4 chip)
Tools
Proactive platform alerts, light path diagnostics, XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Administrator and XClarity Pro; optional XClarity Energy Manager
Video
Matrox G200, 16 MB, integrated in XCC; max 1920x1200, 32 bpp @ 60 Hz (2nd Gen: 1920x1200 32bpp @ 60Hz)
Security
Power-on password, administrator's password, secure firmware updates, TPM 1.2/2.0 or TPM 2.0 (2nd Gen); optional security bezel
Warranty
One- (PRC only), three-, four- or five-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty; selectable 9x5 NBD parts (base), 9x5 NBD onsite (Foundation), 24x7 4-hour onsite/24-hour committed repair (Essential, select areas), or 24x7 2-hour onsite/6-hour committed repair (Advanced, select areas)

Operating systems

Hypervisors
Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (bundled with AOS); VMware ESXi 6.0 U3, 6.5 U1, 6.5 U2, 6.7 U1, 6.7 U3 (1st Gen); Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V (2nd Gen)
Software
Nutanix Acropolis Pro and Ultimate editions (licenses purchased separately from Nutanix or a Nutanix reseller)

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Silver 4208
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4210
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4214
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4215
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4216
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5215
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5217
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5220
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6222V
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6226
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6230
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6230N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6234
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6242
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6244
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6246
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6246R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6248
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6252
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6252N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6254
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6262V
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8260
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8268
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8270
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8276
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L