Lenovo ThinkAgile HX3521-G
A 2-socket, 2U hyperconverged Certified Node — the same ThinkSystem SR650-derived hardware as the HX3520-G, with 16x 2.5" SFF hot-swap bays, sold without a bundled Nutanix software license so a customer or reseller can supply Nutanix AOS/AHV separately.
Memory
- Slots
- 24 DIMM (12 per processor, 2 per channel)
- Max
- 1.5 TB (24 × 64 GB LRDIMM, or 12 × 128 GB 3DS RDIMM)
- Speed
- Up to 2933 MT/s (Gen 2 platform); 2666 MT/s (Gen 1 platform)
- Types supported
- RDIMM, LRDIMM (Gen 1 only), 3DS RDIMM
- Protection
- ECC, SDDC, ADDDC (Gold/Platinum CPUs), patrol scrubbing, demand scrubbing
Storage
- Drive bays
- 16 × 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap (front)
- Configurations
- All-flash: 4–16 SSDs in steps of 2. Hybrid: 2 cache SSDs + 6–14 capacity HDDs, or 4 cache SSDs + 8–12 capacity HDDs
- Storage controller
- 430-16i HBA (12 Gbps SAS / 6 Gbps SATA); the 430-8i is HX7520/HX7521-only
- Boot drives
- 2 × M.2 non-hot-swap SATA SSD, RAID-1
- Max capacity (Gen 1 spec)
- Hybrid up to 33.6 TB (HDD); All-flash up to 61.44 TB (SSD)
Expansion
- Slots
- Up to 7 × PCIe 3.0 slots
- Slot 1
- PCIe 3.0 x16 or x8, full-height/half-length
- Slot 2
- PCIe 3.0 x8, full-height/half-length (absent if Slot 1 is x16)
- Slot 3
- PCIe 3.0 x8, full-height/half-length
- Slot 4
- PCIe 3.0 x8, low profile
- Slot 5
- PCIe 3.0 x16, full-height/half-length
- Slot 6
- PCIe 3.0 x16, full-height/half-length (unavailable with a double-wide GPU in slot 5)
- Slot 7
- PCIe 3.0 x8 (internal storage controller)
- GPU support
- 2 × double-wide or 5 × single-wide GPU adapters
Networking
- LOM
- 1 × 10 GbE LOM adapter, 2 or 4 base ports (RJ-45 or SFP+)
- Add-in adapters
- Up to 3 or 4 PCIe adapters (max depends on adapter model): 10GBASE-T, 10 GbE SFP+, 25 GbE SFP28, or 40 GbE QSFP28
- Management
- 1 × RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet (XClarity Controller)
Power
- Supplies
- 2 × redundant hot-swap, 550 W / 750 W / 1100 W (100–240 V), 1600 W (200–240 V) Platinum, or 750 W (200–240 V) Titanium
Ports
- Front
- 1 × USB 2.0 (XClarity Controller access), 1 × USB 3.0, 1 × VGA
- Rear
- 2 × USB 3.0, 1 × VGA
Physical
- Form factor
- 2U rack-mount
- Dimensions
- 445 mm W × 87 mm H × 764 mm D (17.5 × 3.4 × 30.1 in); Gen 1 platform depth 720 mm (28.3 in)
- Weight
- Max configuration 32 kg (70.5 lb)
- Cooling
- 6 hot-swap system fans, N+1 redundant
Management
- Controller
- Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise, Pilot 4 chip
- Tools
- XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Administrator, XClarity Pro, optional XClarity Energy Manager
- Security
- Power-on/admin password, secure firmware updates, TPM 2.0 (Gen 1: TPM 1.2 or 2.0), optional security bezel
- Video
- Matrox G200, 16 MB, integrated in XCC; max 1920×1200 @ 60 Hz, 32bpp
Operating systems
- Hypervisors
- Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V
- HCI software
- Nutanix Acropolis Starter/Pro/Ultimate — Certified Node licenses purchased separately from Nutanix or a Nutanix reseller (not bundled, unlike the HX3520-G Appliance)
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 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 6248
- Intel Xeon Gold 6252
- Intel Xeon Gold 6262V
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8260
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8276
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L