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Lenovo ThinkAgile HX650a V4

Lenovo's GPU-dense 2-socket 2U hyperconverged appliance (base MTM 7DG4CTO3WW, built on the ThinkSystem SR650a V4) for Intel Xeon 6 P-core "Granite Rapids" processors, with 32 DDR5 DIMM slots (up to 8 TB), 8x 2.5" all-NVMe front drives, and up to 8 front PCIe 5.0 slots supporting up to 4 double-wide or 8 single-wide GPUs, preloaded with Nutanix hyperconverged software.

Memory

Slots
32 DIMM (16 per processor, up to 2 DPC)
Max
8 TB with 32 x 256 GB TruDDR5 3DS RDIMM
Type
TruDDR5 RDIMM up to 6400 MHz (1 DPC) / 5200 MHz (2 DPC); MRDIMM up to 8000 MHz, 1 DPC only
Protection
ECC, SDDC (x4 DIMMs), ADDDC (x4 DIMMs)

Storage

Drive bays
8x 2.5" front, all NVMe; no rear bays; no mid-chassis bays (unlike base SR650a V4)
Controller
Up to 8x onboard NVMe ports; RAID adapter supports boot only, no onboard SATA, no VROC RAID, SED encryption not supported
Boot
Internal M.2 module, up to 2x M.2 drives

Expansion

Slots
Up to 8x front PCIe 5.0 slots for GPUs (Riser 6/7, 4 slots each, full-height) plus up to 6x rear PCIe 5.0 slots (Riser 2/3, 3 slots each) and 2x OCP slots; risers 3 and 6 require 2 processors
OCP
2x dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slots, PCIe 5.0 x16, supporting 1/10/25/100 GbE adapters
GPU
Up to 4x double-wide or 8x single-wide GPUs, front-mounted; current catalog GPUs limited to 2 installed each

Networking

OCP adapters
Broadcom 57412 10GBASE-T 4-port; Broadcom 57416 10GBASE-T 2-port; Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port; Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port
PCIe adapters
Broadcom 57412 10GBASE-T 4-port; Broadcom 57416 10GBASE-T 2-port; Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port; Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port; Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port (RDMA-capable, min qty 2)
GPU options
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition 96GB (double-wide, up to 2); NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB (double-wide, up to 2)

Power

Supply
Up to 2x hot-swap redundant AC PSUs: 800 W, 1300 W, 2000 W, 2700 W or 3200 W, 80 PLUS Platinum/Titanium, 230 V (some also 115 V); HVDC and -48V DC options; 240 V DC in China

Ports

Front
External diagnostics port, optional 2x USB 3 (5 Gb/s, one for XCC local management), optional Mini DisplayPort v1.1a
Rear
2x USB 3 (5 Gb/s), 1x VGA, 1x RJ-45 1GbE XCC management port, optional 2nd XCC RJ-45 port (OCP slot), optional DB-9 serial
Internal
Optional 1x USB 3 (5 Gb/s) connector for OS/license key

Physical

Dimensions
445 mm (17.5 in) W x 87 mm (3.4 in) H x 924 mm (36.4 in) D
Weight
Maximum 38.8 kg (85.5 lb)

Management

BMC
XClarity Controller 3 (XCC3) on ASPEED AST2600 with OpenBMC; optional XCC3 Premier for remote KVM and other features
Tools
Lenovo XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrator plugins, XClarity Energy Manager; Nutanix Prism for cluster management
Security
Chassis intrusion switch, power-on/admin passwords, Root of Trust with TPM 2.0 and Platform Firmware Resiliency, optional lockable front bezel

Operating systems

Hypervisors
Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXi (hypervisor installed on 2x M.2 SSDs in RAID-1)
HCI software
Nutanix 2.0 PnP Starter/Pro/Ultimate editions (Nutanix Cloud Platform/Infrastructure/Manager, NCI-Data), preloaded

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