Lenovo ThinkAgile HX7821
The Nutanix-certified-node version of the HX7820: the same 4U, 4-socket Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950-based hardware, sold without a bundled Nutanix software license for customers bringing their own Nutanix Acropolis entitlement.
Memory
- Slots
- 48 DIMM (12 per processor; 6 memory channels x 2 DIMMs per processor)
- Max capacity
- 6 TB (48 x 128 GB TruDDR4 3DS RDIMM, requires L-suffix processors)
- Type
- TruDDR4 RDIMM 16/32/64 GB at 2666 or 2933 MHz; TruDDR4 3DS RDIMM 64/128 GB at 2666 or 2933 MHz
- Protection
- ECC, Single Device Data Correction (x4 DIMMs), Adaptive Double Device Data Correction (x4 DIMMs), patrol and demand scrubbing
Storage
- Drive bays
- 16 x 2.5" SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5" AnyBay (SAS/SATA/NVMe) hot-swap
- Hybrid configurations
- 2 cache SSDs + 4-10 capacity HDDs; 4 cache + 8 or 12-20 capacity; 6 cache + 12-18 capacity; 8 cache + 16 capacity (all in increments of 2 drives)
- All-flash configurations
- 4-24 SAS/SATA SSDs (steps of 2); or 2 NVMe PCIe SSDs + 4-6 SAS/SATA SSDs; or 4 NVMe PCIe SSDs + 8-20 SAS/SATA SSDs
- Boot drives
- 2 x M.2 SATA SSDs up to 480 GB, RAID-1, on a mirroring enablement kit
- Storage controllers
- 2 x ThinkSystem 430-16i SAS/SATA 12 Gb HBA (non-RAID); onboard NVMe (non-RAID)
Expansion
- I/O slots
- Up to 15 PCIe 3.0 slots total, depending on installed riser cards
- Riser card 1 or 2 (x8 riser)
- 4 x PCIe 3.0 x8, full-height half-length (slots 1-4 or 10-13)
- Riser card 1 or 2 (x16 riser)
- 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16, full-height half-length (slots 3-4 or 12-13)
- I/O tray
- 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 low profile (slots 5-6), 1 x PCIe 3.0 x8 low profile (slot 7), 1 x ML2 x16 low profile (slot 8, not used), 1 x LOM card slot, PCIe 3.0 x8 (slot 9)
- Compute / storage tray
- 1 x internal PCIe 3.0 x8 each, dedicated to the internal storage controllers
Networking
- Base ports
- 2 or 4 x 1/10 GbE RJ-45, or 2 or 4 x 10 GbE SFP+, via LOM card
- Expansion ports
- 2, 4, 6 or 8 x 10 GbE SFP+; or 25 GbE SFP28; or 40 GbE QSFP+ adapters
- Management
- 1 x RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet port for the XClarity Controller
Power
- Power supplies
- 4 x hot-swap 1600 W or 2000 W (200-240 V AC), 80 PLUS Platinum, redundant
- Max system power draw
- 4176 W with four 1600 W PSUs, or 5280 W with four 2000 W PSUs
- Rated inlet current
- 8.7 A per inlet (1600 W PSU) or 11 A per inlet (2000 W PSU)
- Heat output
- 14,249 BTU/hr (1600 W PSUs) or 18,016 BTU/hr (2000 W PSUs)
Ports
- Front
- 1 x USB 2.0 (XClarity Controller access), 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x VGA
- Rear
- 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x VGA, 1 x DB-9 serial, 1 x RJ-45 (XClarity Controller)
Physical
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
- 173 x 447 x 800 mm (6.8 x 17.6 x 31.5 in)
- Weight
- 58.7 kg (129.4 lb), maximum configuration
- Operating temperature
- 10-35 C (ASHRAE A2); up to 40 C (A3) or 45 C (A4) if no processor exceeds 150 W TDP
- Acoustics
- 6.1 bels, maximum configuration, operating
Management
- Controller
- Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise, Pilot 4 chip
- Tools
- XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Administrator, XClarity Pro; XClarity Energy Manager (optional)
- Security
- Power-on password, administrator password, secure firmware updates, TPM 1.2 or 2.0 (configurable in UEFI)
- Video
- Matrox G200, 16 MB, integrated into the XClarity Controller; max 1920x1200 @ 60 Hz, 32 bpp
Operating systems
- Hypervisors
- Nutanix AHV (bundled with AOS); VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 2, 6.5 Update 3, 6.7 Update 1, 6.7 Update 3; Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Hyper-V)
- HCI software
- Nutanix Acropolis Pro and Ultimate editions (license purchased separately from Nutanix)
Processors
- Intel Xeon Gold 5215
- Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
- Intel Xeon Gold 5217
- Intel Xeon Gold 5218
- Intel Xeon Gold 5220
- Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
- Intel Xeon Gold 6222V
- Intel Xeon Gold 6226
- Intel Xeon Gold 6230
- Intel Xeon Gold 6234
- Intel Xeon Gold 6238
- Intel Xeon Gold 6238M
- Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
- Intel Xeon Gold 6240
- Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
- Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
- Intel Xeon Gold 6242
- Intel Xeon Gold 6244
- Intel Xeon Gold 6246
- Intel Xeon Gold 6248
- Intel Xeon Gold 6252
- Intel Xeon Gold 6252N
- Intel Xeon Gold 6254
- Intel Xeon Gold 6262V
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8260
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8268
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8270
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8276
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L