Lenovo ThinkAgile MX3530
Lenovo's 2-socket 2U hyperconverged Appliance (built on the ThinkSystem SR650 V2, machine type 7D6B, for 3rd Generation "Ice Lake" Intel Xeon Scalable processors), preloaded with licensed Microsoft software and ThinkAgile Premier single-point support, available in hybrid HDD+SSD (MX3530-H) or all-flash SSD (MX3530-F) storage configurations certified for Microsoft Azure Local hyperconverged clusters.
Memory
- Slots
- 32 DIMM (16 per processor, 8 channels per processor, 2 DIMMs per channel)
- Max (DIMMs only)
- 4 TB with 32 × 128 GB 3DS RDIMM
- Max (DIMMs + PMem)
- 6 TB with 16 × 128 GB 3DS RDIMM + 16 × 256 GB Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series
- Types
- Lenovo TruDDR4 RDIMM (16/32/64 GB) and 3DS RDIMM (128 GB), up to 3200 MHz
- Persistent memory
- Up to 16 × 128 GB or 256 GB Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series (Memory Mode only)
- Protection
- ECC, SDDC (x4 DIMMs), ADDDC (x4 DIMMs, requires Gold/Platinum processors), memory mirroring
Storage
- Hybrid (MX3530-H) front
- 12 × 3.5" SAS/SATA or 12 × 3.5" AnyBay hot-swap
- Hybrid (MX3530-H) rear
- 2 × or 4 × 3.5" SAS/SATA, or 4 × 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap
- All-flash (MX3530-F) front
- 24 × 2.5" SAS/SATA, 16 × 2.5" or 24 × 2.5" NVMe, or 16 × 2.5" SAS/SATA + 8 × 2.5" AnyBay
- All-flash (MX3530-F) rear
- 4 × 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap
- Boot
- 1–2 × M.2 SATA drives (internal adapter) or 1–2 × 7mm hot-swap SATA/NVMe drives (rear)
- Controllers
- Onboard NVMe (non-RAID); 12 Gb SAS/SATA non-RAID 430-8i, 430-16i or 440-16i internal HBA
- Hybrid config rules
- Two-tier cache + capacity; capacity drives are HDDs (min. 4), cache drives are SAS/SATA or NVMe SSDs (min. 2, max. 6); cache must be ≥10% of capacity storage
- All-flash config rules
- Single-tier (min. 4 drives, same feature code) or two-tier cache+capacity (min. 2 cache + 4 capacity, cache ≥10% of capacity)
Graphics
- Onboard
- Matrox G200, 16 MB, integrated into XClarity Controller; max 1920×1200 32bpp at 60 Hz
- Double-wide GPU
- Up to 3 × NVIDIA A2 16GB, A16 64GB, or L40 48GB PCIe Gen4 passive GPU
- Single-wide GPU
- Up to 8 × NVIDIA L4 24GB, or up to 4 × NVIDIA A10 24GB, PCIe Gen4 passive GPU
Expansion
- Slots
- Up to 8 × PCIe 4.0 full-height, rear-access slots (via 3 risers), plus a dedicated OCP 3.0 slot; slots 4–8 require two processors
- OCP
- Dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot, PCIe 4.0 x16 host interface, 10/25 GbE adapters; one port shareable with XCC for Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI
Networking
- OCP adapters
- 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10/25 GbE SFP28 (Broadcom, Intel E810-DA2 or Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx), 2- or 4-port
- PCIe adapters
- Up to 8 × 1 GbE, 10GBASE-T, 10/25 GbE SFP28, or up to 6 × 100 GbE QSFP56 Ethernet adapters
- Guidance
- Only certain adapters are certified for particular Azure Local traffic types — see Lenovo's Certified Configurations for Azure Local V2 Servers (LP1520)
Power
- PSU options
- 500 W, 750 W, 1100 W and 1800 W AC (80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium), 220 V (500/750/1100 W also 110 V); 1100 W -48V DC option; China also 240 V DC on all options
- Cooling
- 6 × (two processors) or 5 × (one processor) dual-rotor hot-swap 60 mm fans, N+1 redundant
Ports
- Front
- 1 × USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), 1 × USB 2.0 (XCC local management), external diagnostics port, optional VGA
- Rear
- 3 × USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), 1 × VGA, 1 × RJ-45 1 GbE XCC remote-management port, optional DB-9 serial (slot 3)
- Internal
- 1 × USB 3.1 Gen 1 for OS/license key purposes
Physical
- Form factor
- 2U rack
- Dimensions
- 445 mm W × 87 mm H × 764 mm D (17.5 × 3.4 × 30.1 in)
- Weight
- 38.8 kg (85.5 lb) maximum
- Machine type
- 7D6B (2U Appliance, 3-year base warranty)
Management
- BMC
- Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC), optional External Diagnostics Handset; optional Integrated Diagnostics Panel on 8x/16x 2.5" front-drive models
- Tools
- Lenovo XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrator plugins, XClarity Energy Manager; optional XCC Advanced/Enterprise for remote control
- Security
- Chassis intrusion switch, power-on and administrator passwords, TPM 2.0 (Nationz TPM 2.0 in China), optional lockable front security bezel
- Warranty
- 3, 4 or 5-year CRU and onsite limited hardware warranty with 24x7 ThinkAgile Premier Single Point of Support; also YourDrive YourData, Premier Support, Enterprise Software Support
- Software maintenance
- 3, 4 or 5-year software support and subscription matching the hardware warranty term
Operating systems
- Preloaded
- Microsoft Azure Local operating system (requires CSP activation, e.g. Lenovo Cloud Marketplace)
- Optional
- Windows Server 2019 Datacenter or Windows Server 2022 Datacenter license, factory-installed, for unlimited guest OS VMs
Processors
- Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
- Intel Xeon Silver 4310
- Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
- Intel Xeon Silver 4314
- Intel Xeon Silver 4316
- Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 5317
- Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
- Intel Xeon Gold 5318S
- Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 5320
- Intel Xeon Gold 5320T
- Intel Xeon Gold 6326
- Intel Xeon Gold 6330
- Intel Xeon Gold 6330N
- Intel Xeon Gold 6334
- Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 6338
- Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
- Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
- Intel Xeon Gold 6342
- Intel Xeon Gold 6346
- Intel Xeon Gold 6348
- Intel Xeon Gold 6354
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8352V
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8352Y
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8358
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8368
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8380