Lenovo ThinkAgile MX455 V3
Lenovo's short-depth, rugged 2U hyperconverged edge appliance (machine type 7DGP, based on the ThinkEdge SE455 V3) with one embedded AMD EPYC 8004 "Siena" processor, up to 576 GB memory, and up to eight NVMe drive bays. It can be wall-mounted, floor-standing like a tower, or rack-mounted, and is built for edge/ROBO workloads (real-time processing, smart surveillance, AI/ML) with optional NEBS Level-3 and ETSI compliance for high-dust, high-vibration and wide temperature-range locations.
Memory
- Slots
- 6 DIMM (6 memory channels, 1 DIMM per channel)
- Max
- 576 GB Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMM
- Speed
- Up to 4800 MHz
- Protection
- ECC, Advanced Memory Device Correction (AMDC), Patrol/Demand Scrubbing, DRAM Address Command Parity with Replay, DRAM Uncorrected ECC Error Retry, On-die ECC, ECC Error Check and Scrub (ECS), Post Package Repair
Storage
- Front bays
- 4 x 2.5" hot-swap drive bays, NVMe SSDs with hot-swap trays
- Internal bays
- Optional 4 x 2.5" non-hot-swap NVMe bays, mounted in a cage that rotates up for access
- Boot
- 2 x M.2 SATA or NVMe drives (RAID 1), 480 GB or 960 GB
- Controller
- Up to 8 x onboard NVMe ports (non-RAID)
Graphics
- Onboard
- Embedded video, 16 MB memory, 2D hardware accelerator, integrated into the XClarity Controller; max 1920x1200 32bpp at 60 Hz
- Single-wide GPU
- Up to 6 x NVIDIA L4 24 GB PCIe Gen4 passive GPU
Expansion
- OCP 3.0
- 1 x dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot, PCIe 5.0 x16; supports 2-port/4-port 1/10/25/100 GbE adapters; one port can be shared with XCC for Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI
- PCIe network
- Additional network adapters supported in the PCIe slots, up to 6 x 25 GbE or 100 GbE adapters
Networking
- OCP adapters
- ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port; Intel E810-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port; Intel E810-DA4 10/25GbE SFP28 4-Port (1 max)
- PCIe adapters
- Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 2-port and Intel E810-DA2/DA4 10/25 GbE SFP28 (up to 6); Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port (up to 6)
Power
- PSU options
- 1100 W Titanium or Platinum AC, 1800 W Platinum AC, or 1100 W -48 V DC; front-mounted, reversed fan rotation vs. other ThinkSystem servers
- Redundancy
- Up to 2 hot-swap redundant power supplies
- Cooling
- 5 x simple-swap 60 mm dual-rotor fans (all standard), N+1 redundant in most configurations
Ports
- Front
- 2 x USB 3.1 Type-A (5 Gb/s), 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C (5 Gb/s, video via optional USB-C-to-VGA dongle), 1 x USB 2.0 (XCC local management only), 1 x RJ-45 1GbE dedicated remote-management port, external diagnostics port, NMI pinhole
Physical
- Form factor
- 2U rack, short 438 mm (17.2 in) depth chassis; wall, floor/tower, or rack mountable
- Dimensions
- 445 mm W x 87 mm H x 452 mm D (17.5 x 3.4 x 17.8 in)
- Weight
- 19.21 kg (42.35 lb)
- Machine type
- 7DGP
- Operating environment
- ASHRAE A2 (10-35°C) with most configs; ASHRAE A3 (5-40°C) or A4 (5-45°C) depending on hardware configuration; extended operation to 55°C with limited configuration
- NEBS (optional)
- NEBS Level-3-oriented design using '...PN' processor SKUs: 5-40°C nominal, high-altitude 5-35°C (1829-3960 m), short-term excursions -5 to 55°C (max 96 consecutive hours, 360 hours/year, 15 occurrences/year); humidity 5-85% RH non-condensing
- Shock/vibration
- Edge drop height 100 mm (each edge), free-fall drop height 75 mm, office vibration 0.21 Grms (5-100 Hz, 30 min/axis), earthquake GR-63 zone 4
Management
- BMC
- XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2), ASPEED AST2600 BMC; dedicated Ethernet port for remote access; optional XCC Platinum for remote-control functions
- Tools
- Lenovo XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrator plugins, XClarity Energy Manager; ThinkShield Edge Mobile Management app and XClarity Mobile app for local onsite edge management
- Panel
- Operator panel with status LEDs; optional External Diagnostics Handset with LCD display
- Security
- Centralized security via ThinkShield Key Vault Portal or directly in XCC2; Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR) Root of Trust, TPM 2.0, lockable top cover, intrusion detection, self-encrypting drive (SED) support, power-on and administrator passwords; optional front locking security bezel
- Warranty
- Lenovo Premier Support, 3 to 5 years; Premier solution adds L1/L2 software support, full-stack cluster-aware update, health pre-check, Lenovo Open Cloud Automation for edge deployment, white-glove deployment, and cloud deployment with Azure Local 23H2+
Operating systems
- Preloaded
- Microsoft Azure Local operating system
- Optional
- Windows Server 2022 Standard (2 guest OS licenses) or Datacenter (unlimited guest OS licenses) for guest VMs
Processors
- AMD EPYC 8024P
- AMD EPYC 8024PN
- AMD EPYC 8124P
- AMD EPYC 8124PN
- AMD EPYC 8224P
- AMD EPYC 8224PN
- AMD EPYC 8324P
- AMD EPYC 8324PN
- AMD EPYC 8434P
- AMD EPYC 8434PN
- AMD EPYC 8534P
- AMD EPYC 8534PN