Lenovo ThinkAgile MX650a V4
Lenovo's GPU-dense 2-socket 2U hyperconverged appliance (base MTM 7DFHCTO2WW, built on the ThinkSystem SR650a V4) for Intel Xeon 6 P-core "Granite Rapids" 6500P/6700P-series processors up to 86 cores and 350 W, with 32 DDR5 DIMM slots (up to 8 TB), 8x 2.5" all-NVMe front drive bays, and up to 8x single-wide or 4x double-wide GPUs, preloaded with Microsoft Azure Local for AI training/inferencing, private/hybrid cloud and other GPU-heavy hyperconverged workloads.
Memory
- Slots
- 32 DIMM (16 per processor, up to 2 DPC); 16 DIMM slots with 2 processors when Compute Complex Neptune Core liquid cooling is used
- Max
- 8 TB with 32 x 256 GB TruDDR5 3DS RDIMM
- Type
- TruDDR5 RDIMM/3DS RDIMM up to 6400 MHz (1 DPC) / 5200 MHz (2 DPC); MRDIMM up to 8000 MHz (1 DPC, CPU-dependent)
- Protection
- ECC, SDDC (x4 DIMMs), ADDDC (x4 DIMMs, not with 9x4 RDIMMs), memory mirroring
Storage
- Drive bays
- 8x 2.5" hot-swap front bays (SAS/SATA or NVMe); no rear drive bays
- Controller
- Up to 8x onboard NVMe ports (no RAID); optional 4350-16i or ThinkSystem 440-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA
- Boot
- 2x M.2 (NVMe or SATA), non-hot-swap; front/rear hot-swap M.2 also supported, optional RAID-1
- Configuration
- All-flash only (S2D); no hybrid HDD option on this model
Expansion
- Slots
- Up to 8x PCIe 5.0 full-height front slots for GPUs (Riser 6 and 7, CPU2/CPU1) plus up to 6x PCIe 5.0 full-height rear slots (Riser 2: 2x x16 + 1x x8 on CPU1; Riser 3: 2x x16 + 1x x8 on CPU2, requires 2 processors), plus 2x dedicated OCP 3.0 slots (PCIe 5.0 x16 or x8)
- GPU
- Up to 8x single-wide or 4x double-wide GPUs at the front of the server; RAID/HBA can be installed in a dedicated area on 2.5" front-drive configs without consuming a PCIe slot
Networking
- OCP adapters
- 2x OCP 3.0 rear-accessible slots, PCIe 5.0 x16; Broadcom 57412 10GBASE-T 4-port; Broadcom 57416 10GBASE-T 2-port; Intel E810-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port; Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port; Broadcom 57504 10/25GbE SFP28 4-port; Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port; NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port
- PCIe adapters
- Broadcom 57412 10GBASE-T 4-port; Broadcom 57416 10GBASE-T 2-port; Intel E810-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port; Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port; Broadcom 57504 10/25GbE SFP28 4-port; Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port; Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port (RDMA-capable, minimum quantity 2)
- Fibre Channel (Disaggregated Solution only)
- QLogic QLE2872 64Gb 2-port; Emulex LPe38102 64Gb 2-port SecureHBA — for connecting to external ThinkSystem DS/DM/DG SAN storage; data migration only on the base MX650a V4
Power
- Supply
- Up to 2x hot-swap redundant AC PSUs: 750 W, 1100 W, 1800 W, 2400 W or 2600 W, 80 PLUS Platinum/Titanium, 220 V AC (750 W/1100 W also support 110 V); 1100 W with -48V DC input also available; 240 V DC option in China
Ports
- Front
- 1x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), 1x USB 2.0 (also XCC local management), external diagnostics port, optional VGA
- Rear
- 3x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), 1x VGA, 1x RJ-45 1GbE XCC remote-management port, optional 2nd dedicated BMC port in the OCP bay, optional DB-9 serial (slot 3)
- Internal
- 1x USB 3.1 Gen 1 connector for OS or license-key purposes
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 BMC; optional XCC3 Premier for remote KVM, remote media mounting, boot capture, power capping, Neighbor Groups, System Guard, CNSA-compliant and FIPS 140-3-compliant modes, enhanced NIST 800-193 support
- Tools
- Lenovo XClarity Administrator, XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Integrator, XClarity Energy Manager; managed via Azure Arc and Windows Admin Center with Lenovo XClarity Integrator; Solution Builder Extension (SBE) one-click update
- Protocols
- IPMI 2.0, SNMP 3.0, Redfish REST API, serial console via IPMI
- Security
- Chassis intrusion switch, power-on/administrator passwords, Root of Trust with TPM 2.0 and Platform Firmware Resiliency, Secure Boot, optional lockable front security bezel
Operating systems
- Preloaded OS
- Microsoft Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI OS), version 24H2, factory-installed; Hyper-V, Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) and Software Defined Networking (SDN)
- Optional
- Windows Server 2025 Datacenter Edition (S2D/Hyper-V) with unlimited guest VM rights, factory-installed or bring-your-own-license
Processors
- Intel Xeon 6505P
- Intel Xeon 6507P
- Intel Xeon 6511P
- Intel Xeon 6515P
- Intel Xeon 6517P
- Intel Xeon 6520P
- Intel Xeon 6521P
- Intel Xeon 6527P
- Intel Xeon 6530P
- Intel Xeon 6714P
- Intel Xeon 6724P
- Intel Xeon 6730P
- Intel Xeon 6731P
- Intel Xeon 6732P
- Intel Xeon 6736P
- Intel Xeon 6737P
- Intel Xeon 6740P
- Intel Xeon 6741P
- Intel Xeon 6745P
- Intel Xeon 6747P
- Intel Xeon 6760P
- Intel Xeon 6761P
- Intel Xeon 6767P
- Intel Xeon 6781P
- Intel Xeon 6787P