Lenovo ThinkAgile SXM4600

Lenovo's rack-scale hyperconverged solution for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub: a factory-integrated 42U rack (or customer-supplied cabinet) with one ThinkAgile SXM630 V3 (ThinkSystem SR630 V3) management node/"Hardware Lifecycle Host" and 4 to 16 ThinkAgile SXM650 V3 (ThinkSystem SR650 V3) hyperconverged scale-unit nodes, plus TOR/BMC switches, running Windows Server, Storage Spaces Direct and Azure Stack Hub for on-premises hybrid-cloud, VDI and server-consolidation workloads.

Memory

Management node (SXM630 V3)

128 GB fixed, 8x 16 GB TruDDR5 4800 MHz RDIMM in 8 of 16 DIMM slots

Hyperconverged node, Hybrid (SXM650 V3)

512 GB - 2048 GB across 32 DIMM slots (16 per processor, 2 DPC); 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB or 256 GB Performance+ TruDDR5 4800 MHz RDIMMs

Hyperconverged node, All-Flash (SXM650 V3)

512 GB - 8192 GB across the same 32 DIMM slots

Protection

ECC, SDDC (x4-based DIMMs), ADDDC (x4-based DIMMs excluding 9x4 RDIMMs, requires Gold/Platinum), memory mirroring

Storage

Management node boot

2x ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1655 800 GB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb hot-swap SSD in RAID-1, on a ThinkSystem RAID 540-8i PCIe Gen4 12Gb adapter

Hyperconverged node boot

2x ThinkSystem M.2 960 GB SATA or NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD in RAID-1 on a ThinkSystem M.2 Kit with Mirroring

Hyperconverged node, Hybrid cache/capacity

4x NVMe PCIe 4.0 cache-tier SSDs (1.6-6.4 TB) + 12x 7.2K SAS capacity-tier HDDs (4-12 TB) on a ThinkSystem 440-16i SAS/SATA HBA; sample configs from 54 TB to 169 TB raw

Hyperconverged node, All-Flash cache/capacity

4x NVMe PCIe 4.0 cache SSDs + 12-24x SATA/SAS/NVMe capacity SSDs (1.6-15.36 TB) on 2-3x ThinkSystem 440-8i HBAs or onboard NVMe; sample configs from 38 TB to 184 TB raw; all-NVMe (24-drive) config requires a 4-port PCIe Gen4 NVMe Retimer adapter

Storage software

Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct across the hyperconverged node cluster

Expansion

Management node slots

3 PCIe Gen4 slots: slot 1 x16 low-profile (network adapter), slot 2 x16 low-profile, slot 3 x16 (RAID adapter)

Hyperconverged node slots

Up to 4 PCIe Gen5 slots (x16/x8 mix depending on node type) for the network adapter and HBA(s)

Networking

Management network

1x dedicated 1 GbE XClarity Controller (XCC2) port per node (RJ-45), connected to the "BMC" ToR switch

Workload/storage network

1x ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port PCIe adapter per node; port 1 to "TOR-1" switch, port 2 to "TOR-2" switch

Optional adapter

ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe Ethernet adapter (hyperconverged nodes only)

Cabling

Included per node: 1.5-3 m UTP Cat5e (1 GbE management) and 25 GbE SFP28 DAC cables (VM/storage); VM network uplinks use 4x 10 GbE SFP+ SR or 4x 25 GbE SFP28 SR (customer-supplied OM3/OM4 fiber, LC connectors)

Power

Node PSUs

SXM650 V3: 2x 1800 W hot-swap Platinum/Titanium; SXM630 V3: 2x 750 W hot-swap Platinum/Titanium; TOR/BMC switches: 2x 460 W AC hot-swap

Rack PDUs

4x C19/C13 PDUs per rack, one of: 80A/60A/48A/32A 3-phase Delta or WYE 200-240V, or 48A 3-phase WYE 346-415V; all PDUs in a rack must be the same type; IEC 320-C13 to C14 power cables included

Ports

Management node front

1x USB 2.0 (XClarity Controller access), 1x USB 3.0

Management node rear

2x USB 3.0, 1x VGA

Hyperconverged node front

1x USB 2.0 (XClarity Controller access), 1x USB 3.0

Hyperconverged node rear

2x USB 3.0, 1x VGA

Physical

Rack form factor

42U rack cabinet (machine type 7D6DBHC3), or customer-provided rack cabinet, 4-16 hyperconverged nodes plus 1 management node

Rack dimensions

Height 2011 mm, width 600 mm, depth 1200 mm

Rack load

Total rack load capacity 953 kg; maximum rack weight 1588 kg

Management node

1U (ThinkSystem SR630 V3 chassis)

Hyperconverged node

2U (ThinkSystem SR650 V3 chassis)

Management

Controller

Lenovo XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) Enterprise per node, proactive platform alerts, light path diagnostics

Fleet management

Lenovo XClarity Administrator with Pro license (runs as a VM on the SXM630 V3 management node)

Security

Chassis intrusion switch, power-on and administrator passwords, Root of Trust module with TPM 2.0 and Platform Firmware Resiliency; optional lockable front security bezel

Operating systems

Host OS

Windows Server 2022 with Hyper-V on both the SXM630 V3 management node and SXM650 V3 hyperconverged nodes

Cloud software

Microsoft Azure Stack Hub (hyperconverged nodes); Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct for the shared storage pool

Hardware management software

Lenovo XClarity Administrator VM (on the management node) with Pro license

Processors

• Intel Xeon Silver 4410T
• Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
• Intel Xeon Silver 4416+
• Intel Xeon Silver 4510
• Intel Xeon Silver 4510T
• Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y
• Intel Xeon Silver 4516Y+
• Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
• Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
• Intel Xeon Gold 5418N
• Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y
• Intel Xeon Gold 5420+
• Intel Xeon Gold 5520+
• Intel Xeon Gold 6416H
• Intel Xeon Gold 6418H
• Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y
• Intel Xeon Gold 6428N
• Intel Xeon Gold 6430
• Intel Xeon Gold 6434
• Intel Xeon Gold 6434H
• Intel Xeon Gold 6438M
• Intel Xeon Gold 6438N
• Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+
• Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
• Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
• Intel Xeon Gold 6448H
• Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y
• Intel Xeon Gold 6454S
• Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y
• Intel Xeon Gold 6530
• Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
• Intel Xeon Gold 6538Y+
• Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y
• Intel Xeon Gold 6544Y
• Intel Xeon Gold 6548N
• Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+
• Intel Xeon Gold 6554S
• Intel Xeon Gold 6558Q
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8444H
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8450H
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8452Y
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8454H
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8458P
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8460Y+
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y+
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8468H
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8468V
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8558
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8558P
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8562Y+
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8568Y+
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8570
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8592V
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q