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Lenovo ThinkAgile VX3331

A 2-socket 1U VMware hyperconverged Certified Node built on the ThinkSystem SR630 V2, using 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable (Ice Lake) processors; a compute-heavy node the customer licenses separately for VCF/VVF, with optional single-wide GPU support for VDI/AI workloads.

Memory

Slots
32 DIMM with 2 processors (16 per processor, 8 memory channels, 2 DIMMs per channel)
Max capacity
4 TB using 32 x 128 GB 3DS RDIMMs; up to 6 TB using 16 x 128 GB 3DS RDIMM + 16 x 256 GB Optane PMem 200
Type
Lenovo TruDDR4 RDIMM and 3DS RDIMM, up to 3200 MHz at 2 DPC; DIMM slots shared with persistent memory
Persistent memory
Up to 16 x Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series modules (8 per processor)
Protection
ECC, SDDC (x4 DIMMs), ADDDC (x4 DIMMs, requires Gold/Platinum CPU), memory mirroring

Storage

Drive bays
Front: up to 10 x 2.5" SAS/SATA, NVMe or AnyBay hot-swap bays; Rear: 2 x 2.5" SAS/SATA or NVMe hot-swap bays; Rear boot: 2 x 7mm SAS/SATA or NVMe
Boot
Internal M.2 module for up to 2 M.2 drives, for OS boot and drive storage support
Storage controller
Up to 12 x onboard NVMe ports (Intel VROC NVMe RAID, optional license for non-Intel NVMe); NVMe Retimer Adapter; 12 Gb SAS/SATA non-RAID 430-8i, 430-16i or 440-16i Internal HBA
Disk groups
1-4 disk groups; 1 cache drive + 2-7 capacity drives per group (All Flash or Hybrid)
Note
No onboard SATA controller, no RAID adapter, no SATA HDDs, no EDSFF or SED drives, no Fibre Channel or InfiniBand (differs from the base SR630 V2)

Graphics

GPU support
Up to 3 x single-wide GPU, 75 W each

Expansion

Slots
Up to 3 x PCIe 4.0 rear-access slots plus a dedicated OCP 3.0 slot; Slot 3 requires 2 processors
Slot combinations
3 x PCIe 4.0 x16 low-profile; or 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 full-height/half-length + 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 low-profile; or 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 low-profile + 2 x rear 2.5" drive bays

Networking

OCP
Dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot, PCIe 4.0 x16 host interface, 1/10/25 GbE adapters; one port can share with XCC for Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI
PCIe adapters
Up to 2-3 additional PCIe network adapters (10GBASE-T, 10G, 25G, 100G)
Management
1 x RJ-45 1 GbE dedicated XClarity Controller port

Power

Supplies
Up to 2 x hot-swap redundant AC power supplies: 500 W, 750 W, 1100 W or 1800 W, 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium (500/750/1100 W also support 110 V)

Ports

Front
1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), 1 x USB 2.0 (also XCC local management), external diagnostics port, optional VGA
Rear
3 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), 1 x VGA, 1 x RJ-45 1 GbE XCC management port, optional DB-9 serial (installs in Slot 3)
Internal
1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 connector for OS/license-key media

Physical

Dimensions
43 x 440 x 773 mm (1.7 x 17.3 x 30.4 in.)
Weight
Up to 26.3 kg (58 lb)
Cooling
Up to 8 x N+1 redundant hot-swap 40 mm fans (configuration-dependent), plus a fan integrated in each power supply

Management

Controller
XClarity Controller (XCC) embedded management; optional XCC Advanced/Enterprise for remote control
Tools
XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrator plugins, XClarity Energy Manager
Video
Matrox G200, 16 MB, integrated in XCC, up to 1920x1200 32bpp @ 60 Hz
Security
Chassis intrusion switch, power-on/administrator password, TPM 2.0 (Nationz TPM 2.0 in China), optional lockable front security bezel

Operating systems

Hypervisor
VMware ESXi
Supported ESXi versions
VMware ESXi 7.0 U2, VMware ESXi 7.0 U3, VMware ESXi 8.0, VMware ESXi 8.0 U1, VMware ESXi 8.0 U2, VMware ESXi 8.0 U3, VMware ESXi 9.0
Software
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5 or VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) 8, with optional vSAN, Live Recovery, Firewall, Avi Load Balancer and Private AI Foundation add-ons

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 6312U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6314U
  • 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 8351N
  • 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
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8362
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8352M