Lenovo ThinkAgile VX3530-G

A 2-socket, 2U hyperconverged appliance for VMware vSAN/ESXi built on the ThinkSystem SR650 V2 platform (3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable, 'Ice Lake'); 24 x 2.5" hot-swap bays, the compute-heavy option in the VX3530-G/VX5530/VX7530/VX7531 2U family. Ships factory-built via Lenovo's DCSC configurator.

Memory

Slots: 32 DIMM (16 per processor, 2 per channel, 8 channels per processor)
Max: 4 TB (32 x 128 GB 3DS RDIMM, two processors)
Persistent memory: Up to 16 x Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series modules (8 per processor); up to 6 TB combined with 16 x 128 GB 3DS RDIMM + 16 x 256 GB Pmem
Speed: Up to 3200 MHz at 2 DIMMs/channel
Types supported: TruDDR4 RDIMM, 3DS RDIMM
Protection: ECC, SDDC, ADDDC (Gold/Platinum CPUs), memory mirroring

Storage

Drive bays: 24 x 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap (front); 2 x 7mm hot-swap (rear, in addition to front bays)
Configurations: All-flash or hybrid; 1-5 disk groups (1 cache + capacity drives per group)
Storage controller: 440-16i HBA (internal), 430-8i HBA, or 430-16i HBA (12 Gbps SAS/SATA, non-RAID); up to 12 onboard NVMe ports (RAID not supported)
Boot drive: 2 x M.2 SATA (RAID-1) or 2 x 7mm hot-swap drives

Expansion

Slots: Up to 8 x PCIe 4.0 slots (all full-height, rear access) plus a dedicated OCP slot; slots 4-8 require two processors
GPU support: Up to 3 x double-wide (300 W) or 8 x single-wide (75 W) or 6 x single-wide (150 W) GPUs

Networking

OCP: 1 x dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot, PCIe 4.0 x16 host interface; 2-port or 4-port 1/10/25 GbE adapters
PCIe adapters: Up to 7 additional PCIe adapters: 10GBASE-T, 10 GbE, 25 GbE, or 100 GbE
Management: 1 x RJ-45 1 GbE port (XClarity Controller remote management); OCP port can share Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI with XCC

Power

Supplies: 1 or 2 x redundant hot-swap, 500 W / 750 W / 1100 W / 1800 W AC (80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium); 1100 W -48V DC option available

Ports

Front: 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 1 x USB 2.0 (also XCC local management), external diagnostics port, optional VGA
Rear: 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 1 x VGA, 1 x RJ-45 1 GbE (XCC remote management), optional DB-9 serial (slot 3)
Internal: 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 connector (OS/license key)

Physical

Form factor: 2U rack-mount
Dimensions: 445 mm W x 87 mm H x 764 mm D (17.5 x 3.4 x 30.1 in)
Weight: Max configuration 38.8 kg (85.5 lb)
Cooling: 5 (one processor) or 6 (two processors) dual-rotor hot-swap 60 mm fans, N+1 redundant

Management

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

Operating systems

Hypervisors: VMware ESXi 7.0 U2 and later (up to ESXi 8.0 U1 per the OS support matrix)
Software: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5 or vSphere Foundation (VVF) 8 as the primary software stack; add-ons: VMware vSAN 8, Live Recovery, Firewall (with/without Advanced Threat Prevention, requires VCF), Avi Load Balancer, Private AI Foundation (requires VCF)

Processors

Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
Intel Xeon Silver 4310
Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
Intel Xeon Silver 4314
Intel Xeon Silver 4316
Intel Xeon Gold 6330N
Intel Xeon Gold 6346
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 6336Y
Intel Xeon Gold 6338
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
Intel Xeon Gold 6342
Intel Xeon Gold 6348
Intel Xeon Gold 6354
Intel Xeon Platinum 8351N
Intel Xeon Platinum 8352M
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 8362
Intel Xeon Platinum 8368
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
Intel Xeon Gold 6334