Lenovo ThinkAgile VX3720
A half-wide, 1-socket-or-2-socket, dense hyperconverged compute node for VMware vSAN/ESXi; up to four VX3720 nodes install in a shared 2U four-node (2U4N) VX Enclosure. Ships factory-built via Lenovo's DCSC configurator; supports both 1st Gen (Skylake) and 2nd Gen (Cascade Lake) Intel Xeon Scalable processors depending on machine type.
Memory
- Slots
- 12 DIMM per node
- Max
- 1st Gen platform: 1.5 TB (12 x 128 GB 3DS RDIMM, 2 CPUs). 2nd Gen platform: 1 TB
- Speed
- 1st Gen: 2666 MHz. 2nd Gen: 2933 MHz (8/16/32/64 GB modules) or 2666 MHz (16/32 GB modules)
- Types supported
- 1st Gen: RDIMM, LRDIMM, 3DS RDIMM. 2nd Gen: RDIMM only
- Protection
- ECC, SDDC, ADDDC (Gold/Platinum CPUs), patrol scrubbing, demand scrubbing
Storage
- Drive bays
- 4 x 2.5" SAS/SATA + 2 x 2.5" AnyBay hot-swap, per node
- Configurations
- 1 drive group: 1 cache + 2-5 capacity drives. 2 drive groups: 1 cache + 2 capacity drives each
- Storage controller
- 1 x 430-8i Dense HBA (12 Gbps SAS/6 Gbps SATA); onboard NVMe (7Y92/7Y91 machine types only)
- Boot drive
- 2 x M.2 non-hot-swap SATA SSD, RAID-1 (1st Gen/7Y12: up to 480 GB per drive; 240/480 GB unsupported on 7Y12)
- Max capacity (per node)
- Hybrid up to 12 TB (5 x 2.4 TB HDD); All-flash up to 38.4 TB (5 x 7.68 TB SSD)
Expansion
- Slots
- 1 x PCIe 3.0 x8 on the node system board (internal storage controller) + 2 x PCIe 3.0 x8 low-profile slots per node via the enclosure's PCIe x8 I/O shuttle
Networking
- Onboard
- EIOM: 2-4 x 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+ ports (per node)
- Add-in adapter
- Up to 1 additional PCIe adapter per node: 1/10 GbE RJ-45, 10 GbE SFP+, or 10/25 GbE SFP28 (SFP28 not supported on the withdrawn 7Y12 machine type)
- Enclosure rear
- 8 x 10 GbE RJ-45 or SFP+ ports total (2 per node), 1 x 1 GbE management port on the System Management Module (SMM)
Power
- Supplies
- 2 x redundant hot-swap, shared by the enclosure: 1100 W (100-240 V), 1600 W (200-240 V), or 2000 W (200-240 V) High Efficiency Platinum
Ports
- Enclosure (SMM)
- 1 x RJ-45 Ethernet (systems management), 1 x USB
- Node (optional KVM/USB module)
- 1 x KVM dongle port, 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB (XClarity Controller access)
Physical
- Form factor
- Half-wide 1U node; up to 4 nodes in a 2U four-node (2U4N) VX Enclosure
- Enclosure dimensions
- 448 mm W x 87 mm H x 834 mm D (17.6 x 3.4 x 32.8 in)
- Node dimensions
- 222 mm W x 41 mm H x 562 mm D (8.7 x 1.6 x 21.1 in)
- Weight
- Enclosure (4 nodes, max config) 55.0 kg (121.3 lb); node (max config) 7.5 kg (16.5 lb)
- Cooling
- 5 hot-swap system fans in the VX Enclosure (shared)
Management
- Controller
- Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise, Pilot 4 chip (per node)
- Tools
- Lenovo XClarity Administrator with Integrator for VMware vCenter, optional Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager
- Security
- Power-on/admin password, secure firmware updates, TPM 1.2 or 2.0 (configurable)
- Video
- Matrox G200, 16 MB, integrated in XCC; max 1920x1200 @ 60 Hz, 32bpp
Operating systems
- Hypervisors
- VMware ESXi (1st Gen/7Y12: ESXi 6.5 U1 factory preload; 7Y92: ESXi 6.5 U2/U3, 6.7, 6.7 U1-U3 factory preload; 2nd Gen platform: ESXi 6.5 U2/U3, 6.7 U1-U3 factory preload)
- Software
- VMware vSAN (Standard/Advanced/Enterprise/ROBO), vSphere (Standard/Enterprise Plus/ROBO), HCI Kit, Horizon, VMware Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server (Foundation/Standard)
Processors
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
- Intel Xeon Silver 4108
- Intel Xeon Silver 4110
- Intel Xeon Silver 4112
- Intel Xeon Silver 4114
- Intel Xeon Gold 5115
- Intel Xeon Gold 5118
- Intel Xeon Gold 5120
- Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- Intel Xeon Gold 6130
- Intel Xeon Gold 6138
- Intel Xeon Gold 6140
- Intel Xeon Gold 6152
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8153
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4208
- Intel Xeon Silver 4210
- Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
- Intel Xeon Silver 4215
- Intel Xeon Silver 4216
- Intel Xeon Gold 5215
- Intel Xeon Gold 5215M
- Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
- Intel Xeon Gold 5218
- Intel Xeon Gold 5218B
- Intel Xeon Gold 5218T
- Intel Xeon Gold 5220
- Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
- Intel Xeon Gold 6222V
- Intel Xeon Gold 6226
- Intel Xeon Gold 6230
- Intel Xeon Gold 6238
- Intel Xeon Gold 6238M
- Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
- Intel Xeon Gold 6262V