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Lenovo ThinkAgile VX5575

A 1-2 socket 2U VMware vSAN hyperconverged Integrated System built on the ThinkSystem SR665 with AMD EPYC 7003 "Milan" processors, configured storage-heavy with up to 16 × 3.5-inch drive bays but no GPU support.

Memory

Slots
32 DIMM with 2 processors (16 per processor), 8 channels per processor, 2 DIMMs per channel
Max capacity
4 TB using 32 × 128 GB 3DS RDIMMs
Type
Lenovo TruDDR4 RDIMM/3DS RDIMM; Performance+ RDIMM 3200 MHz at 1 or 2 DPC; standard RDIMM 3200 MHz (1 DPC)/2933 MHz (2 DPC); 3DS RDIMM 2933 MHz (1 DPC)/2666 MHz (2 DPC)
Persistent memory
Not supported
Protection
ECC, SDDC, Patrol/Demand Scrubbing, DRAM Address Command Parity with Replay, DRAM Uncorrected ECC Error Retry, Post Package Repair

Storage

Drive bays
Up to 16 × 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bays, plus 2 × 7 mm rear hot-swap boot drives
Boot drives
2 × 7 mm hot-swap SATA, 2 × 7 mm hot-swap NVMe, or 2 × M.2 SATA (internal module)
Storage controller
Onboard NVMe and NVMe adapters (no RAID); 12 Gb SAS/SATA 430-8i or 430-16i HBA
Configurations
All-flash or hybrid; drives organized in up to 5 disk groups

Expansion

Slots
Up to 8 × PCIe 4.0 full-height rear slots across 3 risers (Riser 1: slots 1-3, Riser 2: slots 4-6 on the system board; Riser 3: slots 7-8, cabled), plus a dedicated OCP 3.0 slot; slots 4-8 require two processors
Note
For 2.5" front-drive configurations, an HBA can be installed in a dedicated area without using a PCIe slot

Networking

OCP 3.0 (dedicated slot)
PCIe 4.0 x16 host interface; 1GbE, 10GbE and 25GbE 2-port/4-port adapters; one port can share XCC sideband (Wake-on-LAN, NC-SI)
PCIe adapters
Up to 8 adapters: 10GBASE-T, 10GbE, 25GbE, 100GbE

Power

Supplies
Up to 2 × hot-swap redundant AC, 500 W / 750 W / 1100 W / 1800 W, 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium, 220 V; 500/750/1100 W also support 110 V; 240 V DC in China

Ports

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

Physical

Dimensions
445 mm (17.5 in) W × 87 mm (3.4 in) H × 764 mm (30.1 in) D
Weight
Up to 38.8 kg (85.5 lb)
Cooling
Up to 6 × N+1 redundant hot-swap 60 mm fans, configuration dependent; one fan integrated in each PSU

Management

Controller
XClarity Controller (XCC) embedded management; optional XClarity Controller Advanced or Enterprise for remote control functions
Tools
XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrator plugins, XClarity Energy Manager
Video
G200 graphics, 16 MB, integrated in XCC, up to 1920×1200 60 Hz
Security
Chassis intrusion switch, power-on/admin password, TPM 2.0 (optional Nationz TPM 2.0 in China), optional lockable front bezel

Operating systems

Hypervisor
VMware ESXi 7.0 U1 (factory installed); ESXi 7.0 U2 available as a field upgrade
Cluster sizing
VCF: minimum 4 nodes for a management domain. VVF: 3-host minimum vSAN cluster (2-node ROBO deployment supported with a witness appliance, requires vSAN 7.0+), maximum 64 hosts

Processors

  • AMD EPYC 72F3
  • AMD EPYC 7313
  • AMD EPYC 7313P
  • AMD EPYC 7343
  • AMD EPYC 73F3
  • AMD EPYC 7413
  • AMD EPYC 7443
  • AMD EPYC 7443P
  • AMD EPYC 7453
  • AMD EPYC 74F3
  • AMD EPYC 7513
  • AMD EPYC 7543
  • AMD EPYC 7543P
  • AMD EPYC 75F3
  • AMD EPYC 7643
  • AMD EPYC 7663
  • AMD EPYC 7713
  • AMD EPYC 7713P
  • AMD EPYC 7763
  • AMD EPYC 7373X
  • AMD EPYC 7473X
  • AMD EPYC 7573X
  • AMD EPYC 7773X