Lenovo ThinkAgile VX630 V4
A 1-2 socket 1U VMware vSAN hyperconverged system built on the ThinkSystem SR630 V4 with Intel Xeon 6 (Granite Rapids-SP) processors and all-NVMe/E3.S storage, factory-validated for VMware Cloud Foundation and vSphere Foundation clusters.
Memory
- Slots
- 32 DIMM with 2 processors (16 per processor), 8 channels per processor, 2 DIMMs per channel
- Max capacity
- 8 TB using 32 × 256 GB 3DS RDIMMs
- Type
- Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMM, 3DS RDIMM, or MRDIMM; up to 6400 MHz at 1 DPC / 5200 MHz at 2 DPC (RDIMM), up to 8000 MHz at 1 DPC (MRDIMM, requires 6700P-series CPU)
- Protection
- ECC, SDDC and ADDDC (x4-based DIMMs), memory mirroring
- CXL
- Up to 8 × CXL 2.0 memory modules (4 per processor) in E3.S 2T drive bays
Storage
- Front drive bays
- Up to 10 × 2.5" hot-swap NVMe or AnyBay, or 16 × E3.S 1T NVMe, or 8 × E3.S 2T NVMe, or a mix of E3.S 1T/2T
- Rear drive bays
- Up to 2 × 2.5" hot-swap NVMe or SAS/SATA
- Boot drives
- 2 × M.2 SATA or NVMe (internal non-hot-swap module, or hot-swap front/rear)
- Storage controller
- Up to 16 × onboard NVMe ports; RAID adapter supported for boot use only (no HBA, no vROC on the VX630 V4)
- Configurations
- All-flash; vSAN ESA supports 2–24 drives per the vSAN ESA ReadyNode guidance
Graphics
- Options
- Up to 3 × single-wide GPUs, 75 W each
Expansion
- Slots
- Up to 3 × PCIe 5.0 rear slots (configurable as 3 × x16 low-profile, 2 × x16 FHHL, or combinations sharing space with rear drive bays/M.2), plus 2 × dedicated OCP 3.0 slots (PCIe 5.0 x16 or x8)
- Note
- Some slots are unavailable in a 1-processor configuration; a CFF RAID adapter can be added in a dedicated area without using a rear PCIe slot
Networking
- OCP 3.0 (2 dedicated slots)
- PCIe 5.0 x8/x16; 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE and 100GbE adapters; one port per adapter can share XCC3 sideband management (Wake-on-LAN, NC-SI)
- PCIe adapters
- Up to 5 adapters total: 10GBASE-T, 10GbE, 25GbE, 100GbE, plus NVIDIA ConnectX-7 10/25GbE SFP28 4-port (added Sep 2026)
Power
- Supplies
- Up to 2 × hot-swap redundant AC, 800 W / 1300 W / 2000 W, 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium; 230 V standard, some also support 115 V; 240 V DC in China; optional HVDC
Ports
- Front
- External diagnostics port; optional 2 × USB 3 (5 Gb/s, one supports XCC local management); optional Mini DisplayPort 1.1a
- Rear
- 2 × USB 3 (5 Gb/s), 1 × VGA, 1 × RJ-45 1GbE XCC management; optional DB-9 serial (in a slot); optional second RJ-45 1GbE XCC port (OCP slot); optional adapter to share remote management across 4 servers (OCP slot)
- Internal
- Optional 1 × USB 3 (5 Gb/s) connector for OS/license key
Physical
- Dimensions
- 440 mm (17.3 in) W × 43 mm (1.7 in) H × 788 mm (31 in) D; longer with E3.S front drives
- Weight
- Up to 20.2 kg (44.5 lb)
- Cooling
- Up to 8 × N+1 hot-swap 40 mm fans (2-in-1 modules) plus one fan per PSU; optional Lenovo Processor Neptune Core Module (open-loop direct water cooling for the processors)
Management
- Controller
- XClarity Controller 3 (XCC3, ASPEED AST2600 BMC); optional XCC3 Premier adds remote KVM, remote media mounting, boot capture, power capping, System Guard, CNSA/FIPS 140-3 modes
- Tools
- Lenovo XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrator plugins, XClarity Energy Manager, XClarity Provisioning Manager (UEFI, F1)
- Video
- Embedded graphics, 16 MB, integrated in XCC3, up to 1920×1200 60 Hz
- Security
- Chassis intrusion switch, power-on/admin password, Root of Trust with TPM 2.0 and Platform Firmware Resiliency, optional lockable front bezel, Secure Boot
Operating systems
- Hypervisor
- VMware ESXi 8.0 U3 (factory installed) or ESXi 9.0 (factory installed)
- Software stack
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) or VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF); licenses obtained through a Broadcom seller or authorized partner
- 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), maximum 64 hosts (requires ESXi 8.0 U3+)
Processors
- Intel Xeon 6505P
- Intel Xeon 6507P
- Intel Xeon 6511P
- Intel Xeon 6515P
- Intel Xeon 6517P
- Intel Xeon 6520P
- Intel Xeon 6521P
- Intel Xeon 6527P
- Intel Xeon 6530P
- Intel Xeon 6714P
- Intel Xeon 6724P
- Intel Xeon 6730P
- Intel Xeon 6731P
- Intel Xeon 6732P
- Intel Xeon 6736P
- Intel Xeon 6737P
- Intel Xeon 6740P
- Intel Xeon 6741P
- Intel Xeon 6745P
- Intel Xeon 6747P
- Intel Xeon 6760P
- Intel Xeon 6761P
- Intel Xeon 6767P
- Intel Xeon 6781P
- Intel Xeon 6787P