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Lenovo ThinkAgile VX650 V3

Lenovo's 1- or 2-socket 2U VMware hyperconverged appliance (base MTM 7D6WCTOxWW, built on the ThinkSystem SR650 V3) for 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable ("Emerald Rapids") or 4th Gen ("Sapphire Rapids") processors up to 64 cores, with 32 DDR5 DIMM slots (up to 8 TB) and up to 40x 2.5"/20x 3.5" drive bays, sold as an Integrated System, Certified Node, or a SAP HANA Certified Node.

Memory

Slots
32 DIMM (16 per processor, up to 2 DPC)
Max
8 TB with 32 x 256 GB TruDDR5 3DS RDIMM
Type
TruDDR5 RDIMM/9x4 RDIMM/3DS RDIMM, up to 5600 MHz (1 DPC) / 4400 MHz (2 DPC)
Protection
ECC, SDDC (x4 DIMMs), ADDDC (x4 DIMMs excl. 9x4, requires Platinum/Gold), memory mirroring; persistent memory not supported

Storage

Drive bays
Front up to 12x 3.5" or 24x 2.5"; middle 4x 3.5" or 8x 2.5"; rear up to 4x 3.5" or 8x 2.5" (also 2x 7mm); SAS/SATA/AnyBay/NVMe combinations, EDSFF not supported
Controller
Up to 12x onboard NVMe ports (no RAID); NVMe Retimer Adapter; 12 Gb SAS/SATA non-RAID 440-8i/440-16i HBAs
Boot
2x M.2 SATA/NVMe, or 2x 7mm hot-swap; RAID adapter supported for boot only
Disk groups
1-5 groups (2-4 on SAP HANA CN); 1 cache + 2-7 capacity drives per group, up to 32 drives total

Expansion

Slots
Up to 8x PCIe 5.0 full-height rear-access slots (3 risers) plus a dedicated OCP 3.0 slot; slots 4-6 (riser 2) require 2 processors
OCP
Dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot, PCIe 5.0 x16, 1/10/25/100 GbE adapters; one port can share with XCC2 for Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI
GPU
Up to 8x single-wide GPUs or 3x double-wide GPUs; none on the SAP HANA Certified Node; some GPUs are market-restricted (Controlled models)

Networking

OCP adapters
Intel I350 1GbE 4-port; Broadcom 5719 1GbE 4-port; Broadcom 57416/57454 10GBASE-T; Intel X710-T2L/T4L 10GBASE-T; Broadcom 57414/57504 10/25GbE SFP28; Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28; Intel E810-DA2/DA4 10/25GbE SFP28; Broadcom 57508 100GbE QSFP56 2-port
PCIe adapters
Same 1/10/25 GbE families as OCP, plus Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE, ConnectX-6 HDR100/100GbE and HDR/200GbE QSFP56 VPI adapters
GPU options
NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB, RTX A4500 20GB, A30 24GB, RTX A6000 48GB, L40 48GB, A16 64GB, A100 80GB, H100 80GB (double-wide); T400 4GB, T1000 8GB, A2 16GB, L4 24GB (single-wide)

Power

Supply
Up to 2x hot-swap redundant AC PSUs: 750 W, 1100 W, 1800 W, 2400 W or 2600 W, 80 PLUS Platinum/Titanium, 220 V AC (750/1100 W also support 110 V); 240 V DC in China

Ports

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

Physical

Dimensions
445 mm (17.5 in) W x 87 mm (3.4 in) H x 764 mm (30.1 in) D
Weight
Maximum 38.8 kg (85.5 lb)

Management

BMC
XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2); optional upgrade to XClarity Controller Platinum for remote KVM and other functions
Tools
Lenovo XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrator (HSM for vSphere Life Cycle Manager), XClarity Energy Manager
Security
Chassis intrusion switch, power-on/admin passwords, TPM 2.0 Root of Trust with Platform Firmware Resiliency, optional lockable front bezel; no SED encryption support

Operating systems

Hypervisors
VMware ESXi 7.0u3, 8.0u1, 8.0u2, 8.0u3, or 9.1 (factory-installed, version varies by variant)

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3508U
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4510
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4510T
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4516Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5512U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5515+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5520+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6530
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6534
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6538Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6544Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6548N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6554S
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8558
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8558P
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8558U
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8562Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8568Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8570
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8571N
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8581V
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8592V
  • Intel Xeon 5423N
  • Intel Xeon 5433N
  • Intel Xeon 6403N
  • Intel Xeon 6423N
  • Intel Xeon 6433N
  • Intel Xeon 6443N
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3408U
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4410T
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4416+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5411N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5412U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5418N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5420+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6414U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6416H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6418H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6428N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6430
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6434
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6434H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6438M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6438N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6448H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6454S
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8444H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8450H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8452Y
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8454H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8458P
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8460Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8461V
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8468H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8468V
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H