Lenovo ThinkAgile VX650a V4

Lenovo's 2-socket 2U VMware hyperconverged system (base MTM 7DG6CTO2WW, built on the ThinkSystem SR650a V4) for Intel Xeon 6 "Granite Rapids" 6500P/6700P-series processors up to 86 cores, with 32 DDR5 DIMM slots (up to 8 TB) and up to 8 x 2.5"/E3.S all-NVMe front drive bays. Supports up to 4 double-wide or 8 single-wide front-accessible GPUs for AI inference and VDI, and factory-ships VMware ESXi for vSAN clusters via the ThinkAgile VX Deployer.

Memory

Slots: 32 DIMM (16 per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel, 8 channels per CPU)
Max: 8 TB (32 x 256 GB TruDDR5 3DS RDIMM, 2 CPUs)
Types: Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMM, 3DS RDIMM, MRDIMM (processor-dependent)
Speed: RDIMM up to 6400 MT/s at 1 DPC, 5200 MT/s at 2 DPC; MRDIMM up to 8000 MT/s at 1 DPC (no 2 DPC support)
Protection: ECC, SDDC and ADDDC (x4-based DIMMs; ADDDC not supported with 9x4 RDIMMs), memory mirroring

Storage

Front: Up to 8 x 2.5" NVMe hot-swap drive bays, or up to 8 x E3.S 1T NVMe hot-swap drive bays, 1:1 PCIe connectivity (no oversubscription)
Max capacity: 122.88 TB using 8 x 15.36 TB 2.5" NVMe SSDs, or 122.88 TB using 8 x 15.36 TB E3.S NVMe SSDs
M.2 boot: 2 x front or rear hot-swap M.2 drive bays with RAID 1, or an internal M.2 module for up to 2 drives
Onboard: Up to 8 x onboard NVMe ports
Configuration: All-flash vSAN ESA (storage tier only, no cache drives or disk groups); no HBA or vROC support; RAID adapter supported for boot only; SED encryption not supported; no HDD, SAS or SATA SSD support

Graphics

Onboard: Embedded 2D graphics in XClarity Controller 3, 16 MB, max 1920x1200 32bpp at 60 Hz; rear VGA plus optional front Mini DisplayPort 1.1a, usable simultaneously
Single-wide GPU: Up to 8 x NVIDIA L4 24 GB PCIe Gen4 passive GPU
Double-wide GPU: Up to 4 x NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition 32 GB, NVIDIA L40S 48 GB, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition 96 GB (2 at full 600 W or 4 power-capped at 450 W), or 2 x NVIDIA H200 NVL 141 GB, all front-accessible only

Expansion

Riser 2 (rear): 3 x full-height slots, two x16 and one x8 (CPU 1)
Riser 3 (rear): 3 x full-height slots, two x16 and one x8 (CPU 2); requires 2 processors
Riser 6/7 (front): 4 x full-height slots each (Riser 6 = CPU 2, Riser 7 = CPU 1), for GPUs
OCP 3.0: 2 x dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slots, PCIe 5.0 x8 or x16; one port per adapter can be shared with XCC3 for Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI
Notes: All slots are PCIe 5.0; up to 8 front slots for GPUs and 6 rear slots plus 2 OCP slots total

Networking

OCP 3.0 adapters: 1/10/25/100 GbE options (Broadcom 5719/57412/57416/57414/57504/57508, Intel E810-DA2, Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx), up to 2 installed
PCIe adapters: 1/10/25/100 GbE options (Broadcom 5719/57412/57416/57414/57504/57508, Intel E810-DA2, NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Dx/ConnectX-7, Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx), up to 6 installed
Fibre Channel: ThinkSystem QLogic QLE2772 32 Gb 2-port PCIe HBA, up to 6, for use cases like data migration only
Management: 1 x dedicated 1 GbE RJ-45 XCC port; optional second RJ-45 management port and optional shared remote-management adapter (both in OCP bay)

Power

PSU options: 800 W, 1300 W, 2000 W, 2700 W and 3200 W (80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium); most support 230 V, some also 115 V; 240 V DC in China only; HVDC options
Redundancy: Up to 2 x hot-swap redundant PSUs; one fan integrated in each PSU
Cooling: 6 x (2 CPUs) or 5 x (1 CPU) single- or dual-rotor hot-swap 60 mm fans, N+1 redundant; optional open-loop water cooling for the processors (Lenovo Processor Neptune Core Module)

Ports

Front: External diagnostics port, optional 2 x USB 3 (5 Gb/s, one for XCC local management), optional Mini DisplayPort 1.1a
Rear: 2 x USB 3 (5 Gb/s), 1 x VGA, 1 x RJ-45 1 GbE XCC management port; optional DB-9 serial port (in a slot); optional second RJ-45 management port and optional shared remote-management adapter (both in OCP bay)
Internal: Optional 1 x USB 3 (5 Gb/s) for OS/license key purposes

Physical

Form factor: 2U rack
Dimensions: 445 mm W x 87 mm H x 924 mm D (17.5 x 3.4 x 36.4 in)
Weight: 38.8 kg (85.5 lb) maximum
Machine type: 7DG6 (3- or 5-year warranty)

Management

BMC: XClarity Controller 3 (XCC3, ASPEED AST2600); optional XCC3 Premier adds remote KVM, remote media mounting, boot capture, power capping, Neighbor Groups, System Guard, CNSA-compliant and FIPS 140-3-compliant security modes, and enhanced NIST 800-193 support
Tools: Lenovo XClarity Administrator, XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Integrator, XClarity Energy Manager
Protocols: IPMI 2.0, SNMP 3.0, Redfish REST API, serial console via IPMI
Security: Chassis intrusion switch, power-on and administrator passwords, Root of Trust module with TPM 2.0 and Platform Firmware Resiliency, Secure Boot; optional lockable front security bezel
Warranty: 3- or 5-year (model-dependent) customer-replaceable-unit and onsite limited warranty, 9x5 next business day; optional service upgrades (4-hour or 2-hour response, 6-hour fix time)
Cluster: Minimum 4 nodes for a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) management domain; minimum 3 hosts (2 with a vSAN witness appliance, requires VVF license) and maximum 64 hosts for a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) vSAN cluster, requires vSAN 8.0u3 or later

Operating systems

Hypervisor: VMware ESXi 8.0u3 or ESXi 9.1, factory-installed and selected via the ThinkAgile VX Deployer tool

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