Lenovo ThinkAgile VX7531
A 2U, 2-socket VMware vSAN HCI Certified Node built on the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V2, offering the widest storage and GPU options in the VX 2U family (2.5-inch or 3.5-inch chassis, plus GPU support) for customer-built high-performance clusters.
Memory
- Slots
- 32 DIMM (16 per processor)
- Max
- 8 TB (32 x 256 GB 3DS RDIMM)
- Persistent memory
- Up to 16 x 128 GB or 256 GB Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series (8 per processor)
Storage
- Drive bays
- Up to 40 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA, 32 x 2.5-inch NVMe, or 16 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap, across front, middle and rear bay zones
- Configuration
- All-Flash or Hybrid; 1-5 vSAN disk groups
- Controller
- Onboard NVMe ports; 430-8i, 430-16i or 440-16i Internal 12 Gb SAS/SATA HBA (no RAID/VROC)
- Boot
- 2 x M.2 SATA or 2 x 7mm hot-swap drives
Graphics
- Options
- Up to 3 x NVIDIA A30, RTX A6000 or L40 (double-wide, 300 W); or up to 8 x NVIDIA T4, A2 or L4 (single-wide); or up to 4 x NVIDIA A10 (single-wide)
Expansion
- Adapters
- Up to 8 OCP/PCIe network adapters (1x OCP 3.0 + PCIe risers)
Networking
- OCP
- 1 x dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot, PCIe 4.0 x16; 10 GbE/25 GbE adapters
- PCIe networking
- 10GBASE-T, 10 GbE, 25 GbE or 100 GbE adapters
- Management port
- 1 x RJ-45 1 GbE (XClarity Controller remote management)
Power
- Power supplies
- Up to 2 hot-swap redundant, 80 PLUS Platinum/Titanium; 500 W, 750 W, 1100 W or 1800 W AC (110 V/220 V); 1100 W -48 V DC option
- Cooling
- 5 or 6 dual-rotor N+1 redundant hot-swap 60 mm fans (1 or 2 CPUs)
Ports
- Front
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 1 x USB 2.0 (also XCC local management), external diagnostics port, optional VGA
- Rear
- 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 1 x VGA, 1 x RJ-45 1 GbE (XCC remote management), optional DB-9 serial (uses slot 3)
- Internal
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (license key)
Physical
- Form factor
- 2U rack
- Dimensions
- 445 x 87 x 764 mm (17.5 x 3.4 x 30.1 in), W x H x D
- Weight
- Up to 38.8 kg (85.5 lb)
Management
- Remote management
- Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC); optional XCC Advanced/Enterprise adds remote KVM and virtual media mounting
- Security
- TPM 2.0, chassis intrusion switch, power-on/admin passwords, optional lockable front bezel
Operating systems
- Hypervisor
- VMware ESXi 7.0 U2, 7.0 U3, 8.0, 8.0 U1, 8.0 U2, 8.0 U3, 9.0
Processors
- Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
- Intel Xeon Silver 4310
- Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
- Intel Xeon Silver 4314
- Intel Xeon Silver 4316
- Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 5317
- Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
- Intel Xeon Gold 5318S
- Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 5320
- Intel Xeon Gold 5320T
- Intel Xeon Gold 6312U
- Intel Xeon Gold 6314U
- Intel Xeon Gold 6326
- Intel Xeon Gold 6330
- Intel Xeon Gold 6330N
- Intel Xeon Gold 6334
- Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 6338
- Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
- Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
- Intel Xeon Gold 6342
- Intel Xeon Gold 6346
- Intel Xeon Gold 6348
- Intel Xeon Gold 6354
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8351N
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8352V
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8352Y
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8358
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8368
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8362
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8352M