Lenovo ThinkAgile VX850 V3
Lenovo's 2U ThinkAgile VX850 V3 Certified Node (base MTM 7DDKCTO2WW, built on the ThinkSystem SR850 V3) for two or four 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable ("Sapphire Rapids") processors, with up to 64 DDR5 DIMM slots (16 TB max) and up to 24 x 2.5" all-flash SAS/SATA or AnyBay (Gen4/Gen5 NVMe) hot-swap drive bays. Factory-installed with VMware ESXi for hyperconverged vSAN deployments, with a separate SAP HANA Certified Node variant.
Memory
- Slots
- Up to 64 DIMM (16 per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel, 8 channels per CPU)
- Max
- 16 TB (64 x 256 GB 3DS RDIMM, 4 CPUs, 4 TB per processor)
- Types
- Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMM and 3DS RDIMM
- Speed
- Up to 4800 MHz at 1 DPC, 4400 MHz at 2 DPC
- Protection
- ECC, SDDC (x4 DIMMs), ADDDC (x4 DIMMs with Gold/Platinum CPUs), patrol scrubbing, demand scrubbing
Storage
- Bays
- Up to 24 x 2.5" hot-swap drive bays: SAS/SATA backplanes, or AnyBay backplanes (SAS, SATA, Gen4 NVMe or Gen5 NVMe)
- Rear
- Optional 2 x 7mm hot-swap NVMe drive bays for OS boot or storage
- Boot
- 2 x M.2 hot-swap NVMe SSDs (RAID-1), or 2 x 7mm hot-swap NVMe SSDs (RAID-1)
- Controllers
- 12 Gb SAS/SATA non-RAID: 440-8i, 440-16i, 4350-8i, 4350-16i HBA
- Configuration
- All-flash; 1-5 vSAN disk groups (VX850 V3 CN) or 2-4 disk groups (SAP HANA CN)
Expansion
- Slots (FH + LP)
- Gen4-only riser: 9 x Gen4 slots; Gen5/Gen4 riser: 6 x Gen5 + 1 x Gen4 slots
- Slots (LP only)
- Gen4-only riser: 12 x Gen4 slots; Gen5/Gen4 riser: 8 x Gen5 + 4 x Gen4 slots
- OCP 3.0
- 2 x dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slots, PCIe 5.0 x16 host interface; one port per adapter can be shared with XCC2 for Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI
Networking
- OCP adapters
- Up to 2 x OCP 3.0 adapters, 1/10/25/100 GbE, 2- or 4-port
- PCIe adapters
- Up to 12 x PCIe adapters, 10/25/40/100/200/400 GbE
Power
- PSU options
- 1100 W to 2600 W (80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium), 220 V AC; 1100 W also supports 110 V; China-only 1300 W/2600 W 240 V AC/DC Platinum CRPS, or 1600 W 336 V DC
- Redundancy
- 2 x hot-swap redundant PSUs, configurable N+N
- Cooling
- 6 x N+1 redundant hot-swap 60 mm fans (all 6 standard); one additional fan integrated in each PSU
Ports
- Front
- 1 x USB 2.0 (XClarity Controller access), 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x VGA
- Rear
- 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x VGA, 1 x DB-9 serial, 1 x RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet for systems management
Physical
- Form factor
- 2U rack-mount
- Dimensions
- 447 mm W x 87 mm H x 902 mm D (17.6 x 3.4 x 35.5 in)
- Weight
- 36.7 kg (80.9 lb) maximum
- Machine type
- 7DDK
Management
- BMC
- XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2, ASPEED AST2600 BMC); XCC Platinum included, enabling remote control functions; dedicated rear Ethernet port for XCC2 remote access
- Tools
- XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrator plugins, XClarity Energy Manager
- Security
- Chassis intrusion switch, power-on and administrator passwords, Root of Trust module with TPM 2.0 and Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR)
- Warranty
- 3-year or 1-year (model dependent) customer-replaceable-unit and onsite limited warranty, 9x5 next business day; optional 4-hour/2-hour response, 6-hour fix-time upgrades
Operating systems
- Hypervisor
- VMware ESXi 8.0 U2 (factory-installed)
Processors
- Intel Xeon Gold 6416H
- Intel Xeon Gold 6418H
- Intel Xeon Gold 6434H
- Intel Xeon Gold 6448H
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8444H
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8450H
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8454H
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8468H
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H