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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