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Lenovo ThinkStation P920 Rack

A 2U, 19-inch rack-mount version of the dual-socket ThinkStation P920, built on Intel's 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable (Socket-P0/LGA3647) platform with the C624 chipset and Lenovo XClarity Controller management. Aimed at remote, rack-housed workstation use: rendering farms, VDI hosts and lab workstations that need to live off the desk.

Memory

Slots
24 DIMM sockets, 12 channels total (12 sockets / 6 channels per CPU)
Type
DDR4-2933 RDIMM ECC, 8/16/32 GB modules
Max
768 GB (24 x 32 GB DDR4-2933 RDIMM)
Protection
ECC, memory mirroring, memory sparing

Storage

Controller
Optional 530-8i, 12 Gbps SAS, RAID 0/1/10/5/50
3.5" SATA HDD
SATA 6 Gb/s, 7.2K rpm, 1/4/6/8/10/12/14 TB, up to 8
3.5" SATA SSD
SATA 6 Gb/s, 240/480/960 GB, 1.92/3.84 TB, up to 8
M.2 SATA SSD
SATA 6 Gb/s, 480 GB, up to 2, non-hot-swap
Bays
8 x 3.5" SATA/SAS hot-swap disk bays; 2 x M.2 SATA SSD (non-hot-swap)
Media reader
None

Graphics

Integrated
Matrox G200, in the XClarity Controller
Discrete
PCIe add-in card
Cards offered
Quadro P620 2 GB GDDR5, 40 W, 4x mini-DP, up to 3; Quadro RTX 4000 8 GB GDDR6, 160 W, 3x DP + 1x VirtualLink, up to 3; Quadro RTX 5000 16 GB GDDR6, 265 W, 4x DP + 1x VirtualLink, up to 2; NVIDIA T4 16 GB GDDR6, 70 W, up to 5; NVIDIA V100 16/32 GB HBM2, 250 W, up to 2

Expansion

Slot 1 (riser 1)
Full height, half length, double-wide
Slot 2
Not present when slot 1 holds a double-wide card
Slot 3 (riser 1)
PCIe 3.0 x16 (x8 lanes), full height, half length
Slot 4 (onboard)
PCIe 3.0 x8, low profile
Slot 5 (riser 2)
PCIe 3.0 x16, full height, half length, requires 2nd CPU
Slot 6 (riser 2)
PCIe 3.0 x16, full height, half length, requires 2nd CPU
Slot 7 (onboard)
PCIe 3.0 x8, dedicated to an internal storage controller

Networking

Management
One dedicated Lenovo XClarity Controller management port (RJ-45)
LOM
One LOM slot for customized LOM with up to four RJ-45 10 GbE ports; Wake-on-LAN and NC-SI on LOM port 0
WLAN + Bluetooth
None

Power

PSU
Up to 2 x 1100 W or 1600 W, redundant, hot-swap, 80 PLUS Platinum, 100-240 V AC

Ports

Front
1 x XClarity Controller USB connector, 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x optional VGA
Rear
1 x VGA, 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x XClarity Controller network connector

Physical

Form factor
2U, 19" rack
Dimensions (H x W x D)
87 x 445 x 720 mm (3.4 x 17.5 x 28.3 in)
Weight
32 kg (70.54 lb) maximum configuration
Security
Power-on and admin password; TPM, TCG 1.2 compliant (upgradeable to 2.0 via UEFI setting); optional lockable security bezel
Cooling
Multiple hot-swap system fans (N+1 redundant); non-A3/A4-rated configurations need NVMe, PCIe flash and GPU removed, redundant PSU and CPUs under 150 W TDP
Operating temperature
ASHRAE A4 5-45 degC; A3 5-40 degC; A2 10-35 degC (limitations apply - see gotchas)
Non-operating temperature
-10-60 degC (no package); -40-70 degC (packaged)
Humidity
Operating: A4 8-90%, A3 8-85%, A2 8-80%, non-condensing; storage (packaged) 8-90% non-condensing
Altitude
Operating, unpressurized: 0-3048 m (0-10,000 ft)

Management

Systems management
Lenovo XClarity Controller (standard); Energy Manager; XClarity Administrator; Lenovo Capacity Planner; Provisioning Manager; Essentials
Diagnostics
Light Path Diagnostics

Operating systems

Supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and 2019; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and 8; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 and 15; VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.5 and 6.7

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4208
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4210
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4214
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4215
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5215
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6230
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6234
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6252