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Lenovo ThinkSystem SD550 V3

A two-socket, half-wide compute node for the 2U ThinkSystem D3 Chassis (two nodes per chassis), combining blade-like density with rack-server simplicity for scale-out data centers that are constrained by floor space.

Storage

Drive bays
6 x 2.5" hot-swap AnyBay (SAS, SATA or PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe)
M.2
2 x onboard M.2 slots (NVMe x1 host interface or SATA 6Gbps)
Maximum capacity
46.08 TB (6 x 7.68 TB SATA SSD) or 184.32 TB (6 x 30.72 TB NVMe SSD)
Controller
Onboard NVMe/SATA ports; optional Intel VROC for RAID; optional Internal (CFF) RAID adapter for SAS/SATA

Graphics

GPU support
2 x single-wide GPU

Expansion

Slots (2-processor)
Slot 1: PCIe 4.0 x16 (CPU 2); Slot 2: PCIe 5.0 x16 (CPU 2) - both full-height half-length
Slots (1-processor)
Slot 1: PCIe 5.0 x16 (CPU 1); Slot 2: not connected
Network
Dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot, PCIe 5.0 x16 host interface, 2- or 4-port 1/10/25/100 GbE adapters

Networking

OCP slot
OCP 3.0 SFF, PCIe 5.0 x16, 1/10/25/100 GbE options; one port shareable with XCC2 for Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI

Power

Node
Powered by the D3 Chassis (no onboard PSU)
Chassis PSUs
3 x hot-swap CRPS, 1300 W / 1600 W / 2000 W / 2700 W, N+1, 200-240 Vac, 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium

Ports

Front
1 x VGA, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), external diagnostics port, 1 x DB9 serial
Rear
1 x Mini DisplayPort, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), 1 x USB 2.0 (XCC local management), 1 x RJ-45 1GbE XCC remote management

Physical

Dimensions (node)
222 mm W x 82 mm H x 898 mm D (8.7 x 3.2 x 35.4 in)
Weight (node)
11.76 kg (25.93 lb) max
Chassis
2U rack-mounted D3 Chassis, up to 2 SD550 V3 nodes; 87 mm H x 448 mm W x 898 mm D
Cooling
3 x 60mm simple-swap dual-rotor fans, N+1 rotor redundancy

Management

BMC
XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2), ASPEED AST2600; XClarity One, XClarity Integrator, XClarity Energy Manager
Video
Embedded graphics, 16 MB memory, 2D accelerator, integrated into XCC2; front VGA + rear Mini DisplayPort, max 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
Security
Power-on and administrator passwords, TPM 2.0
Panel
Operator panel with status LEDs; optional external diagnostics handset with LCD

Operating systems

Supported
Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi, Ubuntu Server

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4516Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5512U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5515+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5520+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6530
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6534
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6538Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6544Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6548N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6554S
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8558
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8558P
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8558U
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8562Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8568Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8570
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8571N
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8581V
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8592V