Lenovo ThinkSystem SR530
Lenovo's value 2-socket 1U rack server (machine types 7X07/7X08) for 1st and 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 125 W, with 12 DIMM slots (up to 768 GB), 4 LFF or 8 SFF SAS/SATA drives and up to three PCIe 3.0 slots. Aimed at small and mid-size businesses needing a dense, economical dual-socket box.
Memory
- Slots
- 12 DIMM (6 per processor; 6 channels per CPU, 1 DIMM per channel)
- Types
- TruDDR4 RDIMM (8/16/32/64 GB); 64 GB LRDIMM with 1st Gen CPUs only; RDIMMs and LRDIMMs cannot be mixed
- Speed
- Up to 2933 MHz with 2nd Gen CPUs, 2666 MHz with 1st Gen (lowest of DIMM and CPU speed)
- Max
- 768 GB (12 × 64 GB RDIMM with 2nd Gen, or 12 × 64 GB LRDIMM with 1st Gen); 384 GB with 32 GB RDIMMs on 1st Gen
- Persistent memory
- Not supported
- Protection
- ECC, SDDC (x4), ADDDC (x4, Gold/Platinum), mirroring, rank sparing, patrol/demand scrubbing
Storage
- 3.5" chassis
- 4 × 3.5" SATA simple-swap or 4 × 3.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap
- 2.5" chassis
- 8 × 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap (driveless models can add the 8-bay backplane kit)
- NVMe
- Not listed; SAS/SATA only
- Controllers
- Onboard SATA (C622 PCH) AHCI or Intel RSTe software RAID for simple-swap bays; one 12 Gb RAID 530/540/5350/730/930/9350/940 adapter (8i or 16i, up to 8 GB flash cache) or 430-8i/440-8i HBA in slot 1
- M.2 boot
- One M.2 connector: Single M.2 Boot Adapter (1 SATA drive) or Dual M.2 Boot Adapter (2 drives, RAID-1 by default)
- Optical
- None internal; external USB DVD RW option
Graphics
- Onboard
- Matrox G200 (16 MB) in the XClarity Controller, max 1920×1200 at 60 Hz, 32 bpp
- GPU adapters
- Not supported
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe 3.0 x8, low profile (riser 1; used by the internal storage controller)
- Slot 2
- PCIe 3.0 x16 or ML2 x8; low profile, or full-height half-length with the LP+FH riser (riser 1)
- Slot 3
- PCIe 3.0 x8 or x16, low profile (riser 2; x16 riser needs CPU 2)
- LOM
- Dedicated LOM card slot
- Riser options
- Riser 1: x8/x16 LP+LP, x8/x16 LP+FH, x8/x8ML2 LP+LP. Riser 2: x16 LP or x8 LP
- Serial port
- Optional COM Port Upgrade Kit (DB-9) takes the place of slot 1, 2 or 3
Networking
- Onboard
- 2 × 1 GbE RJ-45 on the Intel X722 in the C622 PCH (no 10/100 Mb)
- LOM
- Optional LOM card for 2 more ports: 2 × 1 GbE RJ-45, 2 × 10GBASE-T or 2 × 10 GbE SFP+
- ML2
- Slot 2 with the x8/x8ML2 riser: 2 × 10 GbE (SFP+ or RJ-45) ML2 adapters (no NC-SI sideband in the SR530)
- PCIe
- 1/10/25 GbE adapters, Omni-Path, Fibre Channel HBAs
- Management
- 1 × RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb XClarity Controller port
Power
- PSU options
- 550 W Platinum, 750 W Platinum, 750 W Titanium (200-240 V)
- Redundancy
- 1 or 2 hot-swap PSUs, N+N depending on configuration; both must be identical
- Max load
- 722 W (550 W PSU), 984 W (750 W Platinum)
- Cooling
- 4 (one CPU) or 6 (two CPUs) non-hot-swap fans, N+1
Ports
- Front
- 1 × USB 2.0 with XClarity Controller access, 1 × USB 3.0, optional VGA
- Rear
- 2 × USB 3.0, 1 × VGA, 2 × 1 GbE RJ-45, 1 × XCC 1 GbE RJ-45, optional DB-9 serial
Physical
- Form factor
- 1U rack
- Dimensions
- 435 mm W × 43 mm H × 750 mm D (17.1 × 1.7 × 29.5 in); 482 mm wide across the EIA flanges
- Weight
- 10.2 kg minimum, 16 kg maximum
- Machine types
- 7X07 (1-year warranty), 7X08 (3-year warranty)
- Environment
- ASHRAE A2 (10-35 °C); A3/A4 with two PSUs and no fan failure
- Rails
- Tool-less or screw-in slide rails (optional 1U CMA) or tool-less friction rail
Management
- BMC
- Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Standard, upgradable to Advanced or Enterprise (Pilot 4)
- Tools
- XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Essentials, XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrators, XClarity Energy Manager, Capacity Planner
- IPMI
- IPMI over LAN supported but disabled by default (can be enabled in CTO orders)
- Security
- TPM 1.2/2.0, power-on/admin passwords, secure firmware updates, optional lockable bezel; TCM / Nationz TPM in PRC
- Announced
- Product guide first published 2017-07-11 (2nd Gen guide 2019-04-02)
- Withdrawn
- 1st Gen CPU configurations 2021-02-02; server withdrawn from marketing 2023-12-12
Operating systems
- 2nd Gen CPUs
- Windows Server 2016/2019/2022; RHEL 7.6-7.9, 8.0-8.9, 9.0-9.3; SLES 12 SP4/SP5, 15-15 SP5; Ubuntu 22.04 LTS; VMware ESXi 6.5 U2 through 8.0 U3
- 1st Gen CPUs
- Adds Windows Server 2012 R2 and versions 1709/1803; RHEL 6.9/6.10 and 7.3-7.5; SLES 11 SP4, 12 SP2/SP3; ESXi 6.0 U3, 6.5, 6.5 U1, 6.7
Processors
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4208
- Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
- Intel Xeon Silver 4210
- Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
- Intel Xeon Silver 4215
- Intel Xeon Silver 4216
- Intel Xeon Gold 5215
- Intel Xeon Gold 5215M
- Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
- Intel Xeon Gold 5217
- Intel Xeon Gold 5218
- Intel Xeon Gold 5218B
- Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
- Intel Xeon Gold 5218T
- Intel Xeon Gold 5220
- Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
- Intel Xeon Gold 5220T
- Intel Xeon Gold 5222
- Intel Xeon Gold 6209U
- Intel Xeon Gold 6222V
- Intel Xeon Gold 6226
- Intel Xeon Gold 6230
- Intel Xeon Gold 6230N
- Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
- Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8256
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
- Intel Xeon Silver 4108
- Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
- Intel Xeon Silver 4110
- Intel Xeon Silver 4112
- Intel Xeon Silver 4114
- Intel Xeon Silver 4114T
- Intel Xeon Silver 4116
- Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
- Intel Xeon Gold 5115
- Intel Xeon Gold 5117
- Intel Xeon Gold 5118
- Intel Xeon Gold 5119T
- Intel Xeon Gold 5120
- Intel Xeon Gold 5120T
- Intel Xeon Gold 5122
- Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- Intel Xeon Gold 6126T
- Intel Xeon Gold 6128
- Intel Xeon Gold 6130
- Intel Xeon Gold 6130T
- Intel Xeon Gold 6138
- Intel Xeon Gold 6138T
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8153
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8156