Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V2
Lenovo's 2-socket 1U rack server (machine types 7Z70/7Z71) for 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Ice Lake) processors up to 40 cores and 270 W, with 32 DDR4-3200 DIMM slots (up to 8 TB), up to 12 x 2.5-inch, 4 x 3.5-inch or 16 x EDSFF drives and up to three PCIe 4.0 slots plus an OCP 3.0 slot. Aimed at virtualization, databases, cloud and HPC nodes where rack density matters.
Memory
- Slots
- 32 DIMM (16 per processor; 8 channels per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel)
- Types
- Lenovo TruDDR4 RDIMM (16, 32, 64 GB, 3200 MHz) and 3DS RDIMM (128 GB 3200 MHz, 256 GB 2933 MHz); UDIMM and LRDIMM not supported; RDIMM and 3DS RDIMM cannot be mixed
- Speed
- Up to 3200 MHz at 2 DPC; runs at the processor's maximum memory speed (2667 MHz on Silver, 2933 MHz on some Gold/Platinum)
- Max
- 8 TB (32 x 256 GB 3DS RDIMM); 2 TB with one processor
- Population
- 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 or 16 DIMMs per processor
- Persistent memory
- Up to 16 x Intel Optane PMem 200 (128/256/512 GB, 8 per CPU); up to 12 TB with 16 x 256 GB 3DS RDIMM + 16 x 512 GB PMem; App Direct and Memory Mode
- Protection
- ECC, SDDC (x4 DIMMs), ADDDC (x4 DIMMs, Gold/Platinum), memory mirroring; no memory sparing
Storage
- Front 2.5"
- 10 x 2.5" hot-swap (all AnyBay, all NVMe, 6 SAS/SATA + 4 AnyBay or NVMe, or 6 SAS/SATA + 2 AnyBay + 2 NVMe), 8 x or 4 x 2.5" SAS/SATA
- Front EDSFF
- 16 x E1.S EDSFF NVMe hot-swap (CTO only; 12 onboard NVMe + 4-port retimer; needs 2 CPUs)
- Front 3.5"
- 4 x 3.5" SAS/SATA or 4 x 3.5" AnyBay
- Rear
- 2 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA or NVMe, or 2 x 7mm SATA or NVMe (with integrated RAID) in place of a PCIe slot
- Maximum
- 12 x 2.5" (10 front + 2 rear), all NVMe with direct 1:1 connections
- Controllers
- Onboard SATA (12 ports, Intel VROC SATA RAID), onboard NVMe (up to 12 ports, Intel VROC NVMe RAID), 4-port PCIe 4.0 NVMe retimer, 12 Gb RAID 530/540/930/940/5350/9350 8i and 16i adapters (up to 8 GB flash cache; 940 Tri-Mode for U.3 NVMe), 430/440/4350 HBAs
- Internal RAID bay
- With 2.5" front bays, a cabled internal (CFF) RAID 940-16i/9350/5350 or HBA 440-16i can sit between the drive bays and fans without using a PCIe slot
- M.2 boot
- Internal M.2 module for 1 or 2 drives: SATA RAID kit (Marvell 88SE9230), NVMe RAID kit (Marvell 88NR2241) or SATA/NVMe kit (VROC); 2242 to 22110
- Optical
- None internal; external USB DVD-RW option
Graphics
- Onboard
- Matrox G200 in the XClarity Controller, 16 MB, max 1920x1200 at 60 Hz
- GPU options
- NVIDIA L4 24GB, A2 16GB, T4 16GB, Quadro P620 (up to 3, slots 1-3); Quadro P2200 (1, slot 2; later withdrawn)
- Rules
- All GPUs must be identical; passive GPUs need performance fans; no GPUs with rear drive bays; controlled GPUs (L4) only on the "for AI" base models
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe 4.0 x16, low profile (riser 1, CPU 1)
- Slot 2
- PCIe 4.0 x16, low profile or full-height half-length (riser 1, CPU 1)
- Slot 3
- PCIe 4.0 x16, low profile (riser 2, needs CPU 2)
- OCP
- Dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot, PCIe 4.0 x16
- Slot layouts
- 3 x LP; 1 x FHHL + 1 x LP; 1 x LP + 2 x 2.5" rear drives; 2 x LP + 2 x 7mm rear drives
- PCIe 3.0 option
- Lower-cost PCIe 3.0 x16/x16 riser 1 available for slots 1-2
- Internal
- Cabled PCIe 4.0 x8 connector for an internal RAID adapter/HBA (2.5" chassis only)
Networking
- OCP 3.0
- Optional 2- or 4-port adapters: 1 GbE (Broadcom 5719, Intel I350), 10GBASE-T (Broadcom 57416/57454, Intel X710-T2L/T4L, Marvell QL41132), 10/25 GbE SFP28 (Broadcom 57414/57454/57504, Intel E810-DA2/DA4, Marvell QL41232, Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx / ConnectX-6 Lx); one port can be shared with the XCC (NC-SI)
- PCIe
- 1/10/25 GbE, 100 GbE (Broadcom 57508, ConnectX-6 Dx), InfiniBand HDR100/HDR/NDR200 and NDR 400 Gb (ConnectX-6, ConnectX-7)
- Fibre Channel
- Emulex LPe35000/35002 32Gb, LPe36002 64Gb, QLogic QLE2770/2772 32Gb and 16Gb HBAs
- Management
- 1 x RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb XClarity Controller port
Power
- PSU options
- 500 W, 750 W, 1100 W Platinum (115/230 V), 1800 W Platinum (230 V), 750 W, 1100 W, 1800 W Titanium (230 V), 1100 W -48 V DC
- Redundancy
- 1 or 2 hot-swap PSUs; both must be identical (the two 500 W Platinum versions may be mixed)
- Connector
- C14 inlets on AC units; Weidmuller terminal on the -48 V DC unit
- Input current
- 100-127 V: 500 W 5.7 A, 750 W Platinum 8.4 A, 1100 W 12 A; 200-240 V: 500 W 2.7 A, 750 W 4.1 A, 1100 W 6 A, 1800 W 10 A
- Cooling
- 6 (one CPU) or 8 (two CPUs) hot-swap 40 mm dual-rotor fans, N+1; standard (21K RPM) or performance (28K RPM); one fan in each PSU
Ports
- Front
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x USB 2.0 (XClarity Controller management), external diagnostics handset port, optional VGA
- Rear
- 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x VGA, 1 x RJ-45 XCC management, NMI button; optional DB-9 serial (COM port kit in slot 2 or 3)
- Internal
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (OS or licence key)
Physical
- Form factor
- 1U rack
- Dimensions
- 440 mm W x 43 mm H x 773 mm D (17.3 x 1.7 x 30.4 in); 482 mm across the rack flanges
- Weight
- Maximum 20.8 kg (45.9 lb)
- Machine types
- 7Z70 (1-year warranty), 7Z71 (3-year warranty)
- Environment
- ASHRAE A2 (10-35 C) for most configurations; A3/A4 in some configurations
Management
- BMC
- Lenovo XClarity Controller (Pilot4 XE401); Standard, Advanced (remote KVM) or Enterprise (virtual media, power capping)
- Interfaces
- IPMI 2.0 (IPMI-over-LAN off by default), SNMPv3, CIM-XML, REST, Redfish, HTML5 web UI
- Local
- Front operator panel; optional pull-out Integrated Diagnostics Panel (LCD) on 8 x 2.5" and 16 x EDSFF fronts; External Diagnostics Handset port; light path LEDs for DIMMs, drives and PSUs
- Software
- XClarity Provisioning Manager, Administrator, Integrators, Essentials, Energy Manager, Capacity Planner
- Security
- TPM 2.0 (Nationz TPM in China), Platform Firmware Resiliency root of trust, NIST SP 800-147B, Secure Boot, optional intrusion switch and lockable bezel
- Announced
- Product guide first published 2021-04-06
- Withdrawn
- Server withdrawn from marketing (Lenovo Press update of 2025-09-18)
Operating systems
- Windows
- Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025
- Linux
- RHEL 7.9, 8.2-8.10, 9.0-9.8, 10.0-10.2; SLES 12 SP5, 15 SP2-SP7, 16; Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04 LTS
- VMware
- ESXi 6.7 U3, 7.0 U2/U3, 8.0 through 8.0 U3, 9.0, 9.1
Processors
- Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
- Intel Xeon Silver 4310
- Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
- Intel Xeon Silver 4314
- Intel Xeon Silver 4316
- Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 5317
- Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
- Intel Xeon Gold 5318S
- Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 5320
- Intel Xeon Gold 5320T
- Intel Xeon Gold 6312U
- Intel Xeon Gold 6314U
- Intel Xeon Gold 6326
- Intel Xeon Gold 6330
- Intel Xeon Gold 6330N
- Intel Xeon Gold 6334
- Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 6338
- Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
- Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
- Intel Xeon Gold 6342
- Intel Xeon Gold 6346
- Intel Xeon Gold 6348
- Intel Xeon Gold 6354
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8351N
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8352M
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8352V
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8352Y
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8358
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8362
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8368
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8380