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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR850 V2

Lenovo's 2U, up-to-4-socket mission-critical rack server (machine types 7D31/7D32/7D33) for third-generation ("Cooper Lake") Intel Xeon Scalable H-suffix processors, connected in a 6-UPI-link mesh topology, with two processors on the system board and two more on a slide-out Processor and Memory Expansion Tray. Up to 48 DDR4 DIMM slots plus Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series, 24 x 2.5" hot-swap bays, and a general-purpose or AI/HPC base build. Aimed at SAP HANA, large in-memory databases and other scale-up workloads.

Memory

Slots
48 DIMM (12 per CPU; 24 on the system board, 24 on the Processor and Memory Expansion Tray); 6 channels per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel
Max
12 TB DRAM using 48 x 256 GB 3DS RDIMM and 4 processors (3 TB per processor); up to 18 TB total (12 TB PMem + 6 TB DRAM) in App Direct mode with 4 HL-suffix processors
Types
Lenovo TruDDR4 RDIMM and 3DS RDIMM (16/32/64 GB RDIMM, 128/256 GB 3DS RDIMM); DIMMs operate at up to 3200 MHz at 2 DPC
Persistent memory
Up to 24 x Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series modules (128/256/512 GB), App Direct mode; shares DIMM slots with system memory
Protection
ECC, SDDC and ADDDC (x4 DIMMs), memory mirroring

Storage

Front bays
Up to 24 x 2.5" hot-swap: SAS/SATA, NVMe or AnyBay (SAS/SATA/NVMe) backplanes
Rear 7mm
Optional 2 x 7mm hot-swap SSD (SATA or NVMe)
M.2
Dedicated M.2 adapter for 1-2 SATA/NVMe drives
Onboard
8 x SATA (Intel VROC SATA RAID) and up to 16 x onboard NVMe ports (Intel VROC NVMe RAID, optional license for non-Intel drives)
RAID / HBA
Cacheless RAID 530i-8i/16i; RAID 930-8i (2 GB)/930-16i (4 GB); RAID 940-8i/16i (4 or 8 GB) and 940-32i (8 GB); HBA 430-8i/16i or 440-8i/16i (all 12 Gb SAS/SATA)
Max capacity
737.28 TB (24 x 30.72 TB 2.5" SAS/SATA SSD); 368.64 TB (24 x 15.36 TB NVMe); 57.6 TB (24 x 2.4 TB HDD); NVMe/SSD/HDD mix supported
Optical
None internal

Graphics

Onboard
Embedded G200 graphics, 16 MB, in the XClarity Controller; max 1920x1200 32bpp at 60 Hz
GPUs
Up to 2 x single-wide: NVIDIA A2 16GB (with or without CEC chip) or NVIDIA T4 16GB, in slots 1 and 5
Thermal rules
TDP <=165W: 4 CPUs, up to 48 DIMMs (<=64GB), 35C ambient. 165W<TDP<=205W (except 8356H): 4 CPUs, up to 24 DIMMs (<=64GB), 35C ambient. TDP>205W or 8356H: reduced configuration, lower ambient

Expansion

Slots 1-3
PCIe x16 FHHL (CPU 2) via 3-slot riser, or slots 1-2 as PCIe x8 FHHL via 2-slot riser (enables 8x NVMe); slot 3 is unavailable with the 2-slot riser
Slot 4
OCP 3.0 SFF, PCIe x16 (CPU 2)
Slot 5
PCIe x16 FHHL (CPU 4)
Slot 6
PCIe x16 FHHL (CPU 1)
Slots 7-8
PCIe x8 LP (CPU 1), on the system board
Notes
Up to 7 PCIe 3.0 slots plus the OCP slot; 7mm rear drives occupy slot 3 and also disable slots 5-6

Networking

OCP 3.0
1 dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot, PCIe 3.0 x16; 2-port and 4-port 1GbE/10GbE/25GbE adapters; one port can share with the XCC for Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI
Management
1 x 1GbE RJ-45 XClarity Controller port

Power

PSU options
750 W, 1100 W, 1800 W, 2400 W hot-swap, 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium, 220 V AC (1100 W also supports 110 V); 240 V DC in China only
Redundancy
1 or 2 hot-swap PSUs
Cooling
6 x N+1 redundant hot-swap 60 mm fans (all standard); one additional fan per PSU

Ports

Front
1 x VGA, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), 1 x USB 2.0 (XClarity Mobile app management)
Rear
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x VGA, 1 x DB-9 serial (shareable with XCC), 1 x RJ-45 XClarity Controller port

Physical

Form factor
2U rack
Dimensions
445 mm W x 87 mm H x 825 mm D (17.5 x 3.4 x 32.5 in)
Weight
31 kg (68.3 lb) min, 40 kg (88.2 lb) max
Machine types
7D31 (1-year warranty), 7D32 (3-year), 7D33 (SAP HANA, 3-year)
Environment
ASHRAE A2 10-35C standard; A3 (5-40C) and A4 (5-45C) with 2 PSUs, no GPU, no NVMe, no PCIe flash, no PMem, no Mellanox CX-6 HDR; max altitude 3,050 m

Management

BMC
Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC); XCC Enterprise standard, enabling remote KVM, remote media mounting, boot capture and power capping
Tools
XClarity Administrator, XClarity Provisioning Manager (F1 UEFI), XClarity Energy Manager, XClarity Mobile app (via front USB 2.0)
Local
Operator panel with status LEDs, light path diagnostics; optional External Diagnostics Handset with LCD
Security
Chassis intrusion switch, power-on/admin passwords, TPM 2.0 (Nationz TPM in China), Secure Boot, AES-NI, Intel TXT and Execute Disable Bit, lockable top cover and optional lockable front bezel
Warranty
1 or 3 years CRU and onsite, 9x5 NBD (machine-type dependent)

Operating systems

Supported
Microsoft Windows Server; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server; VMware ESXi

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Gold 5318H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5320H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6328H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6328HL
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6330H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6348H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8353H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8354H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8360H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8376H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8376HL
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8380HL