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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR850P

Lenovo's 2U, 4-socket mission-critical rack server (machine types 7D2F/7D2G/7D2H) for second-generation ("Cascade Lake") Intel Xeon Scalable Gold/Platinum processors, with two CPUs on the system board and two on a slide-out Processor and Memory Expansion Tray, connected in a 3-UPI mesh topology. Up to 48 DDR4 DIMM slots plus Optane DC Persistent Memory, up to 16 x 2.5" hot-swap bays and up to 8 PCIe slots. Predecessor to the SR850 V2, built for SAP HANA and other large in-memory / scale-up workloads; withdrawn from marketing 2024-02-19.

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
6 TB DRAM using 48 x 128 GB 3DS RDIMM and 4 processors (1.5 TB per processor)
Types
Lenovo TruDDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM and 3DS RDIMM at 2666 MHz, 2933 MHz or Performance+ 2933 MHz (2 DPC needed for the Performance+ speed)
Persistent memory
Up to 24 x Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory modules (up to 512 GB each); up to 12 TB in Memory Mode, or up to 15 TB total (12 TB PMem + 3 TB DRAM) in App Direct mode with 4 processors
Protection
ECC, SDDC and ADDDC (x4 DIMMs), memory mirroring, memory sparing

Storage

Bays
Up to 16 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA, from 8-drive SAS/SATA, 8-drive SAS/SATA+AnyBay or 8-drive NVMe backplanes
M.2
Dedicated adapter for 1-2 M.2 SATA drives
RAID / HBA
Cacheless RAID 530-8i; RAID 730-8i (1 GB or 2 GB flash-backed cache); RAID 930-8i/940-8i (2 GB) and 930-16i/940-16i (4 or 8 GB); HBA 430-8i/16i or 440-8i/16i; NVMe Switch 1610-4P adapter; no embedded RAID
Max capacity
491.52 TB (16 x 30.72 TB 2.5" SAS/SATA SSD); 122.88 TB (16 x 7.68 TB NVMe); 38.4 TB (16 x 2.4 TB HDD)
Optical
None internal

Expansion

Slot 1
PCIe 3.0 x16 (low profile)
Slot 2
PCIe 3.0 x8 (low profile)
Slots 3-5
Riser card slots: x8/x8/x8, x8/x8/x8ML2, or x8/x16ML2
Slot 6
PCIe 2.0 x2 / 6 Gb SATA, reserved for the M.2 adapter
Slot 7
Reserved for the Ethernet LOM Phy adapter
Slots 8, 10, 11
PCIe 3.0 x8 (slot 8) and x16 (slots 10-11), all low profile
Notes
Up to 8 PCIe slots plus dedicated LOM and M.2 slots (slot 9 does not exist); four riser card options available

Networking

Onboard
Integrated Intel Ethernet Connection X722 10 Gb controller, with 1 of 6 Phy adapter options: 2- or 4-port GbE, 2- or 4-port 10GbE SFP+, or 2- or 4-port 10GbE RJ45; one port can share with the XClarity Controller for Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI

Power

PSU options
750 W, 1100 W, 1600 W, 2000 W hot-swap, all 80 PLUS Platinum; 220 V AC (750 W and 1100 W also support 110 V); 240 V DC in China only
Redundancy
Up to 2 hot-swap PSUs
Cooling
6 x N+1 redundant hot-swap 60 mm fans (all standard); one additional fan per PSU

Ports

Front
2 x USB 2.0, or 1 x USB 2.0 + 1 x USB 3.0 (model dependent); optional VGA (CTO or field upgrade)
Rear
2 x USB 3.0, 1 x VGA, 1 x DB-9 serial (shareable with XCC), 1 x RJ-45 XClarity Controller port
Internal
Optional M.2 adapter slot for OS boot

Physical

Form factor
2U rack
Dimensions
445 mm W x 87 mm H x 765 mm D (17.5 x 3.4 x 30.1 in)
Weight
18 kg (40 lb) min, 27 kg (59.6 lb) max
Machine types
7D2F (1-year warranty), 7D2G (3-year), 7D2H (SAP HANA, 3-year)

Management

BMC
Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC); XClarity Controller Advanced standard, Enterprise available as a software license upgrade
Tools
XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrator plugins, XClarity Energy Manager
Local
Light path diagnostics; optional LCD diagnostics pull-out panel
Security
Power-on/admin passwords, TPM 1.2 or 2.0 (optional Trusted Cryptographic Module in China), lockable top cover, optional lockable front security 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 5215
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5215M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5217
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218B
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218T
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5220
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5220T
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5222
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6222V
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6226
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6230
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6230N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6234
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6242
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6244
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6246
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6248
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6252
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6252N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6254
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6262V
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8256
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8260
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8268
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8270
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8276
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M