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Lenovo ThinkSystem ST650 V3

Lenovo's 2-socket 4U tower server (convertible to a 4U rack, machine types 7D7A/7D7B, China-only twin ThinkSystem ST658 V3) for 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 32 cores and 250 W, with 32 DDR5 DIMM slots (up to 4 TB), up to 32 x 2.5" or 16 x 3.5" hot-swap drives, 9 PCIe slots and up to 8 GPUs. A general-purpose tower for remote/branch offices and departmental workloads.

Memory

Slots
32 DIMM (16 per CPU, 8 channels per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel)
Max
4 TB (32 x 128 GB 3DS RDIMM)
Types
Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMM, 9x4 RDIMM and 3DS RDIMM
Speed
Up to 4800 MHz at 1 DPC, up to 4400 MHz at 2 DPC
Protection
ECC, SDDC (x4 DIMMs), ADDDC (x4 DIMMs excluding 9x4, requires Gold/Platinum), memory mirroring
Persistent memory
Not supported

Storage

2.5" bays
Up to 32 x hot-swap (24 x NVMe) plus 2 x 5.25" media bays
3.5" bays
Up to 16 x hot-swap (16 x NVMe, no media bays), or up to 12 x hot-swap (12 x NVMe) plus 2 x 5.25" media bays
M.2
Internal module for up to two M.2 drives
Onboard controllers
8 x SATA (Intel VROC SATA RAID); up to 12 x NVMe ports (VROC NVMe RAID, optional license for non-Intel SSDs); NVMe Retimer Adapter
RAID / HBA
12 Gb SAS/SATA RAID (8/16/32-port, up to 8 GB flash-backed cache, PCIe 4.0/3.0) and 12 Gb SAS/SATA HBA (8/16-port)
Optical / tape
2 x half-height 5.25" media bays for LTO tape, RDX or slim DVD-RW
Max capacity
983.04 TB (32 x 30.72 TB 2.5" SAS/SATA SSD); 368.64 TB (24 x 15.36 TB 2.5" NVMe); 352 TB (16 x 22 TB 3.5" HDD)

Graphics

Onboard
Embedded 2D graphics, 16 MB, in XClarity Controller 2; max 1920x1200 32bpp at 60 Hz
GPU support
Up to 8 x single-wide or up to 4 x double-wide GPUs

Expansion

Slot 1
PCIe 5.0 x16 (CPU 1)
Slot 2
PCIe 5.0 x8, x8 physical (CPU 1)
Slot 3
PCIe 5.0 x16 (CPU 1)
Slot 4
PCIe 5.0 x8, x8 physical (CPU 2)
Slot 5
PCIe 5.0 x16 (CPU 2)
Slot 6
PCIe 4.0 x8, x8 physical (CPU 2)
Slot 7
PCIe 4.0 x16 (CPU 2)
Slot 8
PCIe 4.0 x8, x8 physical (CPU 2)
Slot 9
PCIe 4.0 x8, x8 physical, FHHL (CPU 1)
Notes
Slots 1-8 full height/full length; slot 9 full height/half length; slots 4-8 need CPU 2; a dedicated cabled bay takes a RAID/HBA adapter without using a PCIe slot

Networking

Onboard
2 x 10GBASE-T RJ45 (Broadcom BCM57416)
Management
Dedicated 1 GbE port for XClarity Controller (XCC) remote management

Power

PSU options
Up to 2 x hot-swap redundant 750 W, 1100 W, 1800 W or 2600 W, 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium, 220 V AC; 750 W/1100 W also support 110 V; 240 V DC in China only
Cooling
Up to 4 x single- or dual-rotor hot-swap 92 mm fans, N+1 redundant, plus one fan integrated in each PSU
Hot-swap parts
Drives, power supplies, fans

Ports

Front
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), 1 x USB 2.0 (also XCC local management)
Rear
2 x 10GBASE-T RJ45, 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x VGA, 1 x DB-9 serial, 1 x 1 GbE RJ-45 XCC management, external diagnostics port
Internal
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (OS / license key)

Physical

Form factor
Tower, convertible to 4U rack
Dimensions
175 mm W x 462 mm H x 734 mm D (6.9 x 18.2 x 28.9 in)
Weight
39.1 kg (86.2 lb) maximum
Machine types
7D7A (3-year warranty), 7D7B (1-year warranty); China-only twin ST658 V3, 7D7C

Management

BMC
XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2); optional XClarity Controller Platinum for remote control and other functions
Local
Operator panel with status LEDs; optional External Diagnostics Handset with LCD
Tools
XClarity One, XClarity Integrator plugins, XClarity Energy Manager
Security
Power-on and administrator passwords, Root of Trust with TPM 2.0 and Platform Firmware Resiliency; optional lockable front security door and chassis intrusion switch; Nationz TPM 2.0 in China
Warranty
3-year or 1-year (model dependent) CRU and onsite, 9x5 next business day
Announced
Product guide first published 2023-05-02

Operating systems

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

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3508U
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4510
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4510T
  • 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 6534
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6538Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6548N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3408U
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4410T
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4416+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5411N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5412U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5418N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5420+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6414U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6416H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6418H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6428N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6434
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6434H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6438M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6438N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6448H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8450H