Form factor

2U rack-mount.

Processor

Up to two Intel Xeon Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum processors of up to 150 W TDP:

Up to 26 cores (2.0 GHz core speeds)

Up to 3.6 GHz core speeds (4 cores)

Two UPI links up to 10.4 GT/s each

Up to 35.75 MB cache

Up to 2666 MHz memory speed

Chipset

Intel C622.

Memory

Up to 16 DIMM sockets (8 DIMMs per processor; 6 memory channels per processor with one DIMM per channel for four channels and two DIMMs per channel for two channels). Support for RDIMMs or LRDIMMs. Memory types cannot be intermixed. Memory speed up to 2666 MHz.

Memory capacity

With RDIMMs: Up to 512 GB with 16x 32 GB RDIMMs and two processors.

With LRDIMMs: Up to 1 TB with 16x 64 GB LRDIMMs and two processors.

Memory protection

Error correction code (ECC), SDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs), ADDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs, requires Intel Xeon Gold or Platinum processors), memory mirroring, memory rank sparing, patrol scrubbing, and demand scrubbing.

Drive bays

Up to 16 SFF hot-swap drive bays:

8x 2.5″ SAS/SATA + 8x 2.5″ SAS/SATA

4x 2.5″ SAS/SATA & 4x 2.5″ AnyBay + 8x 2.5″ SAS/SATA

8 LFF SATA Simple Swap drive bays

8 LFF SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays

Up to 14 LFF hot-swap drive bays:

12x 3.5″ SAS/SATA (front) + 2x 3.5″ SAS/SATA (rear)

8x 3.5″ SAS/SATA & 4x 3.5″ AnyBay (front) + 2x 3.5″ SAS/SATA (rear)

Drive types

2.5-inch hot-swap drives:

12 Gbps SAS HDDs up to 2.4 TB

12 Gbps Nearline (NL) SAS HDDs up to 2 TB

12 Gbps SAS HDD SEDs up to 600 GB

12 Gbps SAS SSDs up to 7.68 TB

12 Gbps SAS SSD SEDs up to 1.6 TB

6 Gbps NL SATA HDDs up to 2 TB

6 Gbps SATA SSDs up to 7.68 TB

U.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 SSDs up to 7.68 TB

3.5-inch hot-swap drives:

12 Gbps SAS HDDs up to 900 GB (2.5″ HDD in a 3.5″ tray)

12 Gbps NL SAS HDDs up to 12 TB

12 Gbps NL SAS HDD SEDs up to 4 TB

12 Gbps SAS SSDs up to 3.84 TB (2.5″ SSD in a 3.5″ tray)

12 Gbps SAS SSD SEDs up to 1.6 TB (2.5″ SSD in a 3.5″ tray)

6 Gbps NL SATA HDDs up to 12 TB

6 Gbps SATA SSDs up to 7.68 TB (2.5″ SSD in a 3.5″ tray)

NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 SSDs up to 3.84 TB

3.5-inch Simple Swap drives:

6 Gbps NL SATA HDDs up to 10 TB

6 Gbps SATA SSDs up to 480 GB

Internal M.2 SSDs:

6 Gbps SATA up to 480 GB

Notes:

Intermix of SAS, SATA, and NVMe PCIe drives is supported within a system, but not within a RAID array.

NVMe PCIe SSDs do not support hardware RAID controllers.

NVMe PCIe SSDs are supported in the AnyBay drive bays.

Internal storage capacity

2.5-inch models: Up to 122.88 TB with 16x 7.68 TB 2.5″ SAS/SATA SSDs.

3.5-inch models: Up to 168 TB with 14x 12 TB 3.5″ NL SAS/SATA HDDs.

Storage controller

6 Gbps SATA:

  Onboard SATA AHCI (non-RAID).

RAID 0/1/10/5 with the onboard SATA RAID (Intel RSTe).

12 Gbps SAS/6 Gbps SATA RAID:

RAID 0/1/10/5/50 with RAID 530-8i or RAID 730-8i 1GB Cache.

RAID 0/1/10/5/50/6/60 with RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash or 16i 4 GB or 8 GB Flash.

12 Gbps SAS/6 Gbps SATA non-RAID: 430-8i or 16i HBA.

NVMe PCIe non-RAID:

Onboard NVMe (Requires the second processor); or

1610-4P NVMe Switch Adapter (configurations with one processor only).

Optical drive bays

None. Support for an external USB DVD RW Optical Disk Drive.

Network interfaces

2x Integrated 1 GbE RJ-45 ports (no 10/100 Mb support)

Onboard LOM slot for up to 4x 1/10 Gb Ethernet ports:

2x 1 GbE RJ-45 ports (no 10/100 Mb support)

2x 10 GbE RJ-45 ports (no 10/100 Mb support)

2x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (no 10/100 Mb support)

Optional Mezzanine LOM (ML2) slot for dual-port 10 GbE cards with SFP+ or RJ-45 connectors.

1x RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet systems management port.

I/O expansion slots

Up to six slots. Slot 4 is the fixed slots on the system planar, and the remaining slots depend on the riser cards installed. The slots are as follows:

Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x16 or PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length (PCIe x16 slot is double-wide)

Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length (not present if the slot 1 is PCIe x16)

Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x8 or ML2 x8; full-height, half-length

Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile (vertical slot on system planar)

Slot 5: PCIe 3.0 x16; full-height, half-length

Slot 6: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length

Slot 5 requires the second processor to be installed.

Ports

Front:

1x USB 2.0 port with XClarity Controller access.

1x USB 3.0 port.

1x VGA port (optional).

Rear: 2x USB 3.0 ports and 1x VGA port. Optional 1x DB-9 serial port.

Cooling

Three (one processor) or four (two processors) hot-swap system fans with N+1 redundancy.

Power supply

Up to two redundant hot-swap 550 W or 750 W (100 – 240 V) High Efficiency Platinum or 750 W (200 – 240 V) High Efficiency Titanium AC power supplies. HVDC support (China only).

Video

Matrox G200 with 16 MB memory integrated into the XClarity Controller. Maximum resolution is 1920×1200 at 60 Hz with 16 bits per pixel.

Hot-swap parts

Drives (select models), power supplies, and fans.

Systems management

XClarity Controller (XCC) Standard, Advanced, or Enterprise (Pilot 4 chip), proactive platform alerts, light path diagnostics, XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Essentials, XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrators for VMware vCenter and Microsoft System Center, XClarity Energy Manager, Capacity Planner.

Security features

Power-on password, administrator's password, secure firmware updates, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 or 2.0 (configurable UEFI setting). Optional lockable front bezel. Optional Trusted Cryptographic Module (TCM) or Nationz TPM (available only in China). Optional Lenovo Business Vantage security software (available only in China).

Operating systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x64) and 7; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x64), 12, and 15; VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.0, 6.5, and 6.7.

Warranty

One-year (7X98) or three-year (7X99) customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite limited warranty with 9×5 Next Business Day Parts Delivered.

Service and support

Optional service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services: 2-hour or 4-hour response time, 6-hour or 24-hour committed service repair, warranty extension up to 5 years, 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions, YourDrive Your Data, Enterprise Server Software Support, and Basic Hardware Installation Services.

Dimensions

Height: 87 mm (3.4 in), width: 445 mm (17.5 in), depth: 720 mm (28.3 in)

Weight

Minimum configuration: 19 kg (41.9 lb), maximum: 26 kg (57.3 lb)