Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630

Lenovo's original 2-socket 1U rack server (machine types 7X01/7X02) for 1st and 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 205 W, with 24 DIMM slots (up to 3 TB DDR4, 7.5 TB with Optane DCPMM), up to 12 SFF or 4 LFF drives including U.2 NVMe, and up to three PCIe 3.0 slots plus a LOM slot. Aimed at virtualization, databases, VDI and general enterprise workloads where rack space is tight.

Memory

Slots: 24 DIMM (12 per processor; 6 channels per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel)
Types: TruDDR4 RDIMM and 3DS RDIMM; LRDIMM with 1st Gen CPUs only; types cannot be mixed
Speed: Up to 2933 MHz with 2nd Gen CPUs (1 DPC, or 2 DPC with Performance+ DIMMs; other DIMMs run 2666 MHz at 2 DPC); up to 2666 MHz with 1st Gen
Max (2nd Gen): RDIMM 1.5 TB (24 × 64 GB); 3DS RDIMM 3 TB (24 × 128 GB)
Max (1st Gen): RDIMM 768 GB; LRDIMM 1.5 TB; 3DS RDIMM 3 TB (needs M-suffix CPUs)
Persistent memory: Up to 12 × Intel Optane DCPMM 128/256/512 GB (2666 MHz), 2nd Gen CPUs only: App Direct up to 7.5 TB total, Memory Mode up to 6 TB
Protection: ECC, SDDC (x4), ADDDC (x4, Gold/Platinum), mirroring, rank sparing, patrol/demand scrubbing

Storage

2.5" chassis: 8 × SAS/SATA; 10 bays as 6 × SAS/SATA + 4 × AnyBay, or 10 × U.2 NVMe (8-bay NVMe kit also listed); optional 2 × 2.5" SAS/SATA rear bays with the 8 × SAS/SATA or 6 + 4 AnyBay layouts
3.5" chassis: 4 × 3.5" SAS/SATA (plus optional 2 × 2.5" rear) or 4 × 3.5" AnyBay
Maximum: 12 × 2.5" (10 front + 2 rear) or 6 bays with 3.5" chassis; driveless configurations also offered
Controllers: No onboard SATA. 12 Gb RAID 530/540/5350/730/930/9350/940 (8i and 16i, up to 8 GB flash cache), 430/440/4350 HBAs; onboard NVMe (4 × PCIe 3.0 x4, needs CPU 2) and NVMe switch adapters 1610-4P, 1611-8P, 810-4P with Intel VROC RAID
M.2 boot: One M.2 connector: Single M.2 Boot Adapter (1 SATA drive) or Dual M.2 Boot Adapter (2 drives, RAID-1 by default)
NVMe notes: AnyBay NVMe needs CPU 2 (onboard NVMe) or a 1610-4P adapter (single-CPU only); 10 × U.2 needs onboard NVMe plus two switch adapters; PCIe 4.0 NVMe drives run at PCIe 3.0
Optical: None internal; external USB DVD RW option

Graphics

Onboard: Matrox G200e (16 MB) in the XClarity Controller, max 1920×1200 at 60 Hz, 32 bpp
Full-height GPUs: NVIDIA Quadro P2000, P2200, P4000, RTX 4000 (max 1, slot 2 with LP+FH riser and GPU Upgrade Kit 4XH7A08765)
Low-profile GPUs: NVIDIA Quadro P600 / P620 (2 with one CPU, 3 with two); Tesla P4, T4, A2 (1 with one CPU, 2 with two)
Limits: Not with the rear drive kit, 10 × U.2 NVMe or DCPMM; 750 W or 1100 W PSUs required (two P4 or three P600/P620 need 1100 W); P2000/P2200 with CPUs up to 140 W, other GPUs up to 165 W

Expansion

Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x8, ML2 x8 or ML2 x16; low profile (riser 1)
Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x16 or x8; low profile, or full-height half-length with the LP+FH riser (riser 1)
Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile (riser 2; needs CPU 2)
Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8 internal slot on the system board, dedicated to the storage controller
LOM: Dedicated LOM card slot
Riser options: Riser 1: x8/x16 LP+LP or LP+FH, x8ML2/x16 LP+LP or LP+FH, x16ML2/x8 LP+LP or LP+FH. Riser 2: x16 LP
Serial port: Optional COM Port Upgrade Kit (DB-9) takes the place of slot 1, 2 or 3

Networking

Onboard: No fixed data ports; networking comes from the LOM card, ML2 or PCIe adapters
LOM: Optional LOM card on Intel X722 (in the C624 PCH): 2 or 4 × 1 GbE RJ-45, 2 or 4 × 10GBASE-T, or 2 or 4 × 10 GbE SFP+ (no 10/100 Mb)
ML2: Slot 1 with an ML2 riser: 4 × 1 GbE, 2 × 10 GbE (SFP+ or RJ-45), 1 or 2 × 25 GbE SFP28, or 2-port FDR InfiniBand
PCIe: 1/10/25/40/100 GbE, InfiniBand up to HDR 200 Gb (HDR needs two CPUs and an aux kit), Omni-Path, 16/32/64 Gb Fibre Channel HBAs
Management: 1 × RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb XClarity Controller port

Power

PSU options: 550 W Platinum, 750 W Platinum, 750 W Titanium (200-240 V), 1100 W Platinum, 1100 W -48 V DC (special bid)
Redundancy: 1 or 2 hot-swap PSUs, N+N depending on configuration; both must be identical
Connector: AC PSUs use C14 inlets; the -48 V DC PSU uses a Positronic connector
Max load: 722 W (550 W PSU), 984 W (750 W Platinum), 1408 W (1100 W at 200-240 V)
Cooling: 5 (one CPU) or 7 (two CPUs) hot-swap dual-rotor fans, N+1

Ports

Front: 1 × USB 2.0 with XClarity Controller access, 1 × USB 3.0, optional VGA
Rear: 2 × USB 3.0, 1 × VGA, 1 × XCC 1 GbE RJ-45, optional DB-9 serial (uses a PCIe slot position)

Physical

Form factor: 1U rack
Dimensions: 435 mm W × 43 mm H × 750 mm D (17.1 × 1.7 × 29.5 in); 482 mm wide across the EIA flanges
Weight: 11.9 kg minimum, 18.8 kg maximum
Machine types: 7X01 (1-year warranty), 7X02 (3-year warranty)
Environment: ASHRAE A2 (10-35 °C); A3/A4 only with two PSUs and no DCPMM, NVMe, GPUs or CPUs of 150 W or more
Rails: Tool-less or screw-in slide rails (optional 1U CMA) or tool-less friction rail

Management

BMC: Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Standard, upgradable to Advanced or Enterprise (Pilot 4)
Tools: XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Essentials, XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrators (vCenter, System Center), XClarity Energy Manager, Capacity Planner
Other: Light path diagnostics, proactive platform alerts, XClarity Mobile via the front USB port
Security: TPM 1.2/2.0, power-on/admin passwords, secure firmware updates, optional lockable bezel; TCM / Nationz TPM in PRC
Announced: Product guide first published 2017-07-11 (2nd Gen guide 2019-04-02)
Withdrawn: 1st Gen CPU configurations 2021-02-02; server withdrawn from marketing 2024-07-19 (follow-ons: SR630 V2, SR630 V3)

Operating systems

2nd Gen CPUs: Windows Server 2016/2019/2022; RHEL 7.6-7.9, 8.0-8.9, 9.0-9.3; SLES 12 SP4/SP5, 15-15 SP5; Ubuntu 22.04 LTS; VMware ESXi 6.5 U2 through 8.0 U3
1st Gen CPUs: Adds Windows Server 2012 R2 and versions 1709/1803; RHEL 6.9/6.10 and 7.3-7.5; SLES 11 SP4, 12 SP2/SP3; ESXi 6.0 U3, 6.5, 6.5 U1, 6.7

Processors

Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
Intel Xeon Silver 4208
Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
Intel Xeon Silver 4210
Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
Intel Xeon Silver 4214
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
Intel Xeon Silver 4215
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
Intel Xeon Gold 5215
Intel Xeon Gold 5215M
Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Intel Xeon Gold 5218B
Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
Intel Xeon Gold 5218T
Intel Xeon Gold 5220
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
Intel Xeon Gold 5220T
Intel Xeon Gold 5222
Intel Xeon Gold 6208U
Intel Xeon Gold 6222V
Intel Xeon Gold 6226
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
Intel Xeon Gold 6230
Intel Xeon Gold 6230N
Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
Intel Xeon Gold 6234
Intel Xeon Gold 6238
Intel Xeon Gold 6238M
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
Intel Xeon Gold 6238R
Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
Intel Xeon Gold 6240
Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
Intel Xeon Gold 6240R
Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y
Intel Xeon Gold 6242
Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
Intel Xeon Gold 6244
Intel Xeon Gold 6246
Intel Xeon Gold 6246R
Intel Xeon Gold 6248
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
Intel Xeon Gold 6252
Intel Xeon Gold 6252N
Intel Xeon Gold 6254
Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
Intel Xeon Gold 6262V
Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
Intel Xeon Platinum 8256
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
Intel Xeon Platinum 8268
Intel Xeon Platinum 8270
Intel Xeon Platinum 8276
Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
Intel Xeon Silver 4108
Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
Intel Xeon Silver 4110
Intel Xeon Silver 4112
Intel Xeon Silver 4114
Intel Xeon Silver 4114T
Intel Xeon Silver 4116
Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
Intel Xeon Gold 5115
Intel Xeon Gold 5117
Intel Xeon Gold 5118
Intel Xeon Gold 5119T
Intel Xeon Gold 5120
Intel Xeon Gold 5120T
Intel Xeon Gold 5122
Intel Xeon Gold 6126
Intel Xeon Gold 6126T
Intel Xeon Gold 6128
Intel Xeon Gold 6130
Intel Xeon Gold 6130T
Intel Xeon Gold 6132
Intel Xeon Gold 6134
Intel Xeon Gold 6134M
Intel Xeon Gold 6136
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
Intel Xeon Gold 6138T
Intel Xeon Gold 6140
Intel Xeon Gold 6140M
Intel Xeon Gold 6142
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
Intel Xeon Gold 6144
Intel Xeon Gold 6146
Intel Xeon Gold 6148
Intel Xeon Gold 6150
Intel Xeon Gold 6152
Intel Xeon Gold 6154
Intel Xeon Platinum 8153
Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160M
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
Intel Xeon Platinum 8164
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
Intel Xeon Platinum 8170
Intel Xeon Platinum 8170M
Intel Xeon Platinum 8176
Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M