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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V2

Lenovo's 2-socket 1U rack server (machine types 7Z70/7Z71) for 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Ice Lake) processors up to 40 cores and 270 W, with 32 DDR4-3200 DIMM slots (up to 8 TB), up to 12 x 2.5-inch, 4 x 3.5-inch or 16 x EDSFF drives and up to three PCIe 4.0 slots plus an OCP 3.0 slot. Aimed at virtualization, databases, cloud and HPC nodes where rack density matters.

Memory

Slots
32 DIMM (16 per processor; 8 channels per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel)
Types
Lenovo TruDDR4 RDIMM (16, 32, 64 GB, 3200 MHz) and 3DS RDIMM (128 GB 3200 MHz, 256 GB 2933 MHz); UDIMM and LRDIMM not supported; RDIMM and 3DS RDIMM cannot be mixed
Speed
Up to 3200 MHz at 2 DPC; runs at the processor's maximum memory speed (2667 MHz on Silver, 2933 MHz on some Gold/Platinum)
Max
8 TB (32 x 256 GB 3DS RDIMM); 2 TB with one processor
Population
1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 or 16 DIMMs per processor
Persistent memory
Up to 16 x Intel Optane PMem 200 (128/256/512 GB, 8 per CPU); up to 12 TB with 16 x 256 GB 3DS RDIMM + 16 x 512 GB PMem; App Direct and Memory Mode
Protection
ECC, SDDC (x4 DIMMs), ADDDC (x4 DIMMs, Gold/Platinum), memory mirroring; no memory sparing

Storage

Front 2.5"
10 x 2.5" hot-swap (all AnyBay, all NVMe, 6 SAS/SATA + 4 AnyBay or NVMe, or 6 SAS/SATA + 2 AnyBay + 2 NVMe), 8 x or 4 x 2.5" SAS/SATA
Front EDSFF
16 x E1.S EDSFF NVMe hot-swap (CTO only; 12 onboard NVMe + 4-port retimer; needs 2 CPUs)
Front 3.5"
4 x 3.5" SAS/SATA or 4 x 3.5" AnyBay
Rear
2 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA or NVMe, or 2 x 7mm SATA or NVMe (with integrated RAID) in place of a PCIe slot
Maximum
12 x 2.5" (10 front + 2 rear), all NVMe with direct 1:1 connections
Controllers
Onboard SATA (12 ports, Intel VROC SATA RAID), onboard NVMe (up to 12 ports, Intel VROC NVMe RAID), 4-port PCIe 4.0 NVMe retimer, 12 Gb RAID 530/540/930/940/5350/9350 8i and 16i adapters (up to 8 GB flash cache; 940 Tri-Mode for U.3 NVMe), 430/440/4350 HBAs
Internal RAID bay
With 2.5" front bays, a cabled internal (CFF) RAID 940-16i/9350/5350 or HBA 440-16i can sit between the drive bays and fans without using a PCIe slot
M.2 boot
Internal M.2 module for 1 or 2 drives: SATA RAID kit (Marvell 88SE9230), NVMe RAID kit (Marvell 88NR2241) or SATA/NVMe kit (VROC); 2242 to 22110
Optical
None internal; external USB DVD-RW option

Graphics

Onboard
Matrox G200 in the XClarity Controller, 16 MB, max 1920x1200 at 60 Hz
GPU options
NVIDIA L4 24GB, A2 16GB, T4 16GB, Quadro P620 (up to 3, slots 1-3); Quadro P2200 (1, slot 2; later withdrawn)
Rules
All GPUs must be identical; passive GPUs need performance fans; no GPUs with rear drive bays; controlled GPUs (L4) only on the "for AI" base models

Expansion

Slot 1
PCIe 4.0 x16, low profile (riser 1, CPU 1)
Slot 2
PCIe 4.0 x16, low profile or full-height half-length (riser 1, CPU 1)
Slot 3
PCIe 4.0 x16, low profile (riser 2, needs CPU 2)
OCP
Dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slot, PCIe 4.0 x16
Slot layouts
3 x LP; 1 x FHHL + 1 x LP; 1 x LP + 2 x 2.5" rear drives; 2 x LP + 2 x 7mm rear drives
PCIe 3.0 option
Lower-cost PCIe 3.0 x16/x16 riser 1 available for slots 1-2
Internal
Cabled PCIe 4.0 x8 connector for an internal RAID adapter/HBA (2.5" chassis only)

Networking

OCP 3.0
Optional 2- or 4-port adapters: 1 GbE (Broadcom 5719, Intel I350), 10GBASE-T (Broadcom 57416/57454, Intel X710-T2L/T4L, Marvell QL41132), 10/25 GbE SFP28 (Broadcom 57414/57454/57504, Intel E810-DA2/DA4, Marvell QL41232, Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx / ConnectX-6 Lx); one port can be shared with the XCC (NC-SI)
PCIe
1/10/25 GbE, 100 GbE (Broadcom 57508, ConnectX-6 Dx), InfiniBand HDR100/HDR/NDR200 and NDR 400 Gb (ConnectX-6, ConnectX-7)
Fibre Channel
Emulex LPe35000/35002 32Gb, LPe36002 64Gb, QLogic QLE2770/2772 32Gb and 16Gb HBAs
Management
1 x RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb XClarity Controller port

Power

PSU options
500 W, 750 W, 1100 W Platinum (115/230 V), 1800 W Platinum (230 V), 750 W, 1100 W, 1800 W Titanium (230 V), 1100 W -48 V DC
Redundancy
1 or 2 hot-swap PSUs; both must be identical (the two 500 W Platinum versions may be mixed)
Connector
C14 inlets on AC units; Weidmuller terminal on the -48 V DC unit
Input current
100-127 V: 500 W 5.7 A, 750 W Platinum 8.4 A, 1100 W 12 A; 200-240 V: 500 W 2.7 A, 750 W 4.1 A, 1100 W 6 A, 1800 W 10 A
Cooling
6 (one CPU) or 8 (two CPUs) hot-swap 40 mm dual-rotor fans, N+1; standard (21K RPM) or performance (28K RPM); one fan in each PSU

Ports

Front
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x USB 2.0 (XClarity Controller management), external diagnostics handset port, optional VGA
Rear
3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x VGA, 1 x RJ-45 XCC management, NMI button; optional DB-9 serial (COM port kit in slot 2 or 3)
Internal
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (OS or licence key)

Physical

Form factor
1U rack
Dimensions
440 mm W x 43 mm H x 773 mm D (17.3 x 1.7 x 30.4 in); 482 mm across the rack flanges
Weight
Maximum 20.8 kg (45.9 lb)
Machine types
7Z70 (1-year warranty), 7Z71 (3-year warranty)
Environment
ASHRAE A2 (10-35 C) for most configurations; A3/A4 in some configurations

Management

BMC
Lenovo XClarity Controller (Pilot4 XE401); Standard, Advanced (remote KVM) or Enterprise (virtual media, power capping)
Interfaces
IPMI 2.0 (IPMI-over-LAN off by default), SNMPv3, CIM-XML, REST, Redfish, HTML5 web UI
Local
Front operator panel; optional pull-out Integrated Diagnostics Panel (LCD) on 8 x 2.5" and 16 x EDSFF fronts; External Diagnostics Handset port; light path LEDs for DIMMs, drives and PSUs
Software
XClarity Provisioning Manager, Administrator, Integrators, Essentials, Energy Manager, Capacity Planner
Security
TPM 2.0 (Nationz TPM in China), Platform Firmware Resiliency root of trust, NIST SP 800-147B, Secure Boot, optional intrusion switch and lockable bezel
Announced
Product guide first published 2021-04-06
Withdrawn
Server withdrawn from marketing (Lenovo Press update of 2025-09-18)

Operating systems

Windows
Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025
Linux
RHEL 7.9, 8.2-8.10, 9.0-9.8, 10.0-10.2; SLES 12 SP5, 15 SP2-SP7, 16; Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04 LTS
VMware
ESXi 6.7 U3, 7.0 U2/U3, 8.0 through 8.0 U3, 9.0, 9.1

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4310
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4314
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4316
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5317
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5318S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5320
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5320T
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6312U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6314U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6326
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6330
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6330N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6334
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6338
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6342
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6346
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6348
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6354
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8351N
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8352M
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8352S
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8352V
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8352Y
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8358
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8362
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8368
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8380