Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V3

Lenovo's 2-socket 1U rack server (machine types 7D72/7D73) for 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 64 cores and 385 W, with 32 DDR5 DIMM slots (up to 8 TB), up to 12 x 2.5", 4 x 3.5" or 16 x E1.S drives and PCIe 5.0 slots front and rear. Aimed at virtualization, databases and dense general-purpose compute.

Memory

Slots: 32 DIMM (16 per CPU; 8 channels per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel)
Max: 8 TB (32 x 256 GB 3DS RDIMM); 2 TB with one CPU
Types: Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMM (10x4 and x8), 9x4 RDIMM and 3DS RDIMM; no UDIMM or LRDIMM. DIMM types, DRAM densities (16/24/32 Gb) and x4/x8 cannot be mixed; 24/48/96 GB DIMMs must all be the same part number
Speed, 5th Gen CPUs: 1 DPC: RDIMM up to 5600 MT/s, 3DS RDIMM up to 5200 MT/s; 2 DPC: up to 4400 MT/s (4800 MT/s with Performance+ RDIMMs); capped at the CPU's memory speed
Speed, 4th Gen CPUs: 1 DPC up to 4800 MT/s; 2 DPC up to 4400 MT/s
5600 MHz options: 16 GB 1Rx8, 32 GB 2Rx8, 64/96/128 GB 2Rx4 RDIMM; 128 GB 4Rx4 and 256 GB 8Rx4 3DS RDIMM (5th Gen CPUs; the 128 GB 2Rx4 RDIMM also runs at 4800 MT/s with 4th Gen)
4800 MHz options: 16 GB 1Rx8, 32 GB 2Rx8, 64 GB and 96 GB 2Rx4 RDIMM (4th Gen CPUs and Bronze 3508U / Silver 4509Y, 4510, 4510T). Lenovo Docs also lists 48 GB x8, 32 GB 1Rx4, 9x4 32/64 GB and 128/256 GB 3DS 4800 MHz modules for 4th Gen, and 24/48 GB x8 and 32/48 GB 1Rx4 5600 MHz modules for 5th Gen
Population: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 or 16 DIMMs per CPU; 24/48 GB and 96 GB DIMMs have tighter quantity rules; at most two DIMM capacities per CPU; minimum 16 GB
Protection: ECC, bounded fault, SDDC (x4 DIMMs), ADDDC (x4 but not 9x4, Gold/Platinum CPUs), memory mirroring (not with 9x4), rank sparing
Persistent memory: Not supported (Optane PMem 300 options were withdrawn in Feb 2023)
Thermal rules: 128 GB 3DS RDIMM (feature BY8F) needs Performance fans and rules out rear 2.5" drives and GPUs; 256 GB DIMMs rule out rear 2.5" drives

Storage

Front 2.5": 10 x 2.5" hot-swap: all AnyBay, all NVMe, 6 SAS/SATA + 4 AnyBay, 6 SAS/SATA + 4 NVMe, 6 SAS/SATA + 2 AnyBay + 2 NVMe, or 10 SAS/SATA; also 8 x SAS/SATA, 4 x SAS/SATA or 4 x NVMe. NVMe/AnyBay backplanes are PCIe Gen4 or Gen5
Front 3.5": 4 x 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA (the 4 x 3.5" AnyBay backplane B8N1 is withdrawn)
Front EDSFF: 16 x E1.S (9.5 or 15 mm) hot-swap NVMe, PCIe Gen4
Front with slots: 4 x 2.5" (NVMe Gen4/Gen5 or AnyBay Gen5) alongside two front PCIe slots and a front OCP slot
Rear: 2 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA or NVMe (Gen4), leaving only slot 1; or 2 x 7mm SATA or NVMe hot-swap in the slot 3 position (VROC, RAID 540-8i, Marvell or Broadcom RAID kits)
M.2: Internal module for 1-2 drives: M.2 SATA/x4 NVMe 2-Bay Adapter (RAID via VROC or a RAID 540-8i in slot 3; not with 3.5" front bays), M.2 NVMe 2-Bay RAID Adapter (Marvell 88NR2241), M.2 RAID B540i-2i SATA/NVMe (Broadcom). M.2 and 7mm drives are mutually exclusive
Onboard: 12 x SATA (Intel VROC SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 on the first 8 drives, rest JBOD); up to 16 x onboard NVMe PCIe 5.0 x4 (VROC NVMe Standard RAID 0/1/10, Premium adds RAID 5, RAID1 Only license)
RAID / HBA: RAID 540-8i / 540-16i (0/1/10); RAID 940-8i 4/8 GB, 940-16i 4/8 GB and 940-16i 8 GB internal CFF (0/1/10/5/50/6/60, Tri-Mode for U.3 NVMe); 440-8i / 440-16i HBA and 440-16i internal CFF HBA; PCIe Gen4 and Gen5 4-drive NVMe retimers. Lenovo Docs also lists RAID 5350/9350/5450/9450 and 4350/4450 HBAs
NVMe maximum: 12 x 2.5" direct-attached (10 front + 2 rear), 6 with the 3.5" chassis, 16 x E1.S
Max capacity: 1,474.56 TB (12 x 122.88 TB NVMe); 96 TB with 4 x 24 TB 3.5" HDDs
Optical: None internal; external USB DVD option

Graphics

Onboard: 2D graphics in XClarity Controller 2, 16 MB, max 1920x1200 32bpp at 60 Hz
GPUs: Up to 3 x single-wide 75 W: NVIDIA L4 24GB (slots 1, 2, 3, 5); NVIDIA A2 16GB (withdrawn)
Rules: All GPUs identical; passive GPUs need Performance fans; CPUs >220 W TDP with GPUs only with 4 x 2.5" SAS/SATA front bays; controlled GPUs (L4) only on 'for AI' base models such as 7D73CTOBWW

Expansion

Slot 1: PCIe 5.0 or 4.0 x16, low profile (riser 1, CPU 1)
Slot 2: PCIe 5.0 or 4.0 x16, low profile or full-height half-length (riser 1, CPU 1); not available with rear 2.5" drives or the DWC module
Slot 3: PCIe 5.0 or 4.0 x16, low profile or full-height half-length (riser 2, needs CPU 2); used by the 7mm drive cage when fitted
Slot 4 (front): PCIe 4.0 x16 low profile (x8 when 4 x AnyBay use onboard NVMe); needs both CPUs
Slot 5 (front): PCIe 4.0 x16 full-height half-length; needs both CPUs
OCP 3.0: 1 x OCP 3.0 SFF: rear slot PCIe 5.0 x16, or front slot PCIe 4.0 x16 (front slots disconnect the rear OCP slot)
Internal: Dedicated CFF RAID/HBA bay (2.5" chassis only), cabled PCIe 4.0 x8, uses no slot
Rear riser layouts: 3 x LP; LP + FH (both CPU 1); LP + FH slot 3 (CPU 2); 1 x LP + 2 x 2.5" rear drives; 2 x LP + 2 x 7mm drives
Serial port: Optional COM port bracket in slot 2 or 3 (not front slots)
CXL: CXL 1.1 ready

Networking

OCP 3.0 adapters: Broadcom 5719 4 x 1GbE, Intel I350 4 x 1GbE, Broadcom 57412 4 x 10GBASE-T, Broadcom 57416 2 x 10GBASE-T, Intel X710-T2L / X710-T4L 10GBASE-T, Broadcom 57414 2 x 25GbE, Broadcom 57504 4 x 25GbE, Intel E810-DA2 / E810-DA4 25GbE, Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 2 x 25GbE, Broadcom 57508 2 x 100GbE (withdrawn: Intel I350 v1, Broadcom 57454 4 x 10GBASE-T)
Shared port: One OCP port can be shared with the XCC for NC-SI and Wake-on-LAN
PCIe NICs: 1 GbE to 400 Gb: Broadcom 5719/57412/57414/57416/57504/57508, Intel I350-T4/X710/E810, Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx/Dx/HDR, NVIDIA ConnectX-7 NDR200 and NDR400, Solarflare X2522-Plus; 4-port 25GbE cards need a full-height slot
Fibre Channel: Emulex 16/32/64 Gb and QLogic 16/32 Gb HBAs
Management: 1 x 1 GbE RJ-45 XCC port; optional second XCC port via the V3 Management NIC Adapter Kit in the rear OCP slot

Power

PSU options: 750 W Titanium (230 V), 750 W Platinum (115/230 V), 1100 W Titanium (230 V), 1100 W Platinum (115/230 V), 1800 W Titanium or Platinum (230 V), 1100 W -48 V DC; 240 V DC input in China only
Redundancy: 1 or 2 hot-swap PSUs, both identical; each PSU has an integral fan
Connectors: AC PSUs have C14 inlets; -48 V DC PSU uses a Weidmuller TOP 4GS/3 7.6 terminal
Inlet current: 1100 W Platinum 12 A at 100 V; 1800 W Titanium 9.7 A at 200 V; -48 V DC 26 A
Cooling: 6 (one CPU) or 8 (two CPUs) hot-swap 40 mm dual-rotor fans, N+1 rotor redundancy; Standard 21K RPM or Performance 28K RPM
Liquid cooling: Optional Neptune Liquid to Air closed-loop CPU module (CTO, max 25 °C ambient) or Neptune Processor DWC open-loop module (CTO, needs rack water infrastructure)

Ports

Front: 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), 1 x USB 2.0 (XCC management), optional VGA, optional external diagnostics handset port
Rear: 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x VGA, 1 x RJ-45 1 GbE XCC, NMI button; optional DB-9 serial (slot bracket); optional second XCC port (OCP slot)
Internal: 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (OS boot / ESXi), MicroSD slot for XCC
Note: Using the front VGA port disables the rear VGA port

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 EIA flanges
Depth to PSU handle: 754 mm (PSUs up to 1100 W) or 782 mm (1800 W) from the rack flange
Weight: 20.8 kg (45.9 lb) maximum; 27.8 kg with packaging, rails and CMA
Machine types: 7D72 (1-year warranty), 7D73 (3-year), 7D74 (SAP HANA)
Environment: ASHRAE A2 10-35 °C with most configurations; A3 (40 °C), A4 (45 °C) and H1 (25 °C) depending on configuration; max altitude 3,050 m

Management

BMC: XClarity Controller 2 (ASPEED AST2600); optional XCC2 Platinum adds remote KVM, virtual media, boot capture, power capping, System Guard, CNSA/FIPS 140-3 modes
Interfaces: IPMI 2.0 (IPMI-over-LAN disabled by default), SNMPv3, Redfish, CIM-XML, HTML5 web UI; 1 GbE dedicated RJ-45 port
Tools: XClarity Provisioning Manager (F1), XClarity One, XClarity Essentials, XClarity Integrators, XClarity Energy Manager, Lenovo Capacity Planner; XClarity One Mobile via the front USB management port
Local: Operator panel with status LEDs, light path diagnostics (DIMMs, drives, PSUs), optional Integrated Diagnostics Panel with LCD (8 x 2.5" and EDSFF configurations, CTO only), optional External Diagnostics Handset port, pull-out network information tag
Storage for XCC: MicroSD slot on the System I/O board (32/64 GB cards) for Remote Disc on Card (up to 4 GB) and firmware history; 100 MB without a card
Security: Root of Trust module with TPM 2.0 and Platform Firmware Resiliency (NIST SP 800-193), Secure Boot, power-on/admin passwords, chassis intrusion switch (optional), lockable front bezel (optional); Nationz TPM 2.0 in China
Warranty: 1 or 3 years CRU and onsite, 9x5 next business day (model dependent)
Announced: Product guide first published 2023-01-10; 5th Gen Xeon support added 2023-12-14

Operating systems

Windows: Windows Server 2019, 2022, 2025; Windows 10 (x64) and Windows 11
Red Hat: RHEL 8.6-8.10, 9.0-9.8, 10.0-10.2 (5th Gen CPUs: 8.8 and later, 9.2 and later)
SUSE: SLES 15 SP4-SP7 (SP5 and later with 5th Gen), SLES 15 Xen SP4/SP5, SLES 16
Ubuntu: 20.04, 22.04, 24.04 and 26.04 LTS
VMware: ESXi 7.0 U3, 8.0 and 8.0 U1 (4th Gen only), 8.0 U2, 8.0 U3, 9.0, 9.1; factory ESXi preload offered (not with an NVIDIA GPU)

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 6530
Intel Xeon Gold 6534
Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
Intel Xeon Gold 6538Y+
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y
Intel Xeon Gold 6544Y
Intel Xeon Gold 6548N
Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+
Intel Xeon Gold 6554S
Intel Xeon Gold 6558Q
Intel Xeon Platinum 8558
Intel Xeon Platinum 8558P
Intel Xeon Platinum 8558U
Intel Xeon Platinum 8562Y+
Intel Xeon Platinum 8568Y+
Intel Xeon Platinum 8570
Intel Xeon Platinum 8571N
Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
Intel Xeon Platinum 8581V
Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+
Intel Xeon Platinum 8592V
Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q
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 5423N
Intel Xeon Gold 5433N
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
Intel Xeon Gold 6414U
Intel Xeon Gold 6416H
Intel Xeon Gold 6418H
Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
Intel Xeon Gold 6423N
Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y
Intel Xeon Gold 6428N
Intel Xeon Gold 6430
Intel Xeon Gold 6433N
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 6443N
Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
Intel Xeon Gold 6448H
Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y
Intel Xeon Gold 6454S
Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
Intel Xeon Platinum 8444H
Intel Xeon Platinum 8450H
Intel Xeon Platinum 8452Y
Intel Xeon Platinum 8454H
Intel Xeon Platinum 8458P
Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H
Intel Xeon Platinum 8460Y+
Intel Xeon Platinum 8461V
Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y+
Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
Intel Xeon Platinum 8468H
Intel Xeon Platinum 8468V
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470Q
Intel Xeon Platinum 8471N
Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+
Intel Xeon Platinum 8480CL
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H