Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650

Lenovo's original 2-socket 2U rack server (machine types 7X05/7X06) for 1st and 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, with up to 24 SFF or 14 LFF drives, up to 3 TB of DDR4 and up to six rear PCIe 3.0 slots. Suits virtualization, databases and general enterprise workloads.

Memory

Slots

24 DIMM (12 per processor; 6 channels per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel)

Types

TruDDR4 RDIMM, 3DS RDIMM; LRDIMM with 1st Gen CPUs only; types cannot be mixed

Speed

Up to 2933 MHz with 2nd Gen CPUs (Performance+ 2933 MHz at 2 DPC); up to 2666 MHz with 1st Gen

Max (2nd Gen)

RDIMM 1.5 TB; 3DS RDIMM 3 TB (24 × 128 GB)

Max (1st Gen)

RDIMM 768 GB; LRDIMM 1.5 TB; 3DS RDIMM 3 TB

Persistent memory

Up to 12 × Intel Optane DCPMM (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" configurations

Up to 16 or 24 SFF front hot-swap (SAS/SATA, AnyBay, or 16/20/24 × U.2 NVMe) + optional 2 × 3.5" rear

3.5" configurations

8 or 12 × 3.5" front (12-bay can include 4 AnyBay) + optional 2 × 3.5" rear; up to 14 LFF

Controllers

12 Gb SAS/SATA RAID adapters (up to 8 GB flash-backed cache), 12 Gb HBAs, onboard NVMe with Intel VROC, NVMe switch adapters

M.2 boot

One M.2 connector on the system board: Single M.2 Boot Adapter (1 SATA drive) or Dual M.2 Boot Adapter (2 drives, RAID-1 by default)

Optical

None internal; external USB DVD option

Graphics

Onboard

Matrox G200e (16 MB) in XClarity Controller, max 1920×1200 at 60 Hz

Single-wide GPUs

NVIDIA A10, A2, T4, Quadro RTX 4000, Quadro P620, Tesla V100 FHHL, Tesla P4, Quadro P4000, Quadro P600

Double-wide GPUs

NVIDIA A100 80GB/40GB, A800, A30, A16, RTX A6000, Quadro RTX 8000/6000 (special bid), Quadro RTX 5000, Tesla V100S/V100, Quadro P6000, Tesla M10/M60/P40/P100; AMD Radeon Instinct MI25, Radeon Pro V340

Max count

Double-wide: 1 with one CPU / 2 with two CPUs (slots 1 and 5). T4: up to 5 (2nd Gen, two CPUs); A2: up to 5; P4: up to 5

Power

GPUs need 1100 W or 1600 W PSUs (some configs allow 750 W); GPU cable kit 4XH7A08794 for field installs

Expansion

Slot 1

PCIe 3.0 x16 or x8, full-height half-length (riser 1; x16 can be single- or double-wide; single-wide x16 needs CPU 2)

Slot 2

PCIe 3.0 x8, full-height half-length (riser 1; absent if slot 1 is double-wide or slot 3 is ML2 x16)

Slot 3

PCIe 3.0 x8 or x16, or ML2 x8/x16, full-height half-length (riser 1)

Slot 4

PCIe 3.0 x8, low profile, vertical on system board

Slot 5

PCIe 3.0 x16, full-height half-length (riser 2; needs CPU 2)

Slot 6

PCIe 3.0 x16, full-height half-length (riser 2; needs CPU 2)

Slot 7

PCIe 3.0 x8, internal, for the storage controller

LOM

Dedicated LOM card slot

Full-length

Slots 1, 5 and 6 can take full-length cards with the GPU thermal kit

Riser options

Riser 1: x8/x8/x8, x8/x8/x8ML2, x16/x8/x16, x16/x8, x8/x16ML2. Riser 2: x16/x16 (Riser 2 Kit V2 4TA7A70026 needed for A-series GPUs in slot 5)

Networking

LOM

Optional LOM card on Intel X722 (in C624 PCH): 2 or 4 × 1 GbE RJ-45, 2 or 4 × 10 GbE RJ-45, or 2 or 4 × 10 GbE SFP+ (no 10/100 Mb)

ML2

Optional mezzanine ML2 slot: dual-port 10 GbE (SFP+ or RJ-45), or single/dual-port 25 GbE SFP28

Management

1 × RJ-45 1 GbE XClarity Controller port

Power

PSU options

550 W Platinum, 750 W Platinum, 750 W Titanium (230 V), 1100 W Platinum, 1600 W Platinum (230 V), 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

Cooling

5 (one CPU) or 6 (two CPUs) hot-swap single-rotor fans, N+1

Ports

Front

1 × USB 3.0, 1 × USB 2.0 with XClarity Controller access, optional VGA

Rear

2 × USB 3.0, 1 × VGA, 1 × XCC 1 GbE, optional DB-9 serial (uses a PCIe slot position)

Physical

Form factor

2U rack

Dimensions

445 mm W × 87 mm H × 764 mm D (17.5 × 3.4 × 30.1 in)

Weight

19 kg minimum, 32 kg maximum

Machine types

7X05 (1-year warranty), 7X06 (3-year warranty)

Management

BMC

Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Standard, 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 front USB

Security

TPM 1.2/2.0, secure firmware updates, optional lockable bezel; TCM / Nationz TPM in PRC

Announced

Product guide first published 2017-07-11

Withdrawn

1st Gen CPU configs 2021-02-02; server withdrawn in all markets June 2024 (replacement: SR650 V3)

Operating systems

2nd Gen CPUs

Windows Server 2016/2019/2022; RHEL 7.6-7.9, 8.0-8.10, 9.0-9.3; SLES 12 SP4/SP5, 15-15 SP5; Ubuntu 22.04 LTS; VMware ESXi 6.5 U2 through 9.0

1st Gen CPUs

Adds Windows Server 2012 R2 and versions 1709/1803; RHEL 6.9/6.10 and 7.3-7.5 (see guide for full list)

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 6250
• Intel Xeon Gold 6252
• Intel Xeon Gold 6252N
• Intel Xeon Gold 6254
• Intel Xeon Gold 6256
• Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
• Intel Xeon Gold 6262V
• Intel Xeon Gold 6271C
• 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 6137
• 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