Lenovo System xSeries: Specifications
Lenovo provide a massive range of servers. We have detailed the models we have handpicked as being most suitable for our solutions below
| x3650M5 | x3550M5 | x3250M5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Form factor/height | 2U Rack | 1U Rack | |
| Processor (max) | Up to two Intel® Xeon® processors E5-2600 v3 series with up to 18-cores each | Up to one Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 processor v3 series (quad-core), Core™ i3 series processor (quad-core), or Pentium® series processor (dual-core) | |
| Number of sockets | 2 | 1 | |
| Cache (max) | Up to 45 MB per processor | 8 MB Level 3 (L3) | |
| Memory (std/max) | Up to 1.5 TB with SK Hynix 64 GB TruDDR4™ Memory LRDIMMs, System supports RDIMM/LRDIMM | Up to 32 GB Double Data Rate 3 (DDR-3) Error Checking and Correction (ECC) memory, up to 1333 MHz; | |
| Media bays | Optional DVD and tape drive bay | One optional DVD bay for 2.5" model | |
| Disk bays | Up to 24 front and 2 rear 2.5-inch HDDs/SSDs; or up to 12 3.5-inch and 2 rear 3.5-inch HDDs + 2 rear 2.5-inch HDDs/SSDs; or up to 8 3.5-inch HDDs and 2 rear 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch HDDs/SSDs | Up to 10 front and two rear 2.5-inch HDDs or SSDs, or up to four 3.5-inch HDDs | Eight 2.5" or four 3.5" hard disk drives (HDDs) |
| RAID support | 12 Gbps dedicated slot for the first RAID; support for up to four RAID adapters | 12 Gbps dedicated RAID slot with support for hardware RAID-0, -1, -10 with optional RAID-5, -50, -6, -60 | Integrated ServeRAID™ C100 RAID-0, -1, (RAID-5 upgrade via Feature on Demand (FoD)), optional hardware RAID-0, -1, -10 or RAID-5, -50 or RAID-6, -60 |
| Power supply (std/max) | 1/2 redundant 550 W AC, 750 W AC, 900 W AC, 1500 W AC | One fixed 300 W or up to two 460 W hot-swap redundant power supplies | |
| Hot-swap components | Power supplies, fan modules and hard disk drives | Four 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA or eight 2.5" hot-swap SAS HDDs, Hot-swap 460w PSUs | |
| Network interface controller (NIC) Trusted platform module (TPM) | 1 x IMM and 4 × 1 GbE (std.); optional 10/40 GbE ML2 or PCIe adapter; Trusted Platform Module built-in | 2x 1GbE, expandable to 4x 1GbE (feature on demand) | |
| PCIe 3.0 Expansion slots (x16/x8) | 1 – 8 PCIe 3.0 slots (supports up to 2 x 300 W GPUs and up to 1 x ML2) and 1 dedicated RAID slot | 1 – 3 PCIe 3.0 slots and 1 dedicated RAID slot | 1 PCIe 3.0 x8 slot and 1 PCIe 3.0 x8 (electrical x4) slot |
| USB ports | Up to 3 front (1 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0) and 4 back (2 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0) and 1 internal (USB 3.0) for hypervisor | Up to 3 front (1 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0) and 4 back (2 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0) and 1 internal (USB 3.0) | 2 USB 3.0 front/4 USB 2.0 rear/1 USB 2.0 interna |
| VGA ports | 1 front/1 back | 1 back | |