Lenovo ThinkAgile VX 8-Socket Nodes for SAP HANA
Introduction
Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Nodes for SAP HANA are designed for deploying industry-leading Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) software from VMware on Lenovo enterprise platforms. They deliver fully validated and integrated Lenovo hardware and firmware that is certified with VMware software. VMware offers a unique, software-defined approach to HCI with VMware vSphere and VMware vSAN to provide enterprise-class compute, storage, and management in a tightly integrated software stack. This document provides details on 8-socket server configurations.
Lenovo ThinkAgile VX 4U Certified Node
| Model Name | ThinkAgile VX 4U Node for SAP HANA All-Flash | |||
| Machine Type/Model | Based on the ThinkSystem SR950 | |||
| Processors | Up to 8x 28 Core second-generation Intel Xeon Platinum processors | |||
| Memory | Up to 12TiB (using 128GiB TruDDR4 DIMMs) | |||
| Drive Bays | Up to 24x 2.5” Disks Total | |||
| Disk Groups per Node | 2-4 | |||
| Supported Drive Types |
Cache: Lenovo Mainstream or Performance NVMe SAS SSD (max 4)--see below. Capacity: Lenovo Mainstream or Performance SAS (max 20) or NVMe SSD (max 10)--see below. |
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| Network | Minimum of 4 NIC ports required. 2 x 25GbE or higher recommended for vSAN storage network. | |||
| Hypervisor | VMware vSphere ESXi 7 Update 2 (vSAN 7 Update 2) | |||
| Notes | Each production SAP HANA virtual machine requires a vSAN disk group. | |||
Supported Cache Drive Models
ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P5600 1.6TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P5600 3.2TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P5600 6.4TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4610 1.6TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645a 1.6TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3732 800GB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3732 1.6TB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
Supported Capacity Drive Models
ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P5500 1.92TB Entry NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P5500 3.84TB Entry NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P5500 7.68TB Entry NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645a 1.6TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645a 3.2TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1645a 6.4TB Mainstream SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 960GB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 1.92TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem 2.5" PM1643a 3.84TB Entry SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3732 1.6TB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem 2.5" Nytro 3732 3.2TB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4510 1.0TB Entry NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4510 2.0TB Entry NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 Intel P4510 4.0TB Entry NVMe PCIe3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD