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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR530 is an ideal 2-socket 1U rack server for small businesses up to large enterprises that need industry-leading reliability, management, and security, as well as cost-optimized performance and flexibility for future growth. Designed to handle a wide range of workloads, such as IT infrastructure, collaboration, and entry cloud, it can be the foundation of your online business.
Featuring the second generation of the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family (Xeon SP Gen 2), the SR530 server offers a balance of performance, capacity and value. The SR530 server supports up to two processors, up to 768 GB of 2933 MHz TruDDR4 memory, 8x 2.5-inch or 4x 3.5-inch drive bays with an extensive choice of SAS/SATA SSDs and SAS/SATA HDDs, and flexible I/O expansion options with a LOM slot and up to 3x PCIe slots.
The SR530 server offers basic software RAID or advanced hardware RAID protection and a wide range of networking options, including embedded LOM, selectable LOM, ML2, and PCIe network adapters. The next-generation Lenovo XClarity Controller, which is built into the SR530 server, provides advanced service processor control, monitoring, and alerting functions.
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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR530 is an ideal 2-socket 1U rack server for small businesses up to large enterprises that need industry-leading reliability, management, and security, as well as cost-optimized performance and flexibility for future growth. Designed to handle a wide range of workloads, such as IT infrastructure, collaboration, and entry cloud, it can be the foundation of your online business.
Featuring the second generation of the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family (Xeon SP Gen 2), the SR530 server offers a balance of performance, capacity and value. The SR530 server supports up to two processors, up to 768 GB of 2933 MHz TruDDR4 memory, 8x 2.5-inch or 4x 3.5-inch drive bays with an extensive choice of SAS/SATA SSDs and SAS/SATA HDDs, and flexible I/O expansion options with a LOM slot and up to 3x PCIe slots.
The SR530 server offers basic software RAID or advanced hardware RAID protection and a wide range of networking options, including embedded LOM, selectable LOM, ML2, and PCIe network adapters. The next-generation Lenovo XClarity Controller, which is built into the SR530 server, provides advanced service processor control, monitoring, and alerting functions.
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The SR530 server delivers impressive compute power per watt, featuring 80 PLUS Titanium and Platinum redundant power supplies that can deliver 96% (Titanium) or 94% (Platinum) efficiency at 50% load when connected to a 200 – 240 V AC power source.
The SR530 server is designed to meet ASHRAE A4 standards (up to 45 °C) in select configurations, which enable customers to lower energy costs, while still maintaining world-class reliability.
The SR530 server offers a balance of processing power, expandability, and cost for small and medium businesses up to the large enterprise. Ease of use and comprehensive systems management tools help make deployment easier and efficient design improves your business environment and helps save operational costs.
Scalability and performance
The SR530 server offers numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability, and reduce costs:
The SR530 server provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:
Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the SR530 server and deliver enterprise-class data protection:
The SR530 server offers the following energy-efficiency features to save energy, reduce operational costs, increase energy availability, and contribute to the green environment:
The following figure shows the front of the SR530 server with four 3.5-inch drive bays.
Figure 2. Front view of the SR530: 4x 3.5-inch drive bays
The following figure shows the front of the SR530 server with eight 2.5-inch drive bays.
Figure 3. Front view of the SR530: 8x 2.5-inch drive bays
The front of the SR530 server includes the following components:
The following figure shows the rear of the SR530 server with three PCIe low profile slots.
Figure 4. Rear view of the SR530
The rear of the SR530 server includes the following components:
The following figure shows the locations of key components inside the SR530 server.
Figure 5. Internal view of the SR530
The following key components are located inside the SR530 server:
The following table lists the system specifications for the SR530 server.
| Attribute | Specification |
|---|---|
| Machine types | 7X07 – 1 year warranty 7X08 – 3 year warranty |
| Form factor | 1U rack-mount |
| Processor | Up to two Intel Xeon Gen 2 Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum processors:
1st Gen Intel Xeon processors are also supported. |
| Chipset | Intel C622 |
| Memory | Up to 12 DIMM sockets (6 DIMMs per processor; six memory channels per processor with one DIMM per channel). Support for RDIMMs and LRDIMMs. Memory types cannot be intermixed. Memory speed up to 2933 MHz depending on the processor selected. |
| Persistent memory | Not supported |
| Memory protection | Error correction code (ECC), SDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs), ADDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs, requires Intel Xeon Gold or Platinum processors), memory mirroring, memory rank sparing, patrol scrubbing, and demand scrubbing. |
| Memory capacity | Up to 768 GB with 12x 64 GB RDIMMs (Up to 384 GB per processor) |
| Drive bays |
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| Internal storage capacity |
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| Storage controller |
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| Optical drive bays | None. Support for an external USB DVD RW Optical Disk Drive (See Optical drives). |
| Network interfaces |
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| I/O expansion slots | Up to three slots depending on the riser cards installed. The slots are as follows:
PCIe x16 slot 3 requires the second processor to be installed. |
| GPUs | Not supported |
| Ports |
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| Cooling | Four (one processor) or six (two processors) non-hot-swap system fans with N+1 redundancy. |
| Power supply | Up to two redundant hot-swap 550 W or 750 W (100 – 240 V) High Efficiency Platinum or 750 W (200 – 240 V) High Efficiency Titanium AC power supplies. HVDC support (PRC only). |
| Video | Matrox G200 with 16 MB memory integrated into the XClarity Controller. Maximum resolution is 1920×1200 at 60 Hz with 32 bits per pixel. |
| Hot-swap parts | Drives (select models) and power supplies. |
| Systems management | XClarity Controller (XCC) Standard, Advanced, or Enterprise (Pilot 4 chip), proactive platform alerts, XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Essentials, XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrators for VMware vCenter and Microsoft System Center, XClarity Energy Manager, Capacity Planner. |
| Security features | Power-on password, administrator’s password, secure firmware updates, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 or 2.0 (configurable UEFI setting). Optional lockable front bezel. Optional Trusted Cryptographic Module (TCM) or Nationz TPM (available only in PRC). Optional Lenovo Business Vantage security software (available only in PRC). |
| Operating systems | Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi. See the Operating systems section for specifics. |
| Warranty | One-year (7X07) or three-year (7X08) customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite limited warranty with 9×5 Next Business Day Parts Delivered. |
| Service and support | Optional service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services: 2-hour or 4-hour response time, 6-hour or 24-hour committed service repair, warranty extension up to 5 years, 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions, YourDrive Your Data, Enterprise Software Support, and Basic Hardware Installation Services. |
| Dimensions | Width: 435 mm (17.1 in.), height: 43 mm (1.7 in.), depth: 750 mm (29.5 in.). See Physical specifications for details. |
| Weight | Minimum configuration: 10.2 kg (22.5 lb), maximum: 16 kg (35.3 lb) |
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