Lenovo ThinkSystem

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The ThinkSystem line is a single-brand server, storage, and network hardware that is the industry's "gold standard."

2021

ThinkSystem SE350 with VMware Peripheral Software

On September 7, 2021, Lenovo announced that it had launched a VMware peripheral software solution based on the ThinkSystem SE350 fault-tolerant servers. A system in which VMware software is pre-installed on two ThinkSystem SE350 devices with adequate reliability and security will be implemented directly on the customer's peripheral sites.

According to the company, hybrid computing is the reality of the future, thanks to which the need for clouds edge-to-cloud systems is constantly growing. As of September 2021, Lenovo is developing optimized infrastructures that will allow customers to work in such hybrid environments.

As of September 2021, hybrid cloud models that ensure business sustainability and better application and user performance are being implemented in the cloud and on the periphery. Our solution meets the requirements of this hybrid model. It requires half as many servers and fully implements all the capabilities of the SE350 ThinkSystem built-in network functions, eliminating the need for other network configuration elements on peripheral sites. narrated by Charles Ferland, Vice President and CEO of Peripheral Computing and Communications Service Provider at Lenovo ISG

The built-in switching and wireless connectivity support in this solution will simplify networking and allow you to do without external network devices on the periphery, which optimizes operations and makes them more error-free. By purchasing this integrated pre-installed system, VMware users at edge sites will be able to operate in the same environment as the data center.

We are very excited to cooperate with Lenovo because it will allow our customers to use the capabilities of the data center in the public cloud and on the periphery. said Muneyb Minhazuddin, Vice President, Peripheral Computing, VMware

The solution is suitable for remote objects where data needs to be processed closer to the source of their creation and users - for example, for retail stores, manufacturing enterprises and schools. Thanks to the strength of the SE350 ThinkSystem, the solution can withstand extreme temperatures and strong shocks. In addition, encrypted hard drives, motion sensors, and intrusion detectors are used to protect data and devices.

ThinkSystem SR650 V2/ThinkSystem SR630 V2/ThinkSystem ST650 V2/ThinkSystem SN550 V2/ThinkSystem SD650 V2/ ThinkSystem SD630 V2

On April 27, 2021, Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), a division of Lenovo, introduced the next generation of Lenovo ThinkSystem V2 servers. All server models are based on 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and take full advantage of the 4th generation PCIe bus.

As reported, as of April 2021, companies around the world need productive infrastructure solutions to fulfill modern business tasks - in order to get analytical data faster and remain competitive. In next-generation ThinkSystem servers, Lenovo has implemented state-of-the-art technologies that support critical tasks in high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, modeling and simulation, cloud technology, virtual desktop infrastructures, and data analytics.

Four of the eight announced computing systems are designed to handle general-purpose tasks, including: ThinkSystem SR650 V2, ThinkSystem SR630 V2, ThinkSystem ST650 V2 and ThinkSystem SN550 V2. Servers are equipped with 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors that provide the right performance in intensive workloads and the flexibility you need to meet growing business demands:

• The ThinkSystem SR650 V2 server is a scalable solution for organizations of all sizes - from small to medium-sized businesses to large companies and cloud providers. This 2U dual-processor server offers extensive I/O and storage expansion capabilities and performance for a wide range of business tasks. The server supports the installation of the Intel Optane 200th Series Persistent Memory Modules, which provide the performance and storage capacity required to deploy high-load databases and virtual environments, and supports a 4th generation PCIe interface that minimizes data latency.
• The ThinkSystem SR630 V2 is a versatile solution for critical business tasks. The 1U dual-processor server provides an optimal balance of performance and resource density in the rack for data center hybrid workloads such as cloud infrastructure, virtualization, analytics, general computing, and gaming.
• The ThinkSystem ST650 V2 floor dual processor server is highly scalable. This model is designed to be installed in distributed and retail offices. And trade support for NV-Link technology allows you to use this server to process video data.
• The compact blade server from the Flex System ThinkSystem SN550 V2 line is optimized in terms of performance, efficiency and security. The solution is designed to standardize infrastructure and run business-critical workloads such as cloud computing, server virtualization, databases, and virtual desktop infrastructure.
• Focus on the periphery. By the end of 2021, Lenovo plans to expand its portfolio of peripheral computing servers based on 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, including a solution that can work in extreme conditions and find applications in telecommunications, manufacturing, and smart city solutions.

As part of the Lenovo "From Exascale to Everybody" initiative, the company also announced four servers with optimized performance and proper rack density - ThinkSystem SD650 V2, ThinkSystem SD650-N V2, ThinkSystem SD630 V2 and ThinkSystem SR670 V2. The solutions provide the necessary processing power at the minimum area in the data center and with reduced power consumption. The next generation of ThinkSystem servers leverages the full potential of the 4th generation PCIe bus, which doubles the I/O capacity of network cards, NVMe devices, graphics processors, and accelerators. This balances the performance of the processor and I/O devices. All of these server models use the Lenovo Neptune cooling system to further improve performance and energy efficiency:

• The ThinkSystem SD650 V2 is equipped with the 4th generation Lenovo Neptune cooling system. Due to the use of the copper circuit and architecture with the cooling plate, up to 90% of the heat generated by the system is removed. Designed for demanding workloads in HPC, artificial intelligence, cloud, grid computing, and deep data analytics.
• The compact 1U ThinkSystem SD650-N V2 is equipped with the Lenovo Neptune cooling system, two 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and four NVIDIA A100 GPs for performance. Using just one 42U rack with SD650-N V2 servers installed in it, you can build a supercomputer.
• The ThinkSystem SD630 V2 server handles twice as many workloads per unit of server rack space as traditional 1U servers. Thanks to the Thermal Transfer Modules (TTM) of the Lenovo Neptune cooling system, this server supports processors up to 250 watts, thereby providing performance 1.5 times higher than the previous generation of such systems within the same rack space.
• The universal ThinkSystem SR670 V2 acceleration platform is designed to run workloads in HPC and machine learning. The server supports the installation of a wide range of NVIDIA Ampere graphics processors. With six basic ThinkSystem SR670 V2 configurations supporting up to eight small or large form factor GPUs, customers can install PCIe and SXM adapters. One configuration of this server uses the Lenovo Neptune air-liquid radiator. This makes it possible to realize all the possibilities of liquid cooling without installing additional heat tubes.

Lenovo ThinkSystem SD650-N V2 и ThinkSystem SR670 V2

On March 16, 2021, Lenovo Data Center Group (Lenovo DCG), a division of Lenovo, introduced high-performance computing (HPC) solutions - Lenovo ThinkSystem SD650-N V2 and ThinkSystem SR670 V2 servers.

According to the company, the Lenovo ThinkSystem SD650-N V2 has Direct-to-Node (DTN) liquid cooling for NVIDIA A100 graphics processors with tensor cores. Each 1U server node includes four NVIDIA A100 GPUs installed on the board, with up to 3 PFLOPs per server rack, and Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling reduces energy consumption by up to 40% while maintaining performance and computational density.

For tasks requiring computational workload, Lenovo offers Lenovo ThinkSystem SR670 V2 - a modular system with the ability to use more graphics processors. It supports up to eight NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core or NVIDIA T4 GPUs in a single 3U package, providing up to 160 TFLOPs of compute performance. This family includes a model that uses Lenovo Neptune hybrid liquid-air heat exchangers for cooling four NVIDIA A100 graphics processors installed on the board, which do not need to be connected to the water supply. This gives customers increased AI performance while reducing power consumption and noise compared to air-cooled systems.

Lenovo ThinkSystem SD650-N V2 and ThinkSystem SR670 V2 servers will be available for orders in Russia in May 2021.

Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F with end-to-end NVMe support and Lenovo DB720S switch

On January 20, 2020, Lenovo Data Center Group (Lenovo DCG) announced the next Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F All-Flash storage system with end-to-end NVMe support, which provides up to 45% performance improvement over the previous model. Along with this storage system, an update to the ThinkSystem Intelligent Monitoring 2.0 cloud data management platform has been announced, which aims to simplify and automate data analysis tasks and reduce management costs from the periphery to the cloud.

The updated Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F provides a high-performance NVMe-based system that delivers low latency, faster application access to data, and advanced analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities. Lenovo DM Series storage systems now support S3 Object Storage, allowing them to be used as the latest generation unified data management platform. This approach allows customers to monitor and analyze data using all types of protocols (block, file, and object) within a single storage platform. At the same time, the speed of information processing increases, and infrastructure costs decrease.

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F has enhanced its data protection capabilities with transparent failover functionality and built-in object storage management tools. In addition, with Lenovo ThinkSystem DM storage systems, customers can implement tiered storage with the ability to move cold data from the All-flash layer to the hard disk layer or to the cloud. This helps implement a cost-effective storage strategy, reducing overall data management costs.

The advanced Lenovo ThinkSystem Intelligent Monitoring 2.0 software solution is a cloud-based management platform that uses artificial intelligence to simplify and automate maintenance, as well as optimize your storage environment. Customers can monitor storage capacity and manage the performance of all Lenovo ThinkSystem DM and DE Series storage systems from a single cloud interface, as well as anticipate problems in advance and receive recommendations.

To further improve application performance, Lenovo adds the high-performance Fibre Channel switch Lenovo DB720S to its SAN portfolio. It supports 32 Gb/s and 64 Gb/s connectivity, provides faster speeds and reduced latency by 50% 3 compared to previous generations. Provides a standalone SAN infrastructure with self-learning, self-optimization, and self-healing capabilities to help reduce downtime and simplify storage network management.

Lenovo's data management portfolio, including DM series storage solutions, is available through Lenovo TruScale infrastructure services.

In Russia, the Lenovo DM5100F and Fibre Channel storage are available from January 29 2021.

2020

Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 V2 and SR850 V2 servers and Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100 remote deployment service

On June 29, 2020, Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG) announced the release of solutions that will simplify and accelerate the data management process. DCG announced the ThinkSystem SR860 V2 and SR850 V2 servers based on 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with support for Intel Optane 200 series permanent memory technology to handle business-critical workloads, such as SAP HANA. Lenovo DCG also introduced services for the remote deployment of storage systems ThinkSystem DM7100.

According to the developer, thanks to the solutions presented, customers will be able to:

• Simplify the data management process
• Get business-critical data quickly with artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics
• Achieve business results using business applications such as SAP HANA.

As noted in Lenovo, many industries are faced with the need to analyze large amounts of data, support their transfer speed, processing and storage. Some organizations lose critical customer and business information because they lack the capacity to store and process it. Others face technical constraints because of the variety of data types that need to be analyzed, classified, and used in real-time to optimize your business. Often, information loses its relevance during processing, so the faster systems can process data, the more business can benefit from it.

According to the manufacturer's statement, the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 V2 and SR850 V2 servers support modern processor technologies and provide an increased amount of storage based on NVMe drives. These servers, combined with the DM7100 storage system and SAP business intelligence solutions, help customers manage data.

With support for 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, the ThinkSystem SR860 V2 and ThinkSystem SR850 V2 provide fast data processing capabilities for today's data centers in ever-increasing volumes. By leveraging Intel Deep Learning Boost technology and floating-point BFloat16 for AI load processing, the processors are designed to accelerate data analytics.

The presented systems have the following characteristics noted by the manufacturer:

• Compared to previous-generation systems, 2.5 'drive bays are increased from 24 to 48, which allows more data to be stored in close proximity to processors, increasing the speed of information processing and application operation.
• Supports up to four (300W) or up to 8 (75W) GPUs on the ThinkSystem SR860 V2 server to handle AI loads, deploy heavy VDI infrastructures, and analyze data.
• Support for Intel Optane 200 Series permanent memory for SAP HANA-type workloads for performance and large memory and storage capacity. Combined with ThinkSystem DM7100 series storage, Lenovo provides a comprehensive platform for deploying SAP databases and business applications.
• Supports end-to-end NVMe-oF deployment with Fibre Channel switchboards Lenovo DB, providing increased throughput and up to 50% reduction in latency.

ThinkSystem DM7100:

• Built-in software enables tiered storage and data management in cloud environments, such as high availability solutions or backup storage.
• Scale vertically to 21PB, or scale horizontally to 264 PB, to protect infrastructure investments and store ever-growing amounts of data in the future.
• The remote deployment service reduces system commissioning time by up to 80%, which reduces downtime risks and speeds ROI, Lenovo says.
• Customers can contact Lenovo technical consultants to assist in remote configuration of the DM7100 ThinkSystem. Specialists will help you deploy your solution to meet your organization's needs.
• Support Lenovo Premier Support for better incident response and uptime.

"Continuous growth and change in data formats, as well as growing business needs, involve the use of productive and efficient solutions to analyze and benefit from information. The ThinkSystem servers presented are designed to optimize critical applications such as SAP HANA and accelerate next-generation workloads such as AI, analytics, and machine learning. " noted 'Kamran Amini, Vice President and CEO of Servers, Storage and Software Defined Infrastructures, Lenovo Data Center Group

EPYC-based dual-processor ThinkSystem SR645 and SR665

On May 7, 2020 Lenovo Data Center Group , DCG announced two processor servers SR645 and SR665 ThinkSystem, providing improved computing performance and advanced I/O capabilities to handle demanding workloads. The systems presented in addition to single-processor to the ThinkSystem SR635 and SR655 systems expand a portfolio of servers Lenovo on the basis of AMD EPYC series 7002 processors.

As noted in Lenovo, accelerated transaction processing, advanced data analysis capabilities, and high performance of distributed computing are important for industries such as finance, retail, and manufacturing. Also important for them is increased cost efficiency and lower total cost of ownership. Lenovo is committed to meeting all these needs by offering open, reliable, and secure infrastructure solutions, The ThinkSystem SR645 and SR665 servers, which support more cores and more memory, enable Lenovo to help its customers accelerate their demanding workloads and increase efficiency.

"Lenovo servers ThinkSystem are designed for workloads such as in-memory databases, advanced analytics, virtualization, and artificial intelligence. With high performance and extensive disk subsystem capabilities, servers enable our customers to effectively meet the growing demands of today's workloads and scale their solution in the future as their business grows. " noted' Kamran Amini, Vice President and CEO of Servers, Storage and Software at Lenovo Data Center Group

According to the manufacturer, the ThinkSystem SR645 and SR665 offer:

• PCIe Gen 4 support, which provides twice the I/O bandwidth compared to previous generation technology. This eliminates potential data bottlenecks and expands the ability of the entire solution to handle transactions for mission-critical, I/O-intensive applications.
• Advanced support for graphics adapters (up to 8 NVidia T4 video adapters with a power level of 75 W in the maximum configuration), allowing you to deploy solutions for video analytics and neural network interfaces.
• Up to 40 2.5 "drives or 32 high-performance NVMe drives can deploy high-density software-defined storage.

According to the manufacturer, supporting a large number of cores per system will allow customers to purchase fewer physical servers, save rack space and power consumption, and process data faster. In some industries, these advantages are essential:

• Financial enterprises usually place servers on sites located next to exchanges and requiring high rent. Therefore, saving space in the rack is of paramount importance to them.
• In retail trade , accelerating video analytics helps to highlight areas with a large flow of customers and determine the optimal strategy for placing goods in stores.
• Efficiency is key to manufacturing processes, so the ability to analyze collected data quickly improves quality control procedures and productivity. This increases revenue and optimizes the forecasting of warranty requirements.
• In high-performance computing, such as scientific research, increased throughput directly affects the speed of results and discoveries.

"In the field of e-commerce, the opportunity to be the first in the market allows you to be in the leading positions in the order queue. Time is money literally. In this competitive environment, each nanosecond matters. The delay between input and output of 25 ns for the 644MHz IP solution from LDA means almost complete elimination of the impact of the infrastructure, enabling our FPGA Raptor-based trading risk management solution to achieve unprecedented low latency. " noted William Dallyn, regional sales and marketing manager at Fusion Systems' Raptor division

"Lenovo Dual Processor Servers ThinkSystem leverage the capabilities of 2nd generation AMD EPYC processors to provide a competitive advantage in industries where performance, density, and resource efficiency are critical to business results. With the expansion of the AMD EPYC product line, Lenovo customers gain additional capabilities to build solutions that help them handle today's enterprise workloads that require computing resources. " noted Dan McNamara, Senior Vice President and CEO of AMD's Server Business Division

Enterprise-Class All-Flash and Hybrid Flash Storage ThinkSystem DM7100

On April 13, 2020, Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG) announced additions to its IT infrastructure portfolio. Enterprises around the world are implementing Internet of Things and 5G solutions. The increase in the number of connected devices contributes to the growth in the volume of data that is generated, stored and managed throughout the system of devices: from data centers to the periphery. The Lenovo ThinkAgile MX1021 and ThinkSystem DM7100 products present enable companies to integrate infrastructure with cloud environments while supporting tiered storage technologies in the cloud.

and the All-Flash SHD enterprise-class Hybrid Flash ThinkSystem DM7100 increase the speed of critical operations applications by supporting NVMe technology and protocol, as well as providing the ability to integrate with the cloud Microsoft Azure and others. public cloud providers The high performance and support of Azure Cloud Tiring enables customers of these systems to deploy applications taking advantage of Azure and consistently manage data across the enterprise. More. here

2019

ThinkSystem SR635 и SR655

On August 8, 2019, the company Lenovo introduced energy-efficient and high-performance one: processor servers Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 and SR655.

According to the manufacturer, Lenovo servers demonstrate the performance of dual-processor systems, while they are comparable in cost to single-processor systems. These models complement the broad lineup of Lenovo servers, built on the AMD EPYC 7002 Series processors and designed specifically for intensive and continuously growing workloads. These include video surveillance, software-defined storage and network analytics, and virtualized environments and peripheral computing. In the presented servers, high performance is combined with high efficiency. These solutions are designed for customers who want to balance performance, security, and scalability.

"Lenovo is expanding its collaboration with AMD and announcing jointly developed solutions to help customers handle complex and intensive workloads. This will allow them to achieve more with less cost, while ensuring comprehensive security, " noted' Doug Fisher, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Lenovo Data Center Group '

Organizations are constantly forced to find a compromise between business priorities and a limited budget. The renowned Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 and SR655 server platforms can handle more workloads on fewer hardware while reducing software licensing costs by up to 73%. In addition, customers can reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) by up to 46%. In terms of improving workload processing efficiency and saving TCO, the ThinkSystem SR635 and SR655 servers are optimal in terms of price-performance, Lenovo claims.

According to the manufacturer, the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 and SR655 servers provide high performance, low response time, more cores per unit, and more NVMe storage capacity. In addition, systems based on the second generation of AMD EPYC are a reliable basis for building a hyperconvergent infrastructure.

According to IDC, by 2025 there will be 41.6 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the world, which will generate 79.4 zettabytes of data annually. To a large extent, this growth will be due to the development of IoT technologies and video surveillance systems.

According to Lenovo, the solutions presented are indispensable in cases where large computing power needs to be concentrated in a limited space, while they should consume as little electricity as possible. As an example, video surveillance systems provide security on city streets, buildings and public transport. Public safety structures need to monitor continuously, identify potential threats with great accuracy and respond quickly.

As noted in Lenovo, the ThinkSystem SR655 server in combination software Pivot3 with can be used as a platform for building a peripheral video surveillance infrastructure that can support 33% more video cameras per node than similar solutions. Thanks to the increased bandwidth of PCIe 4.0 supported by the second generation AMD EPYC processors, customers get high data rates from the periphery of the network to the core. Data Storage And a larger subsystem will allow operators to quickly request fragments of videos for recognition and analysis.

The ultra-tight NVMe drive-based disk subsystem configurations available on the Lenovo servers presented allow storage and processing. large amounts of data Lenovo systems support up to six processors single-width graphics (or up to three double-width graphics). In conjunction with the AMD processor, these graphics processors process and analyze high-resolution video much faster and more efficiently, helping security professionals do better.

"The combination of quality and fault tolerance of Lenovo solutions with the high performance of the 2nd generation AMD EPYC processors ensures the uninterrupted operation of business-critical applications. This is very important for customers who use Pivot3 solutions to ensure the security of airports, buildings, hotels and public transport. In such an infrastructure, first of all, security, fault tolerance and ease of management are important, combined with the ability to scale quickly if necessary, " noted' Bruce Milne, Vice President, Marketing Director and CEO of Pivot3 '

In virtualized environments, there is often a trade-off between maximum performance and security. In the Lenovo servers presented, this problem is solved due to the support of virtual machines at the hardware level, the presence of memory encryption functions in the AMD EPYC 7002 Series processors, as well as Lenovo ThinkShield. This creates an additional layer of security for virtualization, which isolates threats in the data center and minimizes the negative consequences. In addition, since the encryption of virtual machines occurs at the hardware level, and not at the software or hypervisor level, this does not lead to a decrease in system performance, Lenovo claims.

Security is also of paramount importance in the analysis of video surveillance materials. According to the developer, server options, such as a chassis intrusion sensor, help detect and prevent system hacks. The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 and SR655, which support up to 64 processor cores, allow enterprises to host more virtual machines on a single physical server than previously possible. This helps you better organize your distributed computing and improve the efficiency of your various workloads.

The announcement of ThinkSystem SE350 for peripheral calculations

On May 14, 2019, Lenovo Data Center Group introduced the SE350 ThinkSystem server, which became the first product created as part of Lenovo's recently announced strategy for developing solutions for a smart peripheral data center infrastructure.

Thus, the ThinkSystem SE350 is the first child in the class of specialized servers for peripheral computing. It is characterized by ease of control, safety, compact size and high strength, told Lenovo.

The server is suitable for a variety of operating conditions: from a drilling platform or cruise ship to a city store or warehouse.

The server, which is only a little larger than the Lenovo ThinkPad laptop, will go on sale in the summer of 2019. It will allow customers to increase the capacity of the infrastructure on the periphery of the network, closer to the sources of data coming from Internet of Things devices.

2018: Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650/SR630

In February 2018, at MWC To Barcelona , the company Lenovo introduced an optimized solution based on Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650/SR630 servers and native and switchboards Red Hat OpenStack Mellanox ConnectX-4 for accelerated packet processing. In addition, Lenovo now participates Intel in the Select Solution for NFV program and offers a solution specifically optimized for NFV workloads enciphering with and compression. The solution leverages the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) and Intel XXV710 NIC on the Lenovo servers SR650/SR630.