Lenovo ThinkAgile HX2320-E and HX2720-E
Appliances
Product Guide
Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series appliances are designed to help you simplify IT infrastructure, reduce costs,
and accelerate time to value. These hyperconverged appliances from Lenovo combine industry-leading
hyperconvergence software from Nutanix with Lenovo enterprise platforms that feature Intel Xeon
Processor Scalable family.
The ThinkAgile HX Series Express appliances are tailored specifically for various types of workloads
for small and medium sized businesses. The HX Series Express appliances include leading edge
Nutanix Xpress software to deliver a simplified, cost effective solution that helps lower total-cost-of-
ownership and enables smaller organizations to focus less time on infrastructure management.
The ThinkAgile HX Series Express appliances include the HX2320-E 1U rack-mount and HX2720-E
2U 4-node (2U4N) rack-mount appliances. These appliances are shown in the following figure.
Figure 1. ThinkAgile HX2320-E (top) and HX2720-E (bottom) appliances
Did you know?
The ThinkAgile HX Series appliances are built on industry-leading Lenovo ThinkSystem servers that feature
enterprise-class reliability, management, and security.
The ThinkAgile HX Series appliances deliver the industry’s most feature-rich hyperconverged infrastructure
to enterprise datacenters, bringing the benefits of web-scale technologies to enterprise applications
through enterprise storage, data protection, infrastructure resilience, management and analytics, and
security.
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Key features
The ThinkAgile HX Series appliances deliver the industry’s most feature-rich hyperconverged infrastructure
to enterprise datacenters (shown in the following figure). Nutanix brings the benefits of web-scale
technologies to enterprise applications through enterprise storage, data protection, infrastructure
resilience, management and analytics, and security.
Figure 2. HX Series hyperconverged infrastructure
The ThinkAgile HX Series appliances offer the following key features:
Enterprise storage
The HX Series appliances deliver enterprise data storage as an on-demand service by employing
highly distributed software architecture. The Nutanix Software eliminates the need for traditional
SAN and NAS solutions, and delivers a rich set of software-defined services that are entirely VM-
centric, including snapshots, high availability, disaster recovery, deduplication and more.
Inline and post-process compression at the sub-block level increase effective storage
capacity by up to four times.
Redirect-on-write snapshots and writeable clones at the granularity of a single VM increase
efficiency.
Distributed caching of VM data improves performance in multi-reader scenarios, such as VDI
with linked clones.
Inline deduplication in the read cache and post-process deduplication in the capacity
tier improve performance and effective capacity.
Powerful acceleration capabilities such as caching, automatic data tiering and data locality
speed storage performance.
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Data protection
The Nutanix Software offers a natively integrated solution for data protection and continuous
availability at VM granularity. It gives administrators an affordable range of options to meet the
recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) for different applications.
Unlimited local backups using VM-centric snapshots and integrated workflows delivering
RPO in minutes.
Natively integrated solution for disaster recovery enables simple VM-centric backup,
recovery and replication with application-level consistency.
Built-in Cloud Connect hybrid cloud technology enables seamless backup of data to public
cloud services.
Metro availability feature provides continuous availability of data across different sites during
planned maintenance or disasters through synchronous replication.
Support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Services (VSS), VMware vStorage API for Data
Protection (VADP), and seamless integration with third-party backup providers.
Infrastructure resilience
The platform for the HX Series appliances is fault resistant, with no single point of failure and no
bottlenecks. The system uses a shared-nothing architecture, where all data, metadata and services
are distributed to all nodes within the cluster, and is built to detect, isolate and recover from failures
anywhere in the system. Lenovo hyperconverged appliances deliver always-on operation, and can
survive system hardware, software and hypervisor issues and maintain 100% availability to
applications and data.
Intelligent data placement in different physical failure domains, or availability domains, (for
example, separate racks or power sources) delivers greater fault tolerance.
Data and metadata replicated across multiple nodes provide user-defined resilience against
hardware failures.
Multiple copies of data ensure 100% data availability in the event that a Nutanix controller
VM is unavailable due to failure or maintenance.
Automatic integrity checks during reads and silent at-rest error detection for data
consistency.
Management and analytics
The platform for the HX Series appliances marries web-scale capabilities with an intuitive user-
centric management experience to simplify every aspect of the IT infrastructure lifecycle. Nutanix
Prism provides a single pane of glass to monitor and control one or more Nutanix clusters, with
simplified workflows and rich automation for common administrative tasks.
Elegantly simple management framework with intuitive workflows delivers radical simplicity
and powerful control to IT management.
Single pane of glass delivers centralized visibility and management of multiple Nutanix
clusters across the world.
Rich automation and intuitive workflows simplify deployment, provisioning, orchestration and
maintenance of Nutanix clusters.
End-to-end visibility of VMs, nodes and disks and the ability to visually diagnose potential
issues gives administrators total infrastructure control.
Programmatic control of every aspect of cluster management, including deployment,
upgrades, data protection, and performance management enables powerful automation.
Streamlined management for hypervisor and virtual machines on Nutanix.
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Security
Nutanix software combines powerful features, such as two-factor authentication and data-at-rest
encryption, with a security development lifecycle that is integrated into product development to help
customers meet the most stringent security requirements.
Security incorporated into every step of the software development process enables verifiably
secure software releases.
Two-step authentication using a client certificate and username/password, along with
cluster lockdown, provides protection against unauthorized access.
Components and connectors
The following figure shows the front view of the HX2320-E appliance.
Figure 3. HX2320-E front view
The following figure shows the rear view of the HX2320-E appliance.
Figure 4. HX2320-E rear view
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The following figure shows the front view of the ThinkAgile HX Series enclosure with up to four HX2720-E
appliance nodes.
Figure 5. HX Series enclosure with up to four HX2720-E appliances front view
The following figure shows the rear view of the HX Series enclosure.
Figure 6. HX Series enclosure rear view
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System specifications
The following table lists the system specifications of the ThinkAgile HX2320-E appliance.
Table 1. HX2320-E system specifications
Attribute Specification
Form factor 1U Rack-mount.
Processor One or two Intel Xeon Silver processors:
Up to 12 cores (2.1 GHz core speeds) per processor.
Up to 2.2 GHz core speeds (10 cores per processor).
Two UPI links up to 9.6 GT/s each per processor.
Up to 2400 MHz memory speed.
Up to 85 W TDP.
Chipset Intel C624.
Memory Up to 12 DIMMs. Support for 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32 GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz RDIMMs.
Memory
capacity
Up to 384 GB with 12x 32 GB RDIMMs.
Memory
protection
Error correction code (ECC), Single Device Data Correction (SDDC; for x4-based memory
DIMMs), patrol scrubbing, and demand scrubbing.
Drive bays 8x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap.
Storage capacity Hybrid:
Up to 16.8 TB (HDDs) + Up to 1.92 TB (SSDs); or
Up to 14.4 TB (HDDs) + Up to 3.84 TB (SSDs).
All Flash: Up to 15.36 TB (SSDs).
Storage
controller
1x 430-8i HBA (12 Gbps SAS/6 Gbps SATA).
Network
interfaces
2x or 4x base 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+ network ports.
2x optional 1/10 GbE RJ-45, 10 GbE SFP+, or 25 GbE SFP28 expansion ports.
1x RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet systems management port.
Boot drive 2x 128 GB M.2 non-hot-swap SSDs (RAID-1).
I/O expansion
slots
4x PCIe 3.0 slots:
Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile (for a network adapter).
Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile (not used).
Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile (not used).
Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8 (for an internal storage controller).
Ports Front: 1x USB 2.0 port with XClarity Controller access, 1x USB 3.0 port, and 1x DB-15
VGA port.
Rear: 2x USB 3.0 ports and 1x DB-15 VGA port.
Cooling Five (one processor) or seven (two processors) hot-swap system fans with N+1 redundancy.
Power supply 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 (China only).
Video Matrox G200 with 16 MB memory integrated into the XClarity Controller. Maximum resolution is
1920x1200 at 60 Hz with 16 bits per pixel.
Hot-swap parts SSDs, HDDs, power supplies, and fans.
Systems
management
XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise (Pilot 4 chip), proactive platform alerts, light path
diagnostics, XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Administrator, XClarity Energy Manager,
Nutanix Prism.
Security features Power-on password, administrator's password, secure firmware updates, Trusted Platform
Module (TPM) 1.2 or 2.0 (configurable UEFI setting).
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Software Nutanix Acropolis: Xpress edition.
Hypervisors Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (default factory preload).
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 3 and 6.5 (optional factory preload).
Hardware
warranty
Three-year or five-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with selectable
service levels: 9x5 next business day (NBD), 24x7x4, and 24x7x2.
Software
maintenance
Three-year or five-year software support and subscription (matches the duration of the
selected warranty period).
Dimensions Height: 43 mm (1.7 in.), width: 434 mm (17.1 in.), depth: 715 mm (28.1 in.).
Weight Maximum configuration: 18.8 kg (41.4 lb).
Attribute Specification
The following table lists the system specifications of the ThinkAgile HX2720-E appliance.
Table 2. HX2720-E appliance specifications
Attribute Specification
Form factor HX2720-E: Half-wide, 1U node; up to four nodes per HX Series enclosure.
HX Series enclosure: 2U Four-node (2U4N) rack-mount.
Processor One or two Intel Xeon Silver processors:
Up to 12 cores (2.1 GHz core speeds) per processor.
Up to 2.2 GHz core speeds (10 cores per processor).
Two UPI links up to 9.6 GT/s each per processor.
Up to 2400 MHz memory speed.
Up to 85 W TDP.
Chipset Intel C624.
Memory Up to 12 DIMMs. Support for 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32 GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz RDIMMs.
Memory
capacity
Up to 384 GB with 12x 32 GB RDIMMs.
Memory
protection
Error correction code (ECC), Single Device Data Correction (SDDC; for x4-based memory
DIMMs), patrol scrubbing, and demand scrubbing.
Drive bays 6x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap.
Storage capacity Hybrid:
Up to 12 TB (HDDs) + Up to 1.92 TB (SSDs); or
Up to 9.6 TB (HDDs) + Up to 3.84 TB (SSDs).
All Flash: Up to 11.52 TB (SSDs).
Storage
controller
1x 430-8i Dense HBA (12 Gbps SAS/6 Gbps SATA).
Network
interfaces
2x base 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+ network ports.
2x optional 1/10 GbE RJ-45, 10 GbE SFP+ or 25 GbE SFP28 expansion ports.
1x Ethernet RJ-45 port for systems management (in the HX Series enclosure).
Boot drive 2x 128 GB M.2 non-hot-swap SSDs (RAID-1).
I/O expansion
slots
1x PCIe slot: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile (for a network adapter).
1x PCIe 3.0 x8 port for an internal storage controller.
Cooling Five hot-swap system fans in the enclosure.
Power supply Two redundant hot-swap 2000 W (200 - 240 V) Platinum power supplies in the enclosure.
Video Matrox G200 with 16 MB memory integrated into the XClarity Controller. Maximum resolution is
1920x1200 at 60 Hz with 16 bits per pixel
Hot-swap parts SSDs, HDDs, power supplies, and fans.
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Systems
management
XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise (Pilot 4 chip), proactive platform alerts, light path
diagnostics, XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Administrator, XClarity Energy Manager,
Nutanix Prism.
Security features Power-on password, administrator's password, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 or 2.0
(configurable UEFI setting).
Software Nutanix Acropolis: Xpress edition.
Hypervisors Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (default factory preload).
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 3 and 6.5 (optional factory preload).
Hardware
warranty
Three-year or five-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with selectable
service levels: 9x5 next business day (NBD), 9x5x4, 24x7x4, and 24x7x2.
Software
maintenance
Three-year or five-year software support and subscription (matches the duration of the
selected warranty period).
Dimensions Enclosure: Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.), width: 448 mm (17.6 in.), depth: 834 mm (32.8 in.).
Node: Height: 41 mm (1.6 in.), width: 222 mm (8.7 in.), depth: 562 mm (21.1 in.).
Weight Enclosure (maximum configuration, with four nodes): 55.0 kg (121.3 lb).
Node (maximum configuration): 7.5 kg (16.5 lb).
Attribute Specification
Factory-integrated models
Factory-integrated models of the ThinkAgile HX Series appliances are configured by using the Lenovo
Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
http://dcsc.lenovo.com
During the configuration process, you are selecting one of the base Configure-to-Order (CTO) models first,
and then you are adding components (processors, memory, drives, and network adapters) to the selected
model according to the output from the Nutanix Sizer tool:
http://services.nutanix.com/
Note: You are required to engage a Lenovo representative in the project that includes the ThinkAgile HX
Series appliances.
The following table lists the base CTO models of the ThinkAgile HX2320-E and HX2720-E appliances.
Table 3. Base CTO models
Description Machine Type/Model
ThinkAgile HX2320-E Appliance 7X83CTO2WW
ThinkAgile HX2720-E Appliance 7X82CTO1WW
ThinkAgile HX Series Enclosure 7X81CTO1WW
The following table lists the default configurations of each appliance.
Table 4. Default configurations
Model
Intel
processor
Memory
(RDIMMs)
Storage
controller SSDs HDDs
M.2 SSD
boot drive NIC
Power
supply
HX2320-E 2x 4108 8C 192GB
(12x 16GB)
1x 430-8i 480GB
(1x 480GB)
6TB
(6x 1TB)
2x 128GB
(RAID-1)
2x 10GbE
RJ-45
2x 750W
Titanium
HX2720-E 1x 4108 8C 192GB
(12x 16GB)
1x 430-8i 480GB
(1x 480GB)
4TB
(4x 1TB)
2x 128GB
(RAID-1)
2x 10GbE
SFP+
N/A
HX Series
Enclosure
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2x 2000W
Platinum
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The HX2320-E appliances ship with the following items:
Documentation package
Tool-less Slide Rail Kit with or without 1U CMA depending on the rack installation option
Two 2.8 m IEC 320-C13 to C14 rack power cables
The HX2720-E appliances ship with the following items:
Documentation package
D2 Tool-less Slide Rail Kit with CMA (enclosure only)
Two 2.8 m IEC 320-C13 to C14 rack power cable (enclosure only)
It is possible to perform a hardware upgrade after the initial deployment, such as adding more memory or
network adapters, by purchasing the hardware upgrade option listed in the following table.
Table 5. Hardware upgrade option
Description
Part
number Quantity
Nutanix HW Upgrade 01KT971 1
Configuration note: You should request a quote for the Nutanix HW Upgrade part number from Lenovo
and provide additional details on the existing installation and planned upgrade.
TopSeller models
TopSeller models of the ThinkAgile HX Series appliances are pre-configured bundles that cannot be
upgraded with additional options. TopSeller models are country-specific; that is, each country may define
their own models, and not all models are available in every country.
Note: You are required to engage a Lenovo representative in the project that includes the ThinkAgile HX
Series appliances.
The following table lists the TopSeller models of the HX2320-E appliances.
Table 6. HX2320-E TopSeller models
Model
number
Intel
processor
Memory
(RDIMMs)
Storage
controller SSDs HDDs
M.2 SSD
boot drive NIC
Power
supply
7X830E1UNA 2x 4108 8C 96GB
(12x 8GB)
1x 430-8i 480GB
(1x 480GB)
6TB
(6x 1TB)
2x 128GB
(RAID-1)
2x 10GbE
SFP+
2x 550W
Platinum
7X830E3UNA 2x 4108 8C 192GB
(12x 16GB)
1x 430-8i 960GB
(1x 960GB)
6TB
(6x 1TB)
2x 128GB
(RAID-1)
2x 10GbE
SFP+
2x 550W
Platinum
7X830E2UNA 2x 4114 10C 192GB
(12x 16GB)
1x 430-8i 960GB
(1x 960GB)
12TB
(6x 2TB)
2x 128GB
(RAID-1)
2x 10GbE
SFP+
2x 550W
Platinum
The HX2320-E TopSeller models ship with the following items:
Documentation package
Two 2.8 m IEC 320-C13 to C14 rack power cables
Tool-less Slide Rail Kit with 1U Cable Management Arm (CMA)
Processors
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Processors
The ThinkAgile HX2320-E and HX2720-E appliances ship with one or two processors. The following table
lists the processor options that are available for selection.
Table 7. Processor selection options
Description
Quantity
(min / max)
Intel Xeon Silver processors
Intel Xeon Silver 4108 8C 85W 1.8GHz Processor 1 / 2 Y Y
Intel Xeon Silver 4114 10C 85W 2.2GHz Processor 1 / 2 Y Y
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 12C 85W 2.1GHz Processor 1 / 2 Y Y
The following table lists the specifications of the processors for the appliances.
Table 8. CPU specifications (HT = Hyper-Threading, TB = Turbo Boost, VT = Virtualization Technology)
CPU
model
Core frequency
(Base / TB Max)
Number
of cores /
threads Cache
Max DDR4
frequency
Max
memory
per socket
UPI
speed TDP HT TB VT-x VT-d
Intel Xeon Silver processors
4108 1.8 / 3 GHz 8 / 16 11 MB 2400 MHz 768 GB 9.6 GT/s 85W Yes Yes Yes Yes
4114 2.2 / 3 GHz 10 / 20 13.75 MB 2400 MHz 768 GB 9.6 GT/s 85W Yes Yes Yes Yes
4116 2.1 / 3 GHz 12 / 24 16.5 MB 2400 MHz 768 GB 9.6 GT/s 85W Yes Yes Yes Yes
Memory
HX2320-E
HX2720-E
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Memory
The ThinkAgile HX2320-E and HX2720-E appliances support Lenovo TruDDR4 memory. TruDDR4 memory
uses the highest-quality components sourced from Tier 1 DRAM suppliers and only memory that meets
strict requirements is selected. It is compatibility tested and tuned to maximize performance and reliability.
The HX2320-E and HX2720-E support up to 12 DIMMs. The following rules apply when selecting the
memory configuration:
The appliances support RDIMMs.
All DIMMs in the appliance must be of the same type and capacity.
All DIMMs in the appliance operate at the same speed up to 2400 MHz, which is determined by the
maximum memory speed supported by the specific processor.
Note: Maximum memory speed can be achieved when Max performance mode is enabled in UEFI.
The following memory protection technologies are supported:
ECC
SDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs)
Patrol scrubbing
Demand scrubbing
The following table lists the memory options that are available for selection.
Table 9. Memory selection options
Selection
option Description Quantity
64 GB ThinkSystem 16GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz (2Rx8 1.2V) RDIMM 4 Y Y
96 GB ThinkSystem 16GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz (2Rx8 1.2V) RDIMM 6 Y Y
96 GB ThinkSystem 8GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz (1Rx8 1.2V) RDIMM 12 Y Y
128 GB* ThinkSystem 16GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz (2Rx8 1.2V) RDIMM 8 Y N
192 GB ThinkSystem 16GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz (2Rx8 1.2V) RDIMM 12 Y Y
256 GB* ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz (2Rx4 1.2V) RDIMM 8 Y N
384 GB ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz (2Rx4 1.2V) RDIMM 12 Y Y
512 GB* ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR4 2666 MHz (2Rx4 1.2V) RDIMM 16 Y N
* System performance might be impacted due to unbalanced memory configuration.
Internal storage
The ThinkAgile HX2320-E and HX2720-E appliances support the internal drive configurations listed in the
following tables.
HX2320-E
HX2720-E
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Table 10. Internal drive configurations: Hybrid
Model
Hot-swap drive quantity Hypervisor boot drive
2.5" HDDs
(6 Gb NL SATA)
(min / max)
2.5" SSDs
(6 Gb SATA)
Storage
controller
M.2 SSDs
(6 Gb SATA)
Storage
controller
HX2320-E Hybrid 4 / 7 1 1x 430-8i 2x 128 GB M.2 with Mirroring
4 / 6 2 1x 430-8i 2x 128 GB M.2 with Mirroring
HX2720-E Hybrid 4 / 5 1 1x 430-8i 2x 128 GB M.2 with Mirroring
4 / 4 2 1x 430-8i 2x 128 GB M.2 with Mirroring
Table 11. Internal drive configurations: All Flash
Model
Hot-swap drive quantity (min / max) Hypervisor boot drive
2.5" SSDs
(6 Gb SATA)
Storage
controller
M.2 SSDs
(6 Gb SATA)
Storage
controller
HX2320-E All Flash 4 / 8 1x 430-8i 2x 128 GB M.2 with Mirroring
HX2720-E All Flash 4 / 6 1x 430-8i 2x 128 GB M.2 with Mirroring
The following tables list the drive selection options for hybrid and all flash storage configurations.
Table 12. Drive selection options: Hybrid configurations
Description
Quantity (min / max)
HX2320-E HX2720-E
SSD selection: Cache tier
ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4600 480GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD 1 / 2 1 / 2
ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4600 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD 1 / 2 1 / 2
ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4600 1.92TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD 1 / 2 1 / 2
HDD selection: Capacity tier
ThinkSystem 2.5" 1TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD 4 / 7 4 / 5
ThinkSystem 2.5" 2TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD 4 / 7 4 / 5
ThinkSystem 2.5" 2.4TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD 4 / 7 4 / 5
Table 13. Drive selection options: All Flash configurations
Description
Quantity (min / max)
HX2320-E HX2720-E
ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4600 480GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD 4 / 8 4 / 6
ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4600 960GB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD 4 / 8 4 / 6
ThinkSystem 2.5" Intel S4600 1.92TB Mainstream SATA 6Gb Hot Swap SSD 4 / 8 4 / 6
Configuration note: All SSD drives in the appliance must be of the same type and capacity. All HDD
drives in the appliance must be of the same type and capacity.
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Network connectivity
The ThinkAgile HX2320-E appliances provide base two- or four-port 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+
network connectivity with the onboard Intel X722 NIC and a LOM card installed in the appliance.
Two additional 1/10 GbE RJ-45, 10 GbE SFP+, or 25 GbE SFP28 expansion ports can be selected, if
needed.
The ThinkAgile HX2720-E appliances provide base two-port 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+ network
connectivity with the onboard Intel X722 NIC in the appliance and an Ethernet I/O Module (EIOM) installed
in the HX Series enclosure. Two additional 1/10 GbE RJ-45, 10 GbE SFP+, or 25 GbE SFP28 expansion
ports can be selected, if needed.
The following table lists the network adapter options that are available for selection.
Table 14. Network adapter selection options
Description
Quantity
(min / max)
1/10 GbE RJ-45 base ports
ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port Base-T LOM (RJ-45) 0 / 1 Y N
ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port Base-T LOM (RJ-45) 0 / 1 Y N
ThinkSystem D2 10Gb 8 port EIOM Base-T RJ-45 0 / 1* N Y
1/10 GbE RJ-45 expansion ports
Intel X550-T2 Dual Port 10GBase-T Adapter (RJ-45) 0 / 1 Y Y
10 GbE SFP+ base ports
ThinkSystem 10Gb 2-port SFP+ LOM 0 / 1 Y N
ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port SFP+ LOM 0 / 1 Y N
ThinkSystem D2 10Gb 8 port EIOM SFP+ 0 / 1* N Y
10 GbE SFP+ expansion ports
ThinkSystem Intel X710-DA2 PCIe 10Gb 2-Port SFP+ Ethernet adapter 0 / 1 Y Y
25 GbE SFP+ expansion ports
Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 2x25GbE SFP28 Adapter 0 / 1 Y Y
* Per HX Series Enclosure.
Configuration notes:
One of the 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+ LOM cards or EIOMs is required for selection, and it
provides base network connectivity. Optional expansion ports can be selected, if needed.
The SFP+/SFP28 ports require SFP+/SFP28 transceivers or direct-attach copper (DAC) cables that
should be ordered for the appliance. The maximum number of transceivers or cables that are
supported per adapter equals the quantity of the adapter ports, and all adapter ports must have the
same type of the transceiver or cable selected.
The following transceiver and cables can be purchased:
Transceivers and cables for 10 GbE SFP+ adapters
Transceivers and cables for 25 GbE SFP28 adapters
HX2320-E
HX2720-E
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The following table lists transceivers and cables for the 10 GbE SFP+ adapters.
Table 15. Transceivers and cables for 10 GbE SFP+ adapters
Description Part number Feature code
10 GbE SFP+ SR transceivers for 10 GbE SFP+ adapters
Lenovo 10GBASE-SR SFP+ Transceiver 46C3447 5053
Optical cables for 10 GbE SFP+ SR transceivers
Lenovo 0.5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN499 ASR5
Lenovo 1m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN502 ASR6
Lenovo 3m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN505 ASR7
Lenovo 5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN508 ASR8
Lenovo 10m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN511 ASR9
Lenovo 15m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN514 ASRA
Lenovo 25m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN517 ASRB
Lenovo 30m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN520 ASRC
Passive SFP+ DAC cables for 10 GbE SFP+ adapters
Lenovo 0.5m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable 00D6288 A3RG
Lenovo 1m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable 90Y9427 A1PH
Lenovo 1.5m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable 00AY764 A51N
Lenovo 2m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable 00AY765 A51P
Lenovo 3m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable 90Y9430 A1PJ
Lenovo 5m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable 90Y9433 A1PK
Lenovo 7m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable 00D6151 A3RH
Active SFP+ DAC cables for 10 GbE SFP+ adapters
Lenovo 1m Active DAC SFP+ Cable 00VX111 AT2R
Lenovo 3m Active DAC SFP+ Cable 00VX114 AT2S
Lenovo 5m Active DAC SFP+ Cable 00VX117 AT2T
The following table lists transceivers and cables for the 25 GbE SFP28 adapters.
Table 16. Transceivers and cables for 25 GbE SFP28 adapters
Description Part number Feature code
25 GbE SFP28 SR transceivers for 25 GbE SFP28 network adapters
Lenovo 25GBase-SR SFP28 Transceiver 7G17A03537 AV1B
Optical cables for 25 GbE SFP28 SR transceivers
Lenovo 0.5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN499 ASR5
Lenovo 1m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN502 ASR6
Lenovo 3m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN505 ASR7
Lenovo 5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN508 ASR8
Lenovo 10m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN511 ASR9
Lenovo 15m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN514 ASRA
Lenovo 25m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN517 ASRB
Lenovo 30m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 00MN520 ASRC
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Passive copper cables for 25 GbE SFP28 network adapters
Lenovo 1m Passive 25G SFP28 DAC Cable 7Z57A03557 AV1W
Lenovo 3m Passive 25G SFP28 DAC Cable 7Z57A03558 AV1X
Lenovo 5m Passive 25G SFP28 DAC Cable 7Z57A03559 AV1Y
Active optical cables for 25 GbE SFP28 network adapters
Lenovo 3m 25G SFP28 Active Optical Cable 7Z57A03541 AV1F
Lenovo 5m 25G SFP28 Active Optical Cable 7Z57A03542 AV1G
Lenovo 10m 25G SFP28 Active Optical Cable 7Z57A03543 AV1H
Lenovo 15m 25G SFP28 Active Optical Cable 7Z57A03544 AV1J
Lenovo 20m 25G SFP28 Active Optical Cable 7Z57A03545 AV1K
Description Part number Feature code
Power supplies
The HX Series Express appliances and enclosures ship with two power supplies. The following table lists
the power supply options that are available for selection.
Table 17. Power supply selection options
Description Quantity
ThinkSystem 550W(230V/115V) Platinum Hot-Swap Power Supply 2 Y N
ThinkSystem 750W(230/115V) Platinum Hot-Swap Power Supply 2 Y N
ThinkSystem 750W (230V) Titanium Hot-Swap Power Supply 2 Y N
ThinkSystem D2 1600W Platinum PSU 2 N Y
ThinkSystem D2 2000W Platinum PSU 2 N Y
Configuration notes:
For N+N power redundancy, the power supplies should provide sufficient power without
oversubscription for the selected node configuration. To ensure that the right power supply is
chosen, you should always validate your appliance configuration using the latest version of the
Lenovo Capacity Planner:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lcp
The power supplies support AC (Worldwide) and HVDC (China only) power sources.
Rack installation
HX2320-E
HX Series Enclosure
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Rack installation
The HX Series Express appliances and enclosures ship with a rail kit. The following table lists the rail kit
options that are available for selection.
Table 18. Rail kit selection options
Description Quantity
ThinkSystem Tool-less Slide Rail 1 Y N
ThinkSystem Tool-less Slide Rail Kit with 1U CMA 1 Y N
ThinkSystem D2 Slide Rail 1 N Y
ThinkSystem D2 CMA (Cable Management Arm) 1 N Y
The following table summarizes the features of the rail kits that are available for selection.
Table 19. Rail kit features and specifications summary
Feature
Tool-less Slide Rail (HX2320-E)
D2 Slide Rail with CMA
(HX Series Enclosure)Without 1U CMA With 1U CMA
CMA Not included Included Included
Rail length 730 mm (28.74 in.) 807 mm (31.8 in.) 853 mm (33.58 in.)
Rail type Full-out slide (ball bearing) Full-out slide (ball bearing)
Tool-less installation Yes Yes
In-rack maintenance Yes Yes
1U PDU support Yes Yes
0U PDU support Limited* No
Rack type IBM and Lenovo 4-post,
IEC standard-compliant
IBM and Lenovo 4-post,
IEC standard-compliant
Mounting holes Square or round Square or round
Mounting flange thickness 2 mm (0.08 in.) – 3.3 mm (0.13 in.) 2 mm (0.08 in.) – 3.3 mm (0.13 in.)
Distance between front
and rear mounting flanges^
609.6 mm (24 in.) – 863.6 mm (34 in.) 609.6 mm (24 in.) – 812.8 mm (32 in.)
* If a 0U PDU is used, the rack cabinet must be at least 1100 mm (43.31 in.) deep if no CMA is used, or at least 1200 mm
(47.24 in.) deep if a CMA is used.
^ Measured when mounted on the rack, from the front surface of the front mounting flange to the rear most point of the rail.
Hypervisors
HX2320-E
HX Series Enclosure
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Hypervisors
The ThinkAgile HX Series appliances support the following hypervisors:
Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 3
VMware ESXi 6.5
Note: The HX Series appliances ship with Nutanix AHV (default) or VMware ESXi (optional) preloaded.
Software
The ThinkAgile HX Series Express appliances ship with Nutanix Xpress Software edition, which offers a
rich set of features for cluster of up to four nodes (three nodes minimum are required per cluster).
The following table lists features that are available in the Nutanix Xpress software edition.
Table 20. Nutanix Xpress software edition features
Feature Nutanix Xpress software edition
Enterprise storage
Cluster size 4 nodes max
Online cluster grow/shrink Yes
Heterogeneous clusters No
VM-centric snapshots and clones Yes
Volume groups No
Data tiering Yes
Inline compression Yes
Inline performance deduplication Yes
MapReduce compression Yes
MapReduce deduplication Yes
Erasure Coding (EC-X) No
VM Flash Mode (Pin to SSD) Yes
Infrastructure resilience
Data path redundancy Yes
Redundancy factor 2 (Fixed)
Availability domains No
Data protection
Asynchronous replication and disaster recovery (DR) Yes
VSS integration Yes
Time Stream (Converged local backups) Yes
Cloud Connect (Backup to public clouds) Yes
Multiple site DR (many to many) No
Metro availability Yes
Synchronous replication and disaster recovery Yes
Security
Client authentication Yes
Cluster lockdown No
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Data-at-rest encryption No
Management and analytics
Prism Starter (Single- and multi-cluster management) 2 sites max
Pulse (Automated service agent) Yes
Cluster health Yes
One-click upgrades (Nutanix OS and Hypervisor) Yes
Rest APIs No
Virtualization
VMware vSphere support Yes
Built-in Acropolis Hypervisor Yes
VM operations Yes
Intelligent VM placement Yes
Virtual network configuration Yes
Host profiles Yes
VM high availability Yes
Feature Nutanix Xpress software edition
Configuration note: The HX2320-E and HX2720-E appliances can be deployed as a cluster of 3 or more
nodes.
Systems management
The ThinkAgile HX Series appliances support the following systems management tools:
Lenovo XClarity Controller
Light path diagnostics (HX2320-E only)
Lenovo XClarity Administrator
Nutanix Prism
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager
Lenovo XClarity Controller
The ThinkAgile HX appliances contain Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise, which provides
advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and alerting functions.
XClarity Controller Enterprise offers the following capabilities for the HX Series appliances:
Gathering and viewing system information and inventory
Monitoring system status and health
Alerting and notifications
Event logging
Syslog alerting
Configuring security
Updating system firmware
Real-time power usage monitoring
Displaying graphics for real-time and historical power usage data and temperature
Capping power usage
Remotely controlling power (Power on, Power off, Restart)
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The XClarity Controller provides remote server management through the following interfaces:
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Version 2.0
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Version 3
Common Information Model (CIM)
Data Center Manageability Interface (DCMI) Version 1.5
Redfish REpresentational State Transfer (REST) API
Web browser with HTML5 support
Command-line interface
Virtual Operator Panel with XClarity Mobile App via the front USB port with XClarity Controller
access
Virtual Operator Panel provides quick access to system status, firmware, network, health, and alerts
information. With proper authentication, it also allows to configure systems management and network
settings and to control system power (Power on, Power off, Restart). The Virtual Operator Panel can be
accessed from the XClarity Mobile App running on the Android or iOS mobile device that is connected to
the front USB port with XClarity Controller access (See Components and connectors).
Light path diagnostics (HX2320-E only)
The HX2320-E appliances include basic light path diagnostics, which provides the system LEDs on the
front of the appliance (see Components and connectors) and the LEDs near the monitored components
(for example, the DIMM error LEDs on the system board).
Lenovo XClarity Administrator
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is a centralized systems management solution that helps administrators
deliver infrastructure faster. This solution integrates easily with Lenovo x86 servers, HX Series appliances,
RackSwitch switches, and DS Series storage, providing automated agent-less discovery, monitoring,
firmware updates, and configuration management across multiple systems.
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is an optional software component for the ThinkAgile HX Series
appliances which can be used to manage firmware upgrades outside of the Nutanix Prism software.
Notes:
Lenovo XClarity Administrator can be downloaded and used at no charge to discover and
monitor HX Series appliances and manage firmware upgrades for them.
Optional Lenovo XClarity Pro subscription license that can be selected in the configurator provides
software support for XClarity Administrator and XClarity Integrators for the duration of the selected
warranty period. If Lenovo XClarity software support is required, the XClarity Pro option must be
selected.
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Lenovo XClarity Administrator is available from Lenovo at no charge, and it offers the following features:
Auto-discovery and monitoring of HX Series appliances
Firmware updates and compliance enforcement
External alerts and notifications via SNMP traps, syslog remote logging, and e-mail
Secure connections to managed endpoints
NIST 800-131A or FIPS 140-2 compliant cryptographic standards between the management
solution and managed endpoints
Integration into existing higher level management systems such as cloud automation and
orchestration tools through REST APIs, providing extensive external visibility and control over
hardware resources
An intuitive, easy-to-use GUI
Scripting support with Windows PowerShell, providing command-line visibility and control over
hardware resources
In addition, Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers two software plug-in modules (Lenovo XClarity
Integrators) at no charge:
Lenovo XClarity Integrator for Microsoft System Center
Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter
Lenovo XClarity Integrators allow administrators to manage physical infrastructure from leading external
virtualization management software tools from Microsoft and VMware.
Lenovo XClarity Integrators offer the following additional features:
Ability to discover, manage, and monitor Lenovo server hardware from VMware vCenter or
Microsoft System Center
Deployment of firmware updates to HX Series appliances from the virtualization management tool
Non-disruptive server maintenance in clustered environments that reduces workload downtime by
dynamically migrating workloads from affected hosts during rolling server updates or reboots
Greater service level uptime and assurance in clustered environments during unplanned hardware
events by dynamically triggering workload migration from impacted hosts when impending
hardware failures are predicted
Nutanix Prism
Nutanix Prism gives administrators a simple and elegant way to manage virtual environments. Powered by
advanced data analytics and heuristics, Prism simplifies and streamlines common workflows within a
datacenter eliminating the need to have disparate management solutions.
Nutanix Prism is a part of the Nutanix software preloaded on the appliances, and it includes the following
components:
Prism Starter (included in Starter, Pro, and Ultimate Nutanix software editions): Provides ability to
configure, manage, and monitor a Nutanix cluster and centralized management of multiple local
and remote Nutanix clusters.
Prism Pro (Selectable software license; optional): Enables efficiency evaluation, capacity planning,
expansion recommendations, custom dashboards, and advanced search capabilities.
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