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Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 Product Manual

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Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)

Product Guide

The Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 is an enterprise class, dual-socket server that features Intel Xeon
processor E5-2600 v4 product family and supports up to 1.5 TB of DDR4 memory, 22 cores, and 44
threads per socket.
With the capability to support mix and match internal hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD)
storage with up to 12x 2.5-inch front drive bays, up to five I/O slots with up to 140 GbE networking
capability, up to 8 hot-swap dual rotor fans, hot-swap redundant power supplies, and a dedicated Gigabit
Ethernet out-of-band management port, the ThinkServer RD550 provides leading features and capabilities
in a dense 1U rack-mount design.
The ThinkServer RD550 blends outstanding flexibility and expandability and is the ideal choice for server
consolidation/virtualization, heavy web traffic workloads, data analytics, and line-of-business applications.
The ThinkServer RD550 server is shown in the following figure.
Figure 1. Lenovo ThinkServer RD550
Did you know?
Lenovo's distinctive AnyFabric design provides a wide choice of powerful 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet
adapters, 10 Gb converged network adapters (CNAs), and 8 Gb and 16 Gb Fibre Channel host bus
adapters (HBAs) to address growing network and storage connectivity bandwidth requirements without the
use of a PCIe slot.
This storage-rich server provides up to 44 TB of storage capacity and features an industry-unique Lenovo
AnyBay design that allows multiple storage types in the same drive bay. M.2 and SD card options are
available, which enable flexible boot drive choices.
The RD550 provides Lenovo AnyRAID technology, a midplane RAID adapter design that connects directly
to the drive backplane without using a PCIe slot. A comprehensive portfolio of AnyRAID controllers is
available for various applications, which include software RAID and RAID on Chip-based controllers.
The RD550 delivers impressive compute power per watt, featuring 80 PLUS Titanium and Platinum
redundant power supplies. This server is designed to meet ASHRAE A4 standards, which enable
customers to lower energy costs.
The RD550 provides outstanding memory performance by supporting two DIMMs per channel at speeds
up to 12% faster than the Intel specification, while still maintaining world-class reliability.
With an efficient cooling design, the RD550 can run continuously at 45 °C with no impact on reliability.
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  • Page 1: Product Guide

    Ethernet out-of-band management port, the ThinkServer RD550 provides leading features and capabilities in a dense 1U rack-mount design. The ThinkServer RD550 blends outstanding flexibility and expandability and is the ideal choice for server consolidation/virtualization, heavy web traffic workloads, data analytics, and line-of-business applications.

  • Page 2: Key Features

    Key features The ThinkServer RD550 offers performance and capacity of a 2U system in a 1U rack form factor. Energy- smart design with powerful high-performance processors, a large capacity of high-performing DDR4 memory, and flexible storage and networking configurations are ideal for business-critical applications and cloud deployments.
  • Page 3 Availability and serviceability The ThinkServer RD550 provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime: Tool-less cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts, such as processors, memory DIMMs, and adapter cards. The RD550 server offers memory mirroring and memory rank sparing for redundancy in the event of a non-correctable memory failure.

  • Page 4: Components And Connectors

    The following figure shows the front of the RD550 2.5-inch drive bay models. Figure 3. RD550 2.5-inch drive bay model front view The following figure shows the rear of the RD550 3.5-inch drive bay models. Figure 4. RD550 3.5-inch drive bay model rear view Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)
  • Page 5 The following figure shows the rear of the RD550 2.5-inch drive bay models. Figure 5. RD550 2.5-inch drive bay model rear view The following figure shows the internal components of the RD550 3.5-inch drive bay models. Figure 6. RD550 3.5-inch drive bay model internal view Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)

  • Page 6: System Specifications

    The following figure shows the internal components of the RD550 2.5-inch drive bay models. Figure 7. RD550 2.5-inch drive bay model internal view System specifications The following table lists the ThinkServer RD550 system specifications. Table 1. System specifications Components Specification...
  • Page 7 None; support for an external backup unit. Network interfaces One (3.5-inch drive bay models) or two (2.5-inch drive bay models) AnyFabric slots for optional AnyFabric adapters: Dual-port 10 GbE RJ-45 Dual-port 10 GbE SFP+ Quad-port 10 GbE SFP+ Quad-port GbE RJ-45 Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)

  • Page 8: Relationship Models

    Baseboard Management Controller [BMC]), ThinkServer Deployment Manager, ThinkServer Platform Update, and ThinkServer Diagnostics. Optional TSM Premium upgrade for remote presence (keyboard, video, mouse, and remote drive) and Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager support. Optional ThinkServer Partner Packs for VMware vCenter and Microsoft System Center.

  • Page 9: Topseller Models

    ThinkServer RD550 relationship models are country-specific; that is, each country may define their own server models, and not all server models are available in every country. For a list of the RD550 relationship models (Machine Types 70R4, 70R6, and 70S7), contact a Lenovo or Lenovo Business Partner representative in your country.
  • Page 10 ThinkServer RD550 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 (22C, 145W, 2.2GHz) Processor 4XG0G89108 Memory Lenovo DDR4 memory is compatibility tested and tuned for optimal ThinkServer performance and throughput. From a service and support standpoint, Lenovo memory automatically assumes the system warranty, and Lenovo provides service and support worldwide.
  • Page 11 ThinkServer engineering tested and validated system designs that support memory speeds beyond Intel’s original plan, which provides benefits for workloads that require memory speed and density. Lenovo ThinkServer memory is fully supported up to the rated speeds that are shown in the following table.

  • Page 12: Internal Storage

    Controllers for internal storage). Note: M.2 SSD slots and 2x 2.5-inch rear drive bays are mutually exclusive, that is, either M.2 SSD slots or 2x 2.5-inch rear drive bays can be selected in the configuration, but not both. Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)

  • Page 13: Controllers For Internal Storage

    Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 M.2 Enablement Kit to Motherboard 4XF0G45892 Lenovo ThinkServer M.2 Enablement Kit for RD550 3.5" Chassis 4XF0G45890 Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 2.5" Chassis M.2 Enablement Kit to RAID720ix 4XF0G45889 For additional configuration guidelines, refer to Controllers for internal storage. Controllers for internal storage The following table lists the RAID controllers and the additional options used for the internal storage of the RD550 server.
  • Page 14 A cache upgrade is required for the 720ix AnyRAID adapter operations, and it must be purchased together with the controller. RAID 110i is not supported by virtualization hypervisors, including VMware vSphere (ESXi), Linux KVM, Xen, and Microsoft Hyper-V. Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)

  • Page 15: Drives For Internal Storage

    ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 300GB 10K Enterprise SAS 6Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray 4XB0G88728 ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 600GB 10K Enterprise SAS 6Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray 4XB0G88729 ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 900GB 10K Enterprise SAS 6Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray 4XB0G88742 Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)
  • Page 16 ThinkServer Gen 5 3.5" 240GB Entry SATA 6Gbps Hot Swap SSD 4XB0G88779 ThinkServer Gen 5 3.5" 480GB Entry SATA 6Gbps Hot Swap SSD 4XB0G88781 ThinkServer Gen 5 3.5" 800GB Entry SATA 6Gbps Hot Swap SSD 4XB0G88783 Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)
  • Page 17 ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5''1.2TB Mainstream SATA 6Gbps Hot Swap SSD 4XB0G88770 ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5''1.6TB Mainstream SATA 6Gbps Hot Swap SSD 4XB0G88772 2.5-inch hot-swap SSDs - Enterprise Entry 6 Gbps SATA ThinkServer 2.5" 120GB PM863 Enterprise Entry SATA 6Gbps HS SSD 4XB0K12264 Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)
  • Page 18 Part number supported M.2 SSDs ThinkServer M.2 80GB Value Read-Optimized SATA 6Gbps SSD 4XB0G88741 ThinkServer M.2 120GB Value Read-Optimized SATA 6Gbps SSD 4XB0F28656 SD cards ThinkServer 8GB SD Card 4X70F28592 ThinkServer 32GB SD Card 4X70F28593 Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)

  • Page 19: Optical Drives

    Table 13. Optical drives Maximum Description Part number supported Internal optical drives Lenovo ThinkServer Slim SATA DVD-RW Optical Disk Drive 4XA0F28607 Lenovo ThinkServer Slim SATA DVD-ROM Optical Disk Drive 4XA0F28608 External USB optical drives ThinkPad UltraSlim USB DVD Burner 4XA0E97775...
  • Page 20 Riser card slot 1 Lenovo ThinkServer 1U x8/x8 PCIe Riser Kit (for 2.5-inch drive bay models) 4XF0G45880 Lenovo ThinkServer 1U x16 PCIe Riser 2 Kit (for 3.5-inch drive bay models) 4XF0G45878 Riser card slot 2 (Requires the second CPU to be installed)

  • Page 21: Network Adapters

    * Requires a supported optical transceiver (see Optical modules in Table 15). ** Includes two 10Gb SR SFP+ transceivers. *** The maximum number of optical modules that are supported per adapter equals the quantity of the adapter ports. Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)

  • Page 22: Sas Adapters For External Storage

    Description Part number supported External RAID adapters Lenovo ThinkServer 9286CV-8e PCIe 6Gb 8 Port External SAS RAID Adapter by LSI 4XB0F28699 Lenovo ThinkServer RAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 Key (for 9286CV-8e) 4XB0F28702 External SAS HBAs Lenovo ThinkServer 9300-8e PCIe 12Gb 8 Port External SAS Adapter by LSI...

  • Page 23: Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

    I/O expansion section. Table 19. Flash storage adapter options Maximum Description Part number supported ThinkServer 1.6TB ioMemory SX350 Performance PCIe 2.0 SSD by SanDisk 4XB0G88747 ThinkServer 3.2TB ioMemory SX350 Performance PCIe 2.0 SSD by SanDisk 4XB0G88748 Security Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)

  • Page 24: Power Supplies And Cables

    These components are listed in the following table. Table 20. Security options Maximum Description Part number supported Lenovo ThinkServer Gen 5 Trusted Platform Module v1.2 (Worldwide except China) 4XF0G45868 Lenovo ThinkServer Gen 5 Trusted Cryptographic Module (China only) 4XF0G45869 Chassis Intrusion Cable for 1U None* * Comes with select relationship and TopSeller models;...

  • Page 25: Operating Systems

    ThinkServer C13-IRAM_2073 LA 250V 10A 1.8m Power Cord 4X90F92977 ThinkServer C13-GB1002 PRC 250V 10A 1.8m Power Cord 4X90F92981 ThinkServer C13-SI_32 Israel 250V 10A 1.8m Power Cord 4X90F92973 ThinkServer C13-SABS_164 South Africa 250V 6A 1.8m Power Cord 4X90F92978 Operating systems Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)
  • Page 26 RAID 110i controller is not supported by VMware ESXi and other hypervisors. For the latest information about the specific versions and service levels that are supported and any other prerequisites, see the Operating System Interoperability Guide: http://lenovopress.com/redposig. Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v4)

  • Page 27: Systems Management

    Mapping the CD or DVD drive, diskette drive, and USB flash drive on a remote client, and mapping ISO and diskette image files as virtual drives that are available for use by the system Enabling support for Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager for power monitoring and management The following table lists the Premium management option.
  • Page 28 Lenovo Software Tools Lenovo offers the following software tools that can help customers set up, use, and maintain the server at no additional cost: ThinkServer Deployment Manager The ThinkServer Deployment Manager tool, a part of the server firmware, simplifies the process of...
  • Page 29 If software support is required for Lenovo XClarity Administrator, Lenovo XClarity Pro software subscription should be ordered. Lenovo XClarity Pro is licensed on a per managed system basis, that is, each managed Lenovo system requires a license.

  • Page 30: Rack Installation

    Provides finely-grained controls to limit platform power in compliance with IT policy Generates alerts when a user-defined threshold is reached Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager is an optional software component for the ThinkServer RD550; the Energy Manager license is included in the TSM Premium management option (part number 4XF0G45867).

  • Page 31: Warranty

    The RD550 server has a three-year or one-year warranty (model dependent) with 24x7 standard call center support and 9x5 next business day onsite coverage. Lenovo offers warranty maintenance upgrades and post-warranty maintenance agreements with a well-defined scope of services, including service hours, response time, and length of service coverage.

  • Page 32: Regulatory Compliance

    Lenovo server. In the unlikely event of a hard drive failure, you retain possession of your hard drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Your data stays safely on your premises, in your hands.

  • Page 33: External Drive Enclosures

    Green Guard External drive enclosures The following table lists the 6 Gbps SAS external drive enclosures that are offered by Lenovo that can be used with the RD550 for storage expansion. Table 27. E1012 and E1024 external drive enclosure models...
  • Page 34 4587E1U D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 18x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 4x 400GB SSDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587E3U For details about supported drives and cables for the Lenovo Storage D1212 and D1224, see the Lenovo Press Product Guide: http://lenovopress.com/lp0512...

  • Page 35: External Storage Systems

    External storage systems The following table lists the external storage systems that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in RD550 solutions. Table 30. External storage systems Description Part number Lenovo Storage N Series (NAS storage) Lenovo Storage N3310...

  • Page 36: External Backup Units

    Lenovo S Series and V Series storage: http://lenovopress.com/storage/san/lenovo IBM Storwize storage: http://lenovopress.com/storage/san/ibm External backup units The following table lists the backup units that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in RD550 solutions. Table 31. External backup options Description Part number External RDX unit...

  • Page 37: Ethernet Lan Switches

    For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Backup Units category: http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/backup Ethernet LAN switches The following table lists the LAN switches that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in RD550 solutions. Table 32. Ethernet LAN switches Description...

  • Page 38: Fibre Channel San Switches

    Fibre Channel SAN switches The following table lists the Fibre Channel SAN switches that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in RD550 solutions. Table 33. Fibre Channel SAN switches Description Part number 8 Gb Fibre Channel Lenovo B300, 8 ports activated w/ 8Gb SWL SFPs, 1 PS, Rail Kit...

  • Page 39: Kvm Switches And Consoles

    KVM switches and consoles The following table lists the KVM switches and consoles that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in RD550 solutions. Table 35. KVM switch and console options Description Part number Consoles 1U 18.5" Standard Console (without keyboard)

  • Page 40: Power Distribution Units

    For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the KVM Switches and Consoles category: http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/kvm Power distribution units The following table lists the power distribution units (PDUs) that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in RD550 solutions. Table 36. Power distribution units...

  • Page 41: Uninterruptible Power Supply Units

    For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Power Distribution Units category: http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu Uninterruptible power supply units The following table lists the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in RD550 solutions. Table 37. Uninterruptible power supply units...

  • Page 42: Related Publications And Links

    For you, this dedication provides a high-quality, easy, and positive financing experience. For your region specific offers please ask your Lenovo sales representative or your technology provider about the use of Lenovo Financial Services. For more information, see the following Lenovo website: http://www.lenovofs.com...
  • Page 43 Web sites. The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this Lenovo product, and use of those Web sites is at your own risk. Any performance data contained herein was determined in a controlled environment.
  • Page 44 Trademarks Lenovo, the Lenovo logo, and For Those Who Do are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both. A current list of Lenovo trademarks is available on the Web at http://www.lenovo.com/legal/copytrade.html. The following terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both: Lenovo®...

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