ThinkSystem SR530 Rack Server

Empowering IT management
Lenovo XClarity Controller is the embedded management engine in all ThinkSystem servers that is designed to standardize, simplify, and automate foundation server management tasks. Lenovo XClarity Administrator is a virtualized application that centrally manages ThinkSystem servers, storage, and networking, which can reduce provisioning time up to 95% versus manual operation. Running XClarity Integrator helps you streamline IT management, speed provisioning, and contain costs by seamlessly integrating XClarity into an existing IT environment.
Workload optimized support
New second-generation Intel® Xeon® processor Scalable family CPUs offer increased performance of 36% over the previous generation*, support for faster 2933MHz TruDDR4 memory, and Intel’s Vector Neural Network Instruction (VNNI) which accelerates processor performance on Deep Learning and AI workloads. Up to 6% increases in per-core performance and hardware security mitigations round out the enhanced capabilities featured in this next-generation processor technology from Intel.*
*Based on Intel internal testing, August 2018.

Cost-efficient performance
The ThinkSystem SR530 features a balance of performance, capacity, and value in a 1U form factor. Essential performance components are delivered in a combination that is designed to elevate the cost efficiency of the system, allowing the SR530 to meet both the workload needs and the budgetary needs of the enterprise.

Highlights
Incorporates the latest processor, memory, storage, and networking technologies
Enterprise-class reliability and performance in a 1U chassis, at a price every business can afford
Shared components across the ThinkSystem portfolio for reduced parts inventory, quicker servicing, and higher availability
Industry-leading reliability and customer satisfaction (per independent industry surveys)
Easy-to-use XClarity enterprise-class systems management that leverages industry standards, such as RedFish
Highly energy-efficient, with ASHRAE A2 compliance, and A4 compliance (with limitations) for up to 45°C continuous operation

Essential and priced within reach
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.

Flexible to grow with your business
ThinkSystem SR530 offers numerous features to increase performance and flexibility. Incorporating two Intel® Xeon® Scalable family CPUs with 43 percent more cores, faster memory, increased I/O, and more storage capacity than the previous generation*, SR530 offers a balance of performance, capacity and value. With M.2 storage support, it provides robust boot drive options, freeing up the other drive bays for additional storage capacity. SR530 supports up to three PCIe adapter slots; several choices of network options via embedded LOM, selectable LOM, ML2, and PCIe adapters for additional 1GbE/10GbE ports; and software and hardware RAID options for added configuration flexibility. In addition, features such as 80 PLUS Platinum and Titanium PSUs, continuous operation at 45°C (with limitations), and various technologies that speed upgrades and maintenance all combine to reduce your operating costs and increase uptime.

Easily managed
Lenovo XClarity Controller is an all-new hardware embedded management engine common in every ThinkSystem server. XClarity Controller features an uncluttered graphical user interface, industry standard Redfish-compliant REST APIs, and enables booting in half the time of prior generation servers, with up to 6x faster firmware updates.

Lenovo XClarity Administrator is a virtualized application that centrally manages ThinkSystem servers, storage, and networking. Via reusable patterns and policies, it ramps up and scales infrastructure provisioning and maintenance. It serves as a central integration point to extend your data center management processes to physical IT. Running XClarity Integrators in external IT applications, or integrating through REST APIs, helps you further speed services provisioning, streamline IT management, and contain costs.

Lenovo servers continue to be the industry’s #1 most reliable†, with the industry’s highest customer satisfaction‡ rating.

† 2016-2017 Global Hardware, Server OS Reliability Report, ITIC; October 2016
‡ 2H16 Corporate IT Buying Behavior and Customer Satisfaction Study, TBR; December 2016