Features
Reliability redefined
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 is designed for your most demanding, mission-critical workloads, Engineered from the ground up to deliver “always-on” reliability, and featuring multiple levels of resiliency to protect data, the ThinkSystem SR950 is built to ensure continuous operations.
With XClarity, integration management is simple and standardized, reducing provisioning time up to 95% from manual operations. ThinkShield protects your business with each offering, from development through disposal.
The critical nucleus
The powerful 4U ThinkSystem SR950 can grow from two to eight second-generation Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable family CPUs, delivering up to 36% total performance improvement over the first generation processor.* The modular design of SR950 speeds upgrades and servicing with easy front-and-rear access to all major subsystems, to keep your data flowing.
* Based on Intel internal testing, August 2018.
Unparalleled performance
Deliver real-time insights for real-time businesses. The ThinkSystem SR950 boosts application performance with a combination of CPU, memory, storage, and I/O technology enhancements, to provide the fastest throughput for your most data-hungry workloads.
Highlights
- Designed from the ground up to deliver “always-on” reliability on an x86 platform.
- Modular design for easy upgrades and serviceability. Everything is within reach.
- Top-end processors provide the highest performance, to deliver real-time insights for real-time business.
- Engineered with the future in mind. Ready for tomorrow’s technologies.
The critical nucleus
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 is designed for your most demanding, mission-critical workloads, such as in-memory databases, large transactional databases, batch and real-time analytics, ERP, CRM, and virtualized server workloads. The powerful 4U ThinkSystem SR950 can grow from two to eight Intel® Xeon® processor Scalable family CPUs, achieving up to 135 percent faster performance than the previous generation. The modular design of SR950 speeds upgrades and servicing with easy front and rear access to all major subsystems, to keep your data flowing.
Technical Specification
| Form Factor/Height | Rack/4U |
| Processor (max) | Up to 8 second-generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum processors, up to 28x cores per processor, up to 205W |
| Memory (max) | Up to 24TB in 96 slots, using 256GB DIMMs; 2666MHz / 2933MHz TruDDR4, supports Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory |
| Expansion Slots | Up to 14x rear PCIe, (11x x16 +, 3x x8), 2x shared ML2 and PCIe x16) and 1x LOM; plus 2x front dedicated-RAID |
| Internal Storage (Total/Hot-swap) | Up to 24x 2.5" bays supporting SAS/SATA HDDs/SSDs, including 12x 2.5" NVMe SSDs |
| Network Interface | Up to 2x (1/2/4-port) 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, or InfiniBand ML2 adapters; plus 1x (2/4-port) 1GbE or 10GbE LOM card |
| Power (std/max) | Up to 4x shared 1100W, 1600W or 2000W AC 80 PLUS Platinum |
| Security and Availability Features | Lenovo ThinkShield, TPM 1.2/2.0; PFA; Hot-swap/redundant drives, fans, and PSUs; internal light path diagnostic LEDs; front-access diagnostics via dedicated USB port |
| Hot-Swap/Redundant Components | Power supplies, fans, SAS/SATA/NVMe storage |
| RAID Support | Optional HW RAID; M.2 boot support with optional RAID |
| Systems Management | XClarity Controller embedded management, XClarity Administrator centralized infrastructure delivery, XClarity Integrator plugins, and XClarity Energy Manager centralized server power management |
| OSes Supported | Microsoft Windows Server, SUSE, Red Hat, VMware vSphere. Visit lenovopress.com/osig for details. |
| Limited Warranty | 1- and 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite service, next business day 9x5; optional service upgrades |
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