Lenovo ThinkAgile VX630 V4 Hyperconverged System

The Lenovo ThinkAgile VX630 V4 are 2-socket 1U systems that feature the Intel® Xeon® 6 Scalable processors (formerly code named "Granite Rapids").  The latest Lenovo ThinkAgile VX V4 Series systems are backed by the power of Intel® Xeon® 6 processors to deliver more cores, higher memory bandwidth, and enhanced AI acceleration in every core. These systems are designed to make AI accessible with new servers that are purpose-built and optimized to maximize performance and efficiency for wide range of targeted workloads, from compute-intensive AI to general-purpose data services while flexibly matching the specific workloads needs of any business. ThinkAgile VX V4 Series systems also support hardware accelerators like Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and Data Processing Unit (DPU) cards for maximum performance and increased zero trust security capabilities.  The ThinkAgile VX630 V4 provides up to 86 cores and support for the new PCIe 5.0 standard for I/O, the VX systems offers the ultimate in two-socket performance in a 1U form factor. Lenovo offers a unique, software-defined approach to hyperconvergence, leveraging the hypervisor to deliver compute, storage and management in a tightly integrated solution stack based on VMware software.

Suggested uses: AI Inference, virtualization, VDI, ROBO, 

Figure 1. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX630 V4 with 2.5-inch drive bays

ThinkAgile VX features

The ThinkAgile VX630 V4 offer the following key features:

• Factory-integrated, pre-validated ready-to-go integrated systems built on proven and reliable Lenovo ThinkSystem servers that provide compute power for a variety of workloads and applications and powered by industry-leading hyperconverged infrastructure software from VMware.
• Fully tested and validated for vSAN compliance with VMware and includes the latest supported firmware levels integrated at factory.
• Provide quick and convenient path to implement a implement a private or hybrid cloud environment powered by VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) or VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) software stacks. Purchasing the software licenses through Lenovo provides a "one stop shop" and a single point of contact from Lenovo for purchasing, deploying, and supporting the solution.
• Meet various workload demands with performance-optimized all NVMe certified with VMware by Broadcom.
• They also come with deployment delivered by Lenovo Professional Services and VMware software licenses.*
• Three and Five-year hardware warranty, bundled with Premier Support in supported countries that provides a 24x7 Single Point of Support, problem reporting and resolution.

The VMware software running on ThinkAgile VX630 V4 delivers the following key features:

• Distributed architecture that allows "pay-as-you-grow", non-disruptive scaling by adding new nodes to the cluster (scale-out) to increase capacity and performance.
• Advanced capacity management, including deduplication, compression, and erasure coding (RAID 5/6), which helps deliver greater storage utilization with dramatically lower storage capacity and costs.
• Provides 4x higher performance through optimized storage compression techniques with ESA.
• Automation of VM storage provisioning and control of storage service levels (capacity, performance, availability) with VM-centric policies to load balance storage resources.
• Native HCI security solution with two-factor authentication (SecurID and CAC) and data-at-rest encryption that does not require self-encrypting drives (SEDs).
• Stretched cluster with local and site failure protection between two geographically dispersed sites for higher level of availability with near zero downtime.
• Centralized management with provisioning, administering, and monitoring virtual resources across multiple hosts and clusters from a centralized interface.
• Rapid workload provisioning, simplified data center operations, increased business efficiency, and decreased CAPEX and OPEX costs.
• VM and data protection with agent-less, image-level virtual machine backups and application-aware protection for business-critical Microsoft applications (Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint) along with WAN-efficient, encrypted backup data replication.
• Reduced unplanned downtime and virtually eliminated planned downtime for server and storage maintenance with live workload migration, high availability, and fault tolerance.
• Enhanced application performance and availability with resource management, load balancing, and access prioritization.
• Intelligent operations management and automation to proactively monitor and manage compute, storage, and networking resources, identify performance bottlenecks, and re-balance workloads by leveraging predictive analytics.
• Capacity planning and optimization guidance to address future needs with performance trends, projections and extended forecasts.
• Managing remote offices and branch offices with rapid provisioning of servers through virtualization, minimization of host configuration drift, and enhanced visibility into regulatory compliance, across multiple sites.

*Customers have the ability to opt out of these features. Please check sections on Software and Deployment Services for more information.

Hardware features

The VX systems are based on the ThinkSystem SR630 V4 and have the following hardware features:

Scalability and performance

The VX630 V4 offer numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability and reduce costs:

• Supports one or two Intel Xeon 6700-series or 6500-series processors with Performance-cores (P-cores)
  • Up to 86 cores and 172 threads
  • Core speeds of up to 4 GHz
  • TDP ratings of up to 350 W
• Support for DDR5 memory DIMMs to maximize the performance of the memory subsystem:
  • Up to 32 DDR5 memory DIMMs, 16 DIMMs per processor
  • 8 memory channels per processor (2 DIMMs per channel)
  • Supports 1 DIMM per channel operating at 6400 MHz
  • Supports 2 DIMMs per channel operating at 5200 MHz
  • Supports 1 MRDIMM per channel operating at 8000 MHz
  • Using 256GB 3D RDIMMs, the server supports up to 8TB of system memory
• Support for MRDIMMs for increased memory bandwidth with memory bus speeds of up to 8000 MHz. MRDIMMs require Intel Xeon 6700P-series processors.
• Support for up to three single-width GPUs, each up to 75W for substantial processing power in a 1U system.
• Supports up to 12x 2.5-inch NVMe hot-swap drive bays, by using combinations of front-accessible (up to 10 bays) and rear-accessible (2 bays).
• Support for up to 16x E3.S NVMe drives, a new form factor drive for high-density and high-performance storage.
• Supports up to 16x NVMe drives without oversubscription of PCIe lanes (1:1 connectivity) and without the need for additional NVMe adapters. The use of NVMe drives maximizes drive I/O performance, in terms of throughput and latency.
• Supports 12x SAS drives using a variety of 12Gb RAID controllers and SAS HBAs.
• Supports high-speed RAID controllers providing 12 Gb SAS connectivity to the drive backplanes. A variety of PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0  RAID adapters are available.
• Supports M.2 drives for convenient operating system boot functions or data storage. M.2 drives in a RAID-1 configuration can be internally mounted or can be mounted at the front or rear of the server as hot-swap drives.
• Supports up to 3x PCIe slots at the rear of the server. Also supports 2x OCP slots at the rear of the server.
• The server has up to two dedicated industry-standard OCP 3.0 slots supporting a variety of Ethernet network adapters. A simple-swap mechanism with a thumbscrew and pull-tab enables tool-less installation and removal of the adapter. The adapter supports shared BMC network sideband connectivity to enable out-of-band systems management.
• The server offers PCI Express 5.0 I/O expansion capabilities that doubles the theoretical maximum bandwidth of PCIe 4.0 (32GT/s in each direction for PCIe Gen 5, compared to 16 GT/s with PCIe Gen 4 and 8 GT/s with PCIe Gen 3). A PCIe 5.0 x16 slot provides 128 GB/s bandwidth, enough to support a dual-port 200GbE network connection.
• The server offers up to three PCIe 5.0 slots, all with rear access, plus an internal bay for a cabled RAID adapter or HBA, plus a slot dedicated to the OCP adapter.

Availability and serviceability

The VX630 V4 provide many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:

• The server offers Single Device Data Correction (SDDC, also known as Chipkill), Adaptive Double-Device Data Correction (ADDDC, also known as Redundant Bit Steering or RBS), and memory mirroring for redundancy in the event of a non-correctable memory failure.
• The server offers hot-swap drives for greater system uptime.
• Available M.2 boot adapters support RAID-1  which can enable two NVMe M.2 drives to be configured as a redundant pair.
• The server has up to two hot-swap redundant power supplies and up to eight hot-swap redundant fans to provide availability for business-critical applications.
• The light path diagnostics feature uses LEDs to lead the technician to failed (or failing) components, which simplifies servicing, speeds up problem resolution, and helps improve system availability.
• Solid-state drives (SSDs) offer more reliability and performance than traditional mechanical HDDs for greater uptime.
• Proactive Platform Alerts (including PFA and SMART alerts): Processors, voltage regulators, memory, internal storage (SSDs, NVMe SSDs, M.2 storage), fans, power supplies, server ambient and subcomponent temperatures. Alerts can be surfaced through the XClarity Controller to managers such as Lenovo XClarity Administrator, and integrated into VMware vCenter. These proactive alerts let you take appropriate actions in advance of possible failure, thereby increasing server uptime and application availability.
• The built-in XClarity Controller 3 continuously monitors system parameters, triggers alerts, and performs recovery actions in case of failures to minimize downtime.
• Built-in diagnostics in UEFI, using Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager, speed up troubleshooting tasks to reduce service time.
• Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager supports diagnostics and can save service data to a USB key drive or remote CIFS share folder for troubleshooting and reduce service time.
• Auto restart in the event of a momentary loss of AC power (based on power policy setting in the XClarity Controller 3 service processor)
• Offers a diagnostics port on the front of the server to allow you to attach an external diagnostics handset for enhanced systems management capabilities.
• Support for the XClarity Administrator Mobile app running on a supported smartphone or tablet and connected to the server through the service-enabled USB port, enables additional local systems management functions.
• Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty (varies by geography), 9 x 5 next business day. Optional service upgrades are available.

Manageability and security

Systems management features simplify local and remote management of the VX630 V4:

• The server includes XClarity Controller 3 (XCC3) to monitor server availability.  XCC3 Premier is included to provide remote control (keyboard video mouse) functions, support for the mounting of remote media files (ISO and IMG image files), boot capture and power capping. XCC3 Premier also offers additional features such as Neighbor Groups, System Guard, a CNSA-compliant security mode, a FIPS 140-3-compliant mode, and enhanced NIST 800-193 support.
• Dedicated Ethernet port at the rear of the server for remote management (BMC management). Optional support for a second dedicated BMC management port, installed in the OCP adapter bay. 
• Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers comprehensive hardware management tools that help to increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity through advanced server management capabilities.
• UEFI-based Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager, accessible from F1 during boot, provides system inventory information, graphical UEFI Setup, platform update function, RAID Setup wizard, operating system installation function, and diagnostic functions.
• Support for Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager which captures real-time power and temperature data from the server and provides automated controls to lower energy costs.
• An integrated industry-standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) enables improved setup, configuration, and updates, and simplifies error handling.
• Support for industry standard management protocols, IPMI 2.0, SNMP 3.0, Redfish REST API, serial console via IPMI
• An integrated hardware Trusted Platform Module (TPM) supporting TPM 2.0 enables advanced cryptographic functionality, such as digital signatures and remote attestation.
• Administrator and power-on passwords help protect from unauthorized access to the server.
• Supports Secure Boot to ensure only a digitally signed operating system can be used. Supported with SSDs, as well as M.2 drives.
• Industry-standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) NI support for faster, stronger encryption.
• Intel Execute Disable Bit functionality can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supported operating system.
• Intel Trusted Execution Technology provides enhanced security through hardware-based resistance to malicious software attacks, allowing an application to run in its own isolated space, protected from all other software running on a system.
• Additional physical security features are an available chassis intrusion switch and available lockable front bezel.

Energy efficiency

The VX630 V4 offer the following energy-efficiency features to save energy, reduce operational costs, and increase energy availability:

• The server supports advanced Lenovo Neptune Core direct-water cooling (DWC) capabilities, where heat from key components is removed from the rack and the data center using an open loop and coolant distribution units, resulting in lower energy costs:
  • Processor Neptune Core Module uses liquid cooling to remove heat from the processors
• Energy-efficient system board components help lower operational costs.
• Carbon offset is available at click of button. You can project the carbon emissions per device for an average lifecycle (up to 5 years). That information is available here
• High-efficiency power supplies with 80 PLUS Platinum and Titanium certifications
• Solid-state drives (SSDs) consume as much as 80% less power than traditional spinning 2.5-inch HDDs.
• Support for Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager provides advanced data center power notification, analysis, and policy-based management to help achieve lower heat output and reduced cooling needs.
• The server uses hexagonal ventilation holes, which can be grouped more densely than round holes, providing more efficient airflow through the system and thus keeping your system cooler.

The ThinkAgile VX630 V4 are based on the ThinkSystem SR630 V4 server.

The following table provides an overview of the ThinkAgile VX630 V4 system.

The following table lists the standard specifications.

The Factory-integrated model is configured by using the Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC), http://dcsc.lenovo.com

To ensure that the controlled GPUs and accelerators are only sold in the supported markets, the following configure-to-order base machine-type models (CTO MTMs) are selectable in DCSC:

• Standard Open models are available in all markets worldwide. Controlled GPUs cannot be configured using these models. These are CTO1WW models.

The following table lists the base CTO models.

The ThinkAgile VX630 V4 are based on the ThinkSystem SR630 V4 server, however there are key differences:

• No HBA support
• No vROC support
• RAID adapter supported for boot only
• Encryption not supported on SED drives
• Fibre Channel support for data migration only
• No InfiniBand support
• ESA configurations only consist of a storage tier, no cache drives or disk groups required

For details about the ThinkSystem SR630 V4, see the SR630 V4 product guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1600-thinksystem-sr630-v3-server

To verify what specific hardware components are supported with the VX630 V4, see the DCSC configurator:
https://dcsc.lenovo.com

The ThinkAgile VX630 V4 supports processors 6th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processor family.

Topics in this section:

• 6th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors
• Lenovo Processor Neptune Core Module - Open-loop liquid cooling

6th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors

The VX630 V4 systems support the following processors. The systems support 1 or 2 processors installed.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR630 V4 product guide:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1971-thinksystem-sr630-v4-server#processors

*Minimum of 16 cores is required for ESA configurations.

With the Processor Neptune Core Module, all heat generated by the processors is removed from the server using water. This means that the server fans and data center air conditioning units only need to remove the heat generated by the other components. This results in lower air conditioning costs and it enables the use of slower fans which results in lower overall power consumption.

Internal testing has shows a 74% fan power saving per node and 26% rack-level power saving with the use of open-loop liquid cooling. Power savings are configuration dependent.

The following figure shows the Lenovo Processor Neptune Core Module.

Figure 5. Lenovo Processor Neptune Core Module

The Processor Neptune Core Module also includes a leak detection module which can detect a leakage of more than 0.5ml (about 10 drops) along the length of the tube and then issue an event to the XClarity Controller. XCC will then post an error to the System Event Log and enable further actions. Once the liquid evaporates, a further event is issue to XCC.

The Processor Neptune Core Module is only available in CTO orders, not as a field upgrade. Ordering information is listed in the following table.

6th Generation Memory options

The ThinkAgile VX630 V4 systems support the following 6th generation memory options. The VX630 V4 uses Lenovo TruDDR5 memory operating at up to 8800 MHz. The server supports up to 32 DIMMs with 2 processors. The processors have 8 memory channels and support 2 DIMMs per channel (DPC). The server supports up to 8TB of memory using 32x 256GB RDIMMs and two processors. The server also supports up to 8x CXL memory DIMMs (4 per CPU) which are installed in E3.S 2T drive bays.

DIMMs operate at the following speeds, up to the memory bus speed of the processor selected. See the Processor features section for specifics.

• RDIMMs and 3DS RDIMMs:
  • 1 DIMM per channel: Up to 6400 MHz
  • 2 DIMMs per channel using RDIMMs: Up to 5200 MHz
• MRDIMMs
  • 1 DIMM per channel: 8000 MHz
• CXL 2.0 DIMMs - installs in E3.S 2T front drive bays
  • Up to 8 DIMMs per server (4 per CPU)

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR630 V4 product guide:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1971-thinksystem-sr630-v4-server#memory

The VX630 V4 supports up to 12x 2.5-inch drives. The server alternatively supports up to 16x E3.S 1T or 8x E3.S 2T drive bays, depending on the selected chassis and backplane configuration. The server can be configured without any drive bays if desired.

The server supports front and rear drive bays, are as follows:

• Front accessible:
  • Up to 10x 2.5-inch hot-swap bays, or
  • 16x E3.S 1T hot-swap bays, or
  • 8x E3.S 2T hot-swap bays, or
  • Mix of E3.S 1T and E3.S 2T hot-swap bays
• Rear accessible:
  • 2x 2.5-inch hot-swap bays

The server also supports one or two M.2 drives, in three possible locations:

• Installed in an M.2 adapter internal to the server (non-hot-swap)
• Hot-swap in the rear of the server
• Hot-swap in the front of the server

The choice of backplanes supported varies by system, as listed in the following table.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR630 V4 product guide:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1971-thinksystem-sr630-v4-server#internal-storage

For OS boot functions, the systems also support one M.2 hot-swap drives at the rear of the server, or one or two M.2 drives installed on an adapter internal to the server. The following table lists the supported controllers/enablement kits for M.2 boot drives.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR630 V4 product guide:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1971-thinksystem-sr630-v4-server#internal-storage

This section lists the supported drives:

• Boot drives
• Internal drives for VX630 V4

Configuration Note:

• Express Storage Architecture (ESA) supports a minimum of 2 drives and a maximum of 24 drives.  Please reference the vSAN ESA ReadyNode Hardware Guidance for additional requirements.
• VMware vSAN certification for Generic NVMe drives: The drives are listed in the Broadcom Compatibility Guide (BCG) under the drive vendor company name instead of Lenovo. To check a drive for vSAN certification, search the VCG using the Supplier part number. Part numbers can be found using the Product Guide for the corresponding Drive Family on Lenovo Press https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/servers/options/drives#sort=last_update. 

Boot drives

The VX630 V4 systems support the following drive for boot functions.

The VX630 V4 systems support the following networking options.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR630 V4 product guide:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1971-thinksystem-sr630-v4-server#i-o-expansion
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1971-thinksystem-sr630-v4-server#network-adapters

The ThinkAgile VX630 V4 systems support the following GPU options.

For details about these options, including configuration rules, see the SR630 V4 product guide:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1971-thinksystem-sr630-v4-server#gpu-adapters

To ensure that the controlled GPUs and accelerators are only sold in the supported markets, the following configure-to-order base machine-type models (CTO MTMs) are selectable in DCSC:

• Standard Open models are available in all markets worldwide. Controlled GPUs cannot be configured using these models. These are CTO1WW models.

The ThinkAgile VX630 V4 supports the following operating systems:

• ESXi  9.0 (Factory Installed)
• ESXi 8.0u3 (Factory Installed)

Configuration Note:

On the ThinkAgile VX630 V4, the ESXi version to be installed is selected on the ThinkAgile VX Deployer.** The system ships out of the factory with the Feature Code (FC) BLA3 which includes the Lenovo custom image with the VX Deployer SW installed as a VM. The customer can then use the VX Deployer tool to select the ESXi version of their choice and follow the step-by-step installation process to deploy/install/activate/configure vSphere, vSAN, vCenter, LXCi (HSM), etc. Once the deployer completes its activity, the customer follows the regular management flow using vCenter.

VMware vSAN certification for Generic NVMe drives: The drives are listed in the Broadcom Compatibility Guide (BCG) under the drive vendor company name instead of Lenovo. To check a drive for vSAN certification, search the BCG using the Supplier part number. Part numbers can be found using the Product Guide for the corresponding Drive Family on Lenovo Press https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/servers/options/drives#sort=last_update. 

For further details, including any restrictions, see the OS Interoperability Guide:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/osig#term=vx&support=all

**Phase 1 of VX650 V4 will not be shipped with the VX Deployer (FC: BLA3) and customer will have the ability to select the preferred version of ESXi to be factory installed. Phase 2 delivery will ship with this factory installed feature.

ThinkAgile VX Series offerings are available with the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) primary software stack options.  Licenses can be purchased through flexible term subscription-based models with 3-year or 5-year durations. In addition to the primary stack options, advanced service add-on options are available for features like vSAN additional capacity, Live Recovery, Firewall with Advanced Threat Prevention, Avi Load Balancer and Private AI Foundation. 

Customers who have purchased VMware Licenses directly from Broadcom or an approved distributor have the flexibility to choose “Customer has VMware by Broadcom Software License” in their DCSC configuration.

Lenovo offers the following VMware software license and support options for ThinkAgile VX Series systems:

• Primary Software

1. VMware Cloud Foundation  (VCF)
2. VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF)

• Add-On Options (requires purchase of a Primary Software version)

1. VMware vSAN (for capacity over TiB allocation from primary SKU)
2. VMware Live Recovery
3. VMware vDefend Firewall Bundle (requires VCF)
4. VMware vDefend Firewall with Advanced Threat Prevention Bundle (requires VCF)
5. VMware Avi Load Balancer
6. VMware Private AI Foundation (requires VCF)

For details and ordering information, see the VMware Software Solution Product Guide:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1265-vmware-software-solution-product-guide

Configuration notes:

• VMware software licenses that are available for selection include  3-year, or 5-year software support (matches the duration of the selected solution-level warranty period).
• The quantity of processor core count-based licenses is derived by the configuration tool based on the number of processors selected.
• The quantity of VM-based licenses is specified based on VM requirements.

ThinkAgile VX Deployer Tool

The ThinkAgile VX Deployer tool is a web-based UI tool used to simplify and automate the deployment of Lenovo ThinkAgile VX systems within your VMware environment. The ThinkAgile VX Deployer tool can install and configure the following software:

VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi is a bare-metal hypervisor that the ThinkAgile VX Deployer tool installs on the hardware of each host in the cluster. ESXi translates requests between the physical and virtual resources, making virtualization possible.

VMware vCenter Server

VMware vCenter Server is a management console that provides a centralized platform for controlling VMware vSphere environments. One service that runs in VMware vCenter Server is VMware vLCM, which provides centralized and simplified management to install software, maintain that software through updates and upgrades, and decommission it.

Lenovo® XClarity Integrator

Lenovo XClarity Integrator is the hardware support manager (HSM) used by vCenter for firmware upgrades. Lenovo XClarity Integrator fully integrates with VMware vLCM to give the VMware vCenter Server software visibility into Lenovo hardware. The interface for the ThinkAgile VX Deployer tool is a straightforward web-based installation wizard with three top-level options:

• Install a new cluster (using the wizard).
• Add nodes to an existing cluster (using the wizard).
• Use a configuration file to install a new cluster or add nodes to an existing cluster.

Prowess testing included all three of these options, plus some key lifecycle-management features in VMware vCenter Server. To view the results of our testing please use the link https://prowessconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lenovo-thinkagile-vx-hci-easy-deployment-operation-vmware-1.pdf

The VX630 V4 has a 3 or 5 -year warranty based on the machine type:

• 7DG5 - 3 or 5 year warranty

The ThinkAgile VX System can be configured with a three- or five-year hardware warranty with 24x7.  In available countries, ThinkAgile Premier Single Point of Support (Lenovo server hardware and VMware software; requires an active software support contract purchased either from VMware or Lenovo) and various levels of coverage with a well-defined scope of services, including service hours, response time, term of service, and service agreement terms and conditions.

The Lenovo local support centers perform Premier determination and resolution for hardware-related issues and escalate to VMware, on behalf of the customer, for software-related problem determination. VMware will contact the customer and will own the software-related problem resolution until closure.

For more information, consult the brochure Lenovo Operational Support Services for Data Centers Services.

The ThinkAgile VX Solutions can include three-, or five-year software subscription (matches the duration of the selected warranty period) that entitles customers to submit service requests to troubleshoot VMware software issues and receive code updates, including fixes, patches, and new software releases.

The Lenovo local support centers perform problem determination and resolution for hardware-related issues and escalate to VMware, on behalf of the customer, for software-related problem determination. Lenovo will contact the customer and will own the software-related problem resolution until closure.

For the VMware software and subscription licenses provided by the customer, software support that is provided by VMware is based on the support level included with these licenses. VMware by Broadcom will contact the customer and will own the software-related problem resolution until closure.

For more information, refer to the Data Center Implementation Services web page:
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/services/implementation-services/

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• Argentina IEC 60950-1
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• Germany GS
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• Morocco CMIM Certification (CM)
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• FCC - Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Class A
• Canada ICES-003, issue 7, Class A
• CISPR 32, Class A, CISPR 35
• Korea KS C 9832 Class A, KS C 9835
• Japan VCCI, Class A
• Taiwan BSMI CNS15936, Class A; CNS15598-1; Section 5 of CNS15663
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• Energy Star 4.0
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Ask your Lenovo Financial Services representative about this promotion and how to submit a credit application. For the majority of credit applicants, we have enough information to deliver an instant decision and send a notification within minutes.

For more information, see these resources:

• Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series
  https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/software-defined-infrastructure/ThinkAgile-VX-Series/p/WMD00000340
• ThinkAgile VX - Best Recipes
  http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/HT505302
• VMware documentation
  https://docs.vmware.com/
• ThinkSystem SR630 V4 product guide:
  https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1971-thinksystem-sr630-v4-server