ThinkSystem SR550 Rack Server

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Affordable, all-purpose rack server for local/remote sites

Versatile 2U rack design
Flexible storage configurations
SW and HW RAID options
Enterprise-class RAS features
XClarity HW/SW/FW management suite
Centralized, automated management

Highlights

Incorporates the latest processor, memory, storage, I/O, and networking technologies
Industry-leading reliability and customer satisfaction (per independent industry surveys)
Balanced features and scalability for greater value
Shared components across the ThinkSystem portfolio for reduced parts inventory, quicker servicing, and higher availability
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

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR550 dual-socket 2U rack server is ideal for small to large organizations that need performance, storage capacity, flexible I/O, and resiliency. With industry-leading reliability† and customer satisfaction‡, and designed to handle a wide range of workloads, SR550 cost-effectively performs complex analytics on structured and unstructured data, speeds transactional systems, and powers through collaboration workloads with ever-growing data sets and large files shared within an organization.

Flexible to grow with your business

SR550 offers numerous features to increase performance and flexibility. It features two Intel® Xeon® Scalable family CPUs, with 43 percent more cores, faster memory, increased I/O, and more storage capacity than the previous generation*. SR550 is available with up to 120TB of storage, a 50 percent increase. Software and hardware RAID with simple-swap hard drives make it easy to manage storage needs. SR550 also supports two internal M.2 boot drives, freeing up the other drive bays for additional storage capacity. Front USB 3.0 ports and optional front VGA simplify deployment and servicing. Plus, up to six PCIe adapter slots and several choices of optional 1GbE/10GbE LOM and NICs, 80 PLUS Platinum and Titanium PSUs, and continuous operation at 45°C, provide additional flexibility and cost savings.

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.

Specifications
Availability features	TPM 1.2/2.0; PFA; HS/redundant drives and PSUs; operating temp up to 45°C (with limitations); front-access diagnostics via dedicated USB port,opt. redundant cooling
Drive Bays	Up to 16x HS or 8x SS LFF; plus up to 2x mirrored M.2 boot (opt. RAID 1)
Expansion Slots	Up to 6x PCIe 3.0 (with 2x processors) via multiple riser options (either all-PCIe, or PCIe and ML2)
Form Factor	2U Rack
Limited Warranty	1- and 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite service, next business day 9x5, opt. service upgrades
Memory	Up to 768GB in 12x slots, using 64GB DIMMs; 2666MHz TruDDR4
Network Interface	2x 1GbE ports + 1x dedicated 1GbE management port (std); 1x opt. 10GbE LOM
Operating Systems Supported	Microsoft Windows Server, SLES, RHEL, VMware vSphere. ...
Power	2x hot-swap/redundant (Energy Star 2.1): 550W/750W 80 PLUS Platinum; or 750W 80 PLUS Titanium
Processor (Max)/Cache (max)	Up to 2x Intel® Xeon® Platinum processors, up to 125W
RAID Support	Software RAID std. (up to 8 ports);up to 16-port HBAs/or HW RAID with flash cache
Systems Management	XClarity Controller embedded management, XClarity Administrator centralized infrastructure delivery, XClarity Integrator plugins, and XClarity Energy Manager centralized server power management