Thinksystem Sr630 Firmware
Evelio Olivo
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 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 maximizing performance and flexibility for future growth. The SR630 server is designed to handle a wide range of workloads, such as databases, virtualization and cloud computing, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), infrastructure security, systems management, enterprise applications, collaboration/email, streaming media, web, and HPC.
This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the SR630 server and consider its use in IT solutions.
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Featuring the second generation of the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family (Xeon SP Gen 2), the SR630 server offers scalable performance and storage capacity. The SR630 server supports up to two processors, up to 3 TB of memory capacity with TruDDR4 DIMMs or up to 7.5 TB of memory capacity with a combination of TruDDR4 DIMMs and Intel DC persistent memory modules (DCPMMs), up to 12x 2.5-inch or 4x 3.5-inch drive bays with an extensive choice of NVMe PCIe SSDs, SAS/SATA SSDs, and SAS/SATA HDDs, and flexible I/O expansion options with a LOM slot, a dedicated storage controller slot, and up to 3x PCIe slots.
The SR630 server delivers outstanding memory performance with Performance+ 2933 MHz DIMMs, which is achieved by supporting two-DIMMs-per-channel configurations at speeds up to 10% faster than the Intel specification defines, while still maintaining world-class reliability.
Combining performance and flexibility, the SR630 server is a great choice for small and medium businesses up to the large enterprise. It can provide outstanding uptime to keep business-critical applications and cloud deployments running safely. Ease of use and comprehensive systems management tools help make deployment easier. Outstanding reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) and high-efficiency design improve your business environment and help save operational costs.
Configure-to-order (CTO) models are used to create models with factory-integrated server customizations. For CTO models, two types of base CTO models are available for the SR630 as listed in the columns in the following table:
Preconfigured server models may also be available for the SR630, however these are region-specific; that is, each region may define their own server models, and not all server models are available in every region.
There are currently two base feature codes for each of the 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch chassis. The "v2" bases include the new SR570 Air Duct Kit v2 which is required if a RAID 9350 adapter is to be configured. See the RAID flash power module (supercap) support section for details. The non-v2 bases can be selected if any other RAID adapter or HBA is selected.
Processor support: Both 1st Gen and 2nd Gen Intel Xeon SP processors are supported. For supported 1st Gen processors, see the Continued support for 1st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors section.
For the SR630 server models that come standard with one processor, the second processor can be ordered, if required (see the following table for ordering information). The second processor must be of the same model as the first processor. The second processor option includes a processor and a heatsink; two additional system fans are not included and need to be purchased with the second processor (see Cooling for details).
* For CTO configurations, the feature code represents a processor, and fans and heatsinks are derived by the configuration tool.
** Factory-installed only; no field upgrade. Supported in the single-processor configurations only.
The SR630 offers preset operating modes that affect energy consumption and performance. These modes are a collection of predefined low-level UEFI settings that simplify the task of tuning the server to suit your business and workload requirements.
For details about these preset modes, and all other performance and power efficiency UEFI settings offered in the SR630, see the paper "Tuning UEFI Settings for Performance and Energy Efficiency on Intel Xeon Scalable Processor-Based ThinkSystem Servers", available from
The SR630 server supports up to 12 TruDDR4 memory when one processor is installed and up to 24 DIMMs when two processors are installed. Each processor has six memory channels (two integrated memory controllers with three memory channels per memory controller), and there are two DIMMs per channel.
Lenovo TruDDR4 memory uses the highest-quality components sourced from Tier 1 DRAM suppliers and only memory that meets strict requirements is selected. It is compatibility tested and tuned on every ThinkSystem server to maximize performance and reliability. TruDDR4 memory has a unique signature programmed into the DIMM, which enables Lenovo servers to verify whether the memory installed is qualified and supported. Lenovo qualified and supported TruDDR4 memory is covered by Lenovo warranty, and service and support provided worldwide.
Intel Optane persistent memory is an innovative technology that delivers a unique combination of affordable large memory capacity and persistence (non-volatility). The persistent memory technology can help boost the performance of data-intensive applications, such as in-memory analytics, databases, content delivery networks, and high performance computing (HPC), as well as deliver consistent service levels at scale with higher virtual machine and container density.
The SR630 server supports up to six TruDDR4 DC Persistent Memory Modules (DCPMMs) when one processor is installed and up to 12 DCPMMs when two processors are installed (up to one DCPMM per processor's memory channel) for a total of up to 6 TB of persistent memory capacity. The DCPMMs are installed in the same memory DIMM slots on the system board that are used for installing RDIMMs or 3DS RDIMMs.
Memory Mode seamlessly brings large memory capacity at affordable cost points to legacy applications. In this mode, DCPMMs provide volatile memory that behaves much like traditional RDIMMs or 3DS RDIMMs (the data will not be saved in case of a power loss) and is transparent to the operating system and applications. DCPMMs provide memory capacity and RDIMMs or 3DS RDIMMs provide cache memory that is managed by the processor's memory controller. The total memory capacity that is seen by the operating system is the capacity of the DCPMMs; the capacity of the RDIMMs or 3DS RDIMMs is hidden and does not appear as a memory resource in the operating system. This mode is considered particularly suited for virtualized database deployments and big-data analytics applications.
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