Lenovo Thinkagile Hx7520 Appliance For Sap Hana (xeon Sp Gen 1) User Guide

Lenovo ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA (Xeon SP Gen 1)

Product Guide

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Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA are designed to help you simplify IT infrastructure, reduce costs, and accelerate time to value. These hyperconverged appliances from Lenovo combine industry-leading hyperconvergence software from Nutanix with Lenovo enterprise platforms that feature the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family.
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA is a 2U rack-mount system that supports two processors, up to 3 TB of 2666 MHz TruDDR4 memory, 24x SFF hot-swap drive bays with an extensive choice of SAS/SATA SSDs and HDDs, and flexible network connectivity options with 1/10 GbE RJ-45, 10 GbE SFP+, and 10/25 GbE SFP28 ports.
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA is certified by SAP for deploying SAP HANA solutions on hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) in production environments.
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA is shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. Lenovo ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA

Did you know?
The ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA are built on industry-leading Lenovo ThinkSystem servers that feature enterprise-class reliability, management, and security.
The ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA offer ThinkAgile Advantage Single Point of Support for quick 24/7 problem reporting and resolution.

Key features
The ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA offer the following key features:

• Certified to run SAP HANA in production on hyperconverged infrastructure.
• Factory-integrated, pre-configured ready-to-go appliances built on proven and reliable Lenovo ThinkSystem servers that provide compute power for SAP HANA workloads and powered by industry’s most feature-rich hyperconverged infrastructure software from Nutanix.
• Provide quick and convenient path to implement a hyperconverged solution powered by Nutanix with “one stop shop” and a single point of contact provided by Lenovo for purchasing, deploying, and supporting the solution.
• Meet workload demands with performance-optimized all-flash storage configurations.
• Deliver fully validated and integrated hardware and firmware that is certified with Nutanix software.
• Include Lenovo ThinkAgile Advantage Single Point of Support for quick 24/7 problem reporting and resolution.
• Offer Lenovo deployment services to get customers up and running quickly.

The Nutanix software running on the ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA deliver the following key features:

• A natively integrated solution for data protection and continuous availability at VM granularity that gives administrators an affordable range of options to meet the recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) for different applications.
• A fault resistant platform, with no single point of failure and no bottlenecks with shared-nothing architecture, where all data, metadata and services are distributed to all nodes within the cluster, that is built to detect, isolate and recover from failures anywhere in the system.
• An intuitive user-centric management experience to simplify every aspect of the IT infrastructure lifecycle and provide a single pane of glass to monitor and control Nutanix clusters, with simplified workflows and rich automation for common administrative tasks.
• Powerful security features, such as two-factor authentication and data-at-rest encryption, with a security development lifecycle that is integrated into product development to help customers meet the most stringent security requirements.

Components and connectors
The following figure shows the front view of the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA.

Figure 2. ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA front view

The front of the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA includes the following components:

• 20x SAS/SATA and 4x AnyBay, or 12x SAS/SATA and 4x AnyBay 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays One VGA port
• One USB 2.0 port with XClarity Controller access
• One USB 3.0 port
• A Power button
• Status LEDs

The following figure shows the rear view of the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA.

Figure 3. ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA rear view
The rear of the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA includes the following components:

• Up to six PCIe expansion slots (2 reserved for SAS HBAs)
• One LOM card slot
• One 1 GbE port for XClarity Controller
• One VGA port
• Two USB 3.0 ports
• Two hot-swap power supplies

System specifications

The following table lists the system specifications of the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA appliances.
Table 1. ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA system specifications

Factory-integrated models

Product availability: The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliances for SAP HANA that use the first generation of the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family are withdrawn and no longer available for ordering. For currently available ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliances for SAP HANA that use the second generation of the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family, refer to the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA (Xeon SP Gen 2) product guide:
http://lenovopress.com/lp1247

Factory-integrated models of the ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA are configured by using the Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
http://dcsc.lenovo.com

During the configuration process, you are selecting one of the base Configure-to-Order (CTO) models first, and then you are adding components (processors, memory, drives, and network adapters) to the selected model according to the output from the Nutanix Sizer tool:
http://services.nutanix.com/

Note: You are required to engage a Lenovo representative in the project that includes the ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA.
The following table lists the CTO base model of the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA.
Table 2. CTO base model

The following table lists the base chassis for the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA.
Table 3. Base chassis

The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA ships with the following items:

• Electronic Publications Flyer
• Tool-less Slide Rail Kit with or without 2U CMA (depending on the rack installation option selected)
• Two customer-selected power cables

Memory
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA supports Lenovo TruDDR4 memory. 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 to maximize performance and reliability.

The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA supports 12 or 24 DIMMs. Each processor has six memory channels, and there are two DIMM slots per channel.

The following rules apply when selecting the memory configuration:

• The appliance supports RDIMMs, LRDIMMs, or 3DS RDIMMs with rated speed of 2666 MHz, and all DIMMs in the appliance must be of the same type (RDIMMs, LRDIMMs, or 3DS RDIMMs).
• The following memory capacities are supported by the appliance: 192 GB, 288 GB, 384 GB, 576 GB, 768 GB, 1.5 TB, 2.25 TB, and 3 TB.
• In the configurations with other than 288 GB, 576 GB, or 2.25 TB of memory capacity, all DIMMs in the appliance must be of the same type, rank, and capacity (the same part number or feature code).
• In the configurations with 288 GB of memory capacity, a combination of 8 GB and 16 GB RDIMMs is allowed.
• In the configurations with 576 GB of memory capacity, a combination of 16 GB and 32 GB RDIMMs is allowed.
• In the configurations with 2.25 TB of memory capacity, a combination of 64 GB and 128 GB 3DS RDIMMs is allowed.
• All DIMMs in the appliance operate at the same speed up to 2666 MHz, which is determined by the maximum memory speed supported by the specific processor.
  Note: Maximum memory speed can be achieved when Max performance mode is enabled in UEFI.
• Appliance configurations with 2.25 TB or 3 TB of memory capacity per socket require processors that support more than 1 TB per socket (M-suffix).

The following memory protection technologies are supported:

• ECC
• SDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs)
• ADDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs; Gold and Platinum processors only) Patrol scrubbing
• Demand scrubbing

The following table lists the memory options that are available for selection.
Table 4. Memory selection options

It is possible to expand memory capacity after the initial deployment by adding more memory DIMMs to match one of the supported memory configurations.

Internal storage
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA provides 20x SAS/SATA and 4x AnyBay, or
12x SAS/SATA and 4x AnyBay SFF hot-swap drive bays for configurable storage capacity, and it contains two internal M.2 SATA non-hot-swap SSDs configured in a RAID-1 drive group for software preload.

The following table lists the internal storage options for the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA.

Table 5. Internal storage options

Configuration notes:

• In the configurations with Gold 6154 processors, one SAS/SATA backplane and one AnyBay backplane are derived by the configurator for a total of 16 drive bays.
• In the configurations with processors other than Gold 6154 processors, two SAS/SATA backplanes and one AnyBay backplane are derived by the configurator for a total of 24 drive bays.
• The M.2 with Mirroring Enablement Kit is connected to the Intel PCH via the PCIe link, and the kit supports two M.2 SATA SSDs configured in a RAID-1 drive group for software preload.

The following table lists M.2 drive selection options for software preload.

Table 6. Drive options for software preload

Configuration note: Two M.2 SATA SSDs are required for selection, and they must be of the same model and capacity.
The following table lists the storage controllers for internal storage of the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA.
Table 7. Controllers for internal storage

Configuration note: Three low profile SAS HBAs for internal storage are derived by the configurator, and they occupy the PCIe slots 1, 4, and 7.

Drives for internal storage
The following tables list the drive selection options.

Table 8. Drive selection options: All Flash configurations

Configuration notes:

• For All Flash configurations, the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA supports from 8 to 24 SSDs in increments of 2 drives.
• All SSDs in the appliance must be of the same model and capacity.

It is possible to expand storage capacity after the initial deployment by adding more drives to match one of the supported storage configurations and acquiring additional storage capacity license options (see Software for details).

Network connectivity
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA provides two- or four-port 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+ network connectivity with the onboard Intel X722 NIC and a LOM card installed in the appliance. Two, four, six, or eight additional 1/10 GbE RJ-45, 10 GbE SFP+, or 25 GbE SFP28 ports can be selected, if needed.

The following table lists the network adapter options that are available for selection.

Table 9. Network adapter selection options

Configuration notes:

• One of the 1/10 GbE RJ-45 or 10 GbE SFP+ LOM cards is required for selection. Additional 1/10 GbE RJ-45, 10 GbE SFP+, or 25 GbE SFP28 ports can be selected for the appliance, if needed.
• Configurations with four network adapters provide the PCIe 3.0 x8 slots 1, 2, and 3. Configurations with three or fewer network adapters provide the PCIe 3.0 x16 slot 1 and x8 slot 3 (Slot 2 is not present).
• Supported transceivers or DAC cables should be purchased for the SFP+ and SFP28 ports, and UTP Category 6 cables should be purchased for the 10 GbE RJ-45 ports. The maximum number of transceivers or cables that are supported per adapter equals the quantity of the adapter ports, and all adapter ports must have the same type of the transceiver or cable selected.
  The following transceiver and cables can be purchased:
  • UTP cables for 1/10 GbE RJ-45 ports
  • Transceivers and cables for 10 GbE SFP+ ports
  • Transceivers and cables for 25 GbE SFP28 ports

It is possible to increase the number of network ports after the initial deployment by adding more network adapters to match one of the supported network adapter configurations.
The following table lists cables for the 1/10 GbE RJ-45 ports.

Table 10. Cables for 1/10 GbE RJ-45 ports

The following table lists transceivers and cables for the 10 GbE SFP+ ports.

Table 11. Transceivers and cables for 10 GbE SFP+ ports

The following table lists transceivers and cables for the 25 GbE SFP28 ports.

Table 12. Transceivers and cables for 25 GbE SFP28 ports

Power supplies and cables
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliances for SAP HANA ship with two 1100W (230V/115V) Platinum hot-swap power supplies listed in the following table.

Table 13. Power supplies

The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliances for SAP HANA ship with two customer-configured power cords. The following table lists the rack power cables and line cords that can be ordered for the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliances for SAP HANA.

Table 14. Power cables

Rack installation
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliances for SAP HANA ship with a rail kit. The following table lists the rail kit options that are available for selection.

Table 15. Rack kit selection options

Configuration note: One of the rail kits is required for selection.
The following table summarizes the rail kit features and specifications.
Table 16. Rail kit features and specifications summary

Nutanix Acropolis

* If a 0U PDU is used, the rack cabinet must be at least 1100 mm (43.31 in.) deep if no CMA is used, or at least 1200 mm (47.24 in.) deep if a CMA is used.
^ Measured when mounted on the rack, from the front surface of the front mounting flange to the rear most point of the rail.

Software
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA supports the following software components:

• Hypervisor
• Nutanix Acropolis Nutanix Prism
• Nutanix Calm (optional) Nutanix Flow (optional)
• SAP HANA

Note: For the information on appliance firmware levels, hypervisor versions, and software versions that have been tested for interoperability, refer to the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series Best Recipes:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht505413

Hypervisor
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA supports the Nutanix AHV hypervisor (Bundled with AOS) that is factory-preinstalled on the 2x M.2 SSDs configured in a RAID-1 drive group.
The following table lists the hypervisor.

Table 17. Hypervisor

Nutanix Acropolis
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA appliances can be configured with one of the Nutanix software editions that are listed in the following table. The Nutanix software is factory-preloaded and the appropriate license for the selected software edition can be downloaded from the Nutanix website to match the serial number of the appliance.

Configuration note: The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA appliances can be deployed as a cluster of 3 or more nodes (AOS 5.9 or later).
Table 18. Nutanix software options

The Starter edition offers the core set of Nutanix software functionality. This edition is ideal for small-scale deployments with a limited set of workloads.

The Pro edition offers rich data services, along with resilience and management features. This edition is ideal for enterprises running multiple applications on a Nutanix cluster or with large-scale single workload deployments.

The Ultimate edition offers the full suite of Nutanix software capabilities to tackle complex infrastructure challenges. This edition is ideal for multi-site deployments.

The following table compares key features of the Nutanix software editions.

Table 19. Nutanix software editions feature comparison

* Requires a separate license.
^ Software-based encryption that uses standard drives.

It is possible to upgrade a software edition after the initial deployment by purchasing one of the software upgrade options listed in the following table.

Table 20. Nutanix software upgrade options

Configuration note: Customers should request a quote for the selected Nutanix SW Upgrade part number from Lenovo and provide additional details on the existing installation and planned upgrade.
In addition to the software licenses for the specific Nutanix software edition, the ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA require the Nutanix capacity licenses that are based on the total number of the processor cores and total flash storage (SSD) capacity in the appliance.

During the initial purchase, the Nutanix capacity licenses are derived by the configurator that automatically adds the required quantity of the capacity license options that are listed in the following table based on the selected processors and SSDs.

Table 21. Nutanix capacity license options

Also, it is possible to expand storage capacity after the initial deployment by adding more drives to match one of the supported storage configurations and acquiring additional SSD capacity license options listed in the following table, as needed.

Table 22. Optional capacity expansion license options

Configuration notes:

• The total flash storage capacity in Tebibytes (TiB) can be calculated by multiplying the total flash storage capacity in Terabytes (TB) by 0.909495.
• When expanding storage capacity after the initial deployment, customers should request a quote for the selected HW Upgrade part numbers from Lenovo and provide additional details on the existing installation.

The following optional software licenses are available for the Nutanix software editions:

• Nutanix Files
• Nutanix Software Encryption
• Nutanix Advanced Replication

The optional software licenses can be added during the initial purchase by selecting one of the software options listed in the following table.

Table 23. Optional software selection options

Also, the optional software licenses for Nutanix Files can be added after the initial deployment by purchasing one of the software license options listed in the following table.

Table 24. Optional software license options for Nutanix Files

Configuration notes:

• The Nutanix Files license is available as an add-on for the Nutanix Starter, Pro, and Ultimate software editions.
• When adding Nutanix Files after the initial deployment, customers should request a quote for the selected Nutanix Files license part numbers from Lenovo and provide additional details on the existing installation.
• The total NAS storage capacity in Tebibytes (TiB) can be calculated by multiplying the total NAS storage capacity in Terabytes (TB) by 0.909495.
• The Nutanix ENC and Nutanix REP licenses are available as add-ons for the Nutanix Pro software edition.
• The Nutanix REP license includes the multiple site DR, metro availability, and synchronous replication and disaster recovery features.

Nutanix Prism
Nutanix Prism gives administrators an easy way to manage virtual environments running on Acropolis, and it simplifies and streamlines common workflows for hypervisor and virtual machine lifecycle management.

Nutanix Prism is a part of the Nutanix software preloaded on the appliances, and it includes the following components:

• Prism Starter (included in Starter, Pro, and Ultimate Nutanix software editions): Provides ability to configure, manage, and monitor a Nutanix cluster and centralized management of multiple local and remote Nutanix clusters.
• Prism Pro (Selectable software license; optional): Enables efficiency evaluation, capacity planning, expansion recommendations, custom dashboards, and advanced search capabilities.

The Prism Pro software license can be added during the initial purchase by selecting one of the software options listed in the following table.

Table 25. Prism Pro selection options

Also, Prism Starter can be upgraded to Prism Pro after the initial deployment by purchasing one of the software license options listed in the following table.

Table 26. Prism Pro software license options

Configuration note: When upgrading Prism Starter to Prism Pro after the initial deployment, customers should request a quote for the selected Prism Pro part numbers from Lenovo and provide additional details on the existing installation.

Nutanix Prism offers the following features:

• Single point of control
  • Accelerates enterprise-wide deployment
  • Manages capacity centrally
  • Adds nodes in minutes
  • Supports non-disruptive software upgrades with zero downtime
  • Integrates with REST APIs and PowerShell
  • Manages firmware updates with the ThinkAgile HX Lifecycle Manager (UEFI, XCC, drives, network adapters, and SAS HBAs)
• Monitoring and alerting
  • Tracks infrastructure utilization (storage, processor, memory)
  • Centrally monitors multiple clusters across multiple sites
  • Monitors per-VM performance and resource usage
  • Checks system health
  • Generates alerts and notifications
• Integrated data protection
  • Offers customizable RPO/RTO and retention policies
  • Supports configurable per-VM replication (1:1, 1:many and many:1)
  • Provides efficient VM recovery
  • Deploys affordable DR and backup to the cloud
• Diagnostics and troubleshooting
  • Provides time-based historical views of VM activity
  • Performs proactive alert analysis
  • Correlates alerts and events to quickly diagnose issues
  • Generates actionable alerts and reduces resolution times
  • Analyzes trending patterns for accurate capacity planning

Nutanix Calm
Nutanix Calm enables advanced application-level orchestration by providing a powerful, common management framework that can be leveraged by IT teams to rapidly create and deliver applications. The Calm software offers the following key features:

• Fully automates the provisioning, scaling, and deletion of traditional multi-tiered applications and distributed services.
• Simplifies the set-up and management of custom enterprise applications by incorporating all elements of each application, including relevant VMs, configurations, and related binaries, into an easy-to-use-blueprint.
• Publishes blueprints through the Nutanix Marketplace, giving end users the ability to request IT services that can then be instantly provisioned.
• Maintains control with role-based governance that limits user operations based on permissions and logs all activities for end-to-end traceability.

The Calm software is licensed on a per-VM basis in 25 VM packs. The Calm software licenses can be added during the initial purchase by selecting the software option listed in the following table.

Table 27. Calm software selection options

Also, Calm licenses can be added after the initial deployment by purchasing one of the software license options listed in the following table.
Table 28. Calm software license options

Configuration note: When adding the Calm software licenses after the initial deployment, customers should request a quote for the selected Calm part numbers from Lenovo and provide additional details on the existing installation.

Nutanix Flow
Nutanix Flow delivers advanced networking and security services, providing visibility into the virtual network, application-centric protection from network threats, and automation of common networking operations. The Flow software offers the following key features:

• Real-time visualization of communications between VMs helps implement appropriate network policies in a Nutanix environment.
• Micro-segmentation provides granular control and governance of all traffic into and out of a virtual machine with network policies attached to individual VMs and applications, rather than specific network segments.
• API-based notifications enable third party network devices to automate network configuration changes, such as VLAN provisioning or policy updates, in response to VM lifecycle events, such as adding a new VM.
• Service insertion and chaining enables virtualized network functions from third-party software (such as virtual firewalls and load balancers) to be deployed with VM traffic in a Nutanix environment.

The Flow software is licensed on a per-node basis. The Flow software license can be added during the initial purchase by selecting the software option listed in the following table,

Table 29. Flow software selection options

Also, Flow licenses can be added after the initial deployment by purchasing one of the software license options listed in the following table.

Table 30. Flow software license options

Configuration note: When adding the Flow software licenses after the initial deployment, customers should request a quote for the selected Flow part numbers from Lenovo and provide additional details on the existing installation.

SAP HANA
SAP HANA software licenses are purchased separately from SAP. Also, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server licenses are needed for deploying virtual machines for the SAP HANA virtualized environment. SAP HANA software stack is deployed at the customer site by Lenovo Professional Services that are required for the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA.

Systems management
The ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA support the following systems management tools:

• Lenovo XClarity Controller
• Light path diagnostics
• Lenovo XClarity Administrator and XClarity Pro
• Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager

Lenovo XClarity Controller
The ThinkAgile HX appliances contain Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise, which provides advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and alerting functions.

XClarity Controller Enterprise offers the following capabilities for the ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA:

• Gathering and viewing system information and inventory
• Monitoring system status and health
• Alerting and notifications
• Event logging
• Syslog alerting
• Configuring security
• Updating system firmware
• Real-time power usage monitoring
• Displaying graphics for real-time and historical power usage data and temperature Capping power usage
• Remotely controlling power (Power on, Power off, Restart)

The XClarity Controller provides remote server management through the following interfaces:

• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Version 2.0
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Version 3
• Common Information Model (CIM)
• Data Center Manageability Interface (DCMI) Version 1.5
• Redfish REpresentational State Transfer (REST) API
• Web browser with HTML5 support
• Command-line interface
• Virtual Operator Panel with XClarity Mobile App via the front USB port with XClarity Controller access

Virtual Operator Panel provides quick access to system status, firmware, network, health, and alerts information. With proper authentication, it also allows to configure systems management and network settings and to control system power (Power on, Power off, Restart). The Virtual Operator Panel can be accessed from the XClarity Mobile App running on the Android or iOS mobile device that is connected to the front USB port with XClarity Controller access (See Components and connectors ).

Light path diagnostics
The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliance for SAP HANA appliances include basic light path diagnostics, which provides the system LEDs on the front of the appliance (see Components and connectors ) and the LEDs near the monitored components (for example, the DIMM error LEDs on the system board).

Lenovo XClarity Administrator and XClarity Pro
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is a centralized systems management solution that helps administrators deliver infrastructure faster. This solution integrates easily with Lenovo x86 servers, appliances, certified nodes, Top-of-Rack Ethernet switches, and storage systems, providing automated agent-less discovery, inventory, monitoring, and alerts across multiple systems. In addition, some managed endpoints support firmware updates and configuration management.

Lenovo XClarity Administrator is an optional software component for the ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA which can be used to manage firmware upgrades outside of the Nutanix Prism software.

Notes:

• Lenovo XClarity Administrator can be downloaded and used at no charge to discover and monitor ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA and manage firmware upgrades for them.
• Optional Lenovo XClarity Pro subscription license that can be selected in the configurator provides software support for XClarity Administrator for the duration of the selected warranty period. If Lenovo XClarity software support is required, the XClarity Pro option must be selected.

The XClarity Pro license can be added during the initial purchase by selecting one of the software options listed in the following table.
Table 31. XClarity Pro selection options

Also, XClarity Pro licenses can be added after the initial deployment by purchasing one of the software license options listed in the following table.
Table 32. Lenovo XClarity Pro license options

* NA = North America; AP = Asia Pacific.
** EMEA = Europe, Middle East, Africa; LA = Latin America.
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is available from Lenovo at no charge, and it offers the following features:

• Auto-discovery and monitoring of ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA
• Firmware updates and compliance enforcement
• External alerts and notifications via SNMP traps, syslog remote logging, and e-mail
• Secure connections to managed endpoints
• NIST 800-131A or FIPS 140-2 compliant cryptographic standards between the management solution and managed endpoints
• Integration into existing higher-level management systems such as cloud automation and orchestration tools through REST APIs, providing extensive external visibility and control over
• hardware resources
• An intuitive, easy-to-use GUI
• Scripting support with Windows PowerShell, providing command-line visibility and control over hardware resources

For more information, refer to the Lenovo XClarity Administrator Product Guide: http://lenovopress.com/tips1200

Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager provides a stand-alone, web-based agent-less power management console that provides real time data and enables customers to observe, plan and manage power and cooling for Lenovo servers and appliances. Using built-in intelligence, XClarity Energy Manager identifies power consumption trends and ideal power settings, and it performs cooling analysis so that customers can define and optimize their power-saving policies.

Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager offers the following capabilities:

• Monitors room, row, rack, and device levels in the data center
• Reports vital system information, such as power, temperature and resource utilization
• Monitors inlet temperature to locate hot spots, reducing the risk of data or device damage
• Provides finely-grained controls to limit platform power in compliance with IT policy
• Generates alerts when a user-defined threshold is reached

Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager license is included in the XClarity Controller Enterprise upgrade.

For more information, refer to the Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager web page: http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lxem

Physical specifications

The ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliances for SAP HANA have the following dimensions and weight (approximate):

• Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.)
• Width: 445 mm (17.5 in.)
• Depth: 720 mm (28.3 in.)
• Weight (maximum): 32 kg (70.5 lb)

Operating environment

The ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA comply with ASHRAE class A2 specifications. The appliance performance might be impacted when the operating temperature is outside the ASHRAE A2 specifications. Depending on the hardware configuration, some ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliances for SAP HANA comply with ASHRAE class A3 and class A4 specifications. To comply with ASHRAE class A3 and class A4 specifications, the appliances must meet the following hardware configuration requirements:

• Processors with TDP more than or equal to 150 W not installed.
• Intel Xeon Gold 6126, 6132, and 6134 processors not installed.
• M.2 5100 SSDs not installed.

The ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA are supported in the following environment:

• Air temperature:
  • Operating:
    • ASHRAE Class A4: 5 °C – 45 °C (41 °F – 113 °F); for altitudes above 900 m (2,953 ft), decrease the maximum ambient temperature by 1 °C for every 125-m (410-ft) increase in altitude
    • ASHRAE Class A3: 5 °C – 40 °C (41 °F – 104 °F); for altitudes above 900 m (2,953 ft), decrease the maximum ambient temperature by 1 °C for every 175-m (574-ft) increase in altitude
    • ASHRAE Class A2: 10 °C – 35 °C (50 °F – 95 °F); for altitudes above 900 m (2,953 ft), decrease the maximum ambient temperature by 1 °C for every 300-m (984-ft) increase in altitude
  • Non-operating: 5 °C – 45 °C (41 °F – 113 °F)
  • Storage: -40 °C – +60 °C (-40 °F – 140 °F)
• Maximum altitude: 3,050 m (10,000 ft)
• Humidity:
  • Operating:
    • ASHRAE Class A4: 8% – 90% (non-condensing); maximum dew point: 24 °C (75 °F)
    • ASHRAE Class A3: 8% – 85% (non-condensing); maximum dew point: 24 °C (75 °F)
    • ASHRAE Class A2: 8% – 80% (non-condensing); maximum dew point: 21 °C (70 °F)
  • Storage: 8% – 90% (non-condensing)
• Electrical:
  • 100 – 127 (nominal) V AC; 50 Hz / 60 Hz
  • 200 – 240 (nominal) V AC; 50 Hz / 60 Hz
  • 180 – 300 V DC (supported in China only)
• Acoustics (maximum configuration, operating): 6.2 bels
• Vibration:
  • Operating: 0.21 G rms at 5 Hz to 500 Hz for 15 minutes across 3 axes
  • Non-operating: 1.04 G rms at 2 Hz to 200 Hz for 15 minutes across 6 surfaces
• Shock:
  • Operating: 15 G for 3 milliseconds in each direction (positive and negative X, Y, and Z axes)
  • Non-operating:
    • 12 kg – 22 kg: 50 G for 152 in./sec velocity change across 6 surfaces
    • 23 kg – 31 kg: 35 G for 152 in./sec velocity change across 6 surfaces

The following table lists the maximum system power load, rated inlet current, and system heat output based on the power supply and source voltage.
Table 33. Rated system power, inlet current, and system heat output

Regulatory compliance
The ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA conform to the following regulations:

• United States FCC Part 15, Class A
• Canada ICES-003/NMB-03, Class A
• UL/CSA 60950-1
• Mexico NOM-019
• Argentina IEC60950-1
• Japan VCCI, Class A
• Australia/New Zealand AS/NZS CISPR 22, Class A
• China CCC GB4943.1, GB9254 Class A, GB17625.1
• Taiwan BSMI CNS13438, Class A; CNS14336-1
• Korea KN22, Class A; KN24
• Russia/GOST ME01; IEC-60950-1; GOST R 51318.22, 51318.24, 51317.3.2, and 51317.3.3 IEC 60950-1 (CB Certificate and CB Test Report)
• Europe CE Mark (EN55022 Class A, EN60950-1, EN55024, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3) CISPR 22, Class A
• Germany TUV-GS (EN60950-1/IEC60950-1, EK1-ITB2000)
• Reduction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS)
• Energy Star 3.0

Warranty and support

The ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA can be configured with a three-, four, or five-year hardware warranty with 24×7 ThinkAgile Advantage Single Point of Support (Lenovo appliance hardware and Nutanix software) 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 problem determination and resolution for hardware-related issues and escalate to Nutanix, on behalf of the customer, for software-related problem determination. Nutanix will contact the customer and will own the software-related problem resolution until closure.

Lenovo’s support services provide a sophisticated, unified support structure for a customer’s data center, with an experience consistently ranked number one in customer satisfaction worldwide.

The following Lenovo support services are available for selection:

• Premier Support provides a Lenovo-owned customer experience and delivers direct access to technicians skilled in hardware, software, and advanced troubleshooting, in addition to the following capabilities:
  • Direct technician-to-technician access through a dedicated phone line. 24x7x365 remote support.
  • Single point of contact service.
  • End to end case management.
  • 3rd Party collaborative software support.
  • Online case tools and live chat support.
  • On-demand remote system analysis.
• Warranty service level upgrades (Preconfigured Support) are available to meet the on-site response time targets that match the criticality of customer’s systems:
  • 3, 4, or 5 years of service coverage.
  • Foundation Service: 9×5 service coverage with next business day onsite response, with optional YourDrive YourData.
  • Essential Service: 24×7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response or 24-hour committed repair (available only in select regions), bundled with YourDrive YourData.
  • Advanced Service: 24×7 service coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed repair (available only in select regions), bundled with YourDrive YourData.
• Managed Services
  Lenovo Managed Services provide continuous 24×7 remote monitoring (plus 24×7 call center availability) and proactive management of a customer’s data center using state of the art tools, systems, and practices by a team of highly skilled and experienced Lenovo services professionals.
  Quarterly reviews check error logs, verify firmware and operating system device driver levels, and software as needed. Lenovo will also maintain records of latest patches, critical updates, and firmware levels, to ensure customer’s systems are providing business value through optimized performance.
• Technical Account Management (TAM)
  A Lenovo Technical Account Manager helps customers optimize operations of their data centers based on a deep understanding of customer’s business. Customers gain direct access to a Lenovo TAM, who serves as their single point of contact to expedite service requests, provide status updates, and furnish reports to track incidents over time. Also, a TAM helps proactively make service recommendations and manage service relationship with Lenovo to make certain that customer’s needs are met.
• Enterprise Software Support
  Lenovo Enterprise Software Support is an additional support service that provides customers with software support on Microsoft, Red Hat, SUSE, and VMWare applications and systems. Around the clock availability for critical problems plus unlimited calls and incidents helps customers address challenges fast, without incremental costs. Support staff can answer troubleshooting and diagnostic questions, address product compatibility and interoperability issues, isolate causes of problems, report defects to software vendors, and more.
• YourDrive YourData
  Lenovo’s YourDrive YourData service is a multi-drive retention offering that ensures that customer’s data is always under their control, regardless of the number of drives that are installed in their Lenovo server. In the unlikely event of a drive failure, customers retain possession of their drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Customer’s data stays safely on customer premises, in their hands. The YourDrive YourData service can be purchased in convenient bundles with Foundation, Essential, or Advanced services.
• Health Check
  Having a trusted partner who can perform regular and detailed health checks is central to maintaining efficiency and ensuring that customer systems and business are always running at their best. Health Check supports Lenovo-branded server, storage, and networking devices, as well as select Lenovo-supported products from other vendors that are sold by Lenovo or a Lenovo-Authorized Reseller.

Some regions might have different warranty terms and conditions than the standard warranty. This is due to local business practices or laws in the specific region. Local service teams can assist in explaining region-specific terms when needed. Examples of region-specific warranty terms are second or longer business day parts delivery or parts-only base warranty.

If warranty terms and conditions include onsite labor for repair or replacement of parts, Lenovo will dispatch a service technician to the customer site to perform the replacement. Onsite labor under base warranty is limited to labor for replacement of parts that have been determined to be field-replaceable units (FRUs). Parts that are determined to be customer-replaceable units (CRUs) do not include onsite labor under base warranty.

If warranty terms include parts-only base warranty, Lenovo is responsible for delivering only replacement parts that are under base warranty (including FRUs) that will be sent to a requested location for self-service. Parts-only service does not include a service technician being dispatched onsite. Parts must be changed at customer’s own cost and labor and defective parts must be returned following the instructions supplied with the spare parts.

Lenovo support services are region-specific. Not all support services are available in every region. For information about Lenovo support services that are available in a specific region, refer to the following resources:

• Service part numbers in Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
  http://dcsc.lenovo.com/#/services
• Lenovo Services Availability Locator
  https://lenovolocator.com/

For service definitions, region-specific details, and service limitations, refer to the following documents:

• Lenovo Statement of Limited Warranty for Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Servers and System Storage
  http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht503310
• Lenovo Data Center Services Agreement
  http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht116628

Software maintenance

The ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA include a three-, four-, or five-year software support and subscription (matches the duration of the selected hardware warranty period) that entitles you to submit service requests to troubleshoot Nutanix 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 Nutanix, on behalf of the customer, for software-related problem determination. Nutanix will contact the customer and will own the software-related problem resolution until closure.

Software support that is provided by Nutanix includes 24×7 phone and web coverage with the following target response times (priorities are assigned by Nutanix based on the impact on productivity):

• Priority 1 (Emergency: Productivity halted): Within 30 minutes.
• Priority 2 (Critical: Significant impact on productivity): Within 2 hours.
• Priority 3 (Normal: Minimal impact on productivity): Within 4 hours.
• Priority 4 (Low: General requests for information): Within next two business days.

For more information, refer to the Lenovo Support Plan – ThinkAgile HX and Lenovo Converged HX Series: http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht505404

SAP HANA support
Lenovo solution support team works closely with SAP and is dedicated to troubleshooting the SAP HANA software and hardware issues and can coordinate any cross-company support functions (SAP, SUSE, Red Hat, Nutanix) that may be necessary to resolve the problem as soon as possible.

Deployment services
The following Lenovo Professional Services are available for the ThinkAgile HX7520 Appliances for SAP HANA to get customers up and running quickly:

• Nutanix deployment services – Base (per node)
  • Conducting remote preparation and planning
  • Verifying firmware versions and performing firmware updates, if needed
  • Installing and configuring hypervisor and Nutanix controller VM
  • Creating Nutanix cluster
  • Configuring storage
  • Configuring administrative features
• Nutanix deployment services – Advanced (per cluster)
  • Configuring Nutanix containers and Acropolis (AHV) cluster
  • Transferring knowledge
• Nutanix deployment services – Advanced with XClarity (per cluster)
  • Nutanix deployment services – Advanced
  • Installing Lenovo XClarity
  • Installing system updates

The following optional Lenovo basic installation services are available for the ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA:

• Unpacking and inspecting the systems
• Mounting the systems in a rack cabinet
• Connecting the systems to electrical power and network
• Checking and updating firmware to the latest levels
• Verifying operations
• Disposal of the packaging materials (within the customer site)

The SAP HANA onsite deployment that is provided by Lenovo Professional Services is required for the ThinkAgile HX Series Appliances for SAP HANA.

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

Related publications and links

For more information, see these resources:

• Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series
  http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/p/WMD00000326
• Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
  http://dcsc.lenovo.com
  Nutanix documentation
  http://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/docs
• Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series Best Recipes
  http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht505413
• Lenovo Data Center Support
  http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com

Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following:

• ThinkAgile HX Series for Nutanix
• Nutanix Alliance
• Hyperconverged Infrastructure
• Hyperconverged Infrastructure

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