PCI
Expansion
slots
Up to 11 PCIe slots plus dedicated Mezzanine LOM slot. The slots are as follows:
Two PCIe 3.0 x8 slots for internal RAID controllers (Storage Book)
Two PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (x16-wired), half length, full height (Primary I/O Book)
One PCIe 3.0 x16 (x8-wired), half length, full height (Primary I/O Book)
One ML2 slot for network adapter (PCIe 3.0 x8) (Primary I/O Book)
Two optional I/O Books, each with three slots, all full height (using these I/O Books
requires four processors). Optional books are hot-swap capable.
Optional I/O Books can be either of the following options:
Half-length I/O Book: Two PCIe 3.0 x8 slots, one PCIe 3.0 x16 slot.
Full-length I/O Book: Two PCIe 3.0 x16, one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot; two aux power connectors:
150 W and 75 W. Supports one double-wide GPU up to 300 W.
Ports
Front: Two USB 3.0, one USB 2.0, and one DB-15 video ports. Rear: Four USB 2.0, one DB-15
video, one DB-9 serial, and one 1 GbE RJ-45 systems management. Internal: USB 2.0 port for
embedded hypervisor.
Cooling
Calibrated Vectored Cooling™. Up to ten redundant hot-swap fan packs and five fan zones with
N+1 fan redundancy. Each fan pack includes two counter-rotated dual-motor fans.
Power supply Up to four redundant hot-swap 900 W AC or 1400 W AC power supplies (all 80 PLUS Platinum
certified). -48 V 750 W DC power supplies are available through CTO.
Hot-swap
parts
Drives, power supplies, fans, and optional I/O Books.
Video
Matrox G200eR2 with 16 MB memory that is integrated into the IMM2. Maximum resolution is
1600 x 1200 at 75 Hz with 16 M colors.
Security
features
Power-on password, admin password, and an integrated Trusted Platform Module supporting
TPM 2.0 and TPM 1.2.
Systems
management
UEFI, Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) with remote presence feature, Predictive Failure
Analysis, Light Path Diagnostics, Automatic Server Restart, Lenovo XClarity Administrator, and
ServerGuide.
Operating
systems
Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware
ESXi. See the
Operating system support
section for specifics.
Limited
warranty
Three-year customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite limited warranty with 9x5 next business
day (NBD).
Service and
support
Optional service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services offerings: 4-hour or 2-hour
response time, 8-hour fix time, 1-year or 2-year warranty extension, and remote technical support
for Lenovo hardware and some Lenovo / OEM applications.
Dimensions
Height: 173 mm (6.8 in.), width: 482 mm (19.0 in.), depth: 804 mm (31.6 in), depth with cable
management brackets installed: 836 mm (32.9 in), depth with Full-length I/O Book installed: 921
mm (36.2 in)
Weight
Minimum configuration: 35.9 kg (79.2 lb), typical: 46.4 kg (102.3 lb), maximum: 54.7 kg (120 lb)
Components Specification
The server is shipped with the following items:
Rail kit
Cable management brackets
2.8 m (9.18 ft) C13-C14 power cord (one for each power supply)
Documentation flyer and safety/warranty/installation information
Standard models
Lenovo System x3850 X6 (6241)
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