Storage
controller
6 Gbps SATA:
Onboard SATA AHCI (non-RAID).
RAID 0/1/10/5 with the onboard SATA RAID (Intel RSTe).
12 Gbps SAS/6 Gbps SATA RAID:
RAID 0/1/10/5/50 with RAID 530-8i or RAID 730-8i 1GB Cache (China only).
RAID 0/1/10/5/50/6/60 with RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash or 16i 4 GB Flash.
12 Gbps SAS/6 Gbps SATA non-RAID: 430-8i or 16i HBA.
NVMe PCIe non-RAID: Onboard NVMe.
Optical drive
bays
None. Support for an external USB DVD RW Optical Disk Drive (See
Optical drives
).
Network
interfaces
2x Integrated 1 GbE RJ-45 ports (no 10/100 Mb support)
Onboard LOM slot for up to 4x 1/10 Gb Ethernet ports:
2x 1 GbE RJ-45 ports (no 10/100 Mb support)
2x 10 GbE RJ-45 ports (no 10/100 Mb support)
2x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (no 10/100 Mb support)
Optional Mezzanine LOM (ML2) slot for dual-port 10 GbE cards with SFP+ or RJ-45
connectors.
1x RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet systems management port.
I/O expansion
slots
Up to six slots. Slot 4 is the fixed slots on the system planar, and the remaining slots depend on
the riser cards installed. The slots are as follows:
Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x16 or PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length (PCIe x16 slot is double-wide)
Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length (not present if the slot 1 is PCIe x16)
Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x8 or ML2 x8; full-height, half-length
Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile (vertical slot on system planar)
Slot 5: PCIe 3.0 x16; full-height, half-length
Slot 6: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length
Slot 5 requires the second processor to be installed.
Ports
Front:
1x USB 2.0 port with XClarity Controller access.
1x USB 3.0 port.
1x DB-15 VGA port (optional).
Rear: 2x USB 3.0 ports and 1x DB-15 VGA port. Optional 1x DB-9 serial port.
Cooling
Three (one processor) or four (two processors) hot-swap system fans with N+1 redundancy.
Power supply
Up to two redundant hot-swap 550 W or 750 W (100 - 240 V) High Efficiency Platinum or 750 W
(200 - 240 V) High Efficiency Titanium AC power supplies. HVDC support (China only).
Video
Matrox G200 with 16 MB memory integrated into the XClarity Controller. Maximum resolution is
1920x1200 at 60 Hz with 16 bits per pixel.
Hot-swap
parts
Drives (select models), power supplies, and fans.
Systems
management
XClarity Controller (XCC) Standard, Advanced, or Enterprise (Pilot 4 chip), proactive platform
alerts, light path diagnostics, XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Essentials, XClarity
Administrator, XClarity Integrators for VMware vCenter and Microsoft System Center, XClarity
Energy Manager, Capacity Planner.
Security
features
Power-on password, administrator's password, secure firmware updates, Trusted Platform
Module (TPM) 1.2 or 2.0 (configurable UEFI setting). Optional lockable front bezel. Optional
Trusted Cryptographic Module (TCM) (available only in China). Optional Lenovo Business Vantage
security software (available only in China).
Attribute
Specification
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR590 Server
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