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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4

Veeam Ready Appliance
Alliance Partner:

Lenovo
Alliance Product:

ThinkSystem
Program Category:

Veeam Ready Appliance
Category Description:

Servers certified to support the Veeam Software Appliance or Veeam Infrastructure Appliance deployments. Passing all compatibility/functional tests, as well as extensive performance tests for both backup and restore operations.
Article ID:

2555
Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 13
Features and Attributes:
  • All-in-one (bare-metal)
  • Immutability
Publication date:

2026-08-03
Last modified date:

2026-08-03

Product details

Product model name and version: ThinkSystem SR650 V4
Product firmware version: UEFI  1.41 (Build ID: IHE118B)
Hardware Compatibility List: Red Hat https://catalog.redhat.com/en/hardware/system/detail/278647
Hardware health monitoring:

  • Redfish support level: System health and disk health
  • Alternative health reporting options: SNMP

Additional support: All configurations of the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4 appliance for the Veeam Hardened Repository with specifications equivalent to or greater than those above.

Bill of Materials (BOM)
Storage type: Direct attached
CPU
Number of sockets  1
Model number Intel® Xeon® 6515P Processor 72M Cache, 2.30 GHz
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This can be customized during the purchase of the server with a minimum requirement of the above listed CPU.
Memory
Total GB 128
Memory model 4x ThinkSystem 32GB TruDDR5 6400MHz (2Rx4) RDIMM
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This can be customized during the purchase of the server with a minimum requirement of the above listed CPU.
Network adapters tested
Model

1x ThinkSystem Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP
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RAID controller(s) tested
Model ThinkSystem RAID 940-8i 4GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter 
Firmware version 1000-10E2-1D49-060A
Is the RAID controller capable of presenting virtual volumes / LUNs from one RAID set  Yes
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Operating system boot device(s)
Disk type M.2
Size 480GB
Quantity 2
Model ThinkSystem M.2 VA Read Intensive NVMe NHS SSD
Cache policy None
Strip size used 128k
Data protection method RAID1
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Backup storage drive(s)
Disk type HDD
Size 2.4 TB
Quantity 8
Model ST2400MM0129
Cache policy

Write Policy: Unprotected Write Back

Read Policy: Read Ahead 

Drive Cache: Enabled 

I/O Policy: Direct
Strip size used 128k
Data protection method RAID 50
Storage network speed 12Gbit/s SAS-3
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Veeam testing configuration

Veeam Software Appliance - 13.0.2.29

Vendor recommended configuration

Documentation with guidelines on RAID controller configuration, Remote access settings, UEFI settings, and firmware upgrade instructions:

  • For the most up-to-date step-by-step instructions and screenshots, please visit the vendor's website.
  • Archive PDF of the vendor documentation.

Vendor contacts

Customer support contact:

How to install Veeam Software Appliance

Please refer to this guide: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/deployment_linux_iso_install.html

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