ThinkServer TD350 - Product Guide
ThinkServer TD350 - Product Guide
ThinkServer TD350 - Product Guide
The Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 allows you to balance high performance and massive storage capacity
without the need to invest in a rack infrastructure.
This next-generation tower packs nearly three times the memory capacity of the previous generation of
tower server, up to 512GB of DDR4 memory and an unprecedented twofold increase in storage capacity,
up to 90 TB. With innovative engineering, this 4U
server offers 25 percent more hard disk drives per
1U versus the competition, including faster file
transfers and IOPs performance. Plus, two
additional enterprise-class M.2 solid-state drives
are available as an internal option for secure
booting. All of these features ultimately translate
into better value for your business!
Configuration flexibility makes TD350 highly adaptable. Internal expandability allows it to grow with
your business demands over time, so you get excellent investment protectionbetter total cost of
ownership and better return on investment. Installation and upgrade are easy with tool-less access to 95
percent of all customer replaceable parts. Grow from 5 non-hot-swap SATA drives and 2 built-in NIC
ports to 32 hot-swap drives, hardware RAID, and multiple 10GbE NIC ports in a snap. Your small business
can initially invest in TD350 to support simple file/print with applicable hosting, and then easily scale to
support more complex business analytics and large databases.
System Specifications
Table 1 summarizes the technical specifications for the ThinkServer TD350 system. Details can be found
in the following sections.
Feature Specification
Form Factor 4U Rack
Processor Support Up to two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 Series CPUs, with up to 135W SKUs and up
to 16 cores per CPU
Chipset Intel C610 series chipset
Memory Up to 16 DDR4 DIMM sockets (8 DIMMs per processor). RDIMMs and Load
Reduced (LR)-DIMMs are supported. Memory speed up to 2133 MT/s.
Maximum Capacities Maximum Capacity (LR-DIMM): 512GB (16x 32GB)
Maximum Capacity (RDIMM): 256GB (16x 16GB)
Memory RAS ECC, Patrol Scrubbing, Demand Scrubbing, Sparing, Mirroring, Lockstep
Mode
Storage Options 15x front 3.5-inch drive bays with up to 90TB storage capacity
16x front 2.5-inch drive bays with up to 38.4TB storage capacity
Dual internal M.2 Flash or SD card
Internal LT06 Tape Drive
Supported Technologies: SATA HDD, SAS HDD (7.2K, 10K, 15K), SATA
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SSD, SAS SSD, Dual Internal M.2 Flash and SD card
Media Bays Up to two optical drives
Storage Controllers RAID110i 6Gb SATA RAID 0/1/10 w/ optional RAID 5
RAID510i 6GB SAS & SATA RAID 0/1/10 w/ optional RAID 5/50
RAID720i 12Gb RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 w/ optional 1GB read-only
cache; optional 1GB, 2GB or 4GB R/W cache includes CacheVault /
CacheCade / FastPath
RAID720ix 12Gb RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 with optional 1GB read-only
cache; optional 1GB, 2GB or 4GB R/W cache includes CacheVault /
CacheCade / FastPath
I/O Expansion Slots Up to seven PCIe slots on the system board
Network Interfaces One 1 GbE port dedicated for remote management
Two 1 GbE ports for OS
I/O Connectors USB ports: 2x v2.0 front, 4x v3.0 rear
VGA Port: 1 rear
Serial port: 1 rear
System Cooling 4x System fans; Hot Swap redundant
Power Supply Options Up to two redundant hot-swap power supplies (Energy Star 2.0 and Climate
Savers compliant):
1+1 Redundant Power capable
450W Gold
550W/750W/1100W/1600W 80 Plus Platinum PSU (100-127 / 200-240
VAC)
750W 80 Plus Titanium PSU (208-240VAC)
Security Features Trusted Platform Module (Optional)
BIOS administrators and users passwords
Physical Security Intrusion Detection (optional)
Cover Lock
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Use of LTO and M.2 SSD at the same time is not a supported configuration
2
See ThinkServer Energy Manager Users Guide for supported non-Lenovo platforms.
Feature Locations
Shown in Figure 1, the ThinkServer TD350 has been designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind.
Flat fronts simplify the visual appearance and the work area. The vent pattern maximizes cooling
airflow, and provides visual synergy across the product family. Red accent points on the server identify
touch points.
Figure 2 shows the location of key components, connectors and features as viewed from the rear of the
server.
Connectors and server features as viewed from the rear of the server are identified in Table 2.
ID Description ID Description
Ethernet RJ-45 connector 0 for
1 Power cord connectors(2) 6
system management
2 ID LED 7 Ethernet RJ-45 connectors (2)
3 VGA DB-15 connector 8 Server cover key (on some models)
4 PCI Express card slots (3) 9 Serial connector
5 USB 3.0 connectors (4) 10 PCI-E card slots (4)
Looking inside the TD350, customer field replaceable components have blue touch points, and hot
swappable components have orange touch points. Figure 3 shows the location of internal components.
Table 3 shows system board component identification key features of the TD350, including AnyRAID
adapters, hot swap redundant power supplies and cooling fans.
ID Description ID Description
AnyRAID-adapter air duct (available on some
1 9 CPU2 DIMMs (vary by model)
models)
2 AnyRAID adapter (available on some models) 10 Heat sinks (vary by model)
3 AnyRAID-adapter tray 11 Intrusion switch (optional)
ThinkServer RAID Super Capacitor Modules
4 (available on 12 Coin-cell battery
some models)
5 3.5-inch hot-swap-drive backplane 13 CPU1 DIMMs (vary by model)
6 System fans 14 PCI-E card holder
7 PCI-E card holder 15 M.2 storage module (available on some models)
8 CPU1 DIMMs (vary by model) 16 Cooling shroud
ID Description ID Description
1 M.2 storage-module power connector 18 RAID upgrade key connector
2 Coin-cell battery 19 Optical-drive 2 signal connector
3 System-board signal connector 20 TPM connector
4 Optical-drive power connector 21 TSM Premium connector
5 System-board power connector 22 PCI-E card slot 1
6 Backplane power connector 2 23 PCI-E card slot 2
7 Backplane power connector 1 24 PCI-E card slot 3
8 System fan connector 25 AnyRAID connector
9 Memory slots for microprocessor 1 (4) 26 Intrusion switch connector
10 Microprocessor socket 1 27 Memory slots for microprocessor 2 (4)
11 Memory slots for microprocessor 1 (4) 28 Microprocessor socket 2
12 System-board power connector 2 29 Memory slots for microprocessor 2 (4)
13 SD-module connector 30 PCI-E card slot 4
14 SATA connector 0 31 PCI-E card slot 5
15 SATA connector 1 32 PCI-E card slot 6
16 Front panel connector 33 PCI-E card slot 7
17 Optical-drive 1 signal connector 34 RAID upgrade key connector
Processor Support
The TD350 supports up to two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 series of processors. Xeon E5-2600 v3 improves
on the prior generation of processors in multiple ways:
Table 5 lists supported processor options and ordering information. Up to two processors are supported
by the system.
Memory Options
The ThinkServer TD350 supports DDR4 memory. DDR4 memory offers many benefits over prior
generation DDR3 memory. DDR4 operates at a lower voltage than DDR3L (1.2V vs. 1.5V) and as a result,
offers significant power savings. In addition, DDR4 memory has higher memory transfer speeds up to
2133 MT/s depending on the memory configuration.
Lenovo offers both Registered DIMMs (RDIMM) and Load Reduced DIMMs (LR-DIMM) that use a buffer
to reduce memory bus loading, enabling greater memory capacities to be achieved.
The server supports up to 8 DIMMs when one processor is installed and up to 16 DIMMs when two
processors are installed. Each processor has four memory channels, and there are two DIMMs
supported per channel. The TD350 supports up to 512GB of memory at speeds up to 2133MT/s when
fully populated. The actual memory speed in the system is determined as the lowest of either the
memory speed supported by the specific CPU, or the maximum operating speeds for the memory
configuration based on the number of DIMMs per channel.
ThinkServer engineering has tested and validated system designs that support memory speeds beyond
Intels original plan, providing benefits for workloads that require memory speed and density. Lenovo
ThinkServer memory is fully supported up to the rated speeds shown in Table 6.
Protection against data loss is provided through the following memory reliability, availability and
serviceability (RAS) features: ECC, Patrol and Demand Scrubbing, Sparing, Mirroring and Lockstep Mode.
When populating for the various RAS modes, however, the following rules apply:
If memory mirroring or lockstep is used, DIMMs must be installed in pairs (minimum of one pair
per each CPU), and both DIMMs in a pair must be identical in type, size and rank.
If memory sparing is used, one rank of a DIMM in each populated channel is reserved as spare
memory, and therefore, Single Rank DIMMs cannot be used. DIMMs in a pair must be identical
in type, size and rank.
Memory Optimization
The memory subsystem can be optimized for various factors, including performance, capacity, or power
consumption. Refer to the following guidelines when selecting memory options.
Use all available memory channels (4 per processor, 8 total per system).
Use identical DIMM populations in size and speed across channels.
Populate both processors with equal amounts of memory.
Use the same number of ranks populated per channel.
Have at least two ranks available on each channel.
Use fewer, higher capacity DIMMs. For example, eight 16GB DIMMs will generally have lower
power requirements than sixteen 8GB DIMMs.
Populating more DIMMs per channel and using less channels (opposite of guidance above) will
reduce overall system power, but at the cost of significant performance reduction.
Table 7 provides guidelines for selecting memory configurations based on either performance or
capacity. For example, to achieve optimal 2133MHz performance at a given capacity, populate up to 16
DIMMs (up to 8 per CPU). To achieve the maximum memory capacity with the highest performance
populate up to 16 sockets with LRDIMMs.
Desired Operating
# of Number of Number of Recommended
System Frequency Comments
CPUs DIMMs & Size Channels Used DIMM type
Capacity (MT/s)
4GB 1 CPU 1x 4GB 1 Channel RDIMM 2133 Minimum configuration for 1 CPU
8GB 1 CPU 1x 8GB 1 Channel RDIMM 2133 Cost optimized
Table 8 lists the TD350 DDR4 memory options and ordering information.
DIMM Part
Type Ranking Voltage
Capacity Number
Internal Storage
The ThinkServer TD350 implements a new chassis design that allows a greater number of drive bays,
supporting increased internal storage capacity. The system can be configured to meet exact workload
requirements.
Both chassis types also support enterprise M.2 SSD and SD memory cards which can be used as boot
drives. M.2 is a form factor of SSD with a small footprint. The TD350 supports two M.2 SSDs that can be
configured as RAID-1 with either the AnyRAID 110i or 720ix controllers. The TD350 supports two SD
memory cards via an optional module connected to USB ports on the system board. The SD cards can
be configured for redundancy using the Operating System (OS). The SD cards are enabled via a USB port
from the system board Platform Controller Hub (PCH), and do not require a RAID controller.
The TD350 supports one optional internal or external SAS tape drive. Table 9 provides ordering
information for tape drives and available options.
This section shows the base chassis configurations with varying numbers of drive bays, and points out
the key features of each.
2.5-inch Chassis
The 2.5-inch chassis supports configurations with up to eight or sixteen hot-swap small form factor
HDDs or SSDs. Figure 5 shows the TD350 2.5-inch chassis supporting 16 drives.
An optional backplane kit is available to upgrade from eight to sixteen drives. Table 10 shows ordering
information for the backplane option kit.
3.5-inch Chassis
The 3.5-inch chassis supports configurations with up to fifteen hot swap drive bays or up to five easy
swap (non-hot swap) drive bays. Figure 6 shows the TD350 3.5-inch drive bay chassis.
Drive Options
The ThinkServer TD350 supports drive types that include choices for higher performing Solid State
Drives (SSDs) and high capacity Hard Disk Drives (HDDs).
Along with a broad RAID controller selection, Lenovo also offers options such as upgrade keys for
software and IOC-based controllers, read-only and protected cache options plus advanced caching and
SSD acceleration software. To ensure investment protection, RAID configurations, data and most options
can transfer intact when upgrading to a more advanced controller. ThinkServer AnyRAID options are
common across the Lenovo ThinkServer next-generation portfolio.
Lenovo offers four ThinkServer AnyRAID controllers to provide coverage for a variety of business and
technical requirements.
The Lenovo ThinkServer AnyRAID 110i is a software RAID controller, offering a low-cost solution
for light workloads with limited users.
The Lenovo ThinkServer AnyRAID 510i is an IOC-based RAID card, offering an affordable
hardware controller that delivers performance and reliability.
The Lenovo ThinkServer AnyRAID 720i is a RoC-based controller, offering advanced RAID
configurations, protection and software.
The Lenovo ThinkServer AnyRAID 720ix is similar to the AnyRAID 720i, but contains an onboard
SAS expander to support up to 26 drives.
110i AnyRAID 510i AnyRAID RAID 720i AnyRAID RAID 720ix AnyRAID
Maximum Device 26 SATA, SAS, SSD,
6 SATA, SATA SSD 8 SATA, SAS, SSD 8 SATA, SAS, SSD
Support PCIe SSD
Supports M.2 SSD No No No Yes
Data Transfer Rate Up to 6Gbps Up to 6Gbps Up to 12Gbps Up to 12Gbps
0/1/10 0/1/10
RAID Levels 0/1/10/5/50/6/60 0/1/10/5/50/6/60
Optional 5 Optional 5
Yes (only without
JBOD Mode Yes Yes Yes
Cache installed)
Online Capacity
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Expansion
RAID Level
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Migration
Global Hot Spare Yes Yes Yes Yes
1 GB Read only 1 GB Read only
1/2/4 Read-Write 1/2/4 Read-Write
Cache Protection N/A N/A
Flash/Supercap Flash/Supercap
protected cache protected cache
RAID FastPath and Yes (included with Yes (included with
N/A N/A
CacheCADE Pro 2.0 cache modules) cache modules)
SED Support No No Yes Yes
Yes (up to 26 SAS
SAS Expander No No No
drives)
AnyBay PCIe SSD
No No No Yes
Support
Chassis Type RAID 110i RAID 510i RAID 720i RAID 720ix
2.5-inch 8 bay n/a
2.5-inch 16 bay n/a n/a n/a
2.5-inch 24 bay n/a n/a n/a
2.5-inch 24 bay (with AnyBay support) n/a n/a n/a
3.5-inch 6 bay
3.5-inch 12 bay n/a n/a n/a
Hybrid n/a n/a n/a
Table 14 shows the ordering information for AnyRAID adapters and upgrade options.
PCIe Support
The TD350 provides seven PCIe slots on the system board. Figure 7 shows the PCIe I/O expansion slot
options as seen from the rear of the server.
Three PCIe slots are supported on a server configured with one CPU; seven PCIe slots are supported with
a dual-CPU server. Table 15 provides details of the supported PCIe slots.
Table 15 TD350 PCIe Slots
Table 16 provides a summary and ordering information for the Lenovo PCIe NIC portfolio.
PCIe CNA
Lenovo ThinkServer PCIe CNAs are based on technology by Emulex. Emulex is acknowledged as a leader
in the CNA product category, providing reliable and innovative technologies. Table 17 provides a
summary and ordering information for the Lenovo CNA portfolio.
Table 18 provides a summary and ordering information for the Lenovo PCIe HBA portfolio.
Table 19 provides a summary and ordering information for the Lenovo SAS HBA portfolio.
Systems Management
A significant factor in the total cost of a servers ownership is the processes used for administering the
system hardware, software and support over the life of the server. Lenovos ThinkServer system
management offerings are based on industry standards enabling integration into existing IT
environments. Lenovos tools emphasize provisioning and operational management a large portion of
the system cost, and optional upgrades provide additional management capabilities to optimize
performance and utilization of the servers.
Deployment
Embedded within every Lenovo next-generation ThinkServer system, ThinkServer Deployment Manager
is a tools suite providing a complete set of provisioning capabilities from a single interface. ThinkServer
Deployment Manager automates many of the tasks associated with server provisioning including
hardware configuration, operating system deployment, device driver (for OS installation) and firmware
updates, and server cloning. Because ThinkServer Deployment Manager is integrated into the UEFI pre-
boot environment, the tools operate independently of the server and are available regardless of
systems operational state. Formatting a system drive or reinstalling the operating system does not
remove the tools, and there are no CDs or DVDs to retrieve or store impacting user experience or
productivity.
TSM is a fully featured management solution built on open industry standards that can help reduce
related IT expenses by increasing a server administrators productivity. TSM provides important health
and status information to systems administrators, and enables administrators to remotely perform most
functions that would otherwise require a visit to the server.
TSM can be used as part of any server systems management infrastructure, and is well suited for
customers deploying servers in remote branches, limited-access data centers, and where one-on one
remote-control capability is required. Lenovos design advancements address key system management
concerns. In particular, TSM is a low-cost solution that supports heterogeneous environments, it
provides full remote management capability, and it supports remote deployment.
A remote console providing complete remote control of the server. A video viewer enables
graphical console, keyboard and mouse redirection of the server.
Remote media capability enabling the attachment of local CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, USB mass
storage devices, ISO images and IMG images (create from local folders) to the remote server.
Support for power monitoring and management with the separately available ThinkServer
Energy Manager tool. Energy Manager is a stand-alone, web-based, power management console
that enables you to observe, plan and manage server power usage to decrease power and
cooling needs, helping to lower your total cost of ownership. Energy Manager uses TSM to
capture real-time power and temperature data from the ThinkServer system, analyzes the data
to optimize server power consumption and workload placement, and provides controls to limit
maximum server power consumed.
TEM is an agent-less, web based console that tracks and analyzes real-time power consumption and
thermal data for servers and other supported devices in the data center. With this data, administrators
can plan and manage server power and cooling. Using built-in intelligence, TEM identifies power
consumption trends, ideal power settings, and cooling analysis so that you can develop power-saving
usage policies that adjust server power caps based on server utilization, business conditions, and power
consumption trends. When a user-defined power or temperature threshold is reached, an alert can be
generated to inform you of the event. An emergency feature can automatically help maintain business
continuity when power outages or temperature events occur, TEM can dynamically cap power to shed
load and distribute remaining power to servers prioritizing business-critical workloads.
With the ability to monitor, analyze, and control the power and cooling of Lenovo and non-Lenovo
servers, TEM enables you to take control of power management and reduce operational costs.
A single node TEM license is included with all next-generation servers with TSM Premium. Licenses are
available for next-generation servers without TSM, selected 4th generation ThinkServer systems, and
Maximum
Description Part Number
Supported
Lenovo ThinkServer Energy Manager Node License 4L40E51621 Single Node
Lenovo ThinkServer Energy Manager Node License Pack 4L40E51622 5 Nodes
Lenovo ThinkServer Energy Manager Node License Pack 4L40E51623 50 Nodes
The Partner Pack integrates into vCenter using the open plug-in architecture and allows one pane of
glass management for the virtualized environment, so administrators can continue to use familiar tools.
Unlike options from other server providers, the Lenovo Partner Pack integrates into vCenter and does
not require the installation of additional consoles or software.
Implemented as a Management Pack for SCOM, the Partner Pack is integrated into SCOM using the
native Management Pack interface allowing IT administrators to manage ThinkServer systems using
familiar tools and one pane of glass management.
The Lenovo Partner Pack for SCOM automatically discovers and provides detailed system information
about the Lenovo ThinkServer managed servers, including component inventory, and component and
sensor status. The Partner Pack also enables actions such as restarting or powering off the ThinkServer
and accessing the Remote Desktop Console via RDP and accessing the ThinkServer Management Module
(TMM) interface.
The Partner Pack uses In-Band management to manage ThinkServer systems running Microsoft
Windows Operating Systems with the System Center Agent installed.
Unlike options from other server providers, the Lenovo Partner Pack integrates into SCOM and does not
require the installation of additional consoles or software.
2
See ThinkServer Energy Manager Users Guide for supported non-Lenovo platforms.
The TD350 uses low power components including DDR4 memory and low power CPU options.
Power supply choices that can be selected based on system configuration enabling greater
power supply efficiency in use.
The server can be configured with 80 Plus Platinum or Titanium rated power supplies and is
compliant with Energy Star 2.0 when these power supplies are used. Titanium rated supplies are
up to 96% efficient at high loads.
System power profiles can be configured in BIOS to optimize usage for maximum performance,
or energy efficiency.
Lenovo Energy Manager provides system level power monitoring and management, enabling
user- defined power capping.
Table 22 lists the power supply options available for the TD350, operating characteristics, efficiency
ratings and ordering information.
Supported Configurations
The TD350 supports several configurations that can be selected based on the desired server
configuration, workload, or reliability requirements.
The server can be ordered with a single power supply, or with two power supplies for 1 + 1 redundancy
in the unlikely event of a power supply failure. Both active-active and active-passive forms of
redundancy are supported, configurable through IPMI (command-line interface).
The size of the power supply should be chosen based on the system configuration as shown in Table 26 .
If an installed power supply is smaller than the demand placed on it, power consumption will be capped
with a potential impact on system performance.
If Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS) are used with the TD350, the output of the UPS should be of a
pure sine wave.
Thermal
The TD350 is able to run at 45o C continuously without time restrictions an industry first. This provides
value in data centers that can or intend to take advantage of new energy efficient cooling technologies,
as well as organizations who install their servers in segregated, or less-controlled environments.
Lenovo has carefully designed and tested the TD350 to address concerns about long-term reliability.
Specifically,
Very stringent component temperature and voltage de-rating requirements were adopted to
insure reliable operation across all supported environments.
Components are placed in the system for optimal airflow, and with advanced thermal control,
temperatures of critical components are often lower at higher ambient temperatures then in
normal environments.
The system design was thoroughly tested across the entire A4 temperature range.
Specification
Operating ambient temperature 10C to 45C 50F to 113F
Transit ambient temperature -40C to +60C -40F to 140F
Operating Humidity 20% to 80% RH, non-condensing
Transit humidity 8 % to 90% RH, non-condensing
Maximum allowable ambient temperatures must be derated at altitudes above 950 m (3100 ft) as
shown in Figure 8. Allowable ambient temperatures between 35C and 40C are reduced 1C for every
175m (575 ft) above 950m, and 1C for every 125m (410 ft) above 950m for ambient temperatures
between 40C and 45C.
Security
The TD350 provides a hardware security module (optional), TSM hardware security, an optional chassis
intrusion lock and server cover lock.
TPM
The TD350 provides an optional Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to securely store the passwords,
certificates and encryption keys that may be used to authenticate the platform. TPM is a hardware-
based system security feature, supporting Trusted Computing Group (TCG) 1.2.
TPM supports Windows BitLocker Drive encryption, a Windows data protection feature. BitLocker
leverages the TPM to protect user data and to ensure that a Windows server has not been tampered
with.
TSM Security
TSM provides the following security features:
Warranty options
The Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 comes with one year or three-year next business day onsite warranty
coverage, depending on the server model.
The warranty can be extended to three, four, or five years, up to a maximum coverage period of five
years. If Lenovo determines that the product problem is covered by the product warranty and cannot be
resolved over the telephone, a technician will be dispatched to arrive on-site, typically the next business
Table 26 shows the warranty extension offerings available for the TD350.
Offering Description
Upgrades standard warranty response
time to the same day the initial
service call is placed.
4 hour - 9x5 Service includes:
4 hour onsite response time
9x5 service window
Technician Installed CRUs
Extends four-hour response time
window to around the clock. Service
4 hour - 24x7
also includes Technician Installed
CRUs.
Offers an eight-hour response time
window 24 hours a day, 365 days per
8 hour - 24x7 year; ensures excellent same day
response at a lower cost than higher
response 4-hour offerings.
Priority Support
Lenovos Priority Support Offering enhances our award-winning call center support to provide top
priority queue assignment to specialized ThinkServer Technicians. Priority support accelerates call
center troubleshooting to get your problems resolved quickly, and includes additional value added
support for Lenovo provided software tools. Priority support can be purchased standalone to match the
base warranty of your ThinkServer System or in convenient bundles with our same-day response
services.
Keep Your Drive, Multi Drive: Lenovos ThinkServer Keep Your Drive Multi-Drive service is a multi-drive
hard drive retention offering that ensures your data is always under your control, regardless of the
number of hard drives installed in your ThinkServer system. In the unlikely event of a hard drive failure,
you retain possession of your hard drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Your data stays
safely on your premises, in your hands. Keep Your Drive Multi-Drive can be purchased standalone to
match the base warranty of your ThinkServer system or in convenient bundles with our same-day
response services.
Regulatory Compliance
The TD350 conforms to the following standards: