HPE Edgeline EL8000 vs Lenovo ThinkAgile HX1021
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE Edgeline EL8000 Converged Edge System is a rugged 5U short-depth modular chassis designed for harsh operating environments, military edge command, and telco open RAN deployments. The Lenovo ThinkAgile HX1021 is a certified Nutanix hyperconverged edge node built on the ruggedized ThinkSystem SE350 platform.
| HPE Edgeline EL8000 | Lenovo ThinkAgile HX1021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Feb 2019 | Apr 2020 |
| Form factor | 5U ruggedized edge system | 1U edge |
| Blade slots | 4 | — |
| Blade models | HPE Edgeline e910 or e920 Compute Blade | — |
| Cpu support | Intel Xeon Scalable 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Gen | — |
| Accelerator support | Up to 4 high-power full-length PCIe GPUs | — |
| Chassis height | 5U rack mount with 432mm depth | — |
| Compliance | NEBS Level 3, ETSI 300 019, shock and vibration certified | — |
| Cooling | Front-to-back high-flow hot-swappable cooling fans | — |
| Processor | — | Single Intel Xeon D-2100 series processor up to 16 cores (up to 100W TDP) |
| Memory | — | 4x DDR4 DIMM slots supporting up to 256GB DDR4-2666 ECC RDIMM |
| Storage pools | — | Up to 8x internal M.2 NVMe SSDs (all-flash storage pool with SED support) |
| Hypervisor | — | Nutanix AHV or VMware ESXi |
| Network | — | Integrated 10GbE SFP+ and 1GbE RJ-45 ports; optional Wi-Fi and 4G/LTE connectivity |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant external or internal 240W AC or -48V DC power supplies |
| Management | — | Nutanix Prism and Lenovo XCC with tamper-detection sensors |
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