Lenovo ThinkSystem SR680a V3

Overview

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR680a V3 is a Lenovo server platform in a 8U rack., with Two 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (formerly codenamed “Emerald Rapids”). Supports a processor with 64 cores,… and 32 DIMM slots with two processors (16 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 8…, aimed at server platform workloads. Its full parameter set is listed below.

At a glance

• Product SKU: SR680a V3
• Form Factor: 8U rack.
• Processor: Two 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (formerly codenamed "Emerald Rapids"). Supports a processor with 64 cores, core speed of 2.3 GHz, and TDP rating of 350W. Supports PCIe 5.0 for high performance I/O.
• Chipset: Intel C741 "Emmitsburg" chipset, part of the platform codenamed "Eagle Stream"
• GPUs: Eight NVIDIA B200 1000W SXM6 GPUs with 180GB HBM3 GPU memory per GPU.
• Memory: 32 DIMM slots with two processors (16 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 8 memory channels, with 2 DIMMs per channel (DPC). Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMMs are supported. DIMMs operate at up to 5600 MHz at 1 DPC and up to 4400 MHz at 2 DPC.
• Maximum Memory: Up to 4TB with 32x 128GB RDIMMs
• Persistent Memory: Not supported.
• Memory Protection: ECC, SDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs), ADDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs excluding 9×4 RDIMMs, requires Platinum or Gold processors), and memory mirroring.
• Drive Bays: Up to 16x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives.
• OS Boot Drives: Support for two M.2 drives with optional Intel VROC NVMe RAID support for OS boot and data storage functions
• Maximum Internal Storage: 245.76TB using 16x 15.36TB 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs
• Storage Controller: Onboard NVMe (Non-RAID)
• Network: Supports 8x high-performance network adapters up to 400 Gb/s connectivity with GPU Direct support. Supports NVIDIA BlueField-3 2-port 200Gb adapters for the User/Control Plane and a Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 2-port 10/25GbE adapter for management.
• Expansion Slots: 10x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots: ; 8x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slots with GPU Direct support ; 2x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slots
• Ports: Front: 1x USB 3 (5 Gb/s) port, 1x USB 2 port (also for XCC local management), 1x VGA video port, 1x RJ-45 1GbE systems management port for XCC remote management. Rear: No ports
• Cooling: 2x front-mounted dual-rotor fans for the CPU and storage subsystem, N+1 redundant. 15x rear-mounted dual-rotor fans for the GPU subsystem, N+1 redundant. One fan integrated in each power supply. 2x auxiliary fans adjacent to the power supplies. Front-to-rear airflow.
• Power Supply: Eight hot-swap redundant AC power supplies with up to N+N redundancy. 80 PLUS Titanium certification. 3200 W AC power supplies requiring 220 V AC supply.
• System Management: Integrated Diagnostics Panel with status LEDs and pull-out LCD display. XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) embedded management based on the ASPEED AST2600 baseboard management controller (BMC). Dedicated Ethernet port for XCC2 remote access for management. XClarity One for centralized infrastructure management, XClarity Integrator plugins, and XClarity Energy Manager centralized server power management. Optional XCC Platinum to enable remote control functions and other features.
• Security: Power-on password, administrator's password, Root of Trust module supporting TPM 2.0 and Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR).
• Operating System: Ubuntu Server.
• Warranty: Three-year or one-year (model dependent) customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9×5 next business day (NBD).
• Dimensions (H x W x D): Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.), height: 351 mm (13.8 in.), depth: 943 mm (37.1 in.). See Physical and electrical specifications for details.
• Weight: Maximum: 116 kg (256 lbs)

When to choose this server platform

Choose it for server platform workloads. A 8U rack. footprint with Eight hot-swap redundant AC power supplies with up to N+N redundancy.… and Up to 16x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives..

Reading the specifications

See the grouped parameters above for capacity, connectivity, power and physical data; confirm the specific configuration against your workload before ordering.

Platform & compatibility

Supports processor Two 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (formerly codenamed “Emerald Rapids”). Supports a processor with 64 cores,…, memory 32 DIMM slots with two processors (16 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 8 memory channels, with 2…, storage Up to 16x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives., network Supports 8x high-performance network adapters up to 400 Gb/s connectivity with GPU Direct support. Supports…. Confirm CPU/controller, memory, drives and power against your environment before ordering.

Deployment notes

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR680a V3 is supplied as a configured platform. OS support: Ubuntu Server.. Send the required configuration for a firm quote.

FAQ

What processors/controllers does it use? Two 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (formerly codenamed “Emerald Rapids”). Supports a processor with 64 cores, core speed of 2.3 GHz, and TDP rating of 350W. Supports PCIe….

Memory/cache? 32 DIMM slots with two processors (16 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 8 memory channels, with 2 DIMMs per channel (DPC). Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMMs are supported. DIMMs….

Storage options? Up to 16x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives..

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