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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR685a V3

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR685a V3 is a 8U rack server from Lenovo, powered by Two AMD EPYC processors, either 5th Gen 9005, with up to 16x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives.

SKU: SR685A-V3 Category: Server Brand: Lenovo

Technical Specifications
Overview

Product SKU	SR685a V3
Form Factor	8U rack.
Processor	Two AMD EPYC processors, either 5th Gen 9005 ("Turin") or 4th Gen 9004 ("Genoa"). Supports processors up to 128 cores, core speeds of up to 3.65 GHz, and TDP ratings of up to 400W. Supports PCIe 5.0 for high performance I/O.
GPU Support	8x AMD Instinct MI300x or NVIDIA H100/H200 GPUs
Memory	24 DIMM slots with two processors (12 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 12 memory channels, with 1 DIMM per channel (DPC). Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMMs and 3DS RDIMMs are supported. Memory speeds up to 6400 MHz with 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors.
Drive Bays	Up to 16x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives.
Expansion Slots	10x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots: • Front: 8x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slots with GPU Direct support • Rear, choice of: – 2x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slots or – 1x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slot + 1x OCP 3.0 slot with PCIe 5.0 x16 interface
GPUs	Choice of: • Eight AMD MI300X 750W OAM GPUs with 192GB HBM3 GPU memory per GPU • Eight NVIDIA H100 700W SXM5 GPUs with 80GB HBM3 GPU memory per GPU • Eight NVIDIA H200 700W SXM5 GPUs with 141GB HBM3 GPU memory per GPU
Maximum Memory	Up to 3TB with 24x 128GB RDIMMs or 3DS RDIMMs
Persistent Memory	Not supported.
Memory Protection	ECC, SDDC, Patrol/Demand Scrubbing, Bounded Fault, DRAM Address Command Parity with Replay, DRAM Uncorrected ECC Error Retry, On-die ECC, ECC Error Check and Scrub (ECS), Post Package Repair
OS Boot Drives	Support for an M.2 adapter with integrated RAID-1; support for 2x NVMe M.2 drives 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 a NVIDIA BlueField-3 2-port 200Gb adapter for the User/Control Plane and a choice of OCP network adapter for Management. OCP 3.0 slot has a PCIe 5.0 x16 host interface with one port optionally be shared with the XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) management processor for Wake-on-LAN and NC-SI support.
Ports	Front: 1x USB 3.2 G1 (5 Gb/s) port, 1x USB 2.0 port (also for XCC local management), 1x VGA video port. Rear: 3x USB 3.2 G1 (5 Gb/s) ports, 1x VGA video port, 1x RJ-45 1GbE systems management port for XCC remote management.
Cooling	5x front-mounted dual-rotor fans for the CPU and storage subsystem, N+1 redundant. 10x rear-mounted dual-rotor fans for the GPU subsystem, N+1 redundant. One fan integrated in each power supply. Front-to-rear airflow.
Power Supply	Up to eight hot-swap redundant AC power supplies with up to N+N redundancy. 80 PLUS Titanium certification. 2600 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 rear 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: 924 mm (36.3 in.). See Physical and electrical specifications for details.
Weight	Maximum: 109.4 kg (241 lbs)

Overview

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR685a V3 is a Lenovo server platform in a 8U rack., with Two AMD EPYC processors, either 5th Gen 9005 (“Turin”) or 4th Gen 9004 (“Genoa”). Supports processors up to 128 cores,… and 24 DIMM slots with two processors (12 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 12…, aimed at server platform workloads. Its full parameter set is listed below.

At a glance

Product SKU: SR685a V3
Form Factor: 8U rack.
Processor: Two AMD EPYC processors, either 5th Gen 9005 ("Turin") or 4th Gen 9004 ("Genoa"). Supports processors up to 128 cores, core speeds of up to 3.65 GHz, and TDP ratings of up to 400W. Supports PCIe 5.0 for high performance I/O.
GPU Support: 8x AMD Instinct MI300x or NVIDIA H100/H200 GPUs
Memory: 24 DIMM slots with two processors (12 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 12 memory channels, with 1 DIMM per channel (DPC). Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMMs and 3DS RDIMMs are supported. Memory speeds up to 6400 MHz with 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors.
Drive Bays: Up to 16x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives.
Expansion Slots: 10x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots: ; Front: 8x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slots with GPU Direct support ; Rear, choice of: – 2x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slots or – 1x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slot + 1x OCP 3.0 slot with PCIe 5.0 x16 interface
GPUs: Choice of: ; Eight AMD MI300X 750W OAM GPUs with 192GB HBM3 GPU memory per GPU ; Eight NVIDIA H100 700W SXM5 GPUs with 80GB HBM3 GPU memory per GPU ; Eight NVIDIA H200 700W SXM5 GPUs with 141GB HBM3 GPU memory per GPU
Maximum Memory: Up to 3TB with 24x 128GB RDIMMs or 3DS RDIMMs
Persistent Memory: Not supported.
Memory Protection: ECC, SDDC, Patrol/Demand Scrubbing, Bounded Fault, DRAM Address Command Parity with Replay, DRAM Uncorrected ECC Error Retry, On-die ECC, ECC Error Check and Scrub (ECS), Post Package Repair
OS Boot Drives: Support for an M.2 adapter with integrated RAID-1; support for 2x NVMe M.2 drives 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 a NVIDIA BlueField-3 2-port 200Gb adapter for the User/Control Plane and a choice of OCP network adapter for Management. OCP 3.0 slot has a PCIe 5.0 x16 host interface with one port optionally be shared with the XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) management processor for Wake-on-LAN and NC-SI support.
Ports: Front: 1x USB 3.2 G1 (5 Gb/s) port, 1x USB 2.0 port (also for XCC local management), 1x VGA video port. Rear: 3x USB 3.2 G1 (5 Gb/s) ports, 1x VGA video port, 1x RJ-45 1GbE systems management port for XCC remote management.
Cooling: 5x front-mounted dual-rotor fans for the CPU and storage subsystem, N+1 redundant. 10x rear-mounted dual-rotor fans for the GPU subsystem, N+1 redundant. One fan integrated in each power supply. Front-to-rear airflow.
Power Supply: Up to eight hot-swap redundant AC power supplies with up to N+N redundancy. 80 PLUS Titanium certification. 2600 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 rear 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: 924 mm (36.3 in.). See Physical and electrical specifications for details.
Weight: Maximum: 109.4 kg (241 lbs)

When to choose this server platform

Choose it for server platform workloads. A 8U rack. footprint with Up to eight hot-swap redundant AC power supplies with up to N+N… 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 AMD EPYC processors, either 5th Gen 9005 (“Turin”) or 4th Gen 9004 (“Genoa”). Supports processors up to 128 cores,…, memory 24 DIMM slots with two processors (12 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 12 memory channels, with…, 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 a…. Confirm CPU/controller, memory, drives and power against your environment before ordering.

Deployment notes

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR685a 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 AMD EPYC processors, either 5th Gen 9005 (“Turin”) or 4th Gen 9004 (“Genoa”). Supports processors up to 128 cores, core speeds of up to 3.65 GHz, and TDP ratings of up to….

Memory/cache? 24 DIMM slots with two processors (12 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 12 memory channels, with 1 DIMM per channel (DPC). Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMMs and 3DS RDIMMs are….

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

How do I get pricing? Send the required configuration; quotes depend on quantity, options and destination.

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