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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR780a V3

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR780a V3 is a 5U rack server from Lenovo, powered by Two 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, with up to 12x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives.

SKU: SR780a-V3 Category: Server Brand: Lenovo

Technical Specifications
Overview

Product SKU	SR780a V3
Form Factor	5U rack.
Processor	Two 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (formerly codenamed "Emerald Rapids"). Supports a processor with 56 cores, core speed of 2.7 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	Choice of: • 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 • Eight NVIDIA B200 1000W SXM6 GPUs with 180GB HBM3e 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 12x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives: • Front: 8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays • Rear: 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays (replaces one of the rear PCIe slots)
OS Boot Drives	Support for two internal M.2 drives with optional Intel VROC NVMe RAID support for OS boot and data storage functions
Maximum Internal Storage	174.08 TB using 8x 15.36 TB front NVMe drives + 4x 12.8 TB rear NVMe drives
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 Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 2-port 10/25GbE adapter for management.
Expansion Slots	Up to 11x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots: • Front: 8x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slots with GPU Direct support • Rear: Up to 3x PCIe 5.0 FHHL slots (two x16 slots, or two x8 slots + one x16 slot) One of the rear x16 slots can be replaced with 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays.
Ports	Front: 1x USB 3.2 G1 (5 Gb/s) port, 1x USB 2.0 port (also for XCC local management), 1x Mini DisplayPort video port. Rear: 2x USB 3.2 G1 (5 Gb/s) ports, 1x VGA video port, 1x RJ-45 1GbE systems management port for XCC remote management.
Cooling	CPUs, GPUs and NVLink switches are cooled using 6th Gen Lenovo Neptune water cooling, implemented using 4x water loops. Up to 75% of the heat generated by the server is removed using warm water. All other components are cooled using fans. 6x internal dual-rotor fans for the compute and storage subsystem, N+1 redundant. 5x rear-mounted dual-rotor fans for the lower components including the front PCIe slots and PCIe switches, N+1 redundant. One fan integrated in each power supply. Front-to-rear airflow.
Power Supply	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, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware ESXi.
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: 219 mm (8.6 in.), depth: 942 mm (37.1 in.). See Physical and electrical specifications for details.
Weight	Maximum: 92 kg (202 lbs)

Overview

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR780a V3 is a Lenovo server platform in a 5U rack., with Two 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (formerly codenamed “Emerald Rapids”). Supports a processor with 56 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: SR780a V3
Form Factor: 5U rack.
Processor: Two 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (formerly codenamed "Emerald Rapids"). Supports a processor with 56 cores, core speed of 2.7 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: Choice of: ; 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 ; Eight NVIDIA B200 1000W SXM6 GPUs with 180GB HBM3e 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 12x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives: ; Front: 8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays ; Rear: 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays (replaces one of the rear PCIe slots)
OS Boot Drives: Support for two internal M.2 drives with optional Intel VROC NVMe RAID support for OS boot and data storage functions
Maximum Internal Storage: 174.08 TB using 8x 15.36 TB front NVMe drives + 4x 12.8 TB rear NVMe drives
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 Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 2-port 10/25GbE adapter for management.
Expansion Slots: Up to 11x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots: ; Front: 8x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slots with GPU Direct support ; Rear: Up to 3x PCIe 5.0 FHHL slots (two x16 slots, or two x8 slots + one x16 slot) One of the rear x16 slots can be replaced with 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays.
Ports: Front: 1x USB 3.2 G1 (5 Gb/s) port, 1x USB 2.0 port (also for XCC local management), 1x Mini DisplayPort video port. Rear: 2x USB 3.2 G1 (5 Gb/s) ports, 1x VGA video port, 1x RJ-45 1GbE systems management port for XCC remote management.
Cooling: CPUs, GPUs and NVLink switches are cooled using 6th Gen Lenovo Neptune water cooling, implemented using 4x water loops. Up to 75% of the heat generated by the server is removed using warm water. All other components are cooled using fans. 6x internal dual-rotor fans for the compute and storage subsystem, N+1 redundant. 5x rear-mounted dual-rotor fans for the lower components including the front PCIe slots and PCIe switches, N+1 redundant. One fan integrated in each power supply. Front-to-rear airflow.
Power Supply: 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, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware ESXi.
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: 219 mm (8.6 in.), depth: 942 mm (37.1 in.). See Physical and electrical specifications for details.
Weight: Maximum: 92 kg (202 lbs)

When to choose this server platform

Choose it for server platform workloads. A 5U rack. footprint with Eight hot-swap redundant AC power supplies with up to N+N redundancy.… and Up to 12x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives: ; Front: 8x….

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 56 cores,…, memory 32 DIMM slots with two processors (16 DIMM slots per processor). Each processor has 8 memory channels, with 2…, storage Up to 12x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives: ; Front: 8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive…, 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 SR780a V3 is supplied as a configured platform. OS support: Ubuntu Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware ESXi.. 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 56 cores, core speed of 2.7 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 12x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays, supporting PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives: ; Front: 8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays ; Rear: 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays (replaces one of the rear….

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

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