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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 is an 8-socket, 8U mission-critical server powered by eight 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Platinum processors, with up to 32TB of DDR5 memory across 128 DIMM slots, up to 14x PCIe slots and up to 16x 2.5″ SAS/SATA or E3.S PCIe 5.0 NVMe drive bays.

SKU: SR950-V3 Category: Brand:
Product SKU

SR950-V3

Form Factor

8U rack (two 4U chassis cabled together)

Processor

8 x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Platinum processors, up to 60 cores, up to 2.9 GHz and up to 350W TDP per processor; 4 UPI links at 16 GT/s in mesh topology

Chipset

Intel C741 (Eagle Stream platform)

GPU Support

No GPU support

Memory

Up to 128 x DDR5 DIMM slots (16 per processor); TruDDR5 RDIMMs and 3DS RDIMMs

Memory Speed

4800 MHz at 1 DIMM per channel (1DPC); 4400 MHz at 2DPC

Maximum Memory

Up to 32TB with 128 x 256GB 3DS RDIMMs (4.0TB per processor)

Memory Protection

ECC, SDDC and ADDDC (x4-based DIMMs), memory mirroring

Drive Bays

Front: up to 16 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA, or up to 16 x E3.S EDSFF PCIe 5.0 NVMe
Internal: 2 x M.2 NVMe boot drives

Maximum Internal Storage

983.04TB with 16 x 61.44TB E3.S EDSFF NVMe SSDs
491.52TB with 16 x 30.72TB 2.5" SAS/SATA SSDs

Storage Controller

12Gb SAS/SATA RAID adapters and HBAs; onboard PCIe 5.0 NVMe with Intel VROC; M.2 NVMe RAID adapter with Marvell 88NR2241 (RAID 0/1)

Expansion Slots

Front: 6 x FHHL PCIe 5.0 x16 (standard)
Rear: up to 8 x FHHL PCIe 4.0 or PCIe 5.0 x16
Rear: 1 x OCP 3.0 (PCIe 4.0 x16)

Network

1 x OCP 3.0 SFF slot supporting 1GbE, 10GbE or 25GbE adapters; port shareable with XClarity Controller for NC-SI and Wake-on-LAN

Ports

Front: 1 x VGA, 2 x USB 3.2 G1, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x DB-9 serial, 1 x RJ-45 XCC management, LCD diagnostics port
Rear: none

Cooling

24 x hot-swap dual-rotor 60 mm fans (12 per 4U chassis) in N+2 rotor redundancy

Power Supply

8 or 12 x hot-swap 1800W AC 80 PLUS Titanium PSUs in N+N redundancy (4 or 6 per chassis); 220V input required

System Management

XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) with dedicated front RJ-45 port and optional redundant port; XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrator plugins, XClarity Energy Manager

Security

Chassis intrusion detection (top cover and front UPI cable retainer), power-on and administrator passwords, TPM 2.0, Root of Trust module with Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR)

Operating System

Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi

Operating Environment

ASHRAE Class A2: 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F)
ASHRAE Class A3: 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F)
ASHRAE Class A4: 5°C to 45°C (41°F to 113°F)

Dimensions (H x W x D)

175 mm x 443 mm x 973 mm (6.9 in. x 17.4 in. x 38.3 in.)

Weight

Up to 50 kg (110.23 lb) per 4U chassis; up to 100 kg (220.46 lb) total

Warranty

1-year or 3-year customer replaceable unit and on-site limited warranty, 9×5 next business day; optional service upgrades

Overview

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 is an 8-socket, 8U mission-critical server built from two 4U chassis cabled together and powered by eight 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Platinum processors. It scales to 32TB of DDR5 memory across 128 DIMM slots and up to 480 processing cores, making it the platform of choice for the largest in-memory databases, SAP HANA deployments and enterprise transaction processing workloads.

With up to 14 PCIe slots, up to 16 front-accessible drive bays, 24 hot-swap fans and 1800W Titanium power supplies in N+N redundancy, the SR950 V3 delivers the scale-up capacity and continuous availability that mission-critical workloads demand, while Lenovo XClarity Controller 2 and a Root of Trust with Platform Firmware Resiliency keep the system manageable and secure.

Key Features

  • 8-socket compute: Eight 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Platinum processors, up to 60 cores, up to 2.9 GHz and up to 350W TDP each, connected in a mesh topology with four 16 GT/s UPI links per processor.
  • Up to 32TB of memory: 128 DDR5 DIMM slots (16 per processor) supporting TruDDR5 RDIMMs and 3DS RDIMMs at 4800 MHz (1DPC) or 4400 MHz (2DPC), with ECC, SDDC, ADDDC and memory mirroring.
  • Up to 983TB of internal storage: Up to 16 x 61.44TB E3.S EDSFF PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives, or up to 16 x 30.72TB 2.5″ SAS/SATA SSDs, plus 2 x internal M.2 NVMe boot drives.
  • Up to 14 PCIe slots: 6 x front FHHL PCIe 5.0 x16 slots as standard, up to 8 x rear FHHL PCIe 4.0/5.0 x16 slots, and a rear OCP 3.0 slot supporting 1GbE, 10GbE or 25GbE.
  • Mission-critical availability: 24 hot-swap dual-rotor 60 mm fans in N+2 rotor redundancy, and 8 or 12 x 1800W 80 PLUS Titanium power supplies in N+N redundancy.
  • Manageability and security: XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) with dedicated and optional redundant management ports, TPM 2.0, and a Root of Trust module with Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR).
  • SAP HANA ready: Qualified for SAP HANA scale-up configurations up to 16TB appliance or 24TB TDI, and holder of 40 performance benchmark world records.

Applications

  • Very large in-memory databases and SAP HANA
  • Mission-critical transaction processing, ERP and CRM
  • Real-time analytics and business intelligence
  • Consolidated enterprise virtualization

Configuration, availability and lead time depend on the required quantity, chassis and CPU platform, and delivery destination. Send your requirement to receive a quotation.

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