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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR685a V3 Server - System Overview

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Lenovo SR685a V3 front

Designed for air-cooled data centers that demand GPU performance, the ThinkSystem SR685a V3 server features 12x memory channels per processor, providing a total of 24x DIMM slots. It supports up to 3TB of memory when all slots are filled with 128GB DDR5 RDIMMs. The front of the server includes 16x hot-swappable 2.5-inch drive bays that can be configured with PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe drives. Additionally, the server board supports 2x M.2 NVMe drives, which can be installed via an M.2 adapter mounted on a tray between the processors. These M.2 drives are compatible with 2242, 2260, 2280, and 22110 form factors, offering flexible options for OS boot or additional storage.

Lenovo ThinkSystem SR685a V3 rear

The front of the chassis is equipped with 8x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slots that support GPU Direct. At the rear, there are two configuration options: either 1x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slot and 1x OCP 3.0 slot with a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, or 2x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slots. Additionally, the SR685a V3 includes a NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU adapter, providing advanced capabilities for software-defined, hardware-accelerated IT infrastructures and operates at 400Gb/s. The system is powered by up to 8x hot-swappable, Titanium-level 2600W redundant power supplies. For cooling, it features 5x front-mounted fans dedicated to the CPU and 10x rear-mounted fans for the drive bays and GPU subsystem. System management is handled by the Lenovo’s XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2), which monitors parameters, issues alerts, and executes recovery actions to reduce downtime.

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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR685a V3 Server - Specifications

Processors - 2 Sockets
  • 2x 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors, up to 400W
Memory
  • Up to 3TB using 24x DDR5 DIMMs at max frequency
Drive Bays
  • Up to 16x 2.5” hot-swap NVMe SSDs
  • Up to 2x M.2 for boot (RAID support)
Power Supplies
  • Up to 8x hot-swap power supplies, allowing full N+N redundancy
Front Panel
  • 5x hot-swap front fans
  • Pull-out diagnostics panel
  • 1x video port
  • 1x USB 2.0
  • 1x USB 3.2 G1
  • 8x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots for networking
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
Expansion Slots
    10x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots:

    Front:

  • 8x PCIe 5.0 x16 FHHL slots with GPU Direct support
  • Rear:

  • 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
GPU Support
  • 8x AMD MI300X 750W OAM GPUs with 192GB HBM3 GPU memory per GPU
  • 8x NVIDIA H100 700W SXM5 GPUs with 80GB HBM3 GPU memory per GPU
  • 8x NVIDIA H200 700W SXM5 GPUs with 141GB HBM3 GPU memory per GPU
Network Interface
  • 8x high-performance network adapters up to 400 Gb/s connectivity with GPU Direct support
  • Supports a NVIDIA BlueField-3 2-port 200Gb adapter
  • OCP 3.0 slot PCIe 5.0 x16 host interface
Management
  • Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC2)
OS Support
  • RHEL
  • Ubuntu
  • Alma Linux
  • Rocky Linux
  • ESXi

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