Lenovo ThinkSystem SR685a V3
Built for Compute-Intensive AI
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28 Jan 2025Form Number
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3 pages, 337 KBAccelerated Compute for AI and HPC
The ThinkSystem SR685a V3 with 2x 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ Processors is built for demanding AI workloads. It has the high-performance computing ideal for modeling, training, simulation, rendering, financial tech, scientific research, and more.
- Maximum GPU Performance with 8x fully connected GPUs from AMD and NVIDIA
- The AMD Instinct™ MI300X discrete GPU is based on next-generation AMD CDNA™ 3 architecture and delivers leadership efficiency and performance for the most demanding AI and HPC workloads. It is designed with 304 high-throughput compute units, AI-specific functions that include new data-type support, and an unprecedented 192GB of HBM3 memory per GPU accelerator.
- NVIDIA H100/H200 Tensor Core GPU platforms deliver unprecedented acceleration. They can efficiently scale up or be partitioned into seven isolated GPU instances that enable data centers to dynamically adjust to shifting workload demands.
- Two 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ Processors with 24 DDR5 DIMM slots
- Interconnects with the fastest transfer rate with AMD Infinity Fabric at 896GB/sec or NVIDIA NVLink at 900GB/sec
Choice and Flexibility
ThinkSystem SR685a V3’s open architecture design enables it to be configured to meet unique workload requirements by offering the flexibility of choice.
- 8x AMD Instinct™ MI300X GPUs, supporting 192GB of memory each at 5.2TB/s, all interconnected with AMD Infinity Fabric for a total bi-directional GPU-to-GPU bandwidth of 6.4TB/s.
- 8x NVIDIA HGX™ H100 GPUs, supporting 80GB of memory each at 3.3TB/s, all interconnected with NVIDIA NVLink for a total bi-directional GPU-to-GPU bandwidth of 7.2TB/s.
- 8x NVIDIA HGX™ H200 GPUs, supporting 141GB of memory each at 4.8TB/s, all interconnected with NVIDIA NVLink for a total bi-directional GPU-to-GPU bandwidth of 7.2TB/s.
Lenovo provides the power of choice to our customers by offering multiple GPU, software, and service offerings.
Premium User Experience
At Lenovo, we think beyond standards to offer a premium user experience with the ThinkSystem SR685a V3 by adding resilient power supplies, thermals for next-generation GPUs, and easy systems management via Lenovo XClarity software.
Lenovo Makes “AI for All” Possible
Lenovo delivers AI to data deployed inside your data center and at the edge. We have the industry’s most comprehensive AI portfolio with over 80 products designed for AI workloads.
Lenovo partners with over 50 AI Innovator partners globally to deliver turnkey Hybrid Cloud and Edge AI solutions.
Unique in the industry, Lenovo can deliver AI “from pocket to cloud” with servers, workstations, and AI-enabled devices. Whether you are a public cloud provider or building your AI model on-prem, Lenovo provides systems and solutions that scale to meet your needs. We bring AI to your data where and when you need it the most, in a truly hybrid approach: public, private, or personal.
Lenovo Professional Services
Offering a breadth of services, solutions and platforms, Lenovo’s AI Professional Services help businesses of all sizes navigate the AI landscape, find the right solutions, and put AI to work for their organizations quickly, cost-effectively and at scale. Lenovo experts bring AI from concept to reality — from designing AI roadmaps to deploying platforms.
Specifications
| Form Factor | 8U rack |
| Processor | 2x 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ Processors, up to 400W |
| Memory | Up to 3TB using 24x DDR5 DIMMs at max frequency |
| GPU |
Supports 8x high-performance GPUs:
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| I/O Expansion | Up to 10x PCIe Gen5 x16 FHHL adapters (8 front, 2 rear) 8x in front connected to PCIe switch for GPU connectivity 2x PCIe or 1x PCIe + 1x OCP3.0 in the rear connected to CPU for CPU connectivity |
| Storage | Up to 16x 2.5” hot-swap NVMe SSDs Up to 2x M.2 for boot (RAID support) |
| Power | Up to 8x hot-swap power supplies, allowing full N+N redundancy |
| Cooling | Air-cooled with N+1 hot-swap fan solution |
| Management | XClarity Controller2 (XCC2), which provides advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and alerting functions. The XCC2 consolidates the service processor functionality, super I/O, video controller, and remote presence capabilities into a single chip on the server system board. |
| OS Support | RHEL, Ubuntu, Alma Linux, Rocky Linux, ESXi |
About Lenovo
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For More Information
To learn more about the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR685a V3, contact your Lenovo representative or Business Partner or visit lenovo.com/thinksystem. For detailed specifications consult the SR685a V3 Product Guide.
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Document number DS0181, published January 28, 2025. For the latest version, go to lenovopress.lenovo.com/ds0181.
