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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR850 V3

Lenovo's 2U, up-to-4-socket mission-critical rack server (machine types 7D96/7D97/7D98) for 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) H-suffix processors in a 3-UPI-link mesh topology, with up to 64 DDR5 DIMM slots, up to 24 x 2.5" NVMe/SAS/SATA drives, two Gen5 OCP 3.0 slots and optional single- or double-wide GPU support on the GPU-capable base. Built for SAP HANA and other large in-memory / scale-up workloads.

Memory

Slots
64 DIMM (16 per CPU; 8 channels per CPU, 2 DIMMs per channel)
Max
16 TB using 64 x 256 GB 3DS RDIMM and 4 processors (4 TB per processor)
Types
Lenovo TruDDR5 RDIMM and 3DS RDIMM; up to 4800 MHz at 1 DPC, 4400 MHz at 2 DPC
Persistent memory
Not supported
Protection
ECC, SDDC and ADDDC (10x4 DIMMs), memory mirroring

Storage

Front bays
Up to 24 x 2.5" hot-swap: SAS/SATA or AnyBay (SAS/SATA/Gen4 or Gen5 NVMe)
Rear 7mm
Optional 2 x 7mm hot-swap SSD (SATA or NVMe)
M.2
Optional dedicated M.2 adapter for 1-2 drives (OS boot / hypervisor)
Onboard
Up to 24 x onboard PCIe Gen5/Gen4 NVMe ports (RAID via Intel VROC)
RAID / HBA
12 Gb SAS/SATA RAID and non-RAID adapters (internal and external, incl. RAID 940-8e and 440-8e/16e); see the RAID Adapter and HBA Reference for the full comparison
Max capacity
737.28 TB (24 x 30.72 TB 2.5" SAS/SATA SSD); 1,474.56 TB (24 x 61.44 TB NVMe); 57.6 TB (24 x 2.4 TB HDD); NVMe/SSD/HDD mix supported
Optical
None internal

Graphics

Onboard
Embedded graphics, 16 MB, in the XClarity Controller 2; max 1920x1200 32bpp at 60 Hz
Single-wide GPU
Up to 4 x NVIDIA L4 24GB (PCIe Gen4 passive, Controlled); slots 3/9 run at PCIe x8
Double-wide GPU
Up to 2, on the GPU-capable base (BT69) only, with the Gold 6416H CPU; needs an auxiliary power cable (feature BW27/28/29 depending on GPU) - referenced for NVIDIA A100, RTX A6000, RTX A4500 and AMD Instinct MI210, plus H100
Rules
GPUs must be identical; installing a GPU needs the GPU-capable chassis base (BT69), selected at CTO order time and not field-upgradeable

Expansion

Full-height + low-profile
Up to 9x Gen4 slots, or 6x Gen5 + 1x Gen4
Low-profile only
Up to 12x Gen4 slots, or 8x Gen5 + 4x Gen4
OCP 3.0
2 x dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slots, PCIe 5.0 x16 host interface
Notes
Slot mix depends on the riser/base selected; GPU-capable base BT69 offers 6x full-height + 3x low-profile slots

Networking

OCP 3.0
2 x dedicated OCP 3.0 SFF slots, PCIe 5.0 x16; 2-port/4-port adapters up to 100 GbE; one port per adapter can share with the XCC for Wake-on-LAN/NC-SI
Management
1 x dedicated rear RJ-45 port for XCC2 remote access

Power

PSU options
1100-2600 W hot-swap, 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium, 220 V AC (1100 W also supports 110 V); China also offers 1300/2600 W 240 V AC/DC and 1600 W 336 V DC or -48 V DC CRPS
Redundancy
1 or 2 hot-swap PSUs, configurable N+N
Cooling
6 x N+1 redundant hot-swap 60 mm fans (all standard); one additional fan per PSU

Ports

Front
1 x VGA, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s), 1 x USB 2.0 (XClarity mobile app management)
Rear
3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x VGA, 1 x RJ-45 XClarity Controller port, optional DB-9 serial (shareable with XCC)
Internal
Optional M.2 adapter slot for OS boot

Physical

Form factor
2U rack
Dimensions
447 mm W x 87 mm H x 902 mm D (17.6 x 3.4 x 35.5 in)
Weight
36.7 kg (80.9 lb) max
Machine types
7D96 (3-year warranty), 7D97 (1-year), 7D98 (SAP HANA, 3-year)

Management

BMC
XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) on an ASPEED AST2600 BMC; XCC2 Platinum included, enabling remote KVM and remote control
Tools
XClarity One centralized management, XClarity Integrator plugins, XClarity Energy Manager
Local
Operator panel with status LEDs; optional External Diagnostics Handset with LCD; optional Integrated Diagnostics Panel on 16 x 2.5" front-bay models
Security
Chassis intrusion switch, power-on/admin passwords, Root of Trust module with TPM 2.0 and Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR)
Warranty
1 or 3 years CRU and onsite, 9x5 NBD (machine-type dependent)

Operating systems

Supported
Microsoft Windows Server; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server; VMware ESXi

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Gold 6416H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6418H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6434H
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6448H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8444H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8450H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8454H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8468H
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H