ThinkSystem SR650 V3

Feature

SR650 V3

Benefits

Processor

2x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Up to 60 cores TDP ratings up to 350W
80x PCIe 5.0 lanes per processor

Significant increase in cores per processor
Increased performance Consolidation of more
apps on same number of servers, reducing costs
New PCIe 5.0 support means higher
performance networking and NVMe storage

Memory

DDR5 memory operating up to 4800 MHz 8 channels per CPU 32 DIMMs (16 per processor), 2 DIMMs per
channel Supports RDIMMs, 3DS
RDIMMs and 9x4 RDIMMs
Up to 8TB of system memory
No support for Intel Optane
Persistent Memory

New DDR5 memory offers
significant performance
improvements over DDR4
Support for lower-cost 9x4
DIMMs

Internal
storage

20x 3.5” SAS/SATA/NVMe (12 front, 4 mid, 4 rear)
40x 2.5” SAS/SATA/NVMe (24 front, 8 mid, 8 rear)
Up to 4x 3.5” or 8x 2.5” mid chassis drive bays
Up to 4x 3.5” or 8x 2.5” rear drive bays
2x Internal M.2 with optional RAID 1 (RAID support via
VROC)
20x Onboard NVMe ports NVMe Retimer adapters for
16x NVMe 2x rear 7mm hot swap
SAS/SATA/NVMe (RAID support via VROC)

Flexible storage offerings
Up to 32x NVMe drives for
high-performance storage
7mm hot swap drives as
boot drives

RAID

8-, 16- and 32-port RAID adapters with up to 8GB
flash
Support for Lenovo and Broadcom adapters
Support for PCIe or Internal cabled (CFF) form factor
adapters Support for NVMe drives
connected to 940 RAID adapters (Tri-Mode)
Storage HBAs available PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0
adapter choices with support for Gen 5 adapters when
available

Consistent RAID/HBA
support
Flexible config solution
PCIe Gen 5 allows for
greater storage
performance

Networking

OCP 3.0 slot with PCIe Gen
5 x16 interface (rear or front of server)
Additional PCIe adapters supported
1GbE dedicated Management port

Improved performance
with PCIe Gen 5
Optional front-accessible
OCP slot

PCIe

Supports PCIe 5.0
Up to 10x PCIe slots (6x full height, 4x low-profile) or 8x
PCIe slots (all full-height slots)
Up to 9x slots can be PCIe5.0
Supports a RAID/HBA in CFF form factor (does not
occupy a PCIe slot)
Additional OCP 3.0 slot
Support for 3x front accessible slots (2x FH PCIe + 1x OCP) with 16 drive bays

PCIe Gen 5 allows for
greater I/O performance
Flexible PCIe offerings
Front-accessible slots
available
More PCIe connections for
greater PCIe/NVMe
support

GPU support

Supports up to 8x single wide GPUs or up to 3x
double-wide GPUs

High performance GPU
support

Management
and security

Integrated XClarity Controller 2
Support for full Xclarity toolset including XClarity
Administrator
Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR) hardware Root of
Trust (RoT)
Tamper Switch security solution (intrusion switch)

New XCC2 offers
improved management
capabilities
Same system
management tool with
previous generation
Silicon-level security
solution

Power

Choice of 750W, 1100W, 1800W, 2400W, 2600W AC
Hot Plug PSUs
Available in Titanium and Platinum efficiency levels
1100W -48VDC Platinum general support
240V HVDC support for PRC customers
Active-Standby mode

Multiple PSU offerings to
suit the configuration
selected
New ErP Lot 9-compliant
offerings
Support for Telco
customers with -48V
requirements