Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V3 Rack Server

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V3 (7D76A01PNA) is a 2U dual-socket rack server engineered around the 4th or 5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor platform, delivering a balanced combination of compute density, memory bandwidth, and I/O flexibility suited to the broadest range of enterprise workloads. Supporting up to two processors with a total of up to 60 cores per socket (5th Gen Xeon), the SR650 V3 provides substantial parallel processing headroom for demanding virtualisation stacks, in-memory databases, and data analytics pipelines without requiring a larger chassis footprint.

Memory subsystem capabilities scale to 32 DIMM slots supporting DDR5 DIMMs at speeds up to 4800 MT/s, enabling configurations that can accommodate large working-set workloads such as SAP HANA or Oracle Database deployments. Storage flexibility is equally comprehensive: the chassis supports up to 24 x 2.5-inch or 12 x 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bays depending on the configured backplane, with NVMe, SAS, and SATA options available, complemented by Lenovo's ThinkSystem RAID adapters for data protection. PCIe 5.0 slot support across multiple expansion positions accommodates high-bandwidth networking and GPU accelerators.

The SR650 V3 integrates Lenovo's XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) baseboard management controller, providing out-of-band management, remote console access, and integration with Lenovo XClarity Administrator for fleet-scale automation. The platform is optimised for Lenovo's TruDDR5 memory and supports Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) for AI inference acceleration natively within the CPU, making it a practical entry point for organisations embedding AI-assisted analytics into existing enterprise application tiers without dedicated GPU infrastructure.

Ideal for

• Enterprise virtualisation consolidation using VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V across mixed departmental workloads
• SAP HANA scale-up deployments and other large in-memory relational database platforms requiring high DDR5 memory capacity
• Private and hybrid cloud infrastructure nodes within OpenStack, Red Hat OpenShift, or Microsoft Azure Stack HCI clusters
• High-throughput data analytics and business intelligence platforms such as Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle Database
• Edge and regional data centre compute for latency-sensitive applications requiring a dense, manageable 2U form factor
• AI inference workloads leveraging Intel AMX capabilities within the Xeon CPU for integrated machine learning scoring pipelines

Technical specifications

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