Lenovo Thinksystem Sr665 V3 Rack Server User Guide (+ PDF)

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ThinkSystem SR665 V3 Rack Server

Product Information: ThinkSystem SR665 V3

The ThinkSystem SR665 V3 is a 2S 2U rack server designed for
managing complex workloads such as data management, analytics,
virtualization, cloud, and AI. It is equipped with dual 4th Gen AMD
EPYC processors, offering a total of 192 cores and up to 6TB of
DDR5 memory. With up to 160 PCIe lanes, this server delivers
exceptional performance.

The SR665 V3 supports various drive options including SAS/SATA,
NVMe, and EDSFF with hot-swap capabilities. It also features
XClarity system management software, allowing for easy and quick
changes. The server’s versatile design extends to GPU and PCIe
options, providing flexibility to meet graphics, speed, and budget
requirements.

Product Usage Instructions

To achieve optimal performance and utilize the features of the
ThinkSystem SR665 V3, follow these instructions:

Ensure the server is powered off and disconnected from the
power source before making any changes or installations.
When configuring the CPU-based system according to NUMA
architecture, consider using the MPI+OpenMP node-level
parallelization model. This model can reduce communication needs
and memory consumption in certain sub-benchmarks of the SPEChpc
2021 benchmark, leading to performance improvements.
For storage requirements, choose from SAS/SATA, NVMe, or EDSFF
drives. These drives support hot-swap capabilities, allowing for
easy swapping or addition of storage devices.
If additional graphics or speed requirements are needed,
consider adding GPU or PCIe options. These options provide
flexibility in meeting specific graphics and performance
needs.
Use the XClarity system management software to efficiently
manage and monitor the ThinkSystem SR665 V3. This software enables
quick changes and provides comprehensive system management
capabilities.
Refer to the provided links to access detailed benchmark
results and further information about the ThinkSystem SR665 V3 and
SPEChpc 2021.

Follow these instructions to ensure optimal performance,
scalability, and flexibility when utilizing the ThinkSystem SR665
V3 server for your workloads.

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ThinkSystem SR665 V3 Sets 4 World Records with New SPEChpc 2021 Small Benchmark Result
Performance Benchmark Result
The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR665 V3 has set four performance world records with new 2-socket results of the SPEChpc 2021 Small benchmark.
These new benchmark results, published in new SPEC reports on November 10, 2022, demonstrate that the ThinkSystem SR665 V3 continues Lenovo’s leadership with outstanding performance for the server industry.
The SR665 V3, using pure MPI as node-level parallelization model, has achieved the following scores:
SPEChpc_2021_sml_base = 1.23 SPEChpc_2021_sml_peak = 1.23
The SR665 V3, using MPI+OpenMP as node-level parallelization model, has achieved the following scores:
SPEChpc_2021_sml_base = 1.45 SPEChpc_2021_sml_peak = 1.45
The SPEChpc 2021 Benchmark suite is the industry standard to evaluate hardware-based accelerator devices and the performance of parallel computing workloads. To support heterogeneity system architecture, the SPEChpc 2021 benchmark supports multiple programming models:
Pure MPI MPI+OpenMP MPI+OpenACC MPI+OpenMP with target offload
By properly configuring the CPU based system according to NUMA architecture, the MPI+OpenMP can reduce communication needs and memory consumption in some sub-benchmark of SPEChpc 2021, hence the performance improvement.
The ThinkSystem SR665 V3 server was configured as follows:
2x AMD EPYC 9654 processors (96 cores, 2.40 GHz) 768 GB memory (24x 32GB RDIMMs at 4800MHz) 480 GB 2.5-inch SSD Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6
The results are current as of November 10, 2022.
To view details of the results, see the following SPEC web pages:
SPEChpc using the pure MPI model: https://spec.org/hpc2021/results/res2022q4/hpc2021-20221016-00133.html

ThinkSystem SR665 V3 Sets 4 World Records with New SPEChpc 2021 Small Benchmark Result

SPEChpc using the MPI+OpenMP model: https://spec.org/hpc2021/results/res2022q4/hpc2021-20221010-00132.html
To view all SPEChpc 2021 results, go to https://spec.org/hpc2021/results/
About the ThinkSystem SR665 V3
The ThinkSystem SR665 V3 is a 2S 2U rack server built with the performance and flexibility to manage a complex set of workloads like data management, analytics, virtualization, cloud, and AI. The 192 cores of the dual 4th Gen AMD EPYCTM processors with up to 160 PCIe lanes and up to 6TB of the latest DDR5 memory, maximize the performance of this 2U server.
The SR665 V3 is designed to support today’s infrastructure and easily scale to prepare for next gen workloads. Multiple drive options from SAS/SATA, NVMe, and EDSFF with hot-swap capabilities and XClarity system management software enable changes to be made quickly with ease. The versatile design doesn’t stop at storage, the SR665 V3 includes support for multiple options for GPU and PCIe to satisfy graphics, speed, and budget requirements.
About SPEChpc 2021
High Performance Computing (HPC) systems are getting built with an increased level of heterogeneity. The numerous types of accelerators bring in tremendous extra computing power, while at the same time introduce big challenges in performance evaluation and characterization. More complications are added to the problem when multiple parallel and accelerator programming models have been developed with each only supporting a subset of the computing devices.
The SPEChpc 2021 Benchmark Suite address these challenges by providing a set of application benchmark suites using a comprehensive measure of real-world performance for the state-of-the-art HPC systems. They offer well-selected science and engineering codes that are representative of HPC workloads and are portable across CPU and accelerators, along with certain fair comparative performance metrics.
SPEChpc 2021 focuses on compute intensive parallel performance across one or more nodes, which means these benchmarks emphasize the performance of the following components:
Processors & GPUs – The CPU chips and optionally, an acceleration device such as a GPU Memory – The memory hierarchy, including caches and main memory Interconnects – The communication between nodes of a cluster Compilers – C, C++, and Fortran compilers, including optimizers MPI – The MPI implementation.
The SPEChpc 2021 benchmark suite is broken out into four workloads, Tiny, Small, Medium and Large:
SPEChpc2021 Tiny workloads use up to 60 GB of memory and are intended for use on a single node using between 1 and 256 ranks.
SPEChpc2021 Small workloads use up to 480 GB of memory and are intended for use on one or more nodes using between 64 and 1024 ranks
SPEChpc2021 Medium workloads use up to 4 TB of memory and are intended for use on a mid-size cluster using between 256 and 4096 ranks
SPEChpc2021 Large workloads use up to 14.5 TB of memory and are intended for use on a larger clusters using between 2048 and 32,768 ranks

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ThinkSystem SR665 V3 Sets 4 World Records with New SPEChpc 2021 Small Benchmark Result

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To learn more about solutions for HPC applications, contact your Lenovo Sales Representative or visit https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/servers-storage/solutions/hpc/ To find out more about SPEC, visit https://www.spec.org To learn more about the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR665 V3 server, visit the SR665 V3 product web page: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/servers-storage/servers/racks/thinksystem-sr645/77xx7sr352s
Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following: ThinkSystem SR665 V3 Server 2-Socket Rack Servers SPEChpc Benchmark Results

ThinkSystem SR665 V3 Sets 4 World Records with New SPEChpc 2021 Small Benchmark Result

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ThinkSystem SR665 V3 Sets 4 World Records with New SPEChpc 2021 Small Benchmark Result

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ThinkSystem SR665 V3 Sets 4 World Records with New SPEChpc 2021 Small Benchmark Result