Lenovo ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU User Guide

Lenovo ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU

Product Guide

The NVIDIA A40 is a powerful data center GPU for visual computing, delivering high performance and capabilities to professionals for graphics-based workloads such as ray traced rendering, high-performance virtual workstations, simulation, 3D design, VR, and virtual production. The A40 GPU is a graphics- based virtualization solution for designers, engineers, scientists, and creatives that need this performance from anywhere in the world.

The third-generation Tensor Core technology supports a broad range of math precisions providing a unified workload accelerator for data analytics, AI training, AI inference, and HPC. Accelerating both scale-up and scale-out workloads on one platform enables elastic data centers that can dynamically adjust to shifting application workload demands. This simultaneously boosts throughput and drives down the cost of data centers

Figure 1. ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU

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The NVIDIA A40 GPU is a high-performance GPU that offers local DisplayPort video. It supports up to four 5K monitors at 60Hz, or dual 8K displays at 60Hz per card, using Display Stream Compression (DSC). The NVIDIA A40 supports HDR color for 4K at 60Hz for 10/12b HEVC decode and up to 4K at 60Hz for 10b HEVC encode. Each DisplayPort connector can drive ultra-high resolutions of 4096×2160 at 120 Hz with 30-bit color.

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Part number information

The following table shows the paTable 1. Ordering information rt numbers for the NVIDIA A40 GPU.

Table 1. Ordering information

The PCIe option part numbers includes the following:

• One NVIDIA A40 GPU with full-height (3U) adapter bracket attached
• Documentation

GPUs without a CEC chip: The NVIDIA A40 GPU is offered without a CEC chip (look for “w/o CEC” in the name). The CEC is a secondary Hardware Root of Trust (RoT) module that provides an additional layer of security, which can be used by customers who have high regulatory requirements or high security standards. NVIDIA uses a multi-layered security model and hence the protection offered by the primary Root of Trust embedded in the GPU is expected to be sufficient for most customers. The CEC defeatured products still offer Secure Boot, Secure Firmware Update, Firmware Rollback Protection, and In-Band Firmware Update Disable. Specifically, without the CEC chip, the GPU does not support Key Revocation or Firmware Attestation. CEC and non-CEC GPUs of the same type of GPU can be mixed in field upgrades.

Features

The ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU offers the following features:

• NVIDIA Ampere Architecture
  NVIDIA A40 is the world’s most powerful data center GPU for visual computing, offering high performance real-time ray tracing, AI-accelerated compute, and professional graphics rendering. Building upon the major enhancements from the Turing GPU, the NVIDIA Ampere architecture enhances ray tracing operations, tensor matrix operations, and concurrent executions of FP32 and INT32 operations.

• CUDA Cores
  The NVIDIA Ampere architecture’s CUDA cores bring up to 2X the single- precision floating point (FP32) throughput compared to the previous generation, providing significant performance improvements for graphics workflows such as 3D model development and compute for workloads such as desktop simulation for computer-aided engineering (CAE).

• 2nd Generation RT Cores
  Incorporating 2nd generation ray tracing engines, the NVIDIA Ampere architecture provides incredible ray traced rendering performance. A single NVIDIA A40 board can render complex professional models with physically accurate shadows, reflections, and refractions to empower users with instant insight.
  Working in concert with applications leveraging APIs such as NVIDIA OptiX, Microsoft DXR and Vulkan ray tracing, servers based on NVIDIA A40 will power truly interactive design workflows to provide immediate feedback for unprecedented levels of productivity. NVIDIA A40 is up to 2x faster in ray tracing compared to the previous generation. This technology also speeds up the rendering of ray-traced motion blur for faster results with greater visual accuracy.

• 3rd Generation Tensor Cores
  Purpose-built for deep learning matrix arithmetic at the heart of neural network training and inferencing functions, the NVIDIA A40 includes enhanced Tensor Cores that accelerate more datatypes (TF32 and BF16) and includes a new Fine-Grained Structured Sparsity feature that delivers up to 2X throughput for tensor matrix operations compared to the previous generation.

• High Speed GDDR6 Memory
  Built with 48GB GDDR6 memory, the NVIDIA A40 provides the industry’s largest graphics memory footprint to address the largest datasets and models in latency-sensitive professional applications. Error Correcting Code (ECC) on Graphics Memory Meet strict data integrity requirements for mission critical applications with uncompromised computing accuracy and reliability.

• 5th Generation NVDEC Engine
  NVDEC, implemented in concert with software applications, is well suited for transcoding and video playback applications for real-time decoding. The following video codecs are supported for hardware-accelerated decoding: MPEG-2, VC-1, H.264 (AVCHD), H.265 (HEVC), VP8, VP9, and AV1. Pairing this technology with NVIDIA Ampere architecture- based Tensor Cores, the A40 can quickly apply AI and inferencing to real-time video.

• 7th Generation NVENC Engine
  NVENC can take on the most demanding 4K or 8K video encoding tasks to free up the graphics engine and the CPU for other operations. NVENC also enables virtual workstations to stream up to 8K content for high fidelity design and rendering workloads. In addition, the NVIDIA A40 provides better encoding quality than software-based x264 encoders.

• Preemption
  Preemption at the instruction-level provides finer grain control over compute and graphics tasks to prevent longer-running applications from either monopolizing system resources or timing out. Multi-GPU technology – 3rd Generation NVIDIA NVLink Connect two NVIDIA A40 cards with NVLink to double the effective memory footprint and scale application performance by enabling GPU-to-GPU data transfers at rates up to 112.5 GB/s (total bandwidth).

• DisplayPort 1.4a
  Supports up to four 5K monitors at 60Hz, or dual 8K displays at 60Hz per card. The NVIDIA A40 supports HDR color for 4K at 60Hz for 10/12b HEVC decode and up to 4K at 60Hz for 10b HEVC encode. Each DisplayPort connector can drive ultra- high resolutions of 4096×2160 at 120 Hz with 30-bit color.
  A40 is configured for virtualization by default with physical display connectors disabled. The display outputs can be enabled via management software tools. See Lenovo support tip HT512536 for details: https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solution/ht512536
  DisplayPort 1.4a supports 8K at 60Hz over a single cable using Display Stream Compression (DSC). The A40 has 3 DisplayPort 1.4a connectors, DSC capable 8K displays are required for the A40 to drive two 8K displays.

• NVIDIA Quadro® Mosaic Technology
  Transparently scale the desktop and applications across up to 12 displays from 4 GPUs while
  delivering full performance and image quality.

• NVIDIA Quadro Sync II
  Synchronize the display and image output of up to 24 displays from 8 GPUs (connected through two Sync II boards) in a single system, reducing the number of machines needed to create an advanced video visualization environment. For more information, see the NVIDIA Quadro Sync page,
  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-visualization/solutions/quadro-sync/

• Frame Lock Connector Latch
  Each frame lock connector is designed with a self-locking retention mechanism to secure its connection with the frame lock cable to provide robust connectivity and maximum productivity

Technical specifications

The following table lists the NVIDIA A40 GPU specifications.

Table 2. A40 specifications

TFLOPS
Peak Integer Performance| INT8: 299.3 TOPS, 598.6 TOPS

INT4: 598.7 TOPS, 1197.4 TOPS*

RT Core performance| 73.1 TFLOPS
GPU Memory| 48 GB GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth| 696 GB/s
ECC| Yes
Interconnect Bandwidth| NVIDIA NVLink 112.5 GB/s (bidirectional) PCIe Gen4 x16 31.5 GB/s (bidirectional)
System Interface| PCIe Gen 4, x16 lanes
Form Factor| PCIe full height/length, double width (10.5″ x 4.4″)
Multi-Instance GPU (MIG)| No support
Max Power Consumption| 300 W
Thermal Solution| Passive
vGPU Software Support| NVIDIA GRID®, NVIDIA Quadro® Virtual Data Center Workstation, NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server
vGPU Profiles Supported| 1 GB, 2 GB, 3 GB, 4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB, 24 GB, 48 GB
Display connectors| 3x DisplayPort 1.4a (disabled by default**)
Max Simultaneous Displays| 4x 5K monitors @ 60Hz, or 2x 8K displays @ 60Hz
Max DP 1.4 Resolution| 4096×2160 @ 120 Hz with 30-bit color
Graphics APIs| DirectX 12.07, Shader Model 5.17, OpenGL 4.68, Vulkan 1.18
Compute APIs| CUDA, DirectCompute, OpenCL, OpenACC

• With structural sparsity enabled
  ** To enable the DisplayPort ports, see https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solution/ht512536

Server support

The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.

Table 3. Server support (Part 1 of 3)

Part Number| Description| Edge| 1S Intel
V2| AMD V3| Intel V3
---|---|---|---|---|---
S
E350 (7Z
46 / 7D1X)| S
E350 V2 (7D
A9)| S
E360 V2 (7D
A
M)| S
E
450 (7D8T)| S
T50 V2 (7D8K / 7D8J)| S
T250 V2 (7D8G / 7D8F)| S
R250 V2 (7D7R / 7D7Q)| S
R635 V3 (7D9H / 7D9G)| S
R655 V3 (7D9F / 7D9E)| S
R645 V3 (7D9D / 7D9C)| S
R665 V3 (7D9B / 7D9A)| S
R675 V3 (7D9Q / 7D9R)| S
T650 V3 (7D7B / 7D7A)| S
R630 V3 (7D72 / 7D73)| S
R650 V3 (7D75 / 7D76)| S
R850 V3 (7D97 / 7D96)| S
R860 V3 (7D94 / 7D93)| S
R950 V3 (7D
C5 / 7D
C
4)
4X67A72593| ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC| Z| Z| Z| 2| Z| Z| Z| Z| 3| Z| 3| 8| Z| Z| 3| Z| Z| Z
4X67A71309| ThinkSystem NVIDIA Ampere NVLink 2-Slot Bridge| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| >-| >-| Z| Z| Z| >-| Z

Table 4. Server support (Part 2 of 3)

Part Number| Description| Dense V3| 2S Intel V2| AMD V1| Dense V2| 4S
V2| 8S
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
S
D665 V3 (7D9P)| S
D665-N
V3 (7D
A
Z)| S
D650 V3 (7D7M)| S
D650-I V3 (7D7L)| S
T650 V2 (7Z75 / 7Z74)| S
R630 V2 (7Z70 / 7Z71)| S
R650 V2 (7Z72 / 7Z73)| S
R670 V2 (7Z22 / 7Z23)| S
R635 (7Y98 / 7Y99)| S
R655 (7Y00 / 7Z01)| S
R655 Client O
S| S
R645 (7D2Y / 7D2X)| S
R665 (7D2W / 7D2V)| S
D630 V2 (7D1K)| S
D650 V2 (7D1M)| S
D650-N
V2 (7D1N)| S
N550 V2 (7Z69)| S
R850 V2 (7D31 / 7D32)| S
R860 V2 (7Z59 / 7Z60)| S
R950 (7X11 / 7X12)
4X67A72593| ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| 31| 81| Z| 2| Z| Z| 3| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| N
4X67A71309| ThinkSystem NVIDIA Ampere NVLink 2-Slot Bridge| Z| Z| Z| Z| >-| Z| N| >-| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| N

Table 5. Server support (Part 3 of 3)

Part Number| Description| 4S V1| 1S Intel V1| 2S Intel V1| Dense V1
---|---|---|---|---|---
S
R850 (7X18 / 7X19)| S
R850P (7D2F / 2D2G)| S
R860 (7X69 / 7X70)| S
T50 (7Y
48 / 7Y50)| S
T250 (7Y
45 / 7Y
46)| S
R150 (7Y54)| S
R250 (7Y52 / 7Y51)| S
T550 (7X09 / 7X10)| S
R530 (7X07 / 7X08)| S
R550 (7X03 / 7X04)| S
R570 (7Y02 / 7Y03)| S
R590 (7X98 / 7X99)| S
R630 (7X01 / 7X02)| S
R650 (7X05 / 7X06)| S
R670 (7Y36 / 7Y37)| S
D530 (7X21)| S
D650 (7X58)| S
N550 (7X16)| S
N850 (7X15)
4X67A72593| ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| 41,2| Z| Z| Z| Z
4X67A71309| ThinkSystem NVIDIA Ampere NVLink 2-Slot Bridge| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| Z| N| Z| Z| Z| Z

1. Only available via Lenovo Scalable Infrastructure (LeSI). Select “AI & HPC – LeSI Solutions” in the DCSC configurator. See the LeSI product guide for details.
2. DisplayPort ports not supported and are disabled.

Operating system support

The following table lists the supported operating systems:

Tip: These tables are automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.

Table 6. Operating system support for ThinkSystem NVIDIA A40 48GB PCIe 4.0 Passive GPU w/o CEC, 4X67A72593

Operating systems| SE450| SR650 V3| SR655 V3| SR665 V3| SR675 V3| SR650 V2| SR670 V2| SR655| SR665| SR670 (Gen 2)| SR670 (Gen 1)
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Microsoft Windows 10| N| Y| Y| N| N| N| N| Y 1| N| N| N
Microsoft Windows 11| N| Y| Y| Y| N| N| N| Y| N| N| N
Microsoft Windows Server 2016| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| N
Microsoft Windows Server 2019| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| N
Microsoft Windows Server 2022| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y 2| Y 2| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y 2| Y 2| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9| Y| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y 2| Y 2| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y 2| N| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y 2| Y 2| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y 2| Y 2| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4| Y| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5| Y| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y 2| Y 2| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS| N| N| N| N| N| Y| N| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U3| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y 2| N| N| N
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y 2| Y 2| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y 2| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y

1 ISG will not sell/preload this OS, but compatibility and cert only.
2 The OS is not supported with EPYC 7003 processors.

NVIDIA GPU software

This section lists the NVIDIA software that is available from Lenovo.

• NVIDIA vGPU Software (vApps, vPC, RTX vWS, and vCS)
• NVIDIA Omniverse Software (OVE)
• NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software (NVAIE)
• NVIDIA HPC Compiler Software

NVIDIA vGPU Software (vApps, vPC, RTX vWS, and vCS)

Lenovo offers the following virtualization software for NVIDIA GPUs:

• Virtual Applications (vApps)
  For organizations deploying Citrix XenApp, VMware Horizon RDSH or other RDSH solutions. Designed to deliver PC Windows applications at full performance. NVIDIA Virtual Applications allows users to access any Windows application at full performance on any device, anywhere. This edition is suited for users who would like to virtualize applications using XenApp or other RDSH solutions. Windows Server hosted RDSH desktops are also supported by vApps.

• Virtual PC (vPC)
  This product is ideal for users who want a virtual desktop but need great user experience leveraging PC Windows® applications, browsers and high-definition video. NVIDIA Virtual PC delivers a native experience to users in a virtual environment, allowing them to run all their PC applications at full performance.

• NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (RTX vWS)
  NVIDIA RTX vWS is the only virtual workstation that supports NVIDIA RTX technology, bringing advanced features like ray tracing, AI-denoising, and Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) to a virtual environment. Supporting the latest generation of NVIDIA GPUs unlocks the best performance possible, so designers and engineers can create their best work faster. IT can virtualize any application from the data center with an experience that is indistinguishable from a physical workstation — enabling workstation performance from any device.

• Virtual Compute Server (vCS)
  NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server (vCS) enables data centers running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Virtualization, and other supported KVM-based hypervisors to accelerate server virtualization with the latest NVIDIA data center GPUs, so that the most compute-intensive workloads, such as artificial intelligence, deep learning, and data science, can be run in a virtual machine (VM) powered by NVIDIA vGPU technology.

The following license types are offered:

• Perpetual license
  A non-expiring, permanent software license that can be used on a perpetual basis without the need to renew. Each Lenovo part number includes a fixed number of years of Support, Upgrade and Maintenance (SUMS).

• Annual subscription
  A software license that is active for a fixed period as defined by the terms of the subscription license, typically yearly. The subscription includes Support, Upgrade and Maintenance (SUMS) for the duration of the license term.

• Concurrent User (CCU)
  A method of counting licenses based on active user VMs. If the VM is active and the NVIDIA GRID vGPU software is running, then this counts as one CCU. A vGPU CCU is independent of the connection to the VM.

The following table lists the ordering part numbers and feature codes.

Table 7. NVIDIA vGPU Software

NVIDIA vApps
7S020003WW| B1MP| NVIDIA vApps Perpetual License and SUMS 5Yr, 1 CCU
7S020004WW| B1MQ| NVIDIA vApps Subscription License 1 Year, 1 CCU
7S020005WW| B1MR| NVIDIA vApps Subscription License 3 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003DWW| S832| NVIDIA vApps Subscription License 4 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003EWW| S833| NVIDIA vApps Subscription License 5 Years, 1 CCU
NVIDIA vPC
7S020009WW| B1MV| NVIDIA vPC Perpetual License and SUMS 5Yr, 1 CCU
7S02000AWW| B1MW| NVIDIA vPC Subscription License 1 Year, 1 CCU
7S02000BWW| B1MX| NVIDIA vPC Subscription License 3 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003FWW| S834| NVIDIA vPC Subscription License 4 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003GWW| S835| NVIDIA vPC Subscription License 5 Years, 1 CCU
NVIDIA RTX vWS
7S02000FWW| B1N1| NVIDIA RTX vWS Perpetual License and SUMS 5Yr, 1 CCU
7S02000GWW| B1N2| NVIDIA RTX vWS Subscription License 1 Year, 1 CCU
7S02000HWW| B1N3| NVIDIA RTX vWS Subscription License 3 Years, 1 CCU
7S02000LWW| B1N6| NVIDIA RTX vWS EDU Perpetual License and SUMS 5Yr, 1 CCU
7S02000MWW| B1N7| NVIDIA RTX vWS EDU Subscription License 1 Year, 1 CCU
7S02000NWW| B1N8| NVIDIA RTX vWS EDU Subscription License 3 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003BWW| S830| NVIDIA RTX vWS EDU Subscription License 4 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003CWW| S831| NVIDIA RTX vWS EDU Subscription License 5 Years, 1 CCU
7S02000XWW| S6YJ| NVIDIA RTX vWS Subscription License 4 Years, 1 CCU
7S02000YWW| S6YK| NVIDIA RTX vWS Subscription License 5 Years, 1 CCU
NVIDIA vCS
7S02000ZWW| S6YL| NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), 1 Year
7S020010WW| S6YM| NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), 3 Years
7S020011WW| S6YN| NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), 5 Years
7S020012WW| S6YP| NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), EDU, 1 Year
7S020013WW| S6YQ| NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), EDU, 3 Years
7S020014WW| S6YR| NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), EDU, 5 Years

NVIDIA Omniverse Software (OVE)

Lenovo offers the following NVIDIA Omniverse Software software. 3D workflows are now an essential component of every industry. Efficient design collaboration between teams is crucial. NVIDIA Omniverse™ Enterprise is an end-to-end collaboration and simulation platform that fundamentally transforms complex design workflows, creating a more harmonious environment for creative teams.

• NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus
  Collaboration service which enables a variety of Omniverse Enterprise-enabled client applications (Apps, Connectors, and others) to share and modify authoritative representations of virtual worlds in USD. Omniverse Nucleus is built for collaboration across multiple users. Omniverse Nucleus is the database and collaboration engine of Omniverse.
  Includes:

  • Collaboration and scalable core microservices deployed on servers and/or workstations.
  • Nucleus Workstation
  • Enterprise Nucleus Server
  • NVIDIA Enterprise Support
    Note: The Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription is priced and licensed per named user.

• NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator
  App for accelerated advanced scene composition and world building. Creator enables scene composition, simulation, and rendering on workstations and virtual workstations.
  Includes:

  • Omniverse Create
  • Omniverse Kit
  • Omniverse Extensions
  • Batch microservices (on up to 64 GPUs)
  • NVIDIA Enterprise Support
    Note: Collaboration via Nucleus requires a Nucleus subscription.

• NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer
  Simple app designed to visualize projects in stunning, physically accurate photorealism and enable minor editing and comment permissions. Reviewer enables review and approval for workstations and virtual workstations.
  Includes:

  • Omniverse View
  • NVIDIA Enterprise Support
    Note: Editing and commenting via Nucleus requires a Nucleus subscription.

The following license types are offered:

• Concurrent User (CCU) License
  A method of allocating licenses based on the number of users that are concurrently using the software. As an example, one CCU license allows only one concurrent user to use the software.

• Floating User License
  For licensing, same as Concurrent User License.

• Named User License
  A method of licensing based on the number of named authorized users who may not re-assign or share the license with any other person.

• Subscription
  A software license that is active for a fixed period as defined by the terms of the subscription. An annual subscription includes SUMS for the duration of the license term.

The following table lists the ordering part numbers and feature codes.

Table 8. NVIDIA Omniverse Software (OVE)

Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus
7S02002MWW| S82A| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, 1 Year
7S02002NWW| S82B| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, 3 Years
7S02002PWW| S82C| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, 4 Years
7S02002QWW| S82D| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, 5 Years
7S02002RWW| S82E| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, EDU, 1 Year
7S02002SWW| S82F| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, EDU, 3 Years
7S02002TWW| S82G| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, EDU, 4 Years
7S02002UWW| S82H| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, EDU, 5 Years
Omniverse Enterprise Creator
7S02002VWW| S82J| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, 1 Year
7S02002WWW| S82K| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, 3 Years
7S02002XWW| S82L| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, 4 Years
7S02002YWW| S82M| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, 5 Years
7S02002ZWW| S82N| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, EDU, 1 Year
7S020030WW| S82P| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, EDU, 3 Years
7S020031WW| S82Q| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, EDU, 4 Years
7S020032WW| S82R| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, EDU, 5 Years
Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer
7S020033WW| S82S| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, 1 Year
7S020034WW| S82T| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, 3 Years
7S020035WW| S82U| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, 4 Years
7S020036WW| S82V| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, 5 Years
7S020037WW| S82W| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, EDU, 1 Year
7S020038WW| S82X| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, EDU, 3 Years
7S020039WW| S82Y| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, EDU, 4 Years
7S02003AWW| S82Z| NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, EDU, 5 Years

NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software (NVAIE)

Lenovo offers the NVIDIA AI Enterprise cloud-native enterprise software. NVIDIA AI Enterprise is an end-to end, cloud-native suite of AI and data analytics software, optimized, certified, and supported by NVIDIA to run on VMware vSphere and bare-metal withNVIDIA-Certified Systems™. It includes key enabling technologies from NVIDIA for rapid deployment, management, and scaling of AI workloads in the modern hybrid cloud.

NVIDIA AI Enterprise is licensed on a per-CPU Socket basis. NVIDIA AI Enterprise products can be purchased as either a perpetual license with support services, or as an annual or multi-year subscription.

• The perpetual license provides the right to use the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software indefinitely, with no expiration. NVIDIA AI Enterprise with perpetual licenses must be purchased in conjunction with one-year, three-year, or five-year support services. A one-year support service is also available for renewals.
• The subscription offerings are an affordable option to allow IT departments to better manage the flexibility of license volumes. NVIDIA AI Enterprise software products with subscription includes support services for the duration of the software’s subscription license

The features of NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software are listed in the following table.

Table 9. Features of NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software (NVAIE)

Note: Maximum 10 concurrent VMs per product license

The following table lists the ordering part numbers and feature codes.

Table 10. NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software (NVAIE)

AI Enterprise Perpetual License
7S020019WW| S6YW| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per CPU Socket, 1 Year
7S02001AWW| S6YX| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per CPU Socket, 3 Years
7S02001BWW| S6YY| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per CPU Socket, 5 Years
7S02001CWW| S6YZ| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per CPU Socket, EDU, 1 Year
7S02001DWW| S6Z0| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per CPU Socket, EDU, 3 Years
7S02001EWW| S6Z1| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per CPU Socket, EDU, 5 Years
AI Enterprise Subscription License
7S02001FWW| S6Z2| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per CPU Socket, 1 Year
7S02001GWW| S6Z3| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per CPU Socket, 3 Years
7S02001HWW| S6Z4| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per CPU Socket, 5 Years
7S02001JWW| S6Z5| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per CPU Socket, EDU, 1 Year
7S02001KWW| S6Z6| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per CPU Socket, EDU, 3 Years
7S02001LWW| S6Z7| NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per CPU Socket, EDU, 5 Years

Find more information in the NVIDIA AI Enterprise Sizing Guide.

NVIDIA HPC Compiler Software

Table 11. NVIDIA HPC Compiler

HPC Compiler Support Services
7S090014WW| S924| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, 1 Year
7S090015WW| S925| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, 3 Years
7S09002GWW| S9UQ| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, 5 Years
7S090016WW| S926| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, EDU, 1 Year
7S090017WW| S927| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, EDU, 3 Years
7S09002HWW| S9UR| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, EDU, 5 Years
7S090018WW| S928| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services – Additional Contact, 1 Year
7S09002JWW| S9US| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services – Additional Contact, 3 Years
7S09002KWW| S9UT| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services – Additional Contact, 5 Years
7S090019WW| S929| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services – Additional Contact, EDU, 1 Year
7S09002LWW| S9UU| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services – Additional Contact, EDU, 3 Years
7S09002MWW| S9UV| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services – Additional Contact, EDU, 5 Years
HPC Compiler Premier Support Services
7S09001AWW| S92A| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, 1 Year
7S09002NWW| S9UW| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, 3 Years
7S09002PWW| S9UX| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, 5 Years
7S09001BWW| S92B| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, EDU, 1 Year
7S09002QWW| S9UY| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, EDU, 3 Years
7S09002RWW| S9UZ| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, EDU, 5 Years
7S09001CWW| S92C| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services – Additional Contact, 1 Year
7S09002SWW| S9V0| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services – Additional Contact, 3 Years
7S09002TWW| S9V1| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services – Additional Contact, 5 Years
7S09001DWW| S92D| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services – Additional Contact, EDU, 1 Year
7S09002UWW| S9V2| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services – Additional Contact, EDU, 3 Years
7S09002VWW| S9V3| NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services – Additional Contact, EDU, 5 Years

Auxiliary power cables

The A40 option part number does not ship with auxiliary power cables. Cables are server-specific due to length requirements. For CTO orders, auxiliary power cables are derived by the configurator. For field upgrades, cables will need to be ordered separately as listed in the table below.

Table 12. Auxiliary power cables for A40 (click images to show larger versions)

Auxiliary power cables needed with the SR665, SR650 V2, SR650 V3, SR655 V3, SR665 V3

360mm 8pin (2×4) cable Option *:

SR665: 4M17A80478 or 4M17A11759
SR650 V2: 4H47A38666 or 4H47A80491
SR650 V3: 4X67A82883
SR655 V3: 4X67A86438
SR665 V3: 4X67A85856

Feature : BAD8
SBB : SBB7A49792 or SBB7A21691
Base : SC17A59596
FRU : 02YE420

• The option part numbers are for thermal kits and include other components needed to install the GPU. See the server product guide for details.

Auxiliary power cable needed with the SR675 V3
235mm 8pin (2×4) cable

Option : 4X97A84509, ThinkSystem SR675 V3 GPU Power Cable Kit
Feature : BRGU

SBB : SBB7A65297
Base : SC17B39302
FRU : 03LE555

Auxiliary power cable needed with the SE450
350mm 8pin (2×4) cable
Option: 4X97A81810, ThinkEdge SE450 GPU Power Cable
Feature: BMHY SBB: SBB7A50523 Base: SC17B03366 FRU: 02YF808
Auxiliary power cable needed with the SR670 V2
215mm 8pin (2×4) cable Option : 4X97A69627, ThinkSystem SR670 V2 GPU Option Power Cable
Feature: BFNL
SBB: SBB7A40281
Base: SC17A10990 FRU: 02YE945
Auxiliary power cables supplied with the SR670 (configure-to-order)
900mm SR670 Cage 1 power cable
Feature: B3Y3
SBB: SBB7A10375 Base: SC17A10876 FRU: 01PG448 Notes:

• Feature & SBB also include PCIe data cable
• Cable also supplies power to the riser

1100mm SR670 Cage 2 power cable

Feature: B3Y2 SBB: SBB7A10374
Base: SC17A10863 FRU: 01PG426

Notes:

• Feature & SBB also include PCIe data cable
• Cable also supplies power to the riser

Regulatory approvals

The NVIDIA A40 GPU has the following regulatory approvals:

• RCM
• BSMI
• CE
• FCC
• ICES
• KCC
• cUL, UL
• VCCI

Operating environment

The NVIDIA A40 GPU has the following operating characteristics:

• Ambient temperature
  • Operational: 0°C to 50°C (-5°C to 55°C for short term*)
  • Storage: -40°C to 75°C
• Relative humidity:
  • Operational: 5-85% (5-93% short term*)
  • Storage: 5-95%
• A period not more than 96 hours consecutive, not to exceed 15 days per year

Warranty

One year limited warranty. When installed in a Lenovo server, the GPU assumes the server’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.

Related publications

For more information, refer to these documents:

• ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile GPU Summary:
  https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp0768-thinksystem-thinkagile-gpu-summary

• ServerProven compatibility:
  https://serverproven.lenovo.com/

• NVIDIA A40 product page:
  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/a40/

• NVIDIA Ampere Architecture page
  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/ampere-architecture/

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

• GPU adapters

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