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Abstract
The NVIDIA A2 Tensor Core GPU provides entry-level inference with low power, a small footprint, and high performance for NVIDIA AI at the edge. Featuring a low-profile PCIe Gen4 card and a low 40-60W configurable thermal design power (TDP) capability, the A2 brings versatile inference acceleration to any server for deployment at scale.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the NVIDIA A2 GPU and its key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the NVIDIA A2 GPU and consider its use in IT solutions.
Introduction
The NVIDIA A2 Tensor Core GPU provides entry-level inference with low power, a small footprint, and high performance for NVIDIA AI at the edge. Featuring a low-profile PCIe Gen4 card and a low 40-60W configurable thermal design power (TDP) capability, the A2 brings versatile inference acceleration to any server for deployment at scale.
Figure 1. ThinkSystem NVIDIA A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU
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AI inference is deployed to make consumer lives more convenient through real-time experiences, and enables them to gain insights on trillions of end-point sensors and cameras. Compared to CPU-only servers (dual-socket Intel Xeon Gold 6330N), the servers built with NVIDIA A2 Tensor Core GPU offer up to 20X more inference performance, instantly upgrading any server to handle modern AI.
Part number information
The following table shows the part numbers for the NVIDIA A2 GPU.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4X67A81547 | BQZT | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC |
| CTO only | BP05 | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU |
The PCIe option part numbers includes the following:
- One NVIDIA A2 GPU with full-height (3U) adapter bracket attached
- Low profile bracket
- Documentation
GPUs without a CEC chip: The NVIDIA A2 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 A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU offers the following features:
- Third-Generation Tensor Cores: The third-generation Tensor Cores in A2 support integer math, down to INT4, and floating point math, up to FP32, to deliver high AI training and inference performance. The NVIDIA Ampere architecture also supports TF32 and NVIDIA’s automatic mixed precision (AMP) capabilities.
- Root Of Trust Security: Providing security in edge deployments and end-points is critical for enterprise business operations. A2 offers secure boot through trusted code authentication and hardened rollback protections to protect against malicious malware attacks.
- Second-Generation RT Cores: A2 includes dedicated RT Cores for ray tracing that enable groundbreaking technologies at breakthrough speed. With up to 2X the throughput over the previous generation and the ability to concurrently run ray tracing with either shading or denoising capabilities.
- Hardware Transcoding Performance: Exponential growth in video applications demand real-time scalable performance, requiring the latest in hardware encode and decode capabilities. A2 GPUs use dedicated hardware to fully accelerate video decoding and encoding for the most popular codecs, including H.265, H.264, VP9, and AV1 decode.
Technical specifications
The following table lists the specifications of the NVIDIA A2 PCIe GPU.
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| GPU Architecture | NVIDIA Ampere |
| NVIDIA RT Cores | 10 RT Cores |
| Double-Precision Performance (FP64) | Not applicable |
| Single-Precision Performance (Tensor Float 32, TF32) | 9 TFLOPS, 18 TFLOPS* |
| Half-Precision Performance | FP16: 18 TFLOPS, 36 TFLOPS* |
| Bfloat16 | 18 TFLOPS, 36 TFLOPS* |
| Integer Performance | INT8: 36 TOPS, 72 TOPS* INT4: 72 TOPS, 144 TOPS* |
| GPU Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 200 GB/sec |
| ECC | Yes |
| Interconnect Bandwidth | Not applicable |
| System Interface | PCIe Gen 4, x8 lanes |
| Form Factor | PCIe low profile, single width |
| Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) | Not applicable |
| Max Power Consumption | 40-60 W |
| Thermal Solution | Passive |
| Compute APIs | CUDA, DirectCompute, OpenCL, OpenACC |
* With structural sparsity enabled
Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
| Part Number | Description | 2S AMD V3 | 2S Intel V3 | 4S 8S Intel V3 | Multi Node | GPU Rich | 1S V3 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR635 V3 (7D9H / 7D9G) |
SR655 V3 (7D9F / 7D9E) |
SR645 V3 (7D9D / 7D9C) |
SR665 V3 (7D9B / 7D9A) |
ST650 V3 (7D7B / 7D7A) |
SR630 V3 (7D72 / 7D73) |
SR650 V3 (7D75 / 7D76) |
SR850 V3 (7D97 / 7D96) |
SR860 V3 (7D94 / 7D93) |
SR950 V3 (7DC5 / 7DC4) |
SD535 V3 (7DD8 / 7DD1) |
SD530 V3 (7DDA / 7DD3) |
SD550 V3 (7DD9 / 7DD2) |
SR670 V2 (7Z22 / 7Z23) |
SR675 V3 (7D9Q / 7D9R) |
SR680a V3 (7DHE) |
SR685a V3 (7DHC) |
ST250 V3 (7DCF / 7DCE) |
SR250 V3 (7DCM / 7DCL) |
||
| 4X67A81547 | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | Edge | Super Computing | 1S Intel V2 | 2S Intel V2 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X) |
SE350 V2 (7DA9) |
SE360 V2 (7DAM) |
SE450 (7D8T) |
SE455 V3 (7DBY) |
SD665 V3 (7D9P) |
SD665-N V3 (7DAZ) |
SD650 V3 (7D7M) |
SD650-I V3 (7D7L) |
SD650-N V3 (7D7N) |
ST50 V2 (7D8K / 7D8J) |
ST250 V2 (7D8G / 7D8F) |
SR250 V2 (7D7R / 7D7Q) |
ST650 V2 (7Z75 / 7Z74) |
SR630 V2 (7Z70 / 7Z71) |
SR650 V2 (7Z72 / 7Z73) |
||
| 4X67A81547 | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC | 1 | N | 2 | 4 | 6 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| Part Number | Description | AMD V1 | Dense V2 | 4S V2 | 8S | 4S V1 | 1S Intel V1 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR635 (7Y98 / 7Y99) |
SR655 (7Y00 / 7Z01) |
SR655 Client OS |
SR645 (7D2Y / 7D2X) |
SR665 (7D2W / 7D2V) |
SD630 V2 (7D1K) |
SD650 V2 (7D1M) |
SD650-N V2 (7D1N) |
SN550 V2 (7Z69) |
SR850 V2 (7D31 / 7D32) |
SR860 V2 (7Z59 / 7Z60) |
SR950 (7X11 / 7X12) |
SR850 (7X18 / 7X19) |
SR850P (7D2F / 2D2G) |
SR860 (7X69 / 7X70) |
ST50 (7Y48 / 7Y50) |
ST250 (7Y45 / 7Y46) |
SR150 (7Y54) |
SR250 (7Y52 / 7Y51) |
||
| 4X67A81547 | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC | 3 | 6 | N | 3 | 8 | N | N | N | N | 2 | 8 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | 2S Intel V1 | Dense V1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST550 (7X09 / 7X10) |
SR530 (7X07 / 7X08) |
SR550 (7X03 / 7X04) |
SR570 (7Y02 / 7Y03) |
SR590 (7X98 / 7X99) |
SR630 (7X01 / 7X02) |
SR650 (7X05 / 7X06) |
SR670 (7Y36 / 7Y37) |
SD530 (7X21) |
SD650 (7X58) |
SN550 (7X16) |
SN850 (7X15) |
||
| 4X67A81547 | ThinkSystem NVIDIA A2 16GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU w/o CEC | N | N | N | N | N | 2 | 5 | N | N | N | N | N |
Operating system support
The following table lists the supported operating systems:
Tip: These tables are automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.
| Operating systems | SE360 V2 |
SE450 |
SE455 V3 |
SE350 |
SR630 V3 (4th Gen Xeon) |
SR630 V3 (5th Gen Xeon) |
SR635 V3 |
SR645 V3 |
SR650 V3 (4th Gen Xeon) |
SR650 V3 (5th Gen Xeon) |
SR655 V3 |
SR665 V3 |
ST650 V3 |
SR630 V2 |
SR650 V2 |
SR670 V2 |
SR850 V2 |
SR860 V2 |
ST650 V2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 10 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows 11 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y |
| Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U2 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U2 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2 | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | 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 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U2 | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Operating systems | SR635 |
SR645 |
SR655 |
SR665 |
SR630 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR650 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR630 (Xeon Gen 1) |
SR650 (Xeon Gen 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 10 | N | N | Y 2 | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows 11 | N | N | Y 2 | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U2 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U3 | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U1 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U2 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1 | Y 1 | Y | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
1 The OS is not supported with EPYC 7003 processors.
2 ISG will not sell/preload this OS, but compatibility and cert only.
NVIDIA GPU software
This section lists the NVIDIA software that is available from Lenovo.
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 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.
| Part number | Feature code 7S02CTO1WW |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 7S02000XWW | S6YJ | NVIDIA RTX vWS Subscription License 4 Years, 1 CCU |
| 7S02000YWW | S6YK | NVIDIA RTX vWS Subscription License 5 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 |
| 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)
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 and Lenovo offer a robust, scalable solution for deploying Omniverse Enterprise, accommodating a wide range of professional needs. This document details the critical components, deployment options, and support available, ensuring an efficient and effective Omniverse experience.
Deployment options cater to varying team sizes and workloads. Using Lenovo NVIDIA-Certified Systems™ and Lenovo OVX nodes which are meticulously designed to manage scale and complexity, ensures optimal performance for Omniverse tasks.
Deployment options include:
- Workstations: NVIDIA-Certified Workstations with A5000 or A6000 Ada GPUs for desktop environments.
- Data Center Solutions: Deployment with Lenovo OVX nodes or NVIDIA-Certified Servers equipped with L40, L40S or A40 GPUs for centralized, high-capacity needs.
NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise includes the following components and features:
- Platform Components: Kit, Connect, Nucleus, Simulation, RTX Renderer.
- Foundation Applications: USD Composer, USD Presenter.
- Omniverse Extensions: Connect Sample & SDK.
- Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- Nucleus Configuration: Workstation, Enterprise Nucleus Server (supports up to 8 editors per scene); Self-Service Public Cloud Hosting using Containers.
- Omniverse Farm: Supports batch workloads up to 8 GPUs.
- Enterprise Services: Authentication (SSO/SSL), Navigator Microservice, Large File Transfer, User Accounts SAML/Account Directory.
- User Interface: Workstation & IT Managed Launcher.
- Support: NVIDIA Enterprise Support.
- Deployment Scenarios: Desktop to Data Center: Workstation deployment for building and designing, with options for physical or virtual desktops. For batch tasks, rendering, and SDG workloads that require headless compute, Lenovo OVX nodes are recommended.
The following part numbers are for a subscription license which is active for a fixed period as noted in the description. The license is for a named user which means the license is for named authorized users who may not re-assign or share the license with any other person.
| Part number | Description |
|---|---|
| 7S02003PWW | NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Subscription per Named User, 1 Year |
| 7S02003QWW | NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Subscription per Named User, 3 Year |
| 7S02003RWW | NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Subscription per Named User, EDU, 1 Year |
| 7S02003SWW | NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Subscription per Named User, EDU, 3 Year |
NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software
Lenovo offers the NVIDIA AI Enterprise (NVAIE) 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 with NVIDIA-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-GPU 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.
| Features | Supported in NVIDIA AI Enterprise |
|---|---|
| Per GPU Licensing | Yes |
| Compute Virtualization | Supported |
| Windows Guest OS Support | No support |
| Linux Guest OS Support | Supported |
| Maximum Displays | 1 |
| Maximum Resolution | 4096 x 2160 (4K) |
| OpenGL and Vulkan | In-situ Graphics only |
| CUDA and OpenCL Support | Supported |
| ECC and Page Retirement | Supported |
| MIG GPU Support | Supported |
| Multi-vGPU | Supported |
| NVIDIA GPUDirect | Supported |
| Peer-to-Peer over NVLink | Supported |
| GPU Pass Through Support | Supported |
| Baremetal Support | Supported |
| AI and Data Science applications and Frameworks | Supported |
| Cloud Native ready | Supported |
Note: Maximum 10 concurrent VMs per product license
The following table lists the ordering part numbers and feature codes.
| Part number | Feature code 7S02CTO1WW |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| AI Enterprise Perpetual License | ||
| 7S020019WW | S6YW | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, 1 Year |
| 7S02001AWW | S6YX | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, 3 Years |
| 7S02001BWW | S6YY | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, 5 Years |
| 7S02001CWW | S6YZ | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, EDU, 1 Year |
| 7S02001DWW | S6Z0 | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, EDU, 3 Years |
| 7S02001EWW | S6Z1 | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, EDU, 5 Years |
| AI Enterprise Subscription License | ||
| 7S02001FWW | S6Z2 | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, 1 Year |
| 7S02001GWW | S6Z3 | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, 3 Years |
| 7S02001HWW | S6Z4 | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, 5 Years |
| 7S02001JWW | S6Z5 | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, EDU, 1 Year |
| 7S02001KWW | S6Z6 | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, EDU, 3 Years |
| 7S02001LWW | S6Z7 | NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, EDU, 5 Years |
Find more information in the NVIDIA AI Enterprise Sizing Guide.
NVIDIA HPC Compiler Software
| Part number | Feature code 7S09CTO6WW |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 NVIDIA A2 does not require an auxiliary power cable.
Regulatory approvals
The NVIDIA A2 GPU has the following regulatory approvals:
- RCM
- BSMI
- CE
- FCC
- ICES
- KCC
- cUL, UL
- VCCI
Operating environment
The NVIDIA A2 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 A2 product page:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/products/a2/ - NVIDIA Ampere Architecture page
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/ampere-architecture/
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