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Lenovo ThinkStation P2 Tower Gen 2

17-litre entry tower workstation refresh on the Intel W880 chipset for Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) desktop processors, with up to 128 GB of DDR5 UDIMM, up to four M.2 SSDs, a PCIe 5.0 x16 primary slot, and room for one NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell or two RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell cards.

Memory

Slots
4 DDR5 UDIMM, dual-channel capable
Type
DDR5-5600 UDIMM, ECC or non-ECC, up to 5600 MT/s
Max
128 GB (4 × 32 GB)
ECC
On models with ECC DIMMs

Storage

Support
Up to 2 × 3.5" SATA HDD (up to 4 TB each); also up to 4 × M.2 SSD
Bays
Bay 1: 3.5" HDD, standard. Bay 2: 3.5" HDD or 2.5" HDD/SSD, optional. Bay 3: 2.5" HDD/SSD, optional. Front-access bay (3.5" or 2.5") occupies Bay 2.
M.2
1 × onboard M.2 PCIe 5.0 x4 slot + 2 × onboard M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 slots (Gen 5/Gen 4 Performance SSDs up to 4 TB each) + 1 × M.2 on a PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter (Gen 4 SSD up to 256 GB or Performance SSD up to 4 TB)
3.5" HDD
SATA 6 Gb/s, 7.2K RPM, 2/4/6 TB
RAID
Integrated SATA controller (RAID 0/1) and integrated NVMe controller (RAID 0/1/5)
Optical
Optional 9.0 mm slim DVD-ROM, DVD±RW or Blu-ray
Card reader
Optional SD card reader

Graphics

Integrated
Intel Graphics (on-die, by processor)
Discrete support
Up to one NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell, or up to two RTX 2000 Ada Generation
Offered
NVIDIA RTX A400 4 GB (50 W, single-slot), RTX A1000 8 GB (50 W, single-slot), RTX 2000 Ada Generation 16 GB with ECC (70 W, dual-slot), RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 16 GB with ECC (70 W, dual-slot), RTX 4000 Ada Generation 20 GB with ECC (130 W, single-slot), RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell 24 GB with ECC (140 W, single-slot)
Monitors
Up to 12 independent displays: 3 onboard (2 × DP, 1 × HDMI, standard), 1 via optional Flex IO (DP/HDMI/USB-C/VGA), up to 8 via two discrete GPUs

Expansion

Slot 1
PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, length ≤ 268 mm, 75 W, double-width
Slot 2
PCIe 3.0 x1, full height, half length, 25 W, open-ended
Slot 3
PCIe 4.0 x16 (x4 lanes), full height, half length, 25 W
Slot 4
PCIe 3.0 x1, full height, half length, 25 W, open-ended
M.2
1 × onboard M.2 PCIe 5.0 x4 + 2 × onboard M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 + 1 via PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter; 1 × M.2 for WLAN

Networking

Onboard
Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM Gigabit, 1 × RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN
Optional Ethernet
Up to two PCIe x1 adapters or one PCIe x4 + one PCIe x1 adapter, up to five extra GbE ports: Intel I210-T1, Intel I350-T4, Realtek RTL8125BGS 2.5GbE
WLAN
Optional Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 (vPro) with Bluetooth 5.4, or none

Power

PSU
500 W or 750 W fixed, 92% efficient, 80 PLUS Platinum, autosensing

Ports

Front
1 × USB-C (20 Gbps/3.2 Gen 2x2), 2 × USB-A (5 Gbps/3.2 Gen 1), 2 × USB-A (10 Gbps/3.2 Gen 2), headphone/microphone combo jack, microphone jack; optional SD card reader
Rear
2 × USB-A (Hi-Speed/2.0), 2 × USB-A (5 Gbps/3.2 Gen 1, one with Smart Power On), 1 × HDMI 2.1 TMDS, 2 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × RJ-45, line-out
Rear optional
Flex IO: one of USB-C 5 Gbps with DisplayPort, HDMI 2.1 TMDS, DP 1.2 or VGA; serial (cable), parallel (cable + PCIe bracket), 2 × USB 2.0 (cable + PCIe bracket), USB-C 20 Gbps (PCIe x4 card), 2 × USB-A 5 Gbps (PCIe x1 card), 4 × serial (PCIe x1 card)

Physical

Form factor
Tower, 17 L
Dimensions (W×D×H)
170 × 315.35 × 376 mm (6.7 × 12.4 × 14.8 in, with feet)
Weight
9.67 kg (21.32 lb) maximum configuration
Security
Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG, FIPS 140-2); Kensington slot 3 × 7 mm; padlock loop; optional E-lock; optional chassis intrusion switch
Audio
Realtek ALC623-CG HD Audio, 2 W internal speaker
Environment
Operating 10-35 °C, 20-80% humidity, up to 3048 m; storage -40 to 60 °C

Management

Remote
Optional Intel vPro Enterprise with Intel AMT 16, or non-vPro
BIOS security
Administrator and power-on passwords; self-healing BIOS
Status
End of support 2033-06-15

Operating systems

Preloads
Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Home Single Language, Ubuntu Linux LTS, no OS
Certified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (certified only)

Processors

  • Intel Core Ultra 5 225
  • Intel Core Ultra 5 235
  • Intel Core Ultra 5 235A
  • Intel Core Ultra 5 245
  • Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
  • Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
  • Intel Core Ultra 7 265
  • Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
  • Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
  • Intel Core Ultra 9 285
  • Intel Core Ultra 9 285K