Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 V2

Lenovo's mainstream 1-socket tower server (machine types 7D8F/7D8G), rack-mountable with an optional kit, for one Intel Xeon E-2300 ("Rocket Lake-E") or Pentium G6000-series processor with up to 128 GB of 3200 MHz TruDDR4 ECC UDIMM memory. Aimed at small-to-medium businesses, remote/branch offices, banking and public sector.

Memory

Slots: 4 DIMM (2 channels, 2 DIMMs per channel)
Types: TruDDR4 ECC UDIMM: 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB
Speed: 3200 MHz with Xeon E-2300; 2666 MHz with Pentium; DIMMs run at the processor's max speed
Max: 128 GB (4 x 32 GB UDIMM)
Rules: 1, 2 or 4 DIMMs supported (3 not supported); all DIMMs installed must be identical
Protection: ECC

Storage

Bays: 8x or 16x 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap; 4x or 8x 3.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap; a hybrid 4x 3.5" + 8x 2.5" config; up to 8x 3.5" simple-swap SATA; or 7x 3.5" simple-swap SATA + 1x 3.5" simple-swap NVMe
M.2: 2x M.2 SATA SSDs supporting RAID 0/1 via Intel VROC, installed on an adapter in a PCIe slot (mutually exclusive with an optical drive)
Max capacity: 122.88 TB (16 x 7.68 TB 2.5" SSD) or 144 TB (8 x 18 TB 3.5" HDD); SAS and SATA can be intermixed but not in the same RAID volume
Onboard SATA: 6 Gb SATA for simple-swap configs, using Intel RSTe software RAID 0/1/5/10/50 (not supported with hypervisors)
RAID adapters: RAID 5350-8i, RAID 9350-8i 2GB (supercap), RAID 9350-16i 4GB (supercap), RAID 940-8i 4GB (supercap)
HBAs: 4350-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA
Optical / tape: Two half-height 5.25" bays: half-height SATA DVD-ROM/DVD-RW, or one internal RDX USB drive; external USB DVD-RW also supported

Graphics

Onboard: G200 graphics with 16 MB, integrated into the XClarity Controller; max 1920x1200 32bpp @ 60 Hz; not for workstation use
GPU option: NVIDIA T1000 8GB or T400 4GB active GPU, slot 2 only, max 1; requires 550 W hot-swap power supplies; slot 3 must be left empty for thermal reasons

Expansion

Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x4 (x1 physical, open-ended), full-height half-length, 25 W
Slot 2: PCIe 4.0 x16 (x16 physical, closed-ended), full-height half-length, 75 W
Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x4 (x4 physical, open-ended), full-height half-length, 25 W
Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x4 (x8 physical, closed-ended), full-height half-length, 25 W

Networking

Onboard: 2x 1000BASE-T RJ-45 (Broadcom BCM5720), one shareable with XCC; separate dedicated RJ-45 for XCC management
1 GbE adapters: Broadcom 5719 4-port, Broadcom 5720 2-port, Intel I350-T2/T4
10 GbE adapters: Broadcom 57416 10GBASE-T 2-port, Intel X550-T2, Intel X710-T4L 10GBASE-T 4-port, Intel X710-DA4 4x10Gb SFP+
25 GbE adapters: Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port, Intel E810-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port
External SAS: 430-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA or 440-8e SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBA

Power

Power supply: One fixed 250 W (80 PLUS Platinum) or 300 W (80 PLUS Gold), or two hot-swap 550 W redundant (80 PLUS Platinum)
Restrictions: GPU requires the 550 W hot-swap power supplies
Input, 250 W: 100-127 V: 2.93 A; 200-240 V: 1.28 A
Input, 300 W: 100-127 V: 3.56 A; 200-240 V: 1.55 A
Input, 550 W: 100-127 V: 6.35 A; 200-240 V: 2.75 A
Cooling: 1-2 fixed front fans (drive-cage mounted), 1 fixed rear fan, CPU heatsink fan, PSU fan(s); ASHRAE A2 (A3/A4 with restrictions)

Ports

Front: 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1x USB 2.0
Rear: 4x USB 3.2 Gen 2, 1x VGA, 1x RJ-45 XCC management, 2x RJ-45 GbE, 1x serial
Internal: 1x USB 3.0 for RDX drive

Physical

Form factor: Tower (4U on its side); rack mount kit adds to 5U total
Dimensions: 176 mm W x 444 mm H x 578 mm D (6.9 x 17.5 x 22.8 in), including tower feet
Weight: 23.6 kg (52 lb) fully configured
Environment: ASHRAE A2 (10-35 C, 8-80% RH); A3/A4 with configuration restrictions; up to 3,000 m
Security: Padlock loop, rear Kensington slot, optional lockable front door, optional chassis intrusion switch

Management

Controller: Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC), Pilot4 XE401 BMC, dual-core ARM Cortex A9
Interfaces: IPMI 2.0, SNMP v3, CIM-XML, REST, Redfish, HTML5 web browser interface
Remote port: Dedicated RJ-45 XCC management port, 10/100/1000 Mbps
Upgrades: Optional XClarity Controller Advanced (remote KVM, boot capture blue-screen) or Enterprise (virtual media, multi-user KVM, power capping)
Tools: Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager, Administrator, Integrator, Essentials, Energy Manager
Security: Power-on and administrator passwords, TPM 2.0 (Nationz TPM for China), NIST SP 800-147B compliant

Operating systems

Windows: Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022
Red Hat: RHEL 8.4-8.10, 9.0-9.8, 10.0-10.2
SUSE: SLES 15 SP3-SP5, SP7; SLES 15 Xen SP3-SP5
VMware: ESXi 7.0 U3, 8.0, 8.0 U1-U3, 9.0, 9.1

Processors

Intel Pentium G6405
Intel Pentium G6405T
Intel Pentium G6505
Intel Pentium G6505T
Intel Pentium G6605
Intel Xeon E-2314
Intel Xeon E-2324G
Intel Xeon E-2334
Intel Xeon E-2336
Intel Xeon E-2356G
Intel Xeon E-2374G
Intel Xeon E-2378
Intel Xeon E-2378G
Intel Xeon E-2386G
Intel Xeon E-2388G