Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 V3
Lenovo's mainstream 1-socket tower server (machine types 7DCE/7DCF), rack-mountable with an optional kit, for one Intel Xeon 6300 series, Xeon E-2400 ("Raptor Lake-E") or Pentium G7400 processor with up to 128 GB of TruDDR5 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
- TruDDR5 ECC UDIMM: 16 GB (1Rx8), 32 GB (2Rx8), 5600 MHz-rated
- Speed
- 4400 MHz effective on this server (5600/4800 MHz DIMMs run backward compatible)
- Max
- 128 GB (4 x 32 GB UDIMM)
- Rules
- UDIMMs only; 1 or 2 DIMMs must be identical; one DIMM per channel when using two
Storage
- Bays
- 8x or 16x 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap; 4x or 8x 3.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap; hybrid 4x 3.5" + 8x 2.5"; up to 8x 3.5" simple-swap SATA; or 6x 3.5" simple-swap SATA + 2x 3.5" simple-swap NVMe
- M.2
- 2x M.2 drives on an adapter installed in a PCIe slot
- Max capacity
- 122.88 TB (16 x 7.68 TB 2.5" SSD) or 176 TB (8 x 22 TB 3.5" HDD); SAS and SATA can intermix
- Onboard SATA
- 6 Gb SATA for simple-swap configs, using Intel VROC SATA RAID 0/1/5/10
- RAID adapters
- RAID 940-8i 4GB PCIe Gen4 (supercap) or RAID 545-8i PCIe Gen4 (no supercap); no separate internal HBA card, only onboard SATA JBOD/RAID
- Optical / tape
- Two half-height 5.25" bays: SATA DVD-ROM/DVD-RW, or one internal RDX drive
Graphics
- Onboard
- G200 graphics with 16 MB, integrated into the XClarity Controller; max 1920x1200 32bpp @ 60 Hz
- GPU option
- NVIDIA RTX A400 4GB or RTX A1000 8GB PCIe Gen4 active GPU, slot 2 only
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe 4.0 x4 (x1 physical, open-ended), full-height half-length, 25 W
- Slot 2
- PCIe 5.0 x16 (x16 physical, closed-ended), full-height half-length, 75 W
- Slot 3
- PCIe 4.0 x4 (x4 physical, open-ended), full-height half-length, 25 W
- Slot 4
- PCIe 4.0 x4 (x8 physical, closed-ended), full-height half-length, 25 W
Networking
- Onboard
- 2x 1000BASE-T RJ-45 (Broadcom BCM5720), one shareable with XCC; dedicated RJ-45 for XCC management
- 1 GbE adapters
- Broadcom 5719 4-port, Intel I350-T4
- 10 GbE adapters
- Broadcom 57416 10GBASE-T 2-port, Intel X710-T4L 10GBASE-T 4-port
- 25 GbE adapters
- Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port, Intel E810-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port
- External SAS
- 440-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA
Power
- Power supply
- One fixed 300 W (80 PLUS Gold) or 500 W (Platinum), or two hot-swap 800 W redundant (Platinum/Titanium)
- Input, 300 W
- 100-127 V: 5 A; 200-240 V: 2.5 A
- Input, 500 W
- 100-127 V: 7 A; 200-240 V: 3.5 A
- Input, 800 W
- 100-127 V: 10 A; 200-240 V: 5 A
- Cooling
- 2-3 fixed system fans, 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 1, 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 (can be rack mounted with the ThinkSystem ST45/ST50/ST250 Series Rack Mount Kit)
- 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
- 23.95 kg (3.5" config) or 15.81 kg (2.5" config), fully configured
- Environment
- ASHRAE A2 (10-35 C, 8-80% RH); A3 (5-40 C) / A4 (5-45 C) with configuration restrictions; up to 3,050 m
- Security
- Padlock loop, rear Kensington slot, optional lockable front door, optional chassis intrusion switch
Management
- Controller
- Lenovo XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) embedded management
- Tools
- Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager, Administrator, Integrator, Essentials, Energy Manager
- Security
- Power-on and administrator passwords, TPM 2.0, optional chassis intrusion switch
Operating systems
- Windows
- Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2025
- Red Hat (Pentium/Xeon E-2400)
- RHEL 8.8-8.10, 9.2-9.8, 10.0-10.2
- Red Hat (Xeon 6300)
- RHEL 8.10, 9.4-9.8, 10.0-10.2
- SUSE (Pentium/Xeon E-2400)
- SLES 15 SP5-SP7, SLES 15 Xen SP5, SLES 16
- SUSE (Xeon 6300)
- SLES 15 SP6-SP7, SLES 16
- Ubuntu
- 22.04 LTS, 24.04 LTS, 26.04 LTS (64-bit)
- VMware
- ESXi 8.0 U2-U3, 9.0, 9.1 (Pentium/Xeon E-2400); ESXi 8.0 U3, 9.0, 9.1 (Xeon 6300)
Processors
- Intel Pentium G7400T
- Intel Pentium G7400
- Intel Xeon E-2414
- Intel Xeon E-2434
- Intel Xeon E-2436
- Intel Xeon E-2456
- Intel Xeon E-2468
- Intel Xeon E-2478
- Intel Xeon E-2486
- Intel Xeon E-2488
- Intel Xeon 6315P
- Intel Xeon 6325P
- Intel Xeon 6333P
- Intel Xeon 6337P
- Intel Xeon 6349P
- Intel Xeon 6353P
- Intel Xeon 6357P
- Intel Xeon 6369P