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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