User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 Server Product Guide
- Did you know?
- Key features
- Components and connectors
- System architecture
- Standard specifications
- Models
- Processor options
- Memory options
- Internal storage
- Controllers for internal storage
- Internal drive options
- Internal backup units
- Optical drives
- I/O expansion options
- Network adapters
- SAS adapters for external storage
- Fibre Channel host bus adapters
- Flash Storage adapters
- GPU adapters
- Fans and cooling
- Power supplies
- Integrated virtualization
- Systems management
- Security
- Keyboards and Mice
- Rack installation
- Operating system support
- Physical and electrical specifications
- Operating environment
- Warranty options
- Regulatory compliance
- External drive enclosures
- External storage systems
- External backup units
- Top-of-rack Ethernet switches
- Fibre Channel SAN switches
- Uninterruptible power supply units
- Power distribution units
- Rack cabinets
- KVM console options
- Lenovo Financial Services
- Related publications and links
- Related product families
- Notices
- Trademarks
Standard specifications
The following table lists the standard specifications.
Table 1. Standard specifications
Components Specification
Machine type 7Y46 - 1 year warranty
7Y45 - 3 year warranty
Form factor Tower or 4U Rack.
Processor One Intel processor (formerly codenamed "Coffee Lake"). Choose from:
Intel Xeon E-2100 Series processor up to 3.8 GHz
Intel Core i3-8100/8300 Series processor up to 4 GHz
Intel Pentium G5400/G5500/G5600 Series processor up to 3.9 GHz
Chipset Intel C246 chipset
Memory Four DIMM sockets supporting Lenovo TruDDR4 DIMMs at 2666 MHz. Support ECC UDIMMs.
Memory
maximums
Up to 64 GB with 4x 16 GB UDIMMs
Memory
protection
Error-correcting code (ECC)
Disk drive bays Available configurations:
8x or 16x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
4x or 8x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
Both 4x 3.5-inch + 8x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
8x 3.5-inch simple-swap drive bays
In addition, the ST250 supports one M.2 Drive via an onboard connector. Note: If the onboard
SATA controller is used to connect the drive bays, then only 6 drives can be installed if an M.2
drive is installed.
Maximum
internal storage
38.4 TB with 16x 2.4TB 2.5-inch SAS hot-swap HDDs
15.4 TB with 16x 960GB 2.5-inch SATA hot-swap SSDs
64 TB with 8x 8TB 3.5-inch SATA or SAS hot-swap HDDs
64 TB with 8x 8TB 3.5-inch SATA simple-swap HDDs
Intermix of SAS and SATA is supported.
Storage
controller
Onboard 6 Gb SATA for simple-swap drive configurations, using embedded Intel RSTe
software RAID, supporting RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50
12 Gb SAS/SATA RAID for hot-swap drive configurations:
RAID 530i (cacheless) supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50
RAID 730-8i with 1GB cache supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50
RAID 930-8i with 2GB flash-backed cache supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60
RAID 930-16i and 24i with 4GB flash-backed cache supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50,
6, 60
12 Gb SAS/SATA non-RAID: 430-8i and 430-16i HBAs
Optical drive
bays
Two half-height 5.25-inch bays for optical or tape drives. Supports SATA DVD-ROM or DVD-RW
(multiburner). Note: If the onboard SATA controller is used to connect the drive bays, then only 6
drives can be installed if an optical drive is installed.
Tape drive bays Two half-height 5.25-inch bays for optical or tape drives. Support for one RDX drive or one LTO
tape drive.
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