Description

ThinkSystem ST250 Ghana

The Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 Ghana is a cutting-edge enterprise-grade tower server designed to meet the expanding IT demands of small and medium-sized businesses in Ghana. Powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® E-2200 processors, this robust server delivers up to 34% improved performance over previous models, ensuring seamless operations across various business applications. With support for up to 128GB of DDR4 memory and multiple storage configurations, it offers a highly efficient solution for virtualization, database management, office automation, and web hosting.

Scalability and Flexibility for Business Growth

Designed with enterprise scalability in mind, the ThinkSystem ST250 includes multiple PCIe expansion slots and GPU support, allowing businesses to enhance their system capabilities as workloads increase. It integrates seamlessly with Lenovo XClarity, a powerful IT management software that streamlines server deployment, minimizes provisioning time, and reduces operational costs. With Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX), this server prioritizes data security, making it an excellent choice for businesses handling sensitive transactions, financial applications, and blockchain solutions.

Ideal for Remote and Branch Offices (ROBO) in Ghana

Perfectly suited for remote offices, branch offices (ROBO), and SMB environments, the ThinkSystem ST250 boasts a compact and whisper-quiet design, ensuring it operates efficiently even in non-data center settings. Dual-redundant power supplies enhance uptime reliability, while a lockable front bezel safeguards hardware integrity. Whether used for retail applications, near-site data backup, or general business IT infrastructure, this server offers a cost-effective, high-performance solution tailored to modern business needs in Ghana.

Features:

Enterprise capacity

The ThinkSystem ST250 Ghana harnesses enterprise-level server power with the next-generation Intel^® Xeon^® E-2200 processors, featuring a performance bump of up to 34% generation-to-generation, in tandem with a wide range of storage options and seamless integration with Lenovo’s XClarity management system.

This capable tower server offers streamlined enterprise business applications including office automation, web serving and near-side data backup. Support for Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) provides security for application code and data, such as blockchain.

Enterprise flexibility

The ThinkSystem ST250 Ghana features a highly flexible design that deploys server performance where it’s needed and adapts as requirements change over time, including highly expandable storage configurations, GPU support, and multiple PCIe expansion slots.

Lenovo XClarity software provides easy-to-use systems management and dramatically reduces provisioning time, while an array of XClarity integrators allow utilization of XClarity through external IT applications to streamline IT management and contain costs.

Designed for ROBO use

A compact footprint and office-quiet cooling system make the ThinkSystem ST250 Ghana ideal for the remote office/ branch office environment.

Critical asset dependability is a result of components that increase server uptime, workplace productivity, and system security including dual-redundant power supplies and lockable front bezels. These are component solutions ideal for an environment without a dedicated on-site IT support system.

Technical Specifications:

Machine type	7Y46 – 1 year warranty 7Y45 – 3 year warranty
Form factor	Tower (can be installed in a rack with the available Rack Mount Kit)
Processor	One Intel processor (formerly codenamed “Coffee Lake-S Refresh”). Choose from: Intel Xeon E-2200 Series processor up to 8 cores/3.7 GHz or up to 6 cores/4.0 GHz Intel Core i3-9100/9300 Series processor up to 4 cores and 4 GHz Intel Pentium G5400/G5600 Series processor up to 4.0 GHz
Chipset	Intel C246 chipset
Memory	Four DIMM sockets supporting Lenovo TruDDR4 DIMMs at 2666 MHz. Support ECC UDIMMs.
Memory maximum	Intel Xeon E processors: Up to 128 GB with 4x 32 GB UDIMMs Other processors: 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	2.5-inch drives: 122.88TB using 16x 7.68TB 2.5-inch SAS/SATA SSDs 38.4TB using 16x 2.4TB 2.5-inch HDDs 3.5-inch drives: 160TB using 8x 20TB 3.5-inch HDDs 30.72TB using 8x 3.84TB 3.5-inch SAS/SATA SSDs Intermix of SAS and SATA is supported
Storage controller	Onboard 6 Gb SATA 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 RAID 940-8i with 4GB flash-backed cache supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60 RAID 940-16i with 4GB flash-backed cache supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60 12 Gb SAS/SATA non-RAID: 430-8i or 440-8i HBAs 430-16i or 440-16i 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.
Network interfaces	Two integrated Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-T ports (RJ-45) based on Broadcom BCM5720 embedded controller, one can be shared with XCC for systems management. Third dedicated Gigabit Ethernet port for XCC systems management.
PCI Expansion slots	Four PCIe slots as follows: Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x1 full-height, half-length Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x16 full-height, half-length Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x4 full-height, half-length Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x4 full-height, half-length (x8 physical slot)
Ports	Front: One USB 3.1 G1 (5 Gb/s) port One USB 2.0 port (supports XClarity Mobile connectivity for local systems management) Rear: Two USB 3.1 G1 (5Gb/s) ports Two USB 3.1 G2 (10Gb/s) ports One VGA video One RJ-45 systems management Two RJ-45 GbE network ports One serial port Internal: One internal USB 3.0 port for RDX drive
Cooling	Supports ASHRAE A2 environments. Certain configurations support ASHRAE A3. Two or three fixed system fans depending on the drive bay configuration. Additional fans attached to the processor heat sink and in the power supplies.
Power supply	Two choices, model dependent: One fixed power supply, 250W. 80 PLUS Platinum certified. Two redundant hot-swap power supplies, each 550W. For China customers, the 550W power supplies support 240V DC input. 80 PLUS Platinum certified. Energy Star 3.0 compliant.
Hot-swap parts	Hard drives and 550W power supplies
Systems management	Operator panel with status LEDs. XClarity Controller embedded management, XClarity Administrator centralized infrastructure delivery, XClarity Integrator plugins, and XClarity Energy Manager centralized server power management. Optional XClarity Controller Advanced to enable remote control functions.
Security features	Power-on password, administrator’s password, Trusted Platform Module, supporting TPM 1.2 or TPM 2.0. In China only, optional Nationz TPM 2.0 module. Optional chassis intrusion switch. Padlock loop and Kensington cable slot and optional lockable front door for physical security.
Video	G200 graphics with 16 MB memory, integrated into the XClarity Controller. For use with local Administrator functions (not designed for workstation use). Maximum resolution is 1920×1200 32bpp at 60Hz.
Operating systems supported	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi.
Service and support	Optional service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services: 4-hour or 2-hour response time, 6-hour fix time, 1-year or 2-year warranty extension, software support for Lenovo hardware and some third-party applications.
Dimensions	Width: 176 mm (6.9 in.), height: 444 mm (17.5 in.), depth: 578 mm (22.8 in.).
Weight	Fully configured: 23.56 kg (51.94 lb)