Optical drive
bays
None. Support for an external USB DVD RW Optical Disk Drive (See
).
Network
interfaces
2x Onboard 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet RJ-45 ports (BCM5720 NIC).
I/O expansion
slots
Up to three slots. Slot 4 is the fixed slot on the system planar, and the remaining slots depend on the
riser cards installed. The slots are as follows:
Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile (not present if the Slot 2 is x16)
Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x8 (x16 physical connector) or x16; full-height, half-length
Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x4 (supports an internal storage controller)
Ports
Front:
1x USB 2.0 port with XClarity Controller access.
1x USB 3.1 Gen 1 port.
1x VGA port (optional).
Rear:
2x USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports.
1x VGA port.
1x DB-9 serial port.
1x RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet systems management port.
Cooling
Four non-hot-swap system fans.
Power supply
One fixed 300 W Gold, or up to two redundant hot-swap 450 W Platinum AC power supplies.
Video
Matrox G200 with 16 MB memory integrated into the XClarity Controller. Maximum resolution is
1920x1200 at 60 Hz with 32 bits per pixel.
Hot-swap parts Drives (select models) and power supplies (select models).
Systems
management
XClarity Controller (XCC) Standard, Advanced, or Enterprise (Pilot 4 chip), proactive platform alerts,
XClarity Provisioning Manager, XClarity Essentials, XClarity Administrator, XClarity Integrators for
VMware vCenter and Microsoft System Center, XClarity Energy Manager, Capacity Planner.
Security
features
Power-on password, administrator's password, secure firmware updates, Trusted Platform Module
(TPM) 1.2 or 2.0 (configurable UEFI setting). Optional lockable front bezel. Optional Nationz TPM
(available only in PRC). Optional Lenovo Business Vantage security software (available only in PRC).
Operating
systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and 2019; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 and 15; VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.5 and 6.7.
Warranty
One-year (7Y52) or three-year (7Y51, 7Y72, and 7Y73) customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite
limited warranty with 9x5 Next Business Day Parts Delivered.
Service and
support
Optional service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services: 2-hour or 4-hour response time, 6-
hour or 24-hour committed service repair, warranty extension up to 5 years, 1-year or 2-year post-
warranty extensions, Premier Support, YourDrive Your Data, Enterprise Server Software Support,
and Basic Hardware Installation Services.
Dimensions
Height: 43 mm (1.7 in), width: 434 mm (17.1 in), depth: 498 mm (19.6 in)
Weight
Base configuration: 9.1 kg (20.1 lb), maximum: 12.3 kg (27.1 lb)
Attribute
Specification
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR250 Server
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