Lenovo ST558 Servers Specification

Machine type

7X09 - 1 year warranty
7X10 - 3 year warranty

Form factor

Tower or 4U Rack.

Processor

One or two Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family of processors, either Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum-level processors (formerly codename "Skylake"). Supports processors up to 20 cores, core speeds up to 3.6 GHz, and TDP ratings up to 125W. Two Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) links at 10.4 GT/s each.

Chipset

Intel C624 "Lewisburg" chipset

Memory

Up to 12 DIMM sockets (6 DIMMs per processor) supporting Lenovo TruDDR4 DIMMs at up to 2666 MHz. RDIMMs and LRDIMMs (Load Reduced DIMMs) are supported, but memory types cannot be intermixed.

Memory maximums

With RDIMMs: Up to 384 GB with 12x 32 GB RDIMMs and two processors
With LRDIMMs: Up to 768 GB with 12x 64 GB LRDIMMs and two processors

Memory protection

ECC, SDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs), ADDDC (for x4-based memory DIMMs, requires Intel Xeon Gold or Platinum processors), memory mirroring, and memory sparing.

Disk drive bays

Available configurations:

8, 16, or 20x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap (optional support for NVMe drives)

4 or 8x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap

Both 8x 3.5-inch + 4x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap

4 or 8x 3.5-inch SATA simple-swap

Additional drive bays (except for 20-bay and hybrid configurations):

Two 5.25-inch drive bays for optical drives

Maximum internal storage

2.5-inch drives:

153.6TB using 20x 7.68TB 2.5-inch SAS/SATA SSDs

30.72TB using 4x 7.68TB 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs

48TB using 20x 2.4TB 2.5-inch HDDs

3.5-inch drives:

144TB using 8x 18TB 3.5-inch HDDs

61.44TB using 8x 7.68TB 3.5-inch SAS/SATA SSDs

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 730-8i with 2GB flash-backed cache supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60

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 DVD-ROM or Multiburner. Hot-swap bays can be converted to 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays. (Not available with simple-swap drive configurations.)

Tape drive bays

Two half-height 5.25-inch bays for optical or tape drives. Support for one RDX drive or LTO tape drive.

Network interfaces

Two integrated Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-T ports (RJ-45) based on Intel X722 embedded controller (No 10/100 Mbps support)

PCI Expansion slots

Up to 7 PCIe slots: 6 general purpose PCIe 3.0 slots plus one slot reserved for the M.2 adapter. General purpose slots are as follows:

Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x8 (25W) FHHL

Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x16 (75W); FHHL

Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x16 (75W); FHFL

Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x16 (x8 wired) (25W); FHFL (requires second processor)

Slot 5: PCIe 3.0 x16 (75W); FHFL (requires second processor)

Slot 6: PCIe 3.0 x8 (x4 wired) (25W); FHFL

Slots 3 and 5 support double-wide GPUs

Ports

Front: Two USB ports (one USB 3.0, one USB 2.0 port

Rear: Six USB ports (four USB 2.0, two USB 3.0), one VGA video, one RJ-45 systems management, two RJ-45 GbE network ports, optional serial port.

Internal: One internal USB 3.0 port for RDX drive

Cooling

Supports ASHRAE A2 environments as well as A3/A4 with some limitations. Up to four simple-swap fans: two fans shipped standard on single processor models and three fans shipped on dual processor models or models where there are drive bays in lieu of the optical drive bays. The fourth rear-mounted fan is N+1 redundant, except for certain configurations.

Power supply

Up to two redundant hot-swap 550 W, 750 W or 1100 W High Efficiency Platinum AC power supplies, or 750 W High Efficiency Titanium AC power supplies. Also available is a 450 W fixed (non-hot-swap) power supply. In China only, all hot-swap power supplies also support 240V DC.

Hot-swap parts

Hard drives, power supplies, and fans

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 (TPM), supporting TPM 1.2 or TPM 2.0. In China only, optional Trusted Cryptographic Module (TCM). Kensington cable slot. Lockable side cover. Optional lockable front security door and chassis intrusion switch (included with some models).

Video

G200 graphics with 16 MB memory with 2D hardware accelerator, integrated into the XClarity Controller. Maximum resolution is 1920x1200 32bpp at 60Hz.

Operating systems supported

Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi.

Limited warranty

Three-year or one-year (model dependent) customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9x5 next business day (NBD).

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: 438 mm (17.2 in.), depth: 660 mm (26 in.)