Connectrix DS-7710B 64G FC SAN Switch

Overview

The Connectrix DS-7710B is a 24-port entry-level 64 Gb/s Fibre Channel SAN switch in a 1U form factor, supporting 8, 16, 32 and 64 Gb/s Fibre Channel speeds. It ships with 8 ports enabled and scales to 24 ports with Ports on Demand kits, making it a cost-effective building block for edge-of-fabric connectivity in small and medium SANs.

Port Configuration

• Form factor: 1U, installable in a standard 19-inch EIA rack
• Fibre Channel ports: DS-7710B: a minimum of 8 ports, expandable to a maximum of 24 ports with 32G or 64G SWL SFPs. Each port supports E, F, Ex and D port types
• Ports on Demand: 8 ports enabled base, scalable to 24 with 8-port Ports on Demand kits of 32G or 64G SFPs
• Detail: The DS-7710B is a 24-port entry-level switch in a 1U form factor, capable of 8, 16, 32 and 64 Gb/s Fibre Channel speeds. The base switch is offered in two rear-to-front airflow SKUs, one with 32G SFPs and the other with 64G SFPs. The base configuration comes with 8 ports enabled and scales to 24 ports with Ports on Demand kits that include 8 ports of 32G or 64G SFPs

Performance

• Fibre Channel line speeds: 8.5 Gb/s, 10.53 Gb/s, 14.025 Gb/s, 28.05 Gb/s
  and 57.8 Gb/s line speed, full duplex; auto-sensing of 8, 10, 16, 32 and 64G port speeds (10G
  optionally programmable to fixed-port speed)
• Aggregate bandwidth: 3.072 Tb/s
• ISL trunking: frame-based trunking with up to eight SFP+ ports per ISL trunk
  and up to 512 Gb/s per ISL trunk; exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with Dynamic Path
  Selection (DPS) included in Fabric OS
• Port-to-port latency: 460 ns for locally switched ports (including FEC)
• Frame buffers: 24K per switching ASIC
• Maximum frame size: 2,112-byte payload
• Classes of service: Class 2, Class 3 and Class F (inter-switch frames)
• Port types: D_Port (ClearLink diagnostic port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port and
  M_Port with optional port-type control; Access Gateway mode supports F_Port and NPIV-enabled
  N_Port
• Media types: 64Gb/s: hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector, 64Gb/s SWL
  32Gb/s: hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector, 32Gb/s SWL, LWL 10 km, ELWL 25 km
• Data traffic types: fabric switches supporting unicast
• Scalability: full-fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches;
  certified maximum of 4K active nodes, 56 switches and 19 hops in Fabric OS (FOS) fabrics
• USB: one standard USB port for firmware download, SupportSave and
  configuration upload or download

Fabric Services

BB Credit Recovery; Advanced Zoning (Default Zoning, Port/WWN Zoning, Peer Zoning); Congestion Signaling; Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Extended Fabrics; Fabric Performance Impact Notification (FPIN); Fabric Vision; FDMI; FICON CUP; Flow Vision; F_Port Trunking; FSPF; Integrated Routing; ISL Trunking; Management Server; Name Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Decommission/Fencing; QoS; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Slow Drain Device Quarantine (SDDQ); Target-Driven Zoning; Traffic Optimizer; Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric); VMID+ and AppServer

Some fabric services do not apply or are unavailable in Access Gateway mode.

Security

DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices); FCAP switch authentication; HTTPS; IP filtering; LDAP with IPv6; OpenLDAP; Port Binding; RADIUS; TACACS+; user-defined Role-Based Access Control (RBAC); Secure Boot; Secure Copy (SCP); Secure Syslog; SFTP; SSH v2; SSL; Switch Binding; Trusted Switch

Management

• Management software: Advanced Web Tools; Brocade SANnav Management Portal and
  SANnav Global View; command-line interface (CLI); EZSwitchSetup; HTTP/HTTPS; RESTful API; SNMP
  v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); SSH
• Management access: the DS-7730B provides a 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45)
  port, a serial console port and a USB port; the DS-7720B provides 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet
  (RJ-45) and a serial console port (mini-USB); the DS-7710B provides 1000Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45),
  in-band over Fibre Channel, an RJ45 serial console port and one USB port
• Diagnostics: Active Support Connectivity (ASC) and Brocade Support Link (BSL) on the DS-7730B and DS-7720B; built-in flow generator; ClearLink optics and cable diagnostics including electrical/optical loopback and link traffic/latency/distance; Fabric Performance Impact Monitoring (FPI) on the DS-7730B and DS-7720B; flow mirroring; Forward Error Correction (FEC); frame viewer; IO Insight for SCSI and NVMe monitoring; Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS); non-disruptive daemon restart; optics health monitoring; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo; power monitoring; RAStrace logging; Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD); Syslog/Audit Log; VM Insight

Features and Licensing

• Fully licensed: Fabric Vision, Extended Fabric, ISL Trunking and Integrated Routing are included. A single integrated fan/power supply unit and rack mount kit are included at no additional charge
• SAN extension: N/A – the DS-7710B does not support long-distance extension
• Mainframe: the DS-7720B is certified for mainframe environments and includes FICON CUP at no additional charge

Physical Specifications

• Enclosure: Front-to-rear airflow with non-port-side exhaust, or rear-to-front airflow with non-port-side intake, both with power from the back
• Dimensions: Width 428.8 mm (16.88 in.), height 42.9 mm (1.69 in.), depth 306.6 mm (12.07 in.)
• Weight: 4.24 kg (9.35 lb) estimated, with one power supply and four fans, without transceivers

Power and Heat Dissipation

• Power supply: Base switch includes a single, fixed power supply with four integrated system cooling fans; a rack mount kit is included at no additional charge
• AC input: 100 V to 240 V nominal, 85 V to 264 V range, maximum 1.23 A
• Power consumption: Maximum 105W with all 24 ports running at 100% traffic rate and fans at maximum speed; 45W for an empty chassis with no optical transceivers
• Heat dissipation: 24 ports at 351.55 BTU/hr
• Input line frequency: 47-63 Hz

Environmental Specifications

• Operating temperature: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
• Non-operating temperature: -25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 158°F)
• Humidity: 8% to 90% (non-condensing) operating and non-operating
• Altitude: operating up to 3,000 m (9,842 ft); storage up to 12 km (39,370 ft)
• Shock: Operating up to 20G, 6 ms half-sine; non-operating half-sine 33G, 11 ms, 3/G axis
• Vibration: Operating: 0.5 g sine, 0.4 grms random, 5 Hz to 500 Hz. Non-operating: 2.0 g sine, 1.1 grms random, 5 Hz to 500 Hz

Services and Warranty

Dell Technologies Services cover the full lifecycle of a SAN build-out: Consulting Services for design and planning, ProDeploy Enterprise Suite for deployment through planning, configuration and complex integrations, Residency and Managed Services for ongoing operations, and ProSupport Enterprise Suite for expert support backed by proactive and predictive AI tools.

Ordering

Configuration, availability and lead time depend on the required model, port count, optics and delivery destination. Send your requirement to receive a quotation.

Data Note

The Dell spec sheet’s port types line reads “F_Port, E_Port, D_Port on 128 ports”, which is inconsistent with the 24-port maximum of this model and is treated here as 24 ports.