| Product SKU | DB720S |
|---|---|
| Ports | Minimum of 24 ports and maximum of 64 ports |
| Optics | 64Gbps hot-pluggable SFP-DD and SN connectors, 64Gb/s SWL |
| Power Supply | Dual, hot-swappable redundant power supplies (80 PLUS Gold) with integrated system cooling fans (3 built into each power supply), N+N cooling redundancy |
| Rack Mounting | Rack-mount rail kits included |
| System Architecture | System Architecture |
| Fibre Channel Ports | Switch mode (default): Minimum of 24 ports and maximum of 64 ports. Ports are enabled in increments of 8 ports up to 64 ports via Ports on Demand (PoD) licenses; E_Ports, F_Ports, M_Ports, D_Ports, and EX_Ports. |
| Scalability | Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches |
| Certified Maximum | 4K active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops in Brocade Fabric OS® fabrics |
| Performance | Non-blocking architecture with wire-speed forwarding of traffic: |
| Traffic Load Balancing | • Frame-based ISL Trunking load balances supports up to eight SFP+ ports per ISL trunk; up to 512Gb/s per ISL trunk when using 64Gb/s optics |
| Aggregate Bandwidth | 4.096 Tb/s |
| Maximum Fabric Latency | Latency for locally switched ports is 460 ns (including FEC). |
| Maximum Frame Size | 2112-byte payload |
| Frame Buffers | 24K per switching ASIC |
| Classes Of Service | Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames) |
| Port Types | • D_Port (ClearLink® Diagnostic Port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, M_Port |
| Data Traffic Types | Fabric switches supporting unicast |
| Media Types | • 64Gb/s: Brocade Secure hot-pluggable SFP-DD, SN connector; 64Gb/s SWL |
| USB Port | One standard USB port for firmware download, support save, and configuration upload or download. |
| Fabric Services | BB Credit Recovery; Brocade 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; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Decommission/Fencing; QoS; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Name Server; Slow Drain Device Quarantine (SDDQ); Target-Driven Zoning; Traffic Optimizer; Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric); VMID+ and AppServer. |
| Extension | Fibre Channel, in-flight compression (Brocade LZO) and encryption (ES-GCM-256 encryption on FC ISLs, E_Port); integrated optional 10Gb/s Fibre Channel for DWDM MAN connectivity |
| Management | Management |
| 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; Secure FTP (SFTP); Secure Shell (SSH) v2; Secure Socket Layer (SSL); Switch Binding; Trusted Switch |
| Diagnostics | Active Support Connectivity (ASC) and Brocade Support Link (BSL); built-in flow generator; ClearLink optics and cable diagnostics, including electrical/optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance; Fabric Performance Impact Monitoring (FPI); flow mirroring; Forward Error Correction (FEC); frame viewer; IO Insight for SCSI and NVMe monitoring; Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS); nondisruptive daemon restart; optics health monitoring; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute); power monitoring; RAStrace logging; Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD); Syslog/Audit Log; VM Insight |
| Mechanical | Mechanical |
| Enclosure | Front-to-back airflow; non-port-side exhaust; power from back, 1U |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | Width: 440 mm (17.3 in.) |
| Weight | 7.17 kg (15.8 lb) with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers |
| Support | Support |
| Warranty | Three-year customer-replaceable unit limited warranty with 9×5 next business day parts delivered. Three-year software/firmware entitlement. |
| Power | Dual, hot-swappable redundant power supplies (80 PLUS Gold) with integrated system cooling fans (3 built into each power supply), N+N cooling redundancy |
Networking
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S FC SAN Switch
The Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S FC SAN Switch is a storage network switch from Lenovo, supporting Switch mode.
Overview
The Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S FC SAN Switch is a storage network switch from Lenovo supporting Switch mode.
It provides D_Port (ClearLink® Diagnostic Port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, M_Port. delivering 4.096 Tb/s.
Key Features
- Ports and port types: Switch mode (default): Minimum of 24 ports and maximum of 64 ports. Ports are enabled in increments of 8 ports up to 64 ports via Ports on Demand (PoD) licenses; E_Ports, F_Ports, M_Ports, D_Ports, and EX_Ports. / Up to 48 autosensing ports that support 32Gb or 64Gb SFP+ transceivers …
- Bandwidth: 4.096 Tb/s
- Management and software: Management / Brocade Advanced Web Tools; Brocade SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global View; Command Line Interface (CLI); EZSwitch Setup; HTTP/HTTPS; RESTful API; SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); SSH. / 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45) port, serial console port (mini-USB)
- Power and cooling: Dual, hot-swappable redundant power supplies (80 PLUS Gold) with integrated system cooling fans (3 built into each power supply), N+N cooling redundancy
- Physical: Width: 440 mm (17.3 in.) / Height: 44 mm (1.7 in.) / Depth: 356 mm (14.0 in.) 7.17 kg (15.8 lb) with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers
Applications
- Fibre Channel SAN fabric expansion
- NVMe over Fibre Channel and all-flash storage networking
- Data center consolidation and fabric modernization
- Mission-critical storage networking with high availability
Configuration, availability and lead time depend on the required quantity, chassis and CPU platform, and delivery destination. Send your requirement to receive a quotation.








