Lenovo ThinkSystem DB820S FC SAN Switch

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DB820S Gen 8 FC SAN Switch, with its unmatched 128Gbps performance and industry-leading port density, provides a building block that supports data growth, demanding workloads, and data-center consolidation. Its advanced Brocade Gen 8 technology combines quantum-safe securit…

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Product overview

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DB820S Gen 8 FC SAN Switch, with its unmatched 128Gbps performance and industry-leading port density, provides a building block that supports data growth, demanding workloads, and data-center consolidation. Its advanced Brocade Gen 8 technology combines quantum-safe security, and AI-powered autonomy, to enable the most reliable and efficient way to protect and deliver critical information.

Key capabilities

  • Machine type: 7DMA
  • Enclosure: Back-to-front airflow; non-port-side intake (NPI); 1U; Front-to-back airflow; non-port-side exhaust (NPE); 1U
  • Fibre Channel Ports: Switch mode (default): 56 128G SFP+ ports, each supporting E_Ports, F_Ports, N_Ports, M_Ports, D_Ports, and EX_Ports; 24-port base configuration; additional ports are enabled with four 8-port SFP+ PODs (Ports on Demand), scaling the switch from 24 ports to 56 ports; Brocade Access Gateway default port mapping: 56 F_Ports, 8 N_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

Technical specifications

Machine type 7DMA
Enclosure Back-to-front airflow; non-port-side intake (NPI); 1U; Front-to-back airflow; non-port-side exhaust (NPE); 1U
Fibre Channel Ports Switch mode (default): 56 128G SFP+ ports, each supporting E_Ports, F_Ports, N_Ports, M_Ports, D_Ports, and EX_Ports; 24-port base configuration; additional ports are enabled with four 8-port SFP+ PODs (Ports on Demand), scaling the switch from 24 ports to 56 ports; Brocade Access Gateway default port mapping: 56 F_Ports, 8 N_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 Autosensing of 128G, 64G, 32G, and 16G port speeds depending on SFPs used with wire-speed forwarding of traffic:; 16GFC: 14.025 Gb/sec line speed, full duplex; 32GFC: 28.05 Gb/sec line speed, full duplex; 64GFC: 57.8 Gb/sec line speed, full duplex; 126GFC: 112.2 Gb/sec line speed, full duplex
ISL Trunking Frame-based trunking with up to eight SFP+ ports per ISL trunk; up to 1,024Gb/s per ISL trunk.; Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with Dynamic Path Selection (DPS) included in Brocade Fabric OS.
Aggregate bandwidth 7.168 Tb/s
Maximum fabric latency Latency for locally switched ports is 580 ns at 128G with dual forward error correction (FEC)
Maximum frame size 2112-byte payload
Frame buffers 40K per switching ASIC
Classes of service Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)

Configuration note

Processor, memory, storage, networking, accelerator, power, cooling and regional order codes may vary by configuration. GPULoom confirms the exact bill of materials and compatibility for each inquiry.

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