Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S Gen7 FC SAN Switch

Product Guide

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S Gen 7 FC SAN Switch, with its unmatched 64Gbps performance and
industry-leading port density, provides a building block that supports data growth, demanding workloads,
and data-center consolidation. Delivering unmatched 64Gbps performance and 50% lower latency
compared to the previous generation, this switch delivers a fixed-port building block, designed to maximize
the performance of flash and NVMe environments to meet demanding workloads. With Brocade® Gen 7
technology, the DB720S delivers far more than just speed and latency improvements. It can eliminate the
pain of managing your data center, with autonomous SAN technology to deliver a network that can self-
learn, self-optimize, and self-heal without intervention.
The Lenovo DB720 is built for maximum flexibility, scalability, and ease of use. Organizations can scale
from 24 to 64 SFP+ ports in an efficient 1U form factor that delivers industry-leading port density and space
utilization.
The following figure shows the Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S Gen 7 FC SAN Switch.

Figure 1. Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S Gen 7 FC SAN Switch

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The DB720S is designed for maximum flexibility and value. This enterprise-class switch offers pay-as-you-
grow scalability with Ports on Demand (PoD). Organizations can quickly, easily, and cost-effectively scale
from 24 ports to 64 ports in an efficient 1U form factor that delivers industry-leading port density and space
utilization. This switch also provides easy integration into existing SAN environments -- from 8Gb to 64Gb
speeds -- while introducing the benefits of Gen 7 Fibre Channel connectivity. And the DB720S simplifies
deployment, configuration, and management of SAN resources with a collection of easy-to-use tools.
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Key features
The DB720S provides exceptional price/performance value by including standard enterprise class software
standard like Fabric Vision®, ISL Trunking, Integrated Routing, and Extended Fabrics.
The ThinkSystem DB720S FC SAN Switch offers the following features and benefits:
Provides high scalability in an ultra-dense, 1U switch with up to 56 ports, providing up to 64
connections with the use of SFP-DD transceivers, to support high-density server virtualization, cloud
architectures, and flash-based storage environments.
Increases scalability by using SFP-DD transceivers that provide dual SN connections that allow
organizations to connect more servers, storage, or switches in a small footprint. Each transceiver
supports two independent connections of 64G Fibre Channel via a two-lane electrical interface.
Accelerates critical workloads with 64Gb/s links
Maximizes performance of NVMe storage with 50% lower switching latency than Gen 6
Enables pay-as-you-grow scalability from 24 to 64 ports—for on-demand flexibility
Safeguards mission-critical workloads from vulnerabilities with Gen 7 integrated security.
Provides cyber-resiliency with integrated security technology that protects mission-critical operations
by validating the integrity of Gen 7 hardware and software.
Guarantees critical application performance by automatically prioritizing traffic and avoiding
congestion with Brocade Traffic optimizer.
Simplifies troubleshooting by identifying and isolating issues
Collects comprehensive telemetry data across the fabric to enable powerful analytics
Visualizes the data to easily understand the health and performance of the SAN
Automates repetitive tasks to save time and eliminate human error
Protects existing device investments with auto-sensing 8, 16 and 32 Gbit/sec capabilities and native
operation with any Brocade SAN fabrics.
Leverages Fabric Vision technology’s powerful monitoring, management, and diagnostic tools to
simplify administration, increase uptime, and reduce costs.
Supplies a rich set of standard features at no extra cost, including fabric services, advanced zoning,
adaptive networking, full fabric and access gateway operations, integrated 10 Gb FC, and diagnostic
tools.
Expands fabric capabilities with optional licensed functions, including trunking, advanced monitoring
and alerting, long-distance fabrics, and FC-FC routing.
Compresses in-flight data on up to four ports for more efficient link utilization.
Maximizes resiliency with redundant hot-swap power supplies.
Accelerates troubleshooting with built-in advanced diagnostics tools featuring ClearLink Diagnostics
with D_Ports (Diagnostic Ports) and select adapters from QLogic and Emulex, which helps ensure
optical and signal integrity for 32/64 Gb Fibre Channel optics and cables.
Brocade Fabric Vision
To further simplify operations and increase visibility, the DB720S includes Brocade Fabric Vision®
technology to monitor and analyze the SAN. This technology provides visibility and insight to quickly identify
problems and achieve critical service-level agreements (SLAs).

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The DB720S Switch with Fabric Vision technology provides a robust analytics architecture that delivers
autonomous SAN technology through self-learning, self-optimizing, and self-healing capabilities. Fabric
Vision technology is a suite of features that leverage comprehensive data collection capabilities with
powerful analytics to quickly understand the health and performance of the environment and identify any
potential impacts or trending problems. The combination of SAN analytics and automation technologies
unlocks the capabilities to deliver a self-learning, self-optimizing, and self-healing autonomous SAN.
Features of Fabric Vision include:
Self-learning
Gather and transform billions of data points into network intelligence
Visualize application and device-based performance and health metrics
Detect abnormal traffic behaviors and degraded performance
Eliminate operational steps by automatically learning application flows
Self-optimizing
Optimize critical application performance by automatically prioritizing traffic
Guarantee application performance by proactively monitoring and actively shaping traffic
Eliminate human errors and performance impacts through open DevOps automation
technology
Optimize administrative resources with cloud-like SAN orchestration
Self-healing
Instantly notify end devices of congestion for automatic resolution
Ensure data delivery with automatic failover from physical or congestion issues
Detect and automatically reconfigure out-of-compliance fabrics
Eliminate performance impacts by automatically taking corrective action on misbehaving
devices
Brocade SANnav Management Portal
To streamline management workflows, organizations can leverage the optional subscription-based Brocade
SANnav Management Portal software to accelerate the deployment of new applications, switches, servers,
and storage. Furthermore, a modernized graphical user interface (GUI) improves operational efficiencies
with visual dashboards for instant visibility and faster troubleshooting.
Perfect for high-performance, latency-sensitive workloads
Enterprises are quickly moving their high-performance, latency-sensitive workloads to NVMe flash-based
storage. The DB720S Switch supports NVMe over Fibre Channel, enabling organizations to integrate Gen
7 Fibre Channel networks with next-generation flash storage, without a disruptive rip-and-replace. This
enables enterprises to achieve faster application response times and harness the performance innovation
inherent in NVMe storage. NVMe, combined with the high performance and low latency of Gen 7 Fibre
Channel, delivers the performance, application response time, and scalability needed for next-generation
data centers.
Access Gateway
The DB720S can be deployed as a full-fabric switch or as an Access Gateway, which simplifies fabric
topologies and allows heterogeneous fabric connectivity (the default mode setting is a switch). Access
Gateway mode utilizes N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) switch standards to present physical and virtual
servers directly to the core of SAN fabrics. Access Gateway allows you to configure your fabric to handle
additional devices without increasing the number of switch domains. Key benefits of Access Gateway mode
include the following:
Improved scalability for large or rapidly growing server and virtual server environments
Reduced management of the network edge, since Access Gateway does not have a domain identity
and appears transparent to the core fabric
Support for heterogeneous SAN configurations without reduced functionality for server connectivity

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Components and connectors
The following figure shows the port-side view of the DB720S FC SAN Switch.

Figure 2. DB720S FC SAN Switch port-side view

The following figure shows the non-port side view of the DB720S FC SAN Switch.

Figure 3. DB720S FC SAN Switch non-port-side view

System specifications
The following table lists the ThinkSystem DB720S system specifications.

Table 1. System specifications

Component Specification
Machine type 7D5J
System Architecture

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Component Specification
Fibre Channel Switch mode (default): Minimum of 24 ports and maximum of 64 ports. Ports are enabled in
Ports 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

Up to 8 double density (DD) ports that support either SFP+ (32Gb or 64Gb)
transceivers for a single connection, or SFP-DD transceivers that each support two
64G connections, thus providing an additional 16 ports at 64Gb.

Access Gateway default port mapping: 56x SFP+ F_Ports, 8x SFP+ N_Ports.

The SFP+ ports are capable of auto-negotiating to 8, 16, 32, or 64Gb speeds depending on
the SFP+ model and the minimum supported speed of the optical transceiver at the other end
of the link.

Scalability Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches

Certified 4K active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops in Brocade Fabric OS® fabrics
maximum
Performance Non-blocking architecture with wire-speed forwarding of traffic:

8GFC: 8.5 Gb/sec line speed, full duplex

10GFC: 10.53Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 10Gb/s optionally programmable to fixed
port speed.
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

Traffic load Frame-based ISL Trunking load balances supports up to eight SFP+ ports per ISL
balancing trunk; up to 512Gb/s per ISL trunk when using 64Gb/s optics
Dynamic Path Selection (DPS) provides exchange-based load balancing across all
available ISLs.

Aggregate 4.096 Tb/s

bandwidth
Maximum fabric Latency for locally switched ports is 460 ns (including FEC).
latency
Maximum frame 2112-byte payload
size
Frame buffers 24K per switching ASIC
Classes of Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
service
Port types D_Port (ClearLink® Diagnostic Port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, M_Port
Optional port-type control
Brocade Access Gateway mode: F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port

Data traffic types Fabric switches supporting unicast

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Component Specification
Media types 64Gb/s: Brocade Secure hot-pluggable SFP-DD, SN connector; 64Gb/s SWL
64Gb/s: Brocade Secure hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 64Gb/s SWL, LWL 10
km, ELWL 25 km
32Gb/s: Brocade Secure hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 32Gb/s SWL, LWL 10
km, ELWL 25 km
10Gb/s: Brocade Secure hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 10Gb/s SWL, LWL 10 km

Fibre Channel distance is subject to fiber-optic cable and port speed.

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.

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

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
Power supplies Dual, hot-swappable redundant power supplies (80 PLUS Gold) with integrated system cooling
fans (3 built into each power supply), N+N cooling redundancy
Management
Management Brocade Advanced Web Tools; Brocade SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global
View; Command Line Interface (CLI); HTTP/HTTPS; RESTful API; SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC
Management MIB); SSH.
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
Management 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45) port, serial console port (mini-USB)
access
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
Enclosure Front-to-back airflow; non-port-side exhaust; power from back, 1U
Back-to-front airflow; non-port-side intake; power from back, 1U

Dimensions Width: 440 mm (17.3 in.)

Height: 44 mm (1.7 in.)
Depth: 356 mm (14.0 in.)

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Component Specification
Weight 7.17 kg (15.8 lb) with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers
Support
Warranty Three-year customer-replaceable unit limited warranty with 9x5 next business day parts
delivered. Three-year software/firmware entitlement.
Service and Optional service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services: 9x5 next business day
support onsite response, 24x7 2-hour or 4-hour onsite response, 24x7 6-hour or 24-hour committed
service repair, up to 5 years of warranty coverage, 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions,
and Basic Hardware Installation Services.

Models
The following table lists the ThinkSystem DB720S FC SAN Switch models.

Table 2. Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S FC SAN Switch models

Machine Feature
Part number Type-Model code Description
Port side exhaust airflow
7D5JCTO1WW 7D5JA000WW BF60 Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S, 24 ports active with 32Gb SWL SFPs,
2 power supplies (Port side exhaust), rail kit, Software: Fabric Vision,
Trunking, Integrated Routing, Extended Fabric
7D5JCTO2WW 7D5JA001WW BF61 Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S, 24 ports active with 64Gb SWL SFPs,
2 power supplies (Port side exhaust), rail kit, Software: Fabric Vision,
Trunking, Integrated Routing, Extended Fabric (model requires FOS
9.0.1a or later)
Port side intake airflow (for Telco)
7D5JCTO3WW 7D5JA002WW BF62 Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S, 24 ports active with 32Gb SWL SFPs,
2 power supplies (Port side intake like Telco), rail kit, Software: Fabric
Vision, Trunking, Integrated Routing, Extended Fabric
7D5JCTO4WW 7D5JA003WW BF63 Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S, 24 ports active with 64Gb SWL SFPs,
2 power supplies (Port side intake like Telco), rail kit, Software: Fabric
Vision, Trunking, Integrated Routing, Extended Fabric (model requires
FOS 9.0.1a or later)

The DB720S FC SAN Switch part numbers include the following items:
One FC SAN Switch
Model CTO1WW/CTO3WW: With 24 ports activated and 24x 32 Gb FC SWL SFP+
transceivers included
Model CTO2WW/CTO4WW: With 24 ports activated and 24x 64 Gb FC SWL SFP+
transceivers included
Serial cable (Mini-USB console cable to DB-9/RJ-45)
Rubber feet for setting up the switch as a standalone unit
Universal rack mount kit, 4-post & installation guide
Web pointer document (Downloading FOS, SANnav and Docs)
Firmware Download Instructions Flyer (Instructions for downloading publicly-available Brcd docs +
docs behind CSP + access to open source code.)
Note: The switch comes standard without power cords; two power cables must be purchased together with
the switch (see Power supplies and cables for details).

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Port activation licenses
The DB720S FC SAN Switch Model includes 24 licensed ports and 24 x 32/64 GB FC SWL SFP+
Transceivers depending on the model. The remaining 32 unlicensed ports can be activated by purchasing
and installing the Ports on Demand (POD) licenses that are available with transceivers in 8-port
increments.
The following table lists additional POD options for the DB720S FC SAN Switch.

Table 3. POD options

Feature Maximum
Part number code Description quantity
4M27A65819 BF6L DB720S 8-Port SW License with 8x 32 Gbps SWL SFP+ Transceivers 4
4M27A65820 BFGC DB720S 8-Port SW License with 8x 64 Gbps SWL SFP+ transceivers 4
4M27A65821 BPJ4 DB720S 16-Port SW License with 8x 64 Gbps SWL SFP-DD transceivers 1

Transceivers and cables

With the flexibility of the DB720S FC SAN Switch, customers can choose the following connectivity
technologies:
SFP-DD (double density) ports
For 64 Gbps FC links, customers can use 64 Gb FC SFP-DD SWL optical transceivers for
distances up to 100 meters on OM4 or up to 70 meters on OM3 50 µ MMF cables. These
transceivers can operate at 64 Gbps, 32 Gbps, or 16 Gbps speeds.
SFP+ ports
For 64 Gbps FC links, customers can use 64 Gb FC SFP+ SWL optical transceivers for
distances up to 100 meters on OM4 or up to 70 meters on OM3 50 µ MMF cables. For longer
distances, the 64 Gb FC LWL SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 10 km on SMF
cables. For extended distances, the 64 Gb FC ELWL SFP+ optical transceivers can support
up to 25 kilometers on SMF cables. These transceivers can operate at 64 Gbps, 32 Gbps, or
16 Gbps speeds.
For 32 Gbps FC links, customers can use 32 Gb FC SFP+ SWL optical transceivers for
distances up to 100 meters on OM4 or up to 70 meters on OM3 50 µ MMF cables. For longer
distances, the 32 Gb FC LWL SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 10 km on SMF
cables. For extended distances, the 32 Gb FC ELWL SFP+ optical transceivers can support
up to 25 kilometers on SMF cables. These transceivers can operate at 32 Gbps, 16 Gbps, or
8 Gbps speeds. (Except ELWL part number 4M27A65431 which can only operate at 32Gbps
and 16 Gbps).
For 10 Gbps FC links, customers can use 10 Gb FC SFP+ SWL transceivers for distances up
to 125 meters on OM4 or up to 100 meters on OM3 50 µ MMF cables, or 10 Gb FC SFP+
LWL transceivers for distances up to 10 km on SMF cables. 10 Gb FC operations allow metro
connectivity by directly utilizing a fiber optic cable between sites or by creating multiple
channels on an optical cable between sites, utilizing Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM)
technology (the Extended Fabric feature is NOT required for long distance 10 Gb FC
connectivity).
1 GbE RJ-45 management port: Customers can use UTP cables for distances up to 100 meters.
The DB720S FC SAN Switch comes with 24x 32 Gb or 64 Gb FC SWL SFP+ transceivers. Additional SWL,
LWL, and ELWL SFP+ transceivers can be ordered for the switch, if needed.
The following table lists the supported transceiver and cable options. POD kits and switches come with
SWL optics included.

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Table 4. Transceivers and cables
Part number Feature code Description Maximum quantity
64 Gb FC SFP+ Double Density transceivers (require FOS 9.1.0 or later)
4M27A65827 BPJ5 Brocade Secure 64-Gb SWL SFP-DD Transceiver 8
4M27A65828 BPJ6 Brocade Secure 64-Gb SWL SFP-DD Transceiver 8-pack 1
64 Gb FC SFP+ transceivers (require FOS 9.0.1a or later)
4M27A65425 BF6J Brocade Secure 64-Gb SWL SFP+ Transceiver 56
4M27A65426 BF6K Brocade Secure 64-Gb SWL SFP+ Transceiver 8-pack 7
4M27A65433 BQQG Brocade Secure 64Gb LWL SFP+ Transceiver (10 km) 56
4M27A65434 BQQH Brocade Secure 64Gb LWL SFP+ Transceiver (10 km) 8-pack 7
4M27A65432 BQQF Brocade Secure 64Gb ELWL SFP+ Transceiver (25 km) 56
32 Gb FC SFP+ transceivers
4M27A65416 BF69 Brocade Secure 32-Gb SWL SFP+ Transceiver 56
4M27A65417 BF6A Brocade Secure 32-Gb SWL SFP+ Transceiver 8-pack 7
4M27A65418 BF6B Brocade Secure 32-Gb LWL SFP+ Transceiver (10 km) 56
4M27A65419 BF6C Brocade Secure 32-Gb LWL SFP+ Transceiver (10 km) 8- 7
pack
4M27A65424 BF6D Brocade Secure 32-Gb ELWL SFP+ Transceiver (25 km) 56**
4M27A65431 BQQE Brocade Secure 32Gb ELWL SFP+ V2 Transceiver (25 km)* 56**
10 Gb FC SFP+ transceivers
4M27A65420 BF6E Brocade Secure 10Gb FC SWL SFP+ Transceiver 56
4M27A65421 BF6F Brocade Secure 10Gb FC LWL SFP+ Transceiver 56
OM3 optical cables for 32 Gb and 64 Gb FC SW SFP+ transceivers
00MN499 ASR5 Lenovo 0.5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 56
00MN502 ASR6 Lenovo 1m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 56
00MN505 ASR7 Lenovo 3m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 56
00MN508 ASR8 Lenovo 5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 56
00MN511 ASR9 Lenovo 10m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 56
00MN514 ASRA Lenovo 15m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 56
00MN517 ASRB Lenovo 25m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 56
00MN520 ASRC Lenovo 30m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable 56
OM4 optical cables for 32 Gb and 64 Gb FC SW SFP+ transceivers
4Z57A10845 B2P9 Lenovo 0.5m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable 56
4Z57A10846 B2PA Lenovo 1m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable 56
4Z57A10847 B2PB Lenovo 3m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable 56
4Z57A10848 B2PC Lenovo 5m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable 56
4Z57A10849 B2PD Lenovo 10m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable 56
4Z57A10850 B2PE Lenovo 15m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable 56
4Z57A10851 B2PF Lenovo 25m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable 56
4Z57A10852 B2PG Lenovo 30m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable 56
OM4 SN to LC (SFP-DD to SFP) optical cables for 64 Gb FC SW SFP-DD transceivers
4X97A81905 BPAF Lenovo 1M SN-LC SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16

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Part number Feature code Description Maximum quantity
4X97A81907 BPAG Lenovo 3M SN-LC SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
4X97A81908 BPAH Lenovo 5M SN-LC SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
4X97A81910 BPAJ Lenovo 10M SN-LC SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
4X97A81911 BPAK Lenovo 15M SN-LC SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
4X97A81913 BPAL Lenovo 25M SN-LC SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
4X97A81914 BPAM Lenovo 30M SN-LC SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
OM4 SN to SN (SFP-DD to SFP-DD) optical cables for 64 Gb FC SW SFP-DD transceivers
4X97A81893 BPA8 Lenovo 1M SN-SN SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
4X97A81895 BPA9 Lenovo 3M SN-SN SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
4X97A81896 BPAA Lenovo 5M SN-SN SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
4X97A81898 BPAB Lenovo 10M SN-SN SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
4X97A81899 BPAC Lenovo 15M SN-SN SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
4X97A81901 BPAD Lenovo 25M SN-SN SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
4X97A81902 BPAE Lenovo 30M SN-SN SFP-DD OM4 FC Cable 16
UTP Category 6 cables (Green) for the 1 GbE RJ-45 management port
00WE123 AVFW 0.75m CAT6 Green Cable 1
00WE127 AVFX 1.0m CAT6 Green Cable 1
00WE131 AVFY 1.25m CAT6 Green Cable 1
00WE135 AVFZ 1.5m CAT6 Green Cable 1
00WE139 AVG0 3m CAT6 Green Cable 1
90Y3718 A1MT 10m CAT6 Green Cable 1
90Y3727 A1MW 25m CAT6 Green Cable 1
UTP Category 5e cables (Blue) for the 1 GbE RJ-45 management port
40K5679 3801 0.6m Blue Cat5e Cable 1
40K8785 3802 1.5m Blue Cat5e Cable 1
40K5581 3803 3m Blue Cat5e Cable 1
40K8927 3804 10m Blue Cat5e Cable 1
40K8930 3805 25m Blue Cat5e Cable 1
* The specific ELWL only operates at 32 Gbps and 16Gbps.
** ELWL Requires same optic type/part number on both ends (no-mixing) to assure interoperability.
The following table lists the cabling requirements for the switch.

Table 5. DB720S FC SAN Switch cabling requirements

Transceiver Standard Cable Connector
64 Gb Fibre Channel
64 Gb FC SWL SFP+ FC-PI-6 Up to 30 m with LC-LC MMF cables supplied by Lenovo LC
(4M27A65425, (see Table 4) or the following 850 nm 50 µ MMF cables:
4M27A65426)
64GFC: Up to 100 m (OM4) or up to 70 m (OM3)
32GFC: Up to 100 m (OM4) or up to 70 m (OM3)
16GFC: Up to 125 m (OM4) or up to 100 m (OM3)
8GFC: No support

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Transceiver Standard Cable Connector
64 Gb FC LWL SFP+ FC-PI-6 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable: LC
(4M27A65433,
4M27A65434) 64GFC, 32GFC, 16GFC: Up to 10 km.

64 Gb FC ELWL SFP+ FC-PI-5 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable: LC

(4M27A65432)
64GFC, 32GFC, 16GFC: Up to 25 km.

32 Gb Fibre Channel
32 Gb FC SWL SFP+ FC-PI-6 Up to 30 m with LC-LC MMF cables supplied by Lenovo LC
(4M27A65416, (see Table 4), or the following 850 nm 50 µ MMF cables:
4M27A65417)
32GFC: Up to 100 m (OM4) or up to 70 m (OM3).
16GFC: Up to 125 m (OM4) or up to 100 m (OM3).
8GFC: Up to 125 m (OM4) or up to 100 m (OM3).

32 Gb FC LWL SFP+ FC-PI-6 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable: LC

(4M27A65418,
4M27A65419) 32GFC, 16GFC, 8GFC: Up to 10 km

32 Gb FC ELWL SFP+ FC-PI-6 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable: LC

(4M27A65424,
4M27A65431) 32GFC, 16GFC, 8GFC: Up to 25 km
32GFC, 16GFC: Up to 25 km

10 Gb Fibre Channel
10Gb FC SWL SFP+ FC-10GFC 850 nm 50 µ MMF cable: LC
(4M27A65420)
10GFC: Up to 550 m (OM4) or up to 300 m (OM3)

10Gb FC LWL SFP+ FC-10GFC 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable: LC

(4M27A65421)
10GFC: Up to 10 km

Management ports
Serial console port (mini- RS-232 Mini-USB console cable to DB-9/RJ-45 (included with the RJ45
USB). switch).
10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet 1000BASE-T Up to 25 m with UTP cables supplied by Lenovo (see RJ45
port Table 4) or other UTP Category 5, 5E, and 6 up to 100
meters.

Firmware
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Firmware
For details on features supported with the DB720S FC SAN Switch look for the latest Administration Guide
for the latest available Fabric OS version:
https://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/software/fabric-operating-system
The following features comes standard with the DB720S FC SAN Switch:
Enterprise Bundle
ISL Trunking (TRK): Allows frame-based consolidation of up to 8 inter-switch links (ISLs) into
fault-tolerant and load-balanced trunks with bandwidth of up to 256 Gbps.
Fabric Vision (FV)
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS): Provides a policy-based, fabric-wide
threshold monitoring and alerting tool.
Flow Vision: Identifies, monitors, and analyzes specific application flows.
VM Insight: Seamlessly monitors health and performance of individual Virtual
Machines (VMs) to quickly identify abnormal VM behavior and enable administrators to
proactively facilitate troubleshooting and fault isolation, helping to ensure performance
and operational stability.
IO Insight: Proactively monitors I/O performance and behavior to gain deep insight into
issues and ensure service levels by non-disruptively and non-intrusively gathering I/O
statistics for storage traffic and applying this information within a policy-based
monitoring and alerting suite to configure thresholds and alarms.
Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring: Leverages predefined MAPS policies to
automatically identify and isolate devices that cause network performance issues by
detecting different latency severity levels, and to alert administrators.
Extended Fabric (EF): Extends Fibre Channel SANs beyond 10 km distance limitations for
replication and backup at full bandwidth.
Control Unit Port (CUP). The Control Unit Port provides an in-band management interface
that the FICON host (Mainframe) can use for managing and monitoring the FC SAN switch.
Integrated Routing: The FC-FC routing service provides Fibre Channel routing between two or more
fabrics without merging those fabrics.

Management software
Lenovo offers optional Brocade SANnav™ Management Portal and SANnav Global View software license
subscriptions that provide comprehensive visibility into the SAN environment, allow administrators to quickly
identify, isolate, and correct problems, and accelerate administrative tasks by simplifying and automating
workflows.
SANnav Management Portal is a next-generation SAN management application with a simple browser-
based user interface (UI) and with a focus on streamlining common workflows, such as configuration,
zoning, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, reporting, and analytics.
Lenovo offers the following SANnav Management Portal subscriptions:
SANnav Management Portal Base: Designed for mid-sized SANs to manage up to 600 SAN switch
ports only (SAN director ports can only be managed with the Enterprise edition).
SANnav Management Portal Enterprise: Designed for enterprise-class SANs to manage up to 15
000 SAN switch and director ports.
SANnav Management Portal supports all Brocade SAN switches and platforms that run the Fabric OS®
version 7.4 or above, including Lenovo B300, B6505, B6510, DB610S, DB620S, DB400D, DB720S,
DB800D, Brocade Directors, and FC5022.

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With SANnav Global View, administrators can quickly visualize the health, performance, and inventory of
multiple SANnav Management Portal instances using a simple, intelligent dashboard and can easily
navigate from a global view down to local environments to investigate points of interest. SANnav Global
View is designed to manage up to 20 SANnav Management Portal instances.
For more information, refer to the SANnav Management Portal documentation:
http://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/software/sannav-management-
portal#documentation
The following table lists ordering information for the optional SANnav Management Portal and SANnav
Global View management tools. After a client has an active SANnav license, Lenovo offers a “license
extension/renewal”. This offering provides our clients the flexible to extend their subscription down to a
specific end date. This allows clients the ability to align to your company’s budget or align with warranty of
your FC SAN switches/directors. Please engage directly with your Lenovo sales representative for more
details.

Table 6. SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global View subscription licenses
Part number Feature code Description
SANnav Management Portal electronic authorization licenses
7S0C0010WW S1K6 Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Base Edition - 1YR License 600 ports
7S0C0013WW S1K8 Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Base Edition - 3YR License 600 ports
7S0C001KWW S4MB Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Base Edition - 5YR License 600 ports
7S0C0011WW S1K7 Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Enterprise Edition - 1YR License 15K ports
7S0C0014WW S1K9 Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Enterprise Edition - 3YR License 15K ports
7S0C001LWW S4MC Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Enterprise Edition - 5YR License 15K ports
SANnav Global View electronic authorization licenses
7S0C0012WW S1D8 Brocade SANnav Global View - 1YR License
7S0C0015WW S1D9 Brocade SANnav Global View - 3YR License
7S0C001JWW S4MA Brocade SANnav Global View - 5YR License

The SANnav licenses are subscription-based with 1-year, 3-year, or 5-year software entitlement and
support.

Fibre Channel standards

The DB720S FC SAN Switch supports the standards listed at the following web page:
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/san-standards/standards-compliance

Power supplies and cables

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Power supplies and cables
The DB720S FC SAN Switch ships with two redundant hot-swap 350 W AC power supplies. Each power
supply has an IEC 309-C14 connector.
The switch comes standard without a power cord; two rack power cables or line cords must be ordered
together with the switch (see the following table).

Table 7. Power cord options

Part number Feature code Description
Rack power cables
39Y7937 6201 1.5m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cable
None* 6568 1.8m, 10A/100-250V, 2xC13PM to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cable
4L67A08366 6311 2.8m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cable
39Y7938 6204 2.8m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C20 Rack Power Cable
39Y7932 6263 4.3m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cable
Line cords
39Y7931 6207 10A/125V C13 to NEMA 5-15P 4.3m line cord
46M2592 A1RF 10A/250V C13 to NEMA 6-15P 2.8m line cord
39Y7930 6222 Argentina 10A/250V C13 to IRAM 2073 2.8m line cord
39Y7924 6211 Australia/NZ 10A/250V C13 to AS/NZ 3112 2.8m line cord
39Y7929 6223 Brazil 10A/125V C13 to NBR 6147 2.8m line cord
39Y7928 6210 China 10A/250V C13 to GB 2099.1 2.8m line cord
39Y7918 6213 Denmark 10A/250V C13 to DK2-5a 2.8m line cord
39Y7917 6212 European 10A/230V C13 to CEE7-VII 2.8m line cord
39Y7927 6269 India 10A/250V C13 to IS 6538 2.8m line cord
39Y7920 6218 Israel 10A/250V C13 to SI 32 2.8m line cord
39Y7921 6217 Italy 10A/250V C13 to CEI 23-16 2.8m line cord
46M2593 A1RE Japan 12A/125V C13 to JIS C-8303 2.8m line cord
39Y7925 6219 Korea 12A/250V C13 to KETI 2.8m line cord
39Y7922 6214 South Africa 10A/250V C13 to SABS 164 2.8m line cord
39Y7919 6216 Switzerland 10A/250V C13 to SEV 1011-S24507 2.8m line cord
00CG265 A53E Taiwan 10A/250V C13 to CNS 10917-3 2.8m line cord
00CG267 A53F Taiwan 15A/125V C13 to CNS 10917-3 2.8m line cord
39Y7923 6215 United Kingdom 10A/250V C13 to BS 1363/A 2.8m line cord
* Available for factory-built custom configurations and solutions only.

Rack installation
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Rack installation
The DB720S FC SAN Switch comes standard with the fixed rack mount kit that can be used for 4-post rack
installations. If needed, the DB720S FC SAN Switch can be mounted in a 2-post rack cabinet by using the
optional mid-mount rack kit that is listed in the following table.

Table 8. Rack-mount options

Part number Feature code Description
01KN770 AVG7 Lenovo Mid-mount Rack Kit

The optional mid-mount rack kit for the DB720S FC SAN Switch is shown in the following figure.

Figure 4. Lenovo DB720S Mid-mount Rack Kit

Physical specifications
The DB720S FC SAN Switch has the following dimensions and weight (approximate):
Height: 44 mm (1.7 in.)
Width: 440 mm (17.3 in.)
Depth: 356 mm (14.0 in.)
Weight: 7.17 kg (15.8 lb) with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers

Operating environment
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Operating environment
The DB720S FC SAN Switch is supported in the following environment:
Air temperature:
Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Non-operating: -25°C to +70°C (-13°F to 158°F)
Maximum altitude:
Operating: 3,000 m (9,842 ft)
Non-operating: 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
Humidity:
Operating: 8% to 90% non-condensing
Non-operating: 8% to 90% non-condensing
Electrical power:
AC Voltage range: 90V to 264V, maximum input current 4.5A
AC Frequency: 50 Hz to 60 Hz nominal, 47 Hz to 63 Hz range
Power consumption (differs based on VAC input @100 or @200):
Idle: 56-58W (No optics)
Maximum: 349W with all 64 ports operating at 64G (48 ports populated with 64G SWL
transceivers and 8 ports populated with 2x64G SFP-DD SWL transceivers).
Heat dissipation (differs based on VAC input @100 or @200):
Idle: 191-196 BTU per hour (no optics)
Maximum: 881-1192 BTU per hour
Acoustical noise emission: 65 dB maximum

Warranty and support

The DB720S FC SAN Switch, machine type 7D5J, has a three-year warranty.
The standard warranty terms are customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite (for field-replaceable units
FRUs only) with standard call center support during normal business hours and 9x5 Next Business Day
Parts Delivered.
Lenovo’s additional support services provide a sophisticated, unified support structure for your data center,
with an experience consistently ranked number one in customer satisfaction worldwide. Available offerings
include:
Premier Support
Premier Support provides a Lenovo-owned customer experience and delivers direct access to
technicians skilled in hardware, software, and advanced troubleshooting, in addition to the following:
Direct technician-to-technician access through a dedicated phone line
24x7x365 remote support
Single point of contact service
End to end case management
Third-party collaborative software support
Online case tools and live chat support
On-demand remote system analysis

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 Warranty Upgrade (Preconfigured Support)
Services are available to meet the on-site response time targets that match the criticality of your
systems.
3, 4, or 5 years of service coverage
1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions
Foundation Service: 9x5 service coverage with next business day onsite response
Essential Service: 24x7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response or 24-hour committed
repair (available only in select markets)
Advanced Service: 24x7 service coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed
repair (available only in select markets)
Managed Services
Lenovo Managed Services provides continuous 24x7 remote monitoring (plus 24x7 call center
availability) and proactive management of your data center using state-of-the-art tools, systems, and
practices by a team of highly skilled and experienced Lenovo services professionals.
Quarterly reviews check error logs, verify firmware & OS device driver levels, and software as
needed. We’ll also maintain records of latest patches, critical updates, and firmware levels, to ensure
you systems are providing business value through optimized performance.
Technical Account Management (TAM)
A Lenovo Technical Account Manager helps you optimize the operation of your data center based
on a deep understanding of your business. You gain direct access to your Lenovo TAM, who serves
as your single point of contact to expedite service requests, provide status updates, and furnish
reports to track incidents over time. In addition, your TAM will help proactively make service
recommendations and manage your service relationship with Lenovo to make certain your needs are
met.
Enterprise Server Software Support
Enterprise Software Support is an additional support service providing customers with software
support on Microsoft, Red Hat, SUSE, and VMware applications and systems. Around the clock
availability for critical problems plus unlimited calls and incidents helps customers address
challenges fast, without incremental costs. Support staff can answer troubleshooting and diagnostic
questions, address product comparability and interoperability issues, isolate causes of problems,
report defects to software vendors, and more.
Health Check
Having a trusted partner who can perform regular and detailed health checks is central to
maintaining efficiency and ensuring that your systems and business are always running at their best.
Health Check supports Lenovo-branded server, storage, and networking devices, as well as select
Lenovo-supported products from other vendors that are sold by Lenovo or a Lenovo-Authorized
Reseller.
Examples of region-specific warranty terms are second or longer business day parts delivery or parts-only
base warranty.
If warranty terms and conditions include onsite labor for repair or replacement of parts, Lenovo will dispatch
a service technician to the customer site to perform the replacement. Onsite labor under base warranty is
limited to labor for replacement of parts that have been determined to be field-replaceable units (FRUs).
Parts that are determined to be customer-replaceable units (CRUs) do not include onsite labor under base
warranty.

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If warranty terms include parts-only base warranty, Lenovo is responsible for delivering only replacement
parts that are under base warranty (including FRUs) that will be sent to a requested location for self-service.
Parts-only service does not include a service technician being dispatched onsite. Parts must be changed at
customer’s own cost and labor and defective parts must be returned following the instructions supplied with
the spare parts.
Lenovo Service offerings are region-specific. Not all preconfigured support and upgrade options are
available in every region. For information about Lenovo service upgrade offerings that are available in your
region, refer to the following resources:
Service part numbers in Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
http://dcsc.lenovo.com/#/services
Lenovo Services Availability Locator
http://lenovolocator.com/
For service definitions, region-specific details, and service limitations, please refer to the following
documents:
Lenovo Statement of Limited Warranty for Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Servers and System
Storage
http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht503310
Lenovo Data Center Services Agreement
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht116628

Services
Lenovo Services is a dedicated partner to your success. Our goal is to reduce your capital outlays, mitigate
your IT risks, and accelerate your time to productivity.

Note: Some service options may not be available in all markets or regions. For more information, go to
https://www.lenovo.com/services. For information about Lenovo service upgrade offerings that are
available in your region, contact your local Lenovo sales representative or business partner.

Here’s a more in-depth look at what we can do for you:

Asset Recovery Services
Asset Recovery Services (ARS) helps customers recover the maximum value from their end-of-life
equipment in a cost-effective and secure way. On top of simplifying the transition from old to new
equipment, ARS mitigates environmental and data security risks associated with data center
equipment disposal. Lenovo ARS is a cash-back solution for equipment based on its remaining
market value, yielding maximum value from aging assets and lowering total cost of ownership for
your customers. For more information, see the ARS page, https://lenovopress.com/lp1266-reduce-e-
waste-and-grow-your-bottom-line-with-lenovo-ars.
Assessment Services
An Assessment helps solve your IT challenges through an onsite, multi-day session with a Lenovo
technology expert. We perform a tools-based assessment which provides a comprehensive and
thorough review of a company's environment and technology systems. In addition to the technology
based functional requirements, the consultant also discusses and records the non-functional
business requirements, challenges, and constraints. Assessments help organizations like yours, no
matter how large or small, get a better return on your IT investment and overcome challenges in the
ever-changing technology landscape.

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 Design Services
Professional Services consultants perform infrastructure design and implementation planning to
support your strategy. The high-level architectures provided by the assessment service are turned
into low level designs and wiring diagrams, which are reviewed and approved prior to
implementation. The implementation plan will demonstrate an outcome-based proposal to provide
business capabilities through infrastructure with a risk-mitigated project plan.
Basic Hardware Installation
Lenovo experts can seamlessly manage the physical installation of your server, storage, or
networking hardware. Working at a time convenient for you (business hours or off shift), the
technician will unpack and inspect the systems on your site, install options, mount in a rack cabinet,
connect to power and network, check and update firmware to the latest levels, verify operation, and
dispose of the packaging, allowing your team to focus on other priorities.
Deployment Services
When investing in new IT infrastructures, you need to ensure your business will see quick time to
value with little to no disruption. Lenovo deployments are designed by development and engineering
teams who know our Products & Solutions better than anyone else, and our technicians own the
process from delivery to completion. Lenovo will conduct remote preparation and planning, configure
& integrate systems, validate systems, verify and update appliance firmware, train on administrative
tasks, and provide post-deployment documentation. Customer’s IT teams leverage our skills to
enable IT staff to transform with higher level roles and tasks.
Integration, Migration, and Expansion Services
Move existing physical & virtual workloads easily, or determine technical requirements to support
increased workloads while maximizing performance. Includes tuning, validation, and documenting
ongoing run processes. Leverage migration assessment planning documents to perform necessary
migrations.

Regulatory compliance
The DB720S FC SAN Switch conforms to the following regulations which can be found in the Hardware
Installation Guide, available from the following web page:
https://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/switches/g720-switch

Interoperability
For end-to-end storage configuration support, refer to the Lenovo Storage Interoperation Center (LSIC):
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/lsic
Use the LSIC to select the known components of your configuration and then get a list all other supported
combinations, with details about supported hardware, firmware, operating systems, and drivers, plus any
additional configuration notes. View results on screen or export them to Excel.

External storage systems

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External storage systems
Lenovo offers the ThinkSystem DE Series and ThinkSystem DM Series external storage systems for high-
performance storage. See the DE Series and DM Series product guides for specific controller models,
expansion enclosures and configuration options:
ThinkSystem DE Series Storage
https://lenovopress.com/storage/thinksystem/de-series#rt=product-guide
ThinkSystem DM Series Storage
https://lenovopress.com/storage/thinksystem/dm-series#rt=product-guide
ThinkSystem DG Series Storage
https://lenovopress.com/storage/thinksystem/dg-series#rt=product-guide

External backup units

The following table lists the external backup options that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in Lenovo
FC SAN solutions.
Note: Information provided in this section is for ordering reference purposes only. End-to-end LTO Ultrium
configuration support for a particular tape backup unit must be verified through the System Storage
Interoperation Center (SSIC):
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic

Table 9. External Fibre Channel backup options

Part number Description
External tape backup libraries
6741A1F IBM TS4300 3U Tape Library-Base Unit
Fibre Channel backup drives for TS4300 Tape Library - Full Height
01KP938 LTO 7 FH Fibre Channel Drive
01KP954 LTO 8 FH Fibre Channel Drive
02JH837 LTO 9 FH Fibre Channel Drive
Fibre Channel backup drives for TS4300 Tape Library - Full Height
01KP936 LTO 7 HH Fibre Channel Drive
01KP952 LTO 8 HH Fibre Channel Drive
02JH835 LTO 9 HH Fibre Channel Drive

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Tape Autoloaders and Libraries category:
https://lenovopress.com/storage/tape/library

Rack cabinets
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Rack cabinets
The following table lists the supported rack cabinets.

Table 10. Rack cabinets

Part number Description
93072RX 25U Standard Rack (1000mm)
93072PX 25U Static S2 Standard Rack (1000mm)
7D6DA007WW ThinkSystem 42U Onyx Primary Heavy Duty Rack Cabinet (1200mm)
7D6DA008WW ThinkSystem 42U Pearl Primary Heavy Duty Rack Cabinet (1200mm)
93604PX 42U 1200mm Deep Dynamic Rack
93614PX 42U 1200mm Deep Static Rack
93634PX 42U 1100mm Dynamic Rack
93634EX 42U 1100mm Dynamic Expansion Rack
93074RX 42U Standard Rack (1000mm)
7D6EA009WW ThinkSystem 48U Onyx Primary Heavy Duty Rack Cabinet (1200mm)
7D6EA00AWW ThinkSystem 48U Pearl Primary Heavy Duty Rack Cabinet (1200mm)

For specifications about these racks, see the Lenovo Rack Cabinet Reference, available from:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1287-lenovo-rack-cabinet-reference
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Rack cabinets category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/racks

Power distribution units

The following table lists the power distribution units (PDUs) that are offered by Lenovo.

Table 11. Power distribution units

ASEAN

JAPAN
RUCIS
Brazil

INDIA
MEA

Part Feature

PRC
ANZ

HTK
EET

WE

NA
LA
number code Description
0U Basic PDUs
00YJ776 ATZY 0U 36 C13/6 C19 24A 1 Phase PDU N Y Y N N N N N N Y Y Y N
0U Switched and Monitored PDUs
00YJ783 AU04 0U 12 C13/12 C19 Switched and Monitored N N Y N N N Y N N Y Y Y N
48A 3 Phase PDU
00YJ781 AU03 0U 20 C13/4 C19 Switched and Monitored N N Y N Y N Y N N Y Y Y N
24A 1 Phase PDU
1U Switched and Monitored PDUs
4PU7A81117 BNDV 1U 18 C19/C13 switched and monitored 48A N N N N N N N N N N N Y N
3P WYE PDU - ETL
4PU7A77467 BLC4 1U 18 C19/C13 Switched and Monitored 80A N N N N N N N N N Y N Y N
3P Delta PDU
4PU7A77469 BLC6 1U 12 C19/C13 switched and monitored 60A N N N N N N N N N N N Y N
3P Delta PDU

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 ASEAN

JAPAN
RUCIS
Brazil

INDIA
MEA
Part Feature

PRC
ANZ

HTK
EET

WE

NA
LA
number code Description
4PU7A77468 BLC5 1U 12 C19/C13 switched and monitored 32A Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y
3P WYE PDU
4PU7A81118 BNDW 1U 18 C19/C13 switched and monitored 48A Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y N Y
3P WYE PDU - CE
1U Ultra Density Enterprise PDUs (9x IEC 320 C13 + 3x IEC 320 C19 outlets)
71763NU 6051 Ultra Density Enterprise C19/C13 PDU N N Y N N N N N N Y Y Y N
60A/208V/3PH
71762NX 6091 Ultra Density Enterprise C19/C13 PDU Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Module
1U C13 Enterprise PDUs (12x IEC 320 C13 outlets)
39Y8941 6010 DPI C13 Enterprise PDU Module (WW) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
1U Front-end PDUs (3x IEC 320 C19 outlets)
39Y8938 6002 DPI Single-phase 30A/120V Front-end PDU Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
(US)
39Y8939 6003 DPI Single-phase 30A/208V Front-end PDU Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
(US)
39Y8934 6005 DPI Single-phase 32A/230V Front-end PDU Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
(International)
39Y8940 6004 DPI Single-phase 60A/208V Front-end PDU Y N Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y N
(US)
39Y8935 6006 DPI Single-phase 63A/230V Front-end PDU Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
(International)
1U NEMA PDUs (6x NEMA 5-15R outlets)
39Y8905 5900 DPI 100-127V NEMA PDU Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Line cords for 1U PDUs that ship without a line cord
40K9611 6504 4.3m, 32A/380-415V, EPDU/IEC 309 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
3P+N+G 3ph wye (non-US) Line Cord
40K9612 6502 4.3m, 32A/230V, EPDU to IEC 309 P+N+G Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
(non-US) Line Cord
40K9613 6503 4.3m, 63A/230V, EPDU to IEC 309 P+N+G Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
(non-US) Line Cord
40K9614 6500 4.3m, 30A/208V, EPDU to NEMA L6-30P Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
(US) Line Cord
40K9615 6501 4.3m, 60A/208V, EPDU to IEC 309 2P+G N N Y N N N Y N N Y Y Y N
(US) Line Cord
40K9617 6505 4.3m, 32A/230V, Souriau UTG Female to Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
AS/NZ 3112 (Aus/NZ) Line Cord
40K9618 6506 4.3m, 32A/250V, Souriau UTG Female to Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
KSC 8305 (S. Korea) Line Cord

For more information, see the Lenovo Press documents in the PDU category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu

Uninterruptible power supply units

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Uninterruptible power supply units
The following table lists the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units that are offered by Lenovo.

Table 12. Uninterruptible power supply units

Part number Description
55941AX RT1.5kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (100-125VAC)
55941KX RT1.5kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC)
55942AX RT2.2kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (100-125VAC)
55942KX RT2.2kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC)
55943AX RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (100-125VAC)
55943KX RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC)
55945KX RT5kVA 3U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC)
55946KX RT6kVA 3U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC)
55948KX RT8kVA 6U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC)
55949KX RT11kVA 6U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC)
55948PX RT8kVA 6U 3:1 Phase Rack or Tower UPS (380-415VAC)
55949PX RT11kVA 6U 3:1 Phase Rack or Tower UPS (380-415VAC)
55943KT† ThinkSystem RT3kVA 2U Standard UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A, 2x GB 10A, 1x C19 16A
outlets)
55943LT† ThinkSystem RT3kVA 2U Long Backup UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A, 2x GB 10A, 1x C19
16A outlets)
55946KT† ThinkSystem RT6kVA 5U UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A outlets, 1x Terminal Block output)
5594XKT† ThinkSystem RT10kVA 5U UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A outlets, 1x Terminal Block output)
† Only available in China and the Asia Pacific market.
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the UPS category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/ups

Seller training courses

The following sales training courses are offered for employees and partners (login required). Courses are
listed in date order.
1. Simplify Selling Fibre Channel Storage Solutions
2024-01-31 | 10 minutes | Employees and Partners

In this session we look at the benefits of Fibre Channel and the benefits to you and your customers
of bundling FC networking with your storage arrays.
Plus, we will take a closer look at some of the changes Lenovo has made to the Data Center
Solutions Configurator to help you and the clients build bundled FC solutions.
Published: 2024-01-31
Length: 10 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DNFP101

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 2. Family Portfolio: Storage Networking
2023-10-27 | 15 minutes | Employees and Partners

This course will provide you an overview of the Storage Networking family. After completing this
course, you should be able to identify the products in the Storage Networking portfolio and their
features, describe product family benefits, and recognize when a specific product should be used.
Published: 2023-10-27
Length: 15 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: SXXW1113r7
3. Lenovo Data Center Product Portfolio
2023-07-21 | 15 minutes | Employees and Partners

This course introduces the Lenovo data center portfolio, and covers servers, storage, storage
networking, and software-defined infrastructure products. After completing this course about Lenovo
data center products, you will be able to identify product types within each data center family,
describe Lenovo innovations that this product family or category uses, and recognize when a
specific product should be selected.
Published: 2023-07-21
Length: 15 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: SXXW1110r6
4. Selling the Gen7 ThinkSystem DB720S SAN Switch
2023-02-01 | 20 minutes | Employees and Partners

This course is designed to give Lenovo sales (general and technical) and partner representatives a
foundation for the Gen7 ThinkSystem DB720S SAN switch and the Autonomous SAN solution. As
an introduction to the product, this course enables the learner to identify the features and benefits of
the switch and how it is integrated into the Autonomous SAN solution. By the end of this training,
you should be able to: describe what is happening in the data center and the pressures surrounding
the storage network; explain why the network will need to evolve to keep pace with the next wave of
innovation in the data center; and describe how Gen 7 Fibre Channel enables an autonomous SAN
that will harness the full value of next-gen data centers.
Published: 2023-02-01
Length: 20 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDBS206

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 5. Why Gen 7 with 64G Fibre Channel
2022-03-17 | 20 minutes | Employees and Partners

In this course we will be discussing what is happening in the data center and the pressures
surrounding the network. We will look at why the network will need to evolve to keep pace with the
next wave of innovation; which creates an imbalance in performance. We will review how Gen 7
Fibre Channel enables an autonomous SAN that will harness the full value of next-gen data centers.
Last, we will review the Gen 7 hardware. Let’s start with the what businesses require from their
infrastructures.
Course objectives:
1. Understand the benefits of clients investing in 64G Gen 7 switches today
2. Help customers have a clear understanding if 64G Gen 7 is a better fit than a Gen 6 switch for
their requirements
3. Articulate to your clients that Gen 7 is more that just 64G speeds
4. Explain how Lenovo is well positioned for clients looking for the best investment protection of their
infrastructure with multiple Gen 7 Fibre Channel offerings
Published: 2022-03-17
Length: 20 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDBS210
6. The Inherent Security of Fibre Channel SAN
2022-01-14 | 20 minutes | Employees and Partners

In this course, you will learn the security benefits of dedicated FC Storage Area Networks.
Course objectives:
1. Be able to articulate some of the high level benefits of Fibre Channel SAN
2. Understand the difference between Fibre Channel vs. IP Networks
3. Learn about some of the security benefits in the Lenovo DB series hardware and software SAN
offerings
Published: 2022-01-14
Length: 20 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDBS209
7. Selling Storage Networks
2020-05-07 | 32 minutes | Employees and Partners

In this course we will start off discussing why selling Fibre Channel SANs matter. In other words,
what’s in it for you and your customers. Then, we will cover SAN essentials including what a SAN is,
why SAN is important from a customer value proposition, where SAN best fits versus other
alternatives, when to propose directors versus switches and when to propose extension products.
Published: 2020-05-07
Length: 32 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDBS202

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 8. Storage Network Matters for NVMe
2020-05-07 | 17 minutes | Employees and Partners

In this course we will start off discussing the trends driving Flash and NVMe arrays, then we will
cover the key reasons why the SAN is critical for these environments. From a high level view, we will
look at how Gen 6 Fibre Channel enhances and optimizes Flash and NVMe storage solutions.
Published: 2020-05-07
Length: 17 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDBS203

Related publications and links

For more information, see the following resources:
Datasheet of the DB720S:
https://lenovopress.com/datasheet/ds0120-thinksystem-db720s-fc-san-switch
Interactive 3D Tour of the DB720S:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1409-3d-tour-thinksystem-db720s
Analyst report "64 Gb Fibre Channel Performance with Lenovo ThinkSystem Emulex LPe36002 Gen
7 FC HBA"
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/resources/data-center-solutions/analyst-reports/64-gb-fibre-channel-
performance-with-lenovo-thinksystem-emulex-lpe36002-gen-7-test-report/
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB720S FC SAN Switch product publications - see the Brocade G720
documentation:
https://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/switches/g720-switch

Tip: Some of the Fabric OS documents can be accessed via the support portal by validating your
serial number for software entitlement

Hardware Installation Guide

Fabric OS Access Gateway Administration Guide
Fabric OS Administration Guide
Fabric OS Extension Configuration Guide
Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide
Fabric OS Command Reference
Fabric OS Message Reference
Fabric OS MIB Reference
Web Tools Administration Guide
Flow Vision Configuration Guide
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Configuration Guide
Brocade 64G SWL SFP-DD Product Brief:
https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/SFP-DD-64G-SWL-PB
Lenovo Data Center Support for the ThinkSystem DB720S FC SAN Switch:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/fibre-channel-switches/db720s-fc-
switch/7d5j

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:
DB Series SAN Switches
Rack SAN Switches

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