User Guide

Perfect for high-performance, latency-sensitive workloads
Enterprises are quickly moving their high-performance, latency-sensitive workloads to NVMe flash-based
storage. The DB730S 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.
Components and connectors
The following figure shows the port-side view of the DB730S.
Figure 2. DB730S port-side view
The port-side panel of the DB730S includes the following components:
96x SFP+ ports to attach SFP+ transceivers for 4/8/10/16/32 Gb FC connections
16x SFP-DD ports that each to attach a single SFP+ transceiver or two SFP-DD transceivers
One RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet port for out-of-band management
One RJ-45 RS-232 console port for configuring the switch
One USB port for mass storage devices
The following figure shows the non-port side view of the DB730S:
Figure 3. DB730S non-port-side view
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB730S FC SAN Switch 4