Brocade 002-E02942-302 McDATA IBM EMC 32-Port 4GB Fibre Lmq Board

Overview
The Brocade McDATA IBM EMC 32-Port 4GB Fibre Lmq Board (part number 002-E02942-302) is a high-density, low-latency Fibre Channel host bus adapter designed for mission critical storage environments. This board delivers up to 4GB of cache memory and supports 32 simultaneous Fibre Channel ports, providing the bandwidth and reliability required for large scale data centres, virtualization clusters and high performance computing workloads.

Key Features

• 32 native Fibre Channel ports for maximum connectivity
• 4GB of high-speed cache memory to accelerate I/O operations
• Full compatibility with IBM, EMC and Brocade storage arrays
• Low latency Lmq architecture for efficient data transfers
• Hot-swap capable design for uninterrupted service
• PCIe 2.0 x8 interface for high throughput

Technical Specifications

• Model / Part Number: 002-E02942-302
• Manufacturer: Brocade
• Form factor: Full height, full length PCIe card
• Interface: PCIe 2.0 x8
• Cache size: 4GB DDR2
• Fibre Channel speed: 8Gbps per port
• Port type: LC duplex connectors
• Power consumption: 45 watts typical
• Operating temperature: 0 to 55 degrees C
• Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2012 and later, Linux distributions, VMware ESXi

Applications
The 32-Port 4GB Fibre Lmq Board is ideal for:

• Enterprise storage area networks requiring high port density
• Virtualization platforms that need fast, reliable access to shared storage
• Backup and archival systems with heavy data throughput demands
• High performance computing clusters that rely on low latency I/O
• Disaster recovery sites where redundancy and hot-swap capability are critical

By integrating this Brocade board into your infrastructure, you gain scalable connectivity, enhanced performance and the confidence that comes from proven Brocade reliability.