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Corporate Headquarters

    QLogic Corporation    26650 Aliso Viejo Parkway    Aliso Viejo, CA 92656    949.389.6000           

www.qlogic.com

Europe Headquarters 

  QLogic (UK) LTD.    Surrey Technology Centre    40 Occam Road Guildford    Surrey GU2 7YG UK    +44 (0)1483 295825

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QEM2462

©2005–2007 QLogic Corporation.  Specifications are subject to change without notice.  All rights reserved worldwide.  QLogic, the QLogic logo, QLA, SANsurfer, and SANblade are registered trademarks of QLogic Corporation. SANtrack is a trademark of QLogic 
Corporation, which may be registered in some jurisdictions.  All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.  Information supplied by QLogic Corporation is believed to be accurate and reliable.  QLogic 
Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors in this brochure.  QLogic Corporation reserves the right, without notice, to make changes in product design or specifications.

PX2458004-00 J  06/07

Host Bus Interface Specifications

Bus interface 

Native PCI Express x4 via x8 ExpressModule 
connector

Memory 

1-MB SRAM per port, 1-MB flash (SPI), and  
2-KB NVRAM (SPI)

Hardware platforms* 

IA32 (x86), IA64, IEM64T, AMD Opteron 64, 
Sun (SPARC)

Compliance 

PCI Express ExpressModule Electromechanical 
Specification, rev. 1.0, PCI Express Base 
Specification,  rev. 1.0a,  PCI Express Card 
Electromechanical Specification, rev. 1.0, PCI 
Local Bus Specification, rev. 2.3

 Fibre Channel Specifications

Data rate 

4/2/1 Gbps auto-negotiation (4.2480/2.1240/ 
1.0625 Gbps)

Topology 

Point-to-point (N_Port), arbitrated loop (NL_Port), 
and switched fabric (N_Port)

Logins 

Support for F_Port and FL_Port login. 2,048 
concurrent logins and 2,048 active exchanges 
per port

Class of service 

Class 2 and 3

Protocols 

FCP (SCSI-FCP), IP (FC-IP), FC-TAPE (FCP-2)

Compliance

SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP), Fibre 
Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-
PH), Fibre Channel 2nd Generation (FC-PH-2), 
Third Generation Fibre Channel Physical and 
Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3), Fibre Channel-
Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2), Fibre Channel Fabric 
Loop Attachment Technical Report (FC-FLA), 
Fibre Channel-Private Loop Direct Attach 
Technical Report (FC-PLDA), Fibre Channel Tape 
(FC-TAPE) profile, SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol-2 
(FCP-2), Second Generation FC Generic Services 
(FC-GS-2), Third Generation FC Generic Services 

(FC-GS-3), Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling 
(FC-FS)

Physical Specifications

Ports

Dual 4-Gbps FC

Connections 

x8 ExpressModule connector, small form factor 
fixed (SFF) multimode optic with LC-style 
connector

Form factor 

Singlewide ExpressModule form factor

Enclosure

170mm × 112mm × 22mm (6.69in × 4.4in × 
0.866 in)

Environment and Equipment 
Specifications

Airflow

As per 

PCI Express ExpressModule 

Electromechanical Specification, rev. 1.0

Temperature 

Operating: 0°C/32°F to 55°C/131°F.
Storage: -20°C/-4°F to 70°C/158°F

Humidity

Relative (non-condensing): 10% to 90%
Storage: 5% to 95%

Power dissipation 

~15 W (estimate)

RoHS compliant

Yes

Cable distances 

1 Gbps: 500 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 
300 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber
2 Gbps: 300 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 
150 meters 62.5/125 μm fiber
4 Gbps: 150 meters 50/125 μm fiber, 70 meters 
62.5/125 μm fiber

 Agency Approvals—Product Safety

US/Canada :

UL, cUL: UL60950, CSA C22.2 

No.60950, Class 1 Laser Product per DHHS 21CFR J



Europe

73/23/ECC Low Voltage Directive: 
TUV:  EN60950-1: 2001, EN60825-1: 
1994+A1+A2, EN60825-2: 1994 +A1

 Agency Approvals—EMI and EMC 
(Preliminary)

US :

 FCC Part 15, Class A

Canada: 

Industry Canada ICES-003, Class A

Europe: 

89/336/EEC EMC Directive CE Mark, 

EN55022: 1998/CISPR22:1997 Class A, EN55024: 
1998, EN61000-3-2:1995, EN61000-3-3:1994

Japan: 

VCCI, Class A

Taiwan: 

CNS 13438 Class A

New Zealand/Australia: 

AS/NZS 3548 Class A

Korea: 

MIC

Tools and Utilities

Management tools

SANsurfer

®

 FC HBA Manager

Device utilities

Command line interface; utilities for firmware, 
driver, boot code, and NVRAM

Boot support

BIOS, FCode

APIs

SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, and FDMI

Operating systems*

Windows

®

 Server™ 2003; Windows 2000; 

Solaris 10; Linux Red Hat AS 3.0, 4.0; Linux 
SuSE SLES 8, 9

Ordering Information

QEM2462-BK

(For OEMs Only) Ships in a bulk box in quantities 
of 10

*Subject to availability of OS and hardware from respective OEMs.


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