PCIe2 4-Port USB 3.0 Adapter (FC EC46; CCIN 58F9)

The PCIe2 4-Port USB 3.0 Adapter (FC EC46) is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 2, regular-height, high-performance expansion adapter that provides the following features and support:

• The adapter is compliant with PCIe base specification revision 2.
• The adapter is a single-lane (1x) PCI Express with a throughput of 5 Gbps.
• The adapter is a single-slot, half-length short form factor, PCIe2 card.
• The adapter is FCC Class A compliant.
• The adapter provides four downstream, external, high-speed Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 ports with Type A connectors.
• The USB ports are also compatible with USB specifications, revision 1.1 and 2.0 devices.
• The adapter supports the simultaneous operation of multiple USB 3.0, USB 2.0, and USB 1.1 devices.
  Restriction: When multiple keyboards are attached to the USB ports on the system or on the USB adapter, only one keyboard can be used while the partition is booting-up.
• The adapter provides 2k electrically erasable and programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) at 256 bytes.
• The provides supports integrated dual-speed USB transceivers.

Figure 1 shows the adapter.

Figure 1. PCIe2 4-Port USB 3.0 Adapter

For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.

Specifications

Item

Description

FRU number

00E2932 (Designed to comply with Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) requirement.)

Bus architecture

PCIe 2.2 compliant

Busmaster

Yes

Card type

Short form factor, half-length

Maximum number and adapter slots

For details about the maximum number of adapters that are supported, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.

Connector

Standard USB single pin-type series A receptacle

Wrap plug

None

Cables

Use USB cable (FC 4256) per port

Operating system or partition requirements

If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new feature and that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and attaching devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM® Prerequisite website.

For support details, see the Linux Alert website.

The latest version of the device driver or iprutils can be downloaded from the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website.