4-Port USB PCI Express Adapter (FC 2728; CCIN 57D1)

The FC 2728 4-Port USB PCIe Adapter is a single-lane (1x) PCIe high-performance expansion adapter that provides the following features and support:

• Compliance with PCIe base specification revision 1.1
• Single-lane (1x) PCI Express for a throughput of 2.5 Gbps
• Single-slot, half-length PCIe card
• FCC Class A
• Four downstream, external, high-speed USB 2.0 ports ¹
• Data-transfer rates of 480 Mbps (high-speed), 12 Mbps (full-speed), and 1.5 Mbps (low-speed)
• Full compliance with Universal Serial Bus (USB) specifications, revision 1.1 and 2.0
• Simultaneous operation of multiple USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices
• Compliance with Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) and Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) standards
• Integrated dual-speed USB transceivers
• A total of 126 USB hubs and devices are supported by the adapter ¹

¹ The four external ports are shared and controlled by three internal USB controllers. AIX® might list only the three controllers; however, all four ports are operational.

The following figure shows the adapter.

Figure 1. 4-Port USB PCIe Adapter

For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your system.

Specifications

Item

Description

FRU number

46K7494 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement.)

Bus architecture

PCI 2.2 compliant

Busmaster

Yes

Card type

Full size

Maximum number and adapter slots

For the maximum adapters supported, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your system.

Connector

Standard USB single pin-type series "A" receptacle

Wrap plug

None

Cables

None

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 there are any prerequisites for this feature and attaching devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM® Prerequisite website .