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

Learn about the specifications for the 4-Port USB PCI Express (PCIe) Adapter.

The 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.

Figure 1. 4-Port USB PCIe Adapter

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 system-specific adapter placement information, see the PCI adapter placement for machine types 82xx and 91xx or the PCI adapter placement for machine type 94xx topic collections. .
Connector: Standard USB single pin-type series "A" receptacle
Wrap plug: None
Cables: None

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Last updated: Fri, June 27, 2014