PCIe2 LP 4-Port USB 3.0 Adapter (FC EC45 and FC EC46; CCIN 58F9)
Learn about the specifications for the feature code (FC) EC45 and FC EC46 adapter.
The PCIe2 LP 4-Port USB 3.0 Adapter (FC EC45) is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 2, low-profile, high-performance expansion adapter. The FC EC45 is a low-profile adapter and the FC EC46 is regular-height adapter. The adapters provide 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.
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- FRU number
- 00E2932
- I/O bus architecture
- PCIe 2.2 compliant
- Slot priority
- For details about slot priorities, maximums, and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
- Busmaster
- Yes
- Form factor
- FC EC45: Short form factor, half-length
- 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 you must determine any
prerequisites that must be met for this feature and the attached devices. For information about
operating system and partition requirements, see one of the following topics:
- The latest version of enabling libraries and utilities can be downloaded from the Fix Central website.
- Power Systems Prerequisites website.
- IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC) website.
- The latest version of the device driver or IBM® Power® RAID adapter utilities (iprutils) can be downloaded from the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website.
- For information about important notices for Linux on IBM Power Systems, see the Linux® on IBM website.