User Manual

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Connecting the Little Brother to a Computer
Use the included Thunderbolt 3 cable to connect one of the Little Brother’s
Thunderbolt 3 ports to a Thunderbolt port on your computer.
Important! The Little Brother is equipped with a full-featured 4-lane Thunderbolt 3
interface. Some computers use a 2-lane, 20 Gbps connection for their Thunderbolt
3 ports. Check your computer’s documentation to determine the capability
of its ports.
Thunderbolt 3 Cables
To ensure full performance of 40 Gb/s max data transfer speeds, a full-performance
Thunderbolt 3 cable is included with the Little Brother.
A full-performance Thunderbolt 3 cable is identified by the Thunderbolt icon and the
numeral 3 on the connector.
A Thunderbolt 3 cable without the number 3 will support speeds up to 20 Gb/s and
is not recommended for PCIe cards with high-bandwidth requirements.
Connecting and Daisy-Chaining Devices
The second Thunderbolt 3 port can connect to a diverse array of Thunderbolt 3, USB,
and DisplayPort devices.
Up to 6 Thunderbolt devices (5 in addition to the Little Brother) can be daisy-chained
to the Thunderbolt 3 port.
Note: Some devices’ performance will be aected by where they are placed in the
chain. If a device toward the end of the chain is aected, moving it up to the first
position may solve the problem.