Installing options 63
• One keyboard port
• One auxiliary pointing device (mouse) port
• Two serial ports
• Two Universal Serial bus (USB) ports
• One Ethernet port

Parallel port

The server has one parall el por t. Thi s port support s three
standard Institute of Electrical and Elect ronics Engineers
(IEEE) 1284 modes of operation: Standard Parallel Port
(SPP), Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP), and Extended Capa-
bility Port (ECP).

Viewing or changing the parall el-port

assignments

You can use the built-in Configuration/Setup Utility program
to configure the parallel p ort as bidirectional; that is , s o that
data can be both read from and written to a device. In bidi-
rectional mode, the server supports the ECP and EPP
modes.
To view or change the parallel-port assignment:
1. Restart the server an d watch the monitor screen.
2. When the messa ge Press F1 for Configura-
tion/Setup appe ars, press F1.
3. From the main menu, select Devices and I/O Ports;
then, pr ess Ent er.
4. Select the p arall el port; then, us e the arrow keys to
advance through the settings available.
Note: When yo u configure t he paral lel port as bi direc-
tional, use an IEEE 1284-compliant cable. The
max imum length of th e cable must not exceed 3
meters (9.8 feet).
5. Select Save Settings; then, select Exit Setup to exit
from the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.

Para llel port con necto r

The following table shows the pin-number assignments for
the 25 -p in, f ema le D- shel l p ar all el - por t con nec tor o n th e r e ar
of the ser v er .

Tabl e 7. Parallel -port connector pin-number a ssignments

Pin I/O SPP/ECP Signal EPP Signal
1 O -STROBE -WRITE
2 I/O Data 0 Data 0
3 I/O Data 1 Data 1
4 I/O Data 2 Data 2
5 I/O Data 3 Data 3
6 I/O Data 4 Data 4
13 1
25 14