Connectors and LEDs—MPCBL0010 SBC

Table 21.

Front Panel LED Descriptions (Sheet 2 of 2)

 

 

 

LED

 

Function

 

 

 

 

 

This LED has two functions. The LED will display POST codes in the event the SBC fails to boot. Once the

HDD

 

SBC has booted and passed BIOS POST, this LED will indicate hard disk activity.

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk activity

 

 

Green-blink: Activity

 

 

POST Codes.

 

 

Off / Green / Red / Amber

 

 

See Section , “” on page 55 for more detail.

 

 

 

 

 

IPMC Status.

 

 

Slow Blink Green: IPMC Heartbeat.

 

 

Fast Blink Green: There is traffic on the KCS interface of the IPMC.

IPM

 

Slow Blink Red: The KCS interface request attention from the SMS or SMM.

 

 

Fast Blink Red: There is traffic on the IPMB interface of the IPMC.

 

 

It is not possible to override the behavior of this LED.

 

 

Off / Green / Red / Amber

 

 

 

U1

 

 

 

 

User Defined (AdvancedTCA USER1).

 

 

By default this LED is off.

 

 

The LED’s default IPMC behavior can be overridden with AdvancedTCA FRU LED Control commands.

 

 

Off / Green / Red / Amber

 

 

 

U2

 

 

 

 

User Defined (AdvancedTCA USER2).

 

 

By default this LED is off.

 

 

The LED’s default IPMC behavior can be overridden with AdvancedTCA FRU LED Control commands.

 

 

Off / Green / Red / Amber

 

 

 

Table 22. Ethernet 10/100 Debug Connector LED Operation

LED

Function

 

 

LNK

 

 

Off: No Link

 

Amber: Link

 

Amber-blink: Link & Activity

SPD

Off: 10Mb/s

Green: 100Mb/s

5.4.1POST LED Codes

The HDD LED uses a blinking sequence to display the current POST (Power On Self Test) code value. If the boot process succeeds, the POST code is irrelevant and the BIOS will change the state of the HDD LED to display hard disk activity just before the

 

Intel NetStructure® MPCBL0010 Single Board Computer

October 2006

Technical Product Specification

Order Number: 304120

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