Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup

5-11 Onboard Indicators

LAN1/2 LEDs

The Ethernet ports (located beside the VGA port) have two LEDs. On each port, the yellow LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green, amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection. See the table on the right for the indication associated with the connection speed LED.

LAN1/2 LED

(Connection Speed Indicator)

LED Color

 

Definition

Off

 

No Connection or 10 Mb/s

 

Green

 

100 Mb/s

 

Amber

 

1 Gb/s

 

 

 

 

5-12 SATA Ports

SATA Ports

Six Serial ATA (SATA) ports (I-SATA 0~5) are located on the motherboard to provide serial link connections. Se- rial Link connections provide faster data transmission than those of the traditional Parallel ATA. These SATA ports are supported by the Intel ICH9R South Bridge. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

SATA Port

Pin Definitions

Pin#

Definition

Pin #

Definition

1

Ground

 

TXP

2

3

TXN

 

Ground

4

5

RXN

 

RXP

6

7

Ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SUPER MICRO Computer 5015A-EHF-D525 user manual Onboard Indicators, Sata Ports, LAN1/2 LEDs

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