Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup

Universal Serial Bus (USB)

Two Universal Serial Bus ports (USB 0/1) are located on the I/O backpanel and an additional six USB ports in three head- ers, USB2/3, 4/5, 12/13 provide front/ back chassis access. USB 11 is a Type A USB connector. (USB cables are not included). See the tables on the right for pin definitions.

Back Panel USB0/1

Pin Definitions

 

Pin#

Definition

 

Pin#

Definition

1

+5V

 

 

+5V

 

5

 

2

USB_PN1

 

 

USB_PN0

 

6

 

3

USB_PP1

 

 

USB_PP0

 

7

 

4

Ground

 

 

Ground

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front/Back Panel USB2/3, 11, 12/13

 

 

 

 

Pin Definitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB 2/4/11/12

 

 

USB 3/5/13

 

 

 

Pin #

Definition

 

Pin #

Definition

 

 

 

1

+5V

 

 

+5V

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

2

USB_PN2

 

 

USB_PN3

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

3

USB_PP2

 

 

USB_PP3

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

4

Ground

 

 

Ground

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

5

No Con-

 

10

Key

 

 

 

 

nection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial Port Pin Definitions

(COM1/COM2)

Serial Ports

The COM1 Port is located on the I/O backpanel. COM2 is a header located on the the motherboard. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

Pin # Definition

1CDC

2RXD

3TXD

4DTR

5Ground

Pin # Definition

6DSR

7RTS

8CTS

9RI

10NC

Ethernet Ports

Two Ethernet ports (LAN1/LAN2) are located next to the VGA port on the I/O back panel. An IPMI Dedicated LAN port is also located above the USB0/1 ports on the X9SCL-F. This provides a dedicated network connection for IPMI 2.0 support. These ports accept RJ45 type connec- tors/cables.

LAN Port

Pin Definitions

Pin#

Definition

 

 

 

1

GND

 

TD0+

 

9

 

2

Vcc19-LAN

10

TD0

 

3

TD3+

11

Link 100 LED

 

4

TD3-

12

Link 100 LED

 

5

TD2+-

13

3.3V

 

6

TD2-

14

Act LED

 

7

TD1+-

15

GND

 

8

TD1-

16

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

NC = No connection

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