Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup

Fan Headers

There are five fan headers (FAN1- FAN5) on the serverboard. See the table on the right for pin defini- tions.

Note: These fan headers are 4- pin fans. Pins#1-#3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with traditional 3-pin fans. Fan speed is controlled by Thermal Management via a BIOS setting. The default setting is disabled. When using a Thermal Manage- ment setting, please use all 3-pin fans or all 4-pin fans on the serverboard. Do not use 3-pin fans and 4-pin fans on the same board.

Serial Ports

The COM1 serial port is located on the backplane and the COM2 header is located on the corner of the board near the FAN3 header. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports

The ATX PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse are located on the backplane. See the table at right for pin definitions. (See Figure 5- 3 for the location of each port.)

Fan Header Pin Definitions

Pin #

Definition

1

Ground (black)

2

+12V (red)

3

Tachometer

4

PWR_Control

Caution: These fan headers use DC power.

Serial Port Pin Definitions

(COM1, COM2)

Pin Number

Definition

Pin Number

Definition

1

DCD

6

CTS

2

DSR

7

DTR

3

Serial In

8

RI

4

RTS

9

Ground

5

Serial Out

10

NC

PS/2 Keyboard

and Mouse Port

Pin Definitions

Pin

Number Definition

1Data

2NC

3Ground

4VCC

5Clock

6NC

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6014H-8 specifications

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