Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup

6-2 Front Control Panel

The front control panel must be connected to the JF1 connector on the serverboard to provide you with system status and alarm indications. A ribbon cable has bundled these wires together to simplify this connection.

Connect the cable from JF1 on the serverboard (making sure the red wire plugs into pin 1) to the appropriate comnnector on the front control panel PCB (printed circuit board). Pull all excess cabling over to the control panel side of the chassis. The LEDs on the control panel inform you of system status - see Figure 6-2 for details. See Chapter 5 for details on JF1.

Figure 6-2. Front Control Panel LEDs

Power

Indicates power is being supplied to the system.

 

HDD

NIC1

NIC2

Overheat/Fan Fail

Power Fail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicates IDE device and hard drive activity. On the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SC743TQ-1200B-SQ, this LED indicates hard drive activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

when flashing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicates network activity on LAN port 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicates network activity on LAN port 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When this LED flashes, it indicates a fan failure. When

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on continuously it indicates an overheat condition (see Chapter 3 for details).

Indicates a power supply fan failure. An alarm will also sound, which can be turned off with the reset switch on the back of the power supply.

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SUPER MICRO Computer 7047A-73, 7047A-T user manual Front Control Panel, Overheat/Fan Fail Power Fail

7047A-73, 7047A-T specifications

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