Chapter 2: Installation

2-10 Onboard Indicators

GLAN LEDs

There are two LAN ports (LAN1/2) on the motherboard. Each Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs. The Yellow LED on the right indicates connection and activity. The Link LED on the left side may be green, amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection. See the tables at right for more information.

 

GLAN LED

Link Speed

Activity

LED

LED

GLAN Activity Indicator

(Right) LED Settings

Color

 

Status

 

Definition

Off

 

No Connections

 

Yellow

 

Flashing

 

Active

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN Connection Speed

Indicator (Left) LED Settings

LED Color

 

Definition

Off

 

10 MHz

 

Green

 

100 MHz

 

Amber

 

1 GHz

 

 

 

 

IPMI Dedicated LAN LEDs

In addition to LAN Ports 1/2, an IPMI Dedicated LAN is also located on the I/O Backplane. The amber LED on the right indicates connection and activity; while the green LED on the left indicates the speed of the

 

IPMI LAN

Link LED

Activity LED

IPMI LAN

Link/Speed LED (Left)

& Activity LED (Right)

connection. See the tables at right for more information.

Color

 

Status

Off

 

Off

 

Green:

 

Link/

Solid

 

Speed

 

 

(Left)

Amber

 

Activity

Blinking

 

(Right)

 

 

 

Definition

No Connection

100Mb/s

Active

BMC Heartbeat LED

A BMC (Baseboard Management Control) Heartbeat LED is located at DP1 on the motherboard. When DP1 is on, the BMC Controller functions normally. See the tables at right for more information.

BMC Heartbeat (DP1))

LED Settings

Color

 

Status

 

Definition

Green

 

Blinking

 

BMC: Normal

 

 

Off

 

Off

 

Not functioning

 

 

 

 

normally

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SUPER MICRO Computer H8SCM-F user manual Onboard Indicators, Glan LEDs, Ipmi Dedicated LAN LEDs, BMC Heartbeat LED

H8SCM, H8SCM-F specifications

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