Chapter 2: Installation

HDD LED

The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1. Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity (for any hard drive ac- tivities on the system, including SAS, Serial ATA and IDE). See the table on the right for pin defi nitions.

NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators

The NIC (Network Interface Control- ler) LED connection for GLAN port 1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1, and the LED connection for GLAN Port 2 is on Pins 9 and 10. Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity. Refer to the table on the right for pin defi nitions.

HDD LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin# Defi nition

13+5V

14HD Active

GLAN1/2 LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin#

Defi nition

9/11

Vcc

10/12

Ground

 

 

USB0/1 KB/MS

8-Pin PWR

PWRSMB

FAN1

LED5

24-Pin ATX PWR

 

 

A. HDD LED

B. NIC1 LED

C. NIC2 LED

VGA COM1

LAN2 LAN1

FAN5

JP2

FAN6

X7DWE

VGA

 

CTRL

LAN

CTRL

JPL1

JPL2

Super I/O

DIMM2B

DIMM2A

DIMM1B

DIMM1A

Slot7 SIMLP

Slot6 PCI-E x8

Slot5 PCI-E x8

Slot4 PCI-E x8

JPG1 JWD

Slot3 PCI-E x8

COM2

Slot 2 PCI-E x4

JI2C3 JI2C1

JI2C4 JI2C2

Slot1 PCI-X 133MHz

Slot 0 PCI-U

J18

BANK2

CPU1

BANK1

 

Intel 5400

 

 

 

 

North Bridge

 

 

 

 

 

CPU2

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAN2

 

 

 

 

FAN3

 

 

 

 

LED6 JOH1

FP CTRL

 

 

T-SGPIO1

 

Intel ESB2

 

T-SGPIO2

 

South Bridge

USB4/5

 

 

 

 

USB6

FLOPPY

IDE#1

J7

JBT

JP1

USB2/3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS

 

 

 

 

I-SATA5

I-SATA3

I-SATA1

LE1 SPKR

J8 I-SATA2

I-SATA0 JL1

JPT1JWOL1I-SATA4

JD1

FAN4

Ground

X

Power LED

A

HDD LED

B

NIC1 LED

C

NIC2 LED

OH/Fan Fail LED

PWR Fail LED

Ground

Ground

20

19

 

NMI

 

X

 

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Reset Reset Button

PWR

Power Button

 

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X7DWE, Supero specifications

Supermicro, a leading provider of high-performance server technology, has made significant strides in the server market with its Supero X7DWE motherboard. This particular model stands out for its robust capabilities, designed specifically for enterprise-level applications and data center deployments.

The Supero X7DWE motherboard is engineered with dual Intel Xeon 5000/5100 series processors, enabling it to handle demanding computational tasks effectively. With support for up to 32 GB of DDR2 memory, this motherboard provides substantial memory bandwidth, which is essential for high-performance computing and virtualization applications. The architecture allows for up to 8 DIMM slots, delivering flexibility in terms of memory configuration to meet specific workload requirements.

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