Chapter 2: Installation

Front Control Panel Pin Definitions

Power LED

The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1. Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions.

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 Serial ATA and IDE). See the table on the right for pin definitions.

Power LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin# Definition

15+3.3V

16Ground

HDD LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin# Definition

13+3.3V

14HD Active

APOWER LED

BHDD LED

KB/MOUSE

USB0/1

COM1

VGA

JPW1

DIMM1B

DIMM1A

A Power LED

LED_Anode+

LAN1

945GC

CPU

B

HDD LED

NIC1 LED

LED_Anode+

LED_Anode+

LAN2

DESIGNED IN USA

Tested to Comply

With FCC Standards

FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

JPL1-2:LAN1/2 1-2:ENABLE 2-3:DISABLE

SLOT7 PCI-E X4 in X8

JF1 1

IDE

NIC2 LED OH/Fan Fail LED

X

Ground

LED_Anode+

LED_Anode+

X

Reset Reset Button

H-X7SLA

ICH7R

I-SATA2

I-SATA3

SLOT6 PCI-E X8

 

 

 

I-SATA0

I-SATA1

Ground

2 1

PWR Power Button

SLOT5 PCI 33MHZ

 

JL1:CHASSIS INTRUSION

JPW2 for Device Power Only

 

COM2

 

USB4/5

USB7

USB6

 

USB2/3

 

 

JF1 Header Pins

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SUPER MICRO Computer X7SLA-L, X7SLA-H user manual Front Control Panel Pin Definitions, Power LED

X7SLA-L, X7SLA-H specifications

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