Chapter 2: Installation

Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail LED

Connect an LED Cable to the OH/ Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warnings of chassis overheating or fan failure. Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions.

OH/Fan Fail LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin# Definition

7Vcc

8Ground

OH/Fan Fail Indicator

Status

State Definition

Off

Normal

On

Overheat

Flash-

Fan Fail

ing

 

 

 

Power Fail LED

The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1. Re- fer to the table on the right for pin definitions.

PWR Fail LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)

Pin# Definition

5Vcc

6Ground

A. OH/Fan Fail LED

B. PWR Supply Fail

X8DT6/E Series Rev. 2.01

PWR

Reset

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

X

NMI

1

2

19 20

Ground

Ground

PWR Fail LED B

OH/Fan Fail LED A NIC2 LED

NIC1 LED

HDD LED

Power LED

X

Ground

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SUPER MICRO Computer X8DTE-F, X8DT6-F Overheat OH/Fan Fail LED, Power Fail LED, OH/Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1

X8DTE-F, X8DT6-F, X8DT6, X8DTE specifications

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