Chapter 2: Installation

HDD LED

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

NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators

The NIC (Network Interface Control- ler) LED connection for GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 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

 

 

 

 

A. HDD LED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. NIC1 LED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

19

 

 

 

C. NIC2 LED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ground

NMI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power LED

Vcc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A HDD LED

Vcc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER

®

X7DBT

 

 

 

 

 

 

LE1

 

 

B NIC1 LED

Vcc

 

USB0/1

 

 

 

 

 

 

FP CTRL

20-PinPWR

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM 4B (Bank 4)

 

 

 

 

LAN1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WD

Fan1/2

C NIC2 LED

Vcc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM

3B

(Bank 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM 4A

(Bank 4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIMS0

 

 

 

 

DIMM 3A (Bank 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU1

 

 

 

 

LAN2

 

 

LAN

 

 

S I/O

 

 

 

 

DIMM 2B (Bank 2)

 

 

 

Fan3/4

OH/Fan Fail LED

Vcc

 

 

 

 

CTRL

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM 2A (Bank 2)

 

 

 

 

 

COM2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM 1B (Bank 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPL1

DIMM 1A (Bank 1)

 

 

 

 

 

Vcc

 

 

 

 

VGA

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

JPL2

 

 

 

 

 

Fan5/6

PWR Fail LED

 

VGA

 

 

CTRL

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BJ

 

 

 

 

 

South

 

Bridge

 

CPU2

Fan7/8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PG1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North

 

 

 

 

 

 

LE2

 

 

VideoMemory

JP1 Battery

 

 

 

 

Bridge

 

 

 

 

4-Pin

Ground

Reset

Reset Button

 

 

J

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LE3

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J 1

JWOLJWOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PWR

 

 

 

-

INF

 

2

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Infini Band

Buzzer

 

 

 

B

 

 

SATA3 SATA1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power Button

Ctrl

 

 

 

JI

C1JI C2

USB2/3 JL1

BIOS

 

 

 

Ground

PWR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI-E x8

 

M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20-Pin PWR

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

SGPIO SATA2 SATA0

JOH1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

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SUPER MICRO Computer X7DBT-INF, XDGT, X7DGT-INF user manual Hdd Led, NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators

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