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Chapter 3 Motherboard Connections
3.5 LED Indicators
LAN LEDs
The Ethernet ports (two 1GbE and/or two 10GbE) have two LEDs. On each port, one LED
indicates activity when flashing while the other LED may be green, amber or off to indicate
the speed of the connection.
1GbE LAN LEDs
(Connection Speed Indicator)
LED Color
Definition
Off
No connection
or 10 Mb/s
Green
100 Mb/s
Amber
1 Gb/s
IPMI-Dedicated LAN LEDs
A dedicated IPMI LAN is also included on the motherboard. The amber LED on the right of
the IPMI LAN port indicates activity, while the green LED on the left indicates the speed of
the connection. See the table below for more information.
IPMI LAN LEDs
Color
Status
Definition
Off
Off
No
Connection
Green:
Solid
Link/Speed
(Left)
100 Mb/s
Amber
Blinking
Activity
(Right)
Active
IPMI LAN
Activity LED
Link LED
LAN 1/LAN 2
IPMI LAN
(X8ST3-F)
10G LAN Ports Enable/Disable
JPTG1 is used to enable or disable the 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports.
10Gb Enable/Disable
Jumper Settings
Pin# Definition
1-2
Enabled (Default)
2-3
Disabled
10GbE LAN LEDs
(Connection Speed Indicator)
LED Color
Definition
Off
No connection
or 10 Mb/s
Green
10 Gb/s
Amber
1 Gb/s
Gigabit LAN Ports Enable/Disable
Jumpers JPL1 and JPL2 are used to enable or disable LAN ports 1 and 2, respectively. Use
JPL3 to enable or disable LAN ports 3, 4, 5, and 6. The default setting is enabled.
GbE LAN Enable
Jumper Settings
Pin# Definition
1-2
Enabled (Default)
2-3
Disabled