Supero SuperServer 7044A-82R, User Manual

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Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup
5-21
5-11 Parallel Port, Floppy/Hard Disk Drive and SCSI
Connections
Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables:
• The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires.
• A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1.
• A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors
to provide for two floppy disk drives. The connector with twisted wires
always connects to drive A, and the connector that does not have
twisted wires always connects to drive B.
Parallel (Printer) Port
Connector
The parallel (printer) port is located
on J23. See the table on the right for
pin definitions.
Pin Number Function
1 Strobe-
3 Data Bit 0
5 Data Bit 1
7 Data Bit 2
9 Data Bit 3
11 Data Bit 4
13 Data Bit 5
15 Data Bit 6
17 Data Bit 7
19 ACK
21 BUSY
23 PE
25 SLCT
Pin Number Function
2 Auto Feed-
4 Error-
6 Init-
8 SLCT IN-
10 GND
12 GND
14 GND
16 GND
18 GND
20 GND
22 GND
24 GND
26 NC
Parallel (Printer) Port Pin Definitions
(J23)
5-10 Onboard Indicators
GLAN1/GLAN2 LEDs
Each of the Ethernet ports (located
beside the VGA port) have two
LEDs. The yellow LED indicates
activity while the other LED may be
green, orange or off to indicate
the speed of the connection. See
the table on the right for the func-
tions associated with this second
LED.
LED
Color
Off
Green
Orange
Definition
No Connection
100 MHz
1 GHz
1 Gb LAN Right LED
Indicator