Unit Identifi Er Switch - Supermicro X8QB6-F User Manual

Unit Identifi er Switch
A Unit Identifi er (UID) Switch and two LED
Indicators are located on the motherboard.
The UID Switch is located next to the LAN
ports on the backplane. The Rear UID LED
(LED26) is located next to the UID Switch.
The Front Panel UID LED is located at Pin
8 of the Front Control Panel at JF1. Connect
a cable to Pin 8 on JF1 for Front Panel UID
LED indication. When you press the UID
switch, both Rear UID LED and Front Panel
UID LED Indicators will be turned on. Press
the UID switch again to turn off both LED In-
dicators. These UID Indicators provide easy
identifi cation of a system unit that may be in
need of service.
Note: UID can also be triggered via
IPMI on the motherboard. For more
information on IPMI, please refer to
the IPMI User's Guide posted on
our Website @http://www.supermi-
cro.com.
2
1
X8QB6/X8QBE
Rev. 1.01
Pin#
1
2
3
4
UID LED (LE2)
Color/State OS Status
Blue: On Windows OS
Blue: Linux OS
Blinking
1. UID Switch
2. Rear UID LED (LED26)
3. Front UID LED
20 19
Ground
Key
Power LED
HDD LED
NIC1 (Link) LED
NIC2 (Link) LED
3
Blue_UID_LED
Power Fail LED
Ground
Ground
2
1
1
3-15
Chapter 3: Installation
UID Switch
Defi nition
Ground
Ground
Button In
Ground
Status
Unit Identifi ed
Unit Identifi ed
NMI
Key
3.3V
3.3V SB
NIC1 (Activity) LED
NIC2 (Activity) LED
Red_LED_Cathode/PWR
Fail/OH/Fan Fail/5V SB
3.3V
Reset
Reset Button
Power Button
PWR