Parallel Port, Floppy, Hard Disk Drive And Simlp Ipmi Connections; Parallel Port Connector - Supermicro X7DBN User Manual

2-8 Parallel Port, Floppy Drive, SIMLP IPMI and Hard
Disk Drive Connections
Note the following when connecting the fl oppy and hard disk drive cables:
• The fl oppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires.
• A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1.
• A single fl oppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two
fl oppy 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 the IO Back Panel. See the table
on the right for pin defi nitions.
A
GLAN1
GLAN2
S IMLP IPMI
S E PC
P C I-E xp x8
P C I-E xp x4
Pin#
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
S MB PS
PSF
J 3P
(CPUFan1)
J A R
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Chapter 2: Installation
Parallel (Printer) Port Connector
Pin Defi nitions
Defi nition Pin # Defi nition
Strobe- 2 Auto Feed-
Data Bit 0 4 Error-
Data Bit 1 6 Init-
Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN-
Data Bit 3 10 GND
Data Bit 4 12 GND
Data Bit 5 14 GND
Data Bit 6 16 GND
Data Bit 7 18 GND
ACK 20 GND
BUSY 22 Write Data
PE 24 Write Gate
SLCT 26 NC
8-pin P W R
A. Parallel Port
(CPUFan2)