Supermicro Super X7SPA-L User Manual page 7

Tools Needed .................................................................................................. 2-2
Location of Mounting Holes ............................................................................ 2-2
2-2 Motherboard Installation .................................................................................. 2-2
Installation Instructions .................................................................................... 2-3
2-3 System Memory .............................................................................................. 2-4
How to Install SO DIMMs ............................................................................... 2-4
Memory Support .............................................................................................. 2-4
The SO DIMM Socket ..................................................................................... 2-5
2-4 Connectors/I/O Ports ....................................................................................... 2-6
Back Panel Connectors and I/O Ports ............................................................ 2-6
ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports .............................................. 2-7
Universal Serial Bus (USB) ........................................................................ 2-8
Serial Ports ................................................................................................. 2-9
VGA Connector ........................................................................................ 2-10
LAN Ports / IPMI (X7SPA-HF) ..................................................................2-11
Front Control Panel ....................................................................................... 2-12
JF1 Header Pins ...................................................................................... 2-12
Front Control Panel Pin Definitions............................................................... 2-13
Power LED .............................................................................................. 2-13
HDD LED .................................................................................................. 2-13
NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators ....................................................................... 2-13
Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail LED.................................................................... 2-14
Power Fail LED ........................................................................................ 2-14
Reset Button ........................................................................................... 2-15
Power Button ........................................................................................... 2-15
NMI Button .............................................................................................. 2-15
2-5 Connecting Cables ........................................................................................ 2-16
ATX Main PWR & CPU PWR Connectors .............................................. 2-16
External Power Connector ...................................................................... 2-16
Fan Headers ............................................................................................. 2-17
Overheat/Fan Fail LED (JOH) .................................................................. 2-18
Front Panel Audio Header ........................................................................ 2-18
Chassis Intrusion ..................................................................................... 2-19
SATA DOM Power .................................................................................... 2-19
Power SMB I
CD Header .............................................................................................. 2-20
SMB .......................................................................................................... 2-20
T-SGPIO 0/1 Headers .............................................................................. 2-20
C Connector ...................................................................... 2-19
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