Parallel Connector; Viewing Or Changing The Connector; Assignments - IBM xSeries 200 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Table 8. Keyboard connector pin-number

assignments (continued)

I/O

N/A

Parallel connector

Your server has one parallel connector. This connector

supports three standard Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1284 modes of operation:

standard parallel port (SPP), enhanced parallel port (EPP),

and extended capability port (ECP).

Viewing or changing the connector assignments: You

can use the built-in Configuration/Setup Utility program to

configure the parallel connector as bidirectional; that is, so

that data can be both read from and written to a device. In

bidirectional mode, the server supports the ECP and EPP

modes.

Complete the following steps to view or change the

parallel-connector assignment:

1. Restart the server and watch the monitor screen.

2. When the message Press F1 for

Configuration/Setup appears, press F1.

3. When the Configuration/Setup Utility menu appears,

select Devices & I/O Ports; then, press Enter.

4. Select the parallel connector; then, use the arrow keys

to advance through the settings available.

Note: When you configure the parallel connector as

bidirectional, use an IEEE 1284-compliant cable.

The cable must not exceed 3 meters (9.8 feet).

5. Press Esc twice to return to the Configuration/Setup

main menu; then, select Save & Exit Setup to exit

from the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.

Parallel connector: There is a 25-pin, female D-shell

parallel connector on the rear of your server, see "I/O

connector locations" on page 72 for the location of this

connector. The following table shows the pin-number

assignments for the parallel connector.

Signal

Reserved

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