Power Edge SC440 Front Panel Pinout

Gordan Bobic gordan at bobich.net
Wed Jun 3 04:56:35 CDT 2009


Hi,

I know this isn't strictly Linux related, but I was wondering if anybody
here might happen to know the pinout for the front panel (USB, power
button) connector. This connector is listed as number 5 here:
http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/pe440sc/en/HOM/HTML/jumpers.htm#wp1055448

I haven't been able to find this information in any documentation available
with the server.

In case you're wondering, the reason I'm looking for this is because I'm
trying to get a Raritan eRIC OOB control card in one, and to my shock, I am
finding that the SC440 has neither IPMI/IPMB connectors (unsurprising) nor
normal power and reset connectors (utterly shocking) on the motherboard. I
can see that the power button ends up operating on two of the pins on this
connector, so I could just splice the cable to break those pins out to a
separate jumper type connector, but I need to know which two lines are
relevant - and I'd rather not have to disassemble it to the point where I
can get to the front panel PCB to trace the lines.

The other option I have is to splice the ATX power connector with relays
and operate directly on the ATX power-on wires, but that's a bit more
difficult than just putting two pins in the front panel ribbon cable.

Thanks in advance.

Gordan



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