Dell PowerEdge 800 - Manual (Page 6)

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I/O Connectors
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 800 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Serial Connector
Parallel Connector
PS/2-Compatible Keyboard and Mouse Connectors
Video Connector
USB Connectors
Integrated NIC Connectors
Network Cable Requirements
I/O connectors are the gateways that the system uses to communicate with external devices, such as a keyboard, mouse, printer, or monitor. This section
describes the various connectors on your system. If you reconfigure the hardware connected to the system, you may also need the pin number and signal
information for these connectors.
Figure B -1 illustrates the connectors on the system.
Figure B-1. I/O Connectors
Table B -1 shows the icons used to label the connectors on the system.
Table B-1. I/O Connector Icons
Serial Connector
Serial connectors support devices such as external modems, printers, and mice that require serial data transmission. The serial connector is also used by the
BMC to provide remote access to the system. The serial connector uses a 9-pin D-subminiature connector.
Icon Connector
Serial connector
Parallel connector
Mouse connector
Keyboard connector
Video connector
USB connector
NIC connector