Dell PowerEdge 4300 User Manual

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B-6 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User’s Guide.H\ERDUGDQG0RXVH&RQQHFWRUVThe system uses a Personal System/2 (PS/2)-style keyboard and supports a PS/2-compatible mouse. Cables from both devices attach to 6-pin, miniatureDeutscheIndustrie Norm (DIN) connectors on the back panel of your system.A PS/2-compatible mouse works identically to an industry-standard serial mouse orbus mouse except that it has its own dedicated connector, which frees up both serialports and does not require an expansion card. Circuitry inside the mouse detects themovement of a small ball and relays the direction to the system.Mouse driver software can give the mouse priority with the microprocessor by issu-ing IRQ12 whenever new mouse movement is detected. The driver software alsopasses along the mouse data to the application that is in control..H\ERDUG&RQQHFWRUIf you reconfigure your hardware, you may need pin number and signal information forthe keyboard connector. Figure B-4 illustrates the pin numbers for the keyboard con-nector, and Table B-3 lists and defines the pin assignments and interface signals forthe keyboard connector.)LJXUH%3LQ1XPEHUVIRUWKH.H\ERDUG&RQQHFWRU7DEOH%3LQ$VVLJQPHQWVIRUWKH.H\ERDUG&RQQHFWRU3LQ 6LJQDO ,2 'HILQLWLRQ1 KBDATA I/O Keyboard data2 NC — No connection3 GND — Signal ground4 FVcc — Fused supply voltage5 KBCLK I/O Keyboard clock6 NC — No connectionShell — — Chassis groundshell13456 233255bk0.book Page 6 Tuesday, August 25, 1998 8:46 AM