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About Your System
Front-Panel Features And Indicators
The following topic describes the
Figure 1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators
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1 | Diagnostic indicators |
| The diagnostic indicators light up to display error status. |
2 | System identification button |
| The identification buttons on the front and back panels |
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| can be used to locate a particular system within a rack. |
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| When one of these buttons is pressed, the system status |
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| indicator on the back flashes until one of the buttons is |
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| pressed again. |
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| Press to toggle the system ID on and off. |
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| If the system stops responding during POST, press and |
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| hold the system ID button for more than five seconds to |
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| enter BIOS progress mode. |
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| To reset the iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup) |
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| press and hold the button for more than 15 seconds. |
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| on. The power button controls the power supply output to |
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| the system. |
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| NOTE: On Advanced Configuration and Power |
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| turning off the system using the power button causes |
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| the system to perform a graceful shutdown before |
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| power to the system is turned off. |
4 | NMI button |
| Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors |
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| when running certain operating systems. This button can |
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| be pressed using the end of a paper clip. |
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