Table 1-2. Front-Panel LED Indicators, Buttons, and Connectors (continued)

Item

Indicator, Button, or

Icon

Description

 

Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

LCD panel

 

 

Provides system ID, status information,

 

 

 

 

and system error messages.

 

 

 

 

The LCD lights during normal system

 

 

 

 

operation. Both the systems management

 

 

 

 

software and the identification buttons

 

 

 

 

located on the front and back of the

 

 

 

 

system can cause the LCD to flash blue

 

 

 

 

to identify a particular system.

 

 

 

 

The LCD lights amber when the system

 

 

 

 

needs attention, and the LCD panel

 

 

 

 

displays an error code followed by

 

 

 

 

descriptive text.

 

 

 

 

NOTE: If the system is connected to AC

 

 

 

 

power and an error has been detected, the

 

 

 

 

LCD lights amber regardless of whether

 

 

 

 

the system has been powered on.

 

 

 

 

 

5

USB connectors (2)

 

 

Connects USB 2.0-compliant devices to

 

 

 

 

the system.

 

 

 

 

 

6

Video connector

 

 

Connects a monitor to the system.

 

 

 

 

 

7

Hard drives (4)

 

 

Four 3.5-inch hot-plug

 

 

 

 

 

8

Optical drive

 

 

One slimline SATA DVD drive.

 

 

 

 

 

Hard-Drive Indicator Codes

The hard-drive carriers have two indicators—the drive-activity indicator and the drive-status indicator. See Figure 1-2. In RAID configurations, the drive- status indicator lights to indicate the status of the drive. In non-RAID configurations, only the drive-activity indicator lights; the drive-status indicator is off.

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