Drive-Status

Condition

Indicator Pattern

 

(RAID Only)

 

Blinks green three

Rebuild aborted

seconds, amber three

 

seconds, and off six

 

seconds

 

Back-Panel Features And Indicators

Figure 3. Back-Panel Features and Indicators

Item

Indicator, Button, or

Icon

Description

 

Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

System identification button

 

The identification buttons on the front and back panels

 

 

 

can be used to locate a particular system within a rack.

 

 

 

When one of these buttons is pressed, the system status

 

 

 

indicator on the back flashes until one of the buttons is

 

 

 

pressed again.

 

 

 

Press to toggle the system ID on and off. If the system

 

 

 

stops responding during POST, press and hold the system

 

 

 

ID button for more than five seconds to enter BIOS

 

 

 

progress mode.

 

 

 

To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup) press

 

 

 

and hold for more than 15 seconds.

2

System identification

 

Allows you to connect the optional system status indicator

 

connector

 

assembly through the optional cable management arm.

3

iDRAC7 Enterprise port

 

Dedicated management port.

 

 

 

NOTE: The port is available for use only if the iDRAC7

 

 

 

Enterprise license is installed on your system.

4

PCIe expansion card slot

 

Allows you to connect a PCIe expansion card.

 

(riser 1)

 

 

5

Serial connector

 

Allows you to connect a serial device to the system.

6

Video connector

 

Allows you to connect a VGA display to the system.

7

PCIe expansion card slot

 

Allows you to connect a PCIe expansion card.

 

(riser 2)

 

 

8

USB connectors (2)

 

Allows you to connect USB devices to the system. The

 

 

 

ports are USB 2.0-compliant.

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