Item

Indicator, Button, or

Icon

Description

 

Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use this button only if directed to do so by qualified

 

 

 

support personnel or by the operating system's

 

 

 

documentation.

3

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 pushed, the LCD panel on

 

 

 

the front and the system status indicator on the back

 

 

 

flashes blue until one of the buttons is pushed again.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

hangs during POST, press and hold the system ID button

 

 

 

for more than five seconds to enter BIOS progress mode.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

press and hold for more than 15 seconds.

4

Video connector

 

Connects a VGA display to the system.

5

LCD menu buttons

 

Allows you to navigate the control panel LCD menu.

6

LCD panel

 

Displays system ID, status information, and system error

 

 

 

messages. The LCD lights blue during normal system

 

 

 

operation. 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 is detected, the LCD lights amber regardless of

 

 

 

whether the system is turned on.

7

USB connectors (2)

 

Allows you to connect USB devices to the system. The

 

 

 

ports are USB 2.0 compliant.

8

Information tag

 

A slide-out label panel, which allows you to record system

 

 

 

information, such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and

 

 

 

so on as per your need.

9

Hard drives (8)

 

• Up to eight 2.5 inch or 3.5 inch hot-swappable hard

 

 

 

 

 

 

drives.

 

 

 

• Up to four 2.5 inch or 3.5 inch hot-swappable hard

 

 

 

drives on software RAID systems.

10

Optical drive (optional)

 

One optional SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive.

 

 

 

NOTE: DVD devices are data only.

11Dual slot hard-drive blanks

(2)

Hard-drive blanks for the empty hard-drive slots.

NOTE: Dual slot hard-drive blanks are available only on software RAID systems. The blank hard-drive slots are not available for software RAID.

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