Item

Indicator, Button, or

Icon

Description

 

Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Power-on indicator, power

 

The power-on indicator lights when the system power is

 

button

 

on. The power button controls the power supply output to

 

 

 

the system.

 

 

 

NOTE: On Advanced Configuration and Power

 

 

 

Interface (ACPI)-compliant operating systems,

 

 

 

turning off the system using the power button

 

 

 

causes the system to perform a graceful shutdown

 

 

 

before power to the system is turned off.

5

NMI button

 

Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors

 

 

 

when running certain operating systems. This button can

 

 

 

be pressed using the end of a paper clip.

 

 

 

Use this button only if directed to do so by qualified

 

 

 

support personnel or by the operating system

 

 

 

documentation.

6

System identification button

 

The identification buttons on the front and back panels of

 

 

 

the system can be used to locate a particular system

 

 

 

within a rack. When one of these buttons is pressed, the

 

 

 

LCD panel on the front and the system status indicator on

 

 

 

the back flash 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 integrated Dell Remote Access Controller

 

 

 

(iDRAC) (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup), press and hold

 

 

 

for more than 15 seconds.

7

LCD menu buttons

 

Allow you to navigate the control panel LCD menu.

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.

9

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 displays an error code followed by

 

 

 

descriptive text.

 

 

 

NOTE: If the system is connected to a power source

 

 

 

and an error is detected, the LCD lights amber

 

 

 

regardless of whether the system is turned on or off.

10

USB connectors (2)

 

Allow you to connect USB devices to the system. The

 

 

 

ports are USB 2.0-compliant.

11

Hard drives

 

Your system supports one of the following configurations:

 

 

 

• Up to eight 3.5 inch hot-swappable hard drives

• Up to eight 2.5 inch hot-swappable hard drives installed in the 3.5 inch hard-drive carriers

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Dell E20S001 owner manual Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector, NMI button