Item

Indicator, Button, or

Icon

Description

 

Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Electrical indicator

6Hard-drive indicator

7Health indicator

8System status indicator

External airflow is obstructed.

See Getting Help.

The indicator blinks amber if the system experiences an electrical error (for example, voltage out of range, or a failed power supply or voltage regulator).

See the System Event Log or system messages for the specific issue. Re-seat the power supply by removing and reinstalling it. If the problem persists, see Getting Help.

The indicator blinks green to indicate hard-drive activity.

If the system is on, and in good health, the indicator lights solid blue.

The indicator blinks amber if the system is on or in standby, and any error exists (for example, a failed fan or hard drive).

Lights blue during normal system operation.

Lights amber when the system needs attention due to a problem.

See the System Event Log or system messages for the specific issue.

Invalid memory configurations can cause the system to halt at startup without any video output. See Getting Help.

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System identification

The identification buttons on the front and back

 

button

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 front

 

 

and the back of the system 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 the iDRAC

 

 

Settings option) press and hold the button for

 

 

more than 15 seconds.

10

USB connectors (2)

Allow you to connect USB devices to the system.

 

 

The ports are USB 2.0-compliant.

11

System service tag

A slide-out label panel that allows you to record

 

 

system information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC

 

 

address, and so on as per your need.

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