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About Your System

Front-Panel Features And Indicators

Figure 1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators—Four 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive System

Item

Indicator, Button, or

Icon

Description

 

Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

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 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.

2

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'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 pressed, the LCD panel on

 

 

 

the front and 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 the button for more than 15 seconds.

4

Video connector

 

Allows you to connect a VGA display to the system.

5

LCD menu buttons

 

Allows you to navigate the control panel LCD menu.

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Dell R420, E18S001 owner manual Front-Panel Features And Indicators, Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector

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