Item

Indicator, Button,

Icon

Description

 

or Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Power-on indicator/

 

The power-on indicator lights

 

power button

 

when the system power is on.

 

 

 

The power button controls the

 

 

 

DC power supply output to the system.

 

 

 

When the optional system bezel is

 

 

 

installed, the power button is not

 

 

 

accessible.

 

 

 

NOTE: When powering on the system,

 

 

 

the video monitor can take from several

 

 

 

seconds to over 2 minutes to display an

 

 

 

image, depending on the amount of

 

 

 

memory installed in 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.

 

 

 

NOTE: To force an ungraceful shutdown,

 

 

 

press and hold the power button for

 

 

 

five seconds.

3

NMI button

 

Used to troubleshoot software and

 

 

 

device driver errors when using 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.

4

System identification

 

The identification buttons on the front

 

button

 

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 blue

 

 

 

system status indicator on the back blink

 

 

 

until one of the buttons is pushed again.

5

Hard drives

 

Up to twelve 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch,

 

 

 

hot-swappable SAS or SATA drives.

About Your System

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Dell R510 owner manual Five seconds, NMI button Used to troubleshoot software