Item | Indicator, Button, or | Icon | Description |
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| the front and the system status indicator on the back |
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| flashes until one of the buttons is pressed again. |
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| Press to toggle the system ID on and off. |
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| If the system stops responding during POST, press and |
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| hold the system ID button for more than five seconds to |
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| enter BIOS progress mode. |
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| To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup) press |
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| 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. |
6 | Information tag |
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| information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address and |
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| so on as per your need. |
7 | LCD panel |
8Optical drive (optional)
9Hard drives
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 a power source and an error is detected, the LCD lights amber regardless of whether the system is turned on or off.
One optional SATA
3.5 inch hard | Up to eight 3.5 inch hot- |
drive systems | swappable drives. |
2.5 inch hard | Up to sixteen 2.5 inch hot- |
drive systems | swappable hard drives. |
| NOTE: In systems |
| supporting Dell PowerEdge |
| Express Flash devices (PCIe |
| SSDs), |
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| 2 support only PCIe SSDs. |
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| support any hard drives and |
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| blank. |
10 | vFlash media card slot | Allows you to insert a vFlash media card. |
11 | USB connectors (2) | Allows you to connect USB devices to the system. The |
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