.Figure 1. Front panel—
3.5-inch hard drive plus four PCIe SSD chassis
SD vFlash card slot
power button
NMI button
System identification button
LCD menu buttons
Information tag
LCD panel
iDRAC Direct port
VGA connector
USB connector
Optical drive or tapedrive bay
Flex Bay
PCIe SSDs
3.5-inch hard drives
Table 1. Front panel
button and connector descriptionThis table states the front-panel button, indicator,
and chassis and connector description.
Item
Button, or
connector
Icon
Description
1
SD vFlash card slot
Use this to insert a vFlash
media card. The vFlash media card is an SD card that extends the functionalities
of the iDRAC enterprise card.
2
Power-on indicator, power
button
The power-on indicator turns
on when the system power is 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.
3
NMI button
Use this
button to troubleshoot software and device driver errors when running
certain operating systems. This button can be pressed using the end
of a paper clip.
NOTE: Use this button only if directed to do so by qualified support personnel
or by the operating system documentation.
4
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 flash until
one of the buttons is pressed again.
Press to toggle
the system ID ON or 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
for more than 15 seconds.
5
LCD menu buttons
Use this button to navigate the control
panel LCD menu.
6
Information tag
Contains system information such as service tag, NIC,
MAC address for your reference. The information tag is a slide-out
label panel.
7
LCD panel
Displays system ID, status
information, and system error messages. The LCD flashes blue during
normal system operation. When the system needs attention, the LCD
turns amber, 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 flashes amber
regardless of whether the system is turned on or off.
8
USB management port/iDRAC
Direct port
The USB management port can function
as a regular USB port or provide access to the iDRAC Direct features.
For more information, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
User's Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals.
This
port is USB 2.0-compliant
9
VGA connector
Allows you to connect a VGA display
to the system.
NOTE: The VGA connector is available
only in the rack-mode configuration of your system. For information
about converting your system from tower to the rack mode, see Preparing
a system for conversion from tower mode to rack mode section.
10
USB connector
Use this to connect USB devices to
the system. This port is USB 3.0-compliant.
11
Optical drive or tape-drive
bay
Use this to install optical drives
or tape drives. For more information on supported optical drives and
tape drives, see the section Optical drives and tape drives section.
12
Flex Bay
Supports installation of up to four
PCIe SSDs
13
PCIe SSDs
Up to four PCIe SSDs
14
Physical drives
Up to eight 3.5-inch hard drives
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