Dell DD and PowerProtect Hardware 8.0 Features and Specifications

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Front LEDs

Figure 1. Front left control panel status LEDs
Status LEDs on front left control panel
NOTE:The indicators display solid amber if any error occurs.
Table 1. System health and system ID indicator codesIndicator codes for system health and system ID
System health and ID indicator code Description
Solid blue Indicates that the system is turned on, the system is healthy, and system ID mode is not active. Press the system health and system ID button to switch to system ID mode.
Blinking blue Indicates that the system ID mode is active. Press the system health and system ID button to switch to system health mode.
Solid amber Indicates that the system is in fail-safe mode.
Blinking amber Indicates that the system is experiencing a fault. Check the System event log or the LCD panel, if available on the bezel, for specific error messages.
Figure 2. Front right control panel power button LEDs
Status LEDs on front right control panel
Table 2. Right control panel features Features of right control panels
Item Indicator, button, or connector Description
1 Power button Indicates if the system is turned on or off. Press the power button to manually turn on or off the system.
NOTE:Press the power button to gracefully shutdown an ACPI-compliant operating system.
2 USB port (2) The USB ports are 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. These ports enable you to connect USB devices to the system.
3 iDRAC Direct port The iDRAC Direct port is micro USB 2.0-compliant. This port enables you to access the iDRAC Direct features.
4 iDRAC Direct LED The iDRAC Direct LED indicator lights up to indicate that the iDRAC Direct port is connected.
5 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the system.
Table 3. iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes Indicator codes for iDRAC Direct LED
iDRAC Direct LED indicator code Condition
Solid green for two seconds Indicates that the laptop or tablet is connected.
Flashing green (on for two seconds and off for two seconds) Indicates that the laptop or tablet that is connected is recognized.
Turns of Indicates that the laptop or tablet is unplugged.
Figure 3. Drive LEDs
LEDs of the drives

The front panel contains slots for system SSDs. Each SSD is housed in a drive carrier that contains two LEDs at the bottom of the carrier. The left blue LED of the carrier is lit whenever an SSD is present in the slot, and it blinks when I/O activity is occurring on the disk. The right amber LED is usually off and lights amber to indicate that the disk is faulted and must be serviced.

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