Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 Installation and Service Manual

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Front view of the system

The front view displays the features available on the front of the system.

This image shows front view of 16 x 2.5 inch drive system. — Figure 1. Front view of 16 x 2.5 inch drive system

Table 1. Features available on the front of 16 x 2.5 inch drive systemThe table below describes the features available on the front view:
Item	Ports, panels and slots	Icon	Description
1	Left control panel	N/A	Contains system health and system ID, status LED and optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless).
2	Drive slots	N/A	Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For more information about drives, see www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals section.
3	Optical drive (optional)	N/A	Enables you to retrieve and store data on optical discs such as compact discs (CD) and digital versatile discs (DVD). For more information, see www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals section.
4	USB 3.0 port (optional)		The USB ports are 9-pin, 3.0-compliant. These ports enable you to connect USB devices to the system.
5	Right control panel	N/A	Contains the power button, VGA port, iDRAC Direct micro USB port, and two USB 2.0 ports.
6	Information tag	N/A	The Information tag is a slide-out label panel that contains system information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so on. If you have opted for the secure default access to iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC secure default password.

This image shows front view of 8 x 2.5-inch drive system. — Figure 2. Front view of 8 x 2.5-inch drive system

Table 2. Features available on the front of 8 x 2.5-inch drive systemThe table below describes the features available on the front view:
Item	Ports, panels and slots	Icon	Description
1	Left control panel	N/A	Contains system health and system ID, status LED and optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless).
2	Drive slots	N/A	Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For more information about drives, see www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals section.
3	Optical drive (optional)	N/A	Enables you to retrieve and store data on optical discs such as compact discs (CD) and digital versatile discs (DVD). For more information, see www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals section.
4	USB 3.0 port (optional)		The USB ports are 9-pin, 3.0-compliant. These ports enable you to connect USB devices to the system.
5	Right control panel	N/A	Contains the power button, VGA port, iDRAC Direct micro USB port, and two USB 2.0 ports.
6	Information tag	N/A	The Information tag is a slide-out label panel that contains system information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so on. If you have opted for the secure default access to iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC secure default password.

This image shows front view of 8 x 3.5 inch drive system. — Figure 3. Front view of 8 x 3.5 inch drive system

Table 3. Features available on the front of 8 x 3.5 inch drive systemThe table below describes the features available on the front view:
Item	Ports, panels and slots	Icon	Description
1	Left control panel	N/A	Contains system health and system ID, status LED and optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless).
2	Drive slots	N/A	Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For more information about drives, see www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals section.
3	USB 3.0 port (optional)		The USB ports are 9-pin, 3.0-compliant. These ports enable you to connect USB devices to the system.
4	Optical drive (optional)	N/A	Enables you to retrieve and store data on optical discs such as compact discs (CD) and digital versatile discs (DVD). For more information, see www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals section.
5	Right control panel	N/A	Contains the power button, VGA port, iDRAC Direct micro USB port, and two USB 2.0 ports.
6	Information tag	N/A	The Information tag is a slide-out label panel that contains system information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so on. If you have opted for the secure default access to iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC secure default password.

NOTE: For more information, see the Dell EMCPowerEdgeR740 Technical Specifications on the product documentation page.