Dell PowerEdge R940 Installation and Service Manual

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Front view of the system

You can access the following components from the front of the system:

This image shows the front view of 24 x 2.5-inch drive system. — Figure 1. Front view of 24 x 2.5-inch drive system

Table 1. Features available on the front view of 24 x 2.5-inch drive systemThe following table provides information about the features that are available on the front of the system
Item	Component	Icon	Description
1	Left control panel	N/A	Contains the system health and system ID, status LED, and the iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless) indicator. NOTE:The iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicator is available only on certain configurations.
2	Drive slots	N/A	Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For more information about drives, see the Technical specifications section.
3	Right control panel	N/A	Contains the power button, VGA port, iDRAC Direct port and USB ports.
4	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 the 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 view of 8 x 2.5-inch drive systemThe following table provides information about the features that are available on the front of the system
Item	Component	Icon	Description
1	Left control panel	N/A	Contains the system health and system ID, status LED, and the iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless) indicator. NOTE:The iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicator is available only on certain configurations.
2	Drive slots	N/A	Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For more information about drives, see the Technical specifications section.
3	Right control panel	N/A	Contains the power button, VGA port, iDRAC Direct port and USB ports.
4	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.
5	Drive bay blank	N/A	For the 8 x 2.5-inch drive system, a drive bay blank is installed in the hard drive slots 8 - 23.

For more information, see the Dell EMCPowerEdgeR940 Technical Specifications on the product documentation page.