Dell PowerEdge XE9780 Installation and Service Manual

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Right Control Panel (RCP)

The right control panel encompasses many of the features that are no longer supported by the left control panel.

This image shows the right control panel view — Figure 1. Right control panel view

Table 1. Right control panelItem 1 is the power button, which indicates if the system is turned on or off. Item 2 is the USB port, which enables you to connect USB devices to the system. Item 3 is the iDRAC Direct LED, indicates that the iDRAC Direct port is connected. Item 4 is the iDRAC Direct port, which enables you to access the iDRAC direct features.
Item	Indicator or button	Icon	Description
1	Ambient sensor vent	N/A	Ambient sensor vent senses the temperature of the surrounding.
2	System Identification (ID) button		Pressing the system ID button activates an indicator light (often a blue LED on the back) to help you locate that specific server within a rack. NOTE:Pressing System ID button for more than 15 seconds can reset the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)
3	Type-C for iDRAC Direct	N/A	The USB port is 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. This port enables you to connect USB devices to the system or use it as iDRAC direct port. The iDRAC direct Type C USB port can be used by connecting Dell USB-C to 2.5 Gbps Ethernet Adapter dongle (DP/N : HYRGV). Once connected, the laptop would be assigned IP 169.254.0.4 automatically and user will now be able to access iDrac webGUI/ssh. NOTE:To configure the Type-C USB port as iDRAC management port see iDRAC10 User Guide.
4	Light bar	N/A	The light bar shows the overall system health LED (Chassis health and system ID) bar to indicate and identify any failed HW components. Indicates the system health. For more information, see the System health and system ID indicator codes section. The LED behavior is broken in two subsets, “light bar” and “status LEDs.” The light bar also functions as button(s). The upper half of the light bar is “Chassis Health” that will also function as “System ID” when pressed. The lower half of the light bar is the “Wireless activation button.”
5	Power button		Indicates if the system is powered on or off. Press the power button to manually power on or off the system. NOTE:Press the power button to gracefully shut down the ACPI-compliant operating system.

NOTE:To ensure accurate inlet temperature readings, remove the mylar film from the holes under the USB port (item 3) and avoid blocking these holes with labels or other materials.