Dell PowerEdge FX2 and FX2s Enclosure Owner's Manual

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Front panel features and indicators—PowerEdge FX2/FX2s

Table 1. Front panel features and indicators—PowerEdge FX2/FX2sItem 1 are the system identification buttons on the front and back panels that 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 and 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 the button for more than 15 seconds. Item 2 is the power-on indicator or power button that glows when the system power is on. The power button controls the power supply output to the system. Note that on ACPI-compliant operating systems, turning off the system by using the power button causes the system to perform a graceful shutdown before power to the system is turned off. Item 3 is the diagnostic indicators that glows when the system power is on. The diagnostic indicators display error status during the system start up. Item 4 is the KVM select button that allows you to map the KVM to the sleds. Item 5 is a sled. The PowerEdge FX2/FX2s supports up to four half-width compute sleds, or eight quarter-width compute sleds, or two full-width compute sleds, or four quarter-width compute sleds and two half-width compute sleds, or one full-width compute sled and up to two half-width compute sleds. Item 6 is the video connector that allows you to connect a display to the system. Item 7 is the USB connector that allows you to connect USB devices to the system. The ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
Item	Indicator, Button, or Connector	Description
1	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 system status indicator on the back flashes until one of the buttons is pressed again. Press to toggle the system ID on and off.
2	Enclosure power-on indicator, power button	The power-on indicator turns on when the enclosure power is on. The power button controls the power supply output to the system. For more information, see Power Button Functions.
3	Diagnostic indicators	The diagnostic indicators turns on to display error status. For more information, see Diagnostic Indicators.
4	KVM select button	Enables you to map the KVM to the sleds.
5	Sleds	PowerEdge FX2/FX2s supports up to: four half-width compute sleds, or eight quarter-width compute sleds, or two full-width compute sleds, or four quarter-width compute sleds and two half-width compute sleds, or one full-width compute sled and up to two half-width compute sleds NOTE: PowerEdge FX2s supports a combination of compute and storage sleds. For information on mapping of storage sleds to compute sleds in PowerEdge FX2s, see the Dell PowerEdge FD332 Owner's Manual at Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
6	Video connector	Enables you to connect a monitor to the system.
7	USB connector	Enables you to connect a keyboard or mouse to the system.