Owners Manual

Item Indicator, Button, or

Connector

Icon Description

NOTE: If your system is installed with a double-width

GPU card, the system supports only one 5.25 inch

removable media storage device.

12 Hard drives

Your system supports one of the following configurations:

• Up to eight 3.5 inch hot-swappable hard drives.

• Up to eight 2.5 inch hot-swappable hard drives

installed in 3.5 inch hard-drive carriers.

• Up to sixteen 2.5 inch hot-swappable hard drives.

LCD Panel Features

NOTE: The LCD panel is supported only on systems with hot-swappable hard drives.

The system's LCD panel provides system information and status and error messages to indicate when the system is

operating correctly or when the system needs attention. See System Error Messages for information about specific

error codes.

• The LCD backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights amber to indicate an error condition.

• The LCD backlight is off when the system is in standby mode and can be turned on by pressing either the Select,

Left, or Right indicator button on the LCD panel.

• The LCD backlight remains off if LCD messaging is turned off through the iDRAC utility, the LCD panel, or other tools.

Figure 5. LCD Panel Features

Item Button Description

1 Left Moves the cursor back in one-step increments.

2 Select Selects the menu item highlighted by the cursor.

3 Right Moves the cursor forward in one-step increments.

During message scrolling:

• Press once to increase scrolling speed.

• Press again to stop.

• Press again to return to default scrolling speed.

• Press again to repeat the cycle.

Home Screen

The Home screen displays user-configurable information about the system. This screen is displayed during normal

system operation when there are no status messages or errors. When the system is in standby mode, the LCD backlight