Owners Manual

Front panel features

The front panel provides access to the features available on the front of the server, such as the power

button, NMI button, system identification tag, system identification button, and USB and VGA ports. The

hot swappable hard drives are accessible from the front panel.

Front panel features of a 4 x 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis

Figure 2. Front panel features of a 4 x 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis

1. power button 2. Diagnostic indicator

3. Information tag 4. Hard drive

Table 2. Front panel features of a 4 x 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis

Indicator, Button, or

Connector

Icon Description

power button

Press the power button to turn the system on or off. The

indicator on the button indicates if the system is on or off.

NOTE: To gracefully shut down an ACPI-compliant

operating system, press the power button.

Diagnostic indicator The diagnostic indicator lights up to display error status.

For more information, see the Diagnostic indicators

section.

Information tag

Displays system information such as service tag, NIC, and

MAC address.

NOTE: The information tag is a slide-out label panel.

Hard drives Up to four 3.5-inch hot-swappable hard drives/SSDs.

For information about the supported hard drives, see the

Technical specifications section.