Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge FX2 and FX2s Enclosure Owner's Manual
- About your Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s
- Initial system configuration
- PowerEdge FX2/FX2s mapping configurations
- Installing and removing PowerEdge FX2/FX2s enclosure components
- Customer and field replaceable units—PowerEdge FX2/FX2s
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- System cover
- Sleds
- Inside the system
- CMC module
- I/O module
- PCIe module
- Expansion cards
- Power supply units
- Cooling fans
- Cooling-fan cage
- PCIe switch board
- Fan interface board
- Interposer module
- Midplane assembly
- Control panel
- KVM panel
- Troubleshooting your system
- Technical specifications—PowerEdge FX2/FX2s
- Getting help
Table 2. Front panel features and indicators—PowerEdge FX2/FX2s
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon 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.
Diagnostic indicators
The diagnostic indicators on the system front panel display error status during system startup.
NOTE:
No diagnostic indicators are lit when the system is switched off. To start the system, plug it into a working power
source and press the power button.
The following table describes the system conditions and possible corrective actions associated with the diagnostic indicators.
Table 3. Diagnostic indicators
Health indicator
Condition Corrective Action
If the system is on, and in good
health, the indicator lights solid
blue.
None required.
The indicator blinks amber if the
system is on or in standby, and any
error exists (for example, a failed
fan or hard drive)
See the CMC Log or system messages for the specific issue.
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