Owners Manual

Front view of the system
The front view displays the features available on the front of the system.
Figure 2. Front view of 24 x 2.5 inch drive system
Table 1. Features available on the front of the 24 x 2.5 inch drive system
Item Panels and slots Icon Description
1 Left control panel N/A Contains system health and system ID, status LED or optional
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless).
2 Drive slots N/A Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system.
For more information about drives, see the www.dell.com/
poweredgemanuals section.
3 Right control panel N/A Contains the power button, VGA port, iDRAC Direct micro USB
port and two USB 2.0 ports.
4 Information tag N/A
The Information tag is a slide-out label panel that contains
system information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address,
and so on. If you have opted for the secure default access
to iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC secure
default password.
Figure 3. Front view of 12 x 3.5 inch drive system
Table 2. Features available on the front of the 12 x 3.5 inch drive system
Item Panels and slots Icon Description
1 Left control panel N/A Contains system health and system ID, status LED or optional
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless).
10 PowerEdge R740xd system overview