Specifications

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4.2 Front panel
The front panel of Power Systems compute nodes has the following common
elements, as shown in Figure 4-4:
򐂰 One USB 2.0 port
򐂰 Power button and light path, light-emitting diode (LED) (green)
򐂰 Location LED (blue)
򐂰 Information LED (amber)
򐂰 Fault LED (amber)
Figure 4-4 Front panel of the IBM Flex System p260 Compute Node
The USB port on the front of the Power Systems compute nodes is useful for
various tasks, including out-of-band diagnostic tests, hardware RAID setup,
operating system access to data on removable media, and local OS installation.
It might be helpful to obtain a USB optical (CD or DVD) drive for these purposes,
in case the need arises.
The front panel of the p460 is similar and is shown in Figure 1-3 on page 12.
Tip: There is no optical drive in the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis.
USB 2.0 port Power button LEDs (left-right):
location, info, fault