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Item 2 3 4 5 6 7 Indicator, Button, or Connector Icon NMI button System identification button Information tag Diagnostic indicators USB connectors Optical drive or tapedrive bay Description NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating systems, turning off the system using the power button causes the system to perform a graceful shutdown before power to the system is turned off. Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors when running certain operating systems. This button can be pressed using the end of a paper clip. Use this button only if directed to do so by qualified support personnel or by the operating system documentation. 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 LCD panel on the front and the system status indicator on the back flash until one of the buttons is pressed again. Press to toggle the system ID on and off. If the system stops responding during POST, press and hold the system ID button for more than five seconds to enter BIOS progress mode. To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in iDRAC setup) press and hold for more than 15 seconds. A slide-out label panel which contains system information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so on for your reference. The diagnostic indicators on the system front panel display error status during system startup. For more information, see Diagnostic indicators. Allows you to connect USB devices to the system. One port is USB 2.0-compliant and one port is USB 3.0-compliant. Allows you to install optical drives or tape drives. For more information on supported optical drives and tape drives, see Optical drives and tape drives (optional). 15

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Item
Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon
Description
NOTE:
On ACPI-compliant operating systems,
turning off the system using the power button
causes the system to perform a graceful
shutdown before power to the system is
turned off.
2
NMI button
Used to troubleshoot software and device driver
errors when running certain operating systems.
This button can be pressed using the end of a
paper clip.
Use this button only if directed to do so by
qualified support personnel or by the operating
system documentation.
3
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 LCD panel on the front and the
system status indicator on the back flash until one
of the buttons is pressed again.
Press to toggle the system ID on and off.
If the system stops responding during POST, press
and hold the system ID button for more than five
seconds to enter BIOS progress mode.
To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in <F2> iDRAC
setup) press and hold for more than 15 seconds.
4
Information tag
A slide-out label panel which contains system
information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC
address, and so on for your reference.
5
Diagnostic indicators
The diagnostic indicators on the system front
panel display error status during system startup.
For more information, see
Diagnostic indicators
.
6
USB connectors
Allows you to connect USB devices to the system.
One port is USB 2.0-compliant and one port is USB
3.0-compliant.
7
Optical drive or tape-
drive bay
Allows you to install optical drives or tape drives.
For more information on supported optical drives
and tape drives, see
Optical drives and tape drives
(optional)
.
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