Front Panel; Front Panel Features Of A 4 X 3.5-Inch Hard Drive System - Dell PowerEdge R430 Owner's Manual

Front panel

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 diagnostic LEDs or the LCD panel is
prominently located on the front panel. The hot swappable hard drives are accessible from the front panel.

Front panel features of a 4 x 3.5-inch hard drive system

Figure 2. Front panel features of a 4 x 3.5-inch hard drive system
1. Power button
3. System identification button
5. LCD menu buttons
7. USB management port/iDRAC managed USB port
9. Information tag
11. Optical drive (optional)
Table 1. Front panel features of a 4 x 3.5-inch hard drive system (continued)
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
1 Power button
2 NMI button
3 System identification button
2. NMI button
4. Video connector
6. LCD panel
8. USB port
10. Hard drives
Icon Description
Indicates if the system is powered on or off. Press the power
button to manually power on or off the system.
NOTE:
ACPI-compliant operating system.
Press the Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button to
troubleshoot software application and device driver errors
when running certain operating systems. Use the end of a
paper clip to press the NMI button.
NOTE:
qualified support personnel or by the operating system
documentation.
The System Identification (ID) button is available on the front
and back panels. Press the button to identify a system in a
rack by powering on or off the system ID LED.
When pressed, the system ID LED in the back panel blinks
until either the front or rear button is pressed again. Press the
button to click between on or off mode.
NOTE:
and hold the System ID button for more than five
seconds to enter the BIOS progress mode.
Press the power button to gracefully shut down an
Use the NMI button only if directed to do so by
If the server stops responding during POST, press
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