Back-Panel Features And Indicators - Dell PowerEdge R430 Owner's Manual

Drive-status indicator pattern (RAID only)
Blinks green, amber, and turns off
Blinks amber four times per second
Blinks green slowly
Steady green
Blinks green three seconds, amber three
seconds, and turns off six seconds

Back-panel features and indicators

Figure 7. Back-panel features and indicators
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
1 Serial connector
2 Ethernet connector 1
3 vFlash card slot
(optional)
4 iDRAC port (optional)
5 PCIe expansion card
slots (2)
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Condition
NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off until
all hard drives are initialized after the system is
turned on. Drives are not ready for insertion or
removal during this time.
Predicted drive failure
Drive failed
Drive rebuilding
Drive online
Rebuild aborted
Icon Description
Allows you to connect a serial device to the
system.
Integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps NIC connector.
Allows you to connect the vFlash card.
Dedicated management port on the iDRAC ports
card.
Allows you to connect a PCI Express expansion
card.