Back Panel Features And Indicators - Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual

Drive-status indicator pattern (RAID only)
Flashes green three seconds, amber three
seconds, and turns off six seconds

Back panel features and indicators

Figure 6. Back panel features and indicators
Table 7. Back panel features and indicators
Item Indicator, button, or
connector
1 Serial connector
2 System identification
button
3 vFlash card slot
(optional)
4 iDRAC port (optional)
5 USB connectors (2)
6 PCIe expansion card slot
(x8 slot, low profile)
Condition
Rebuild stopped
Icon Description
Enables you to connect a serial device to the
system.
Enables you to locate a particular system within a
rack. The identification buttons are on the front
and back panels. 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 the button to turn the system ID on or 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 the iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC
setup) press and hold the button for more than 15
seconds.
Enables you to connect the vFlash card.
Enables you to install a dedicated management
port card.
Enable you to connect USB devices to the system.
The port is USB 3.0-compliant.
Enables you to connect a PCI Express expansion
card.
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