Front Panel Features And Indicators - Dell PowerEdge R330 Owner's Manual

Front panel features and indicators

Figure 2. Front panel features and indicators — four 3.5-inch hot-swappable hard drive chassis
Table 1. Front panel features and indicators— four 3.5-inch hot-swappable hard drive chassis
Item Indicator, button, or
connector
1 Power-on indicator, power
button
2 NMI button
3 System identification button
4 Video connector
5 LCD menu buttons
6 LCD panel
Icon Description
Enables you to know the power status of the system. The power-
on indicator glows when the system power is on. The power
button controls the power supply output to the system.
NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating systems, turning off
the system by pressing the power button causes the
system to perform a graceful shutdown before power to
the system is turned off.
Enables you to troubleshoot software and device driver errors
when running certain operating systems. This button can be
pressed by 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's documentation.
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 system identification 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 iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup), press and hold
the button for more than 15 seconds.
Enables you to connect a display to the system.
Enables you to navigate the control panel LCD menu.
Displays system ID, status information, and system error messages.
See the LCD panel features section.
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