Front Panel Features - Dell PowerEdge R930 Owner's Manual

Front panel features

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 the PowerEdge R930 system
Figure 2. Front panel features of the PowerEdge R930 system
1 vFlash media card slot
3 NMI button
5 Video connector
7 USB port (2)
9 Hard drives
11 Slide lock
Table 1. Front panel features of the PowerEdge R930 system.
Item Indicator, Button, or Connector Icon
1 vFlash media card slot
2 Power button
3 NMI button
2 Power button
4 System identification button
6 LCD menu buttons
8 Information tag
10 Rack ears
12 Optical drive
Description
Use the vFlash media card slot to insert a vFlash media card.
Press the power button to turn the system on or off. The indicator
on the button indicates if the system is on or off.
NOTE: To gracefully shut down an ACPI-compliant
operating system, press the power button.
Press the NMI button to troubleshoot software and device driver
errors when running certain operating systems. Use the end of a
paper clip to press the NMI button.
NOTE: Use the NMI button only if directed to do so by
qualified support personnel or by the operating system
documentation.
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