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Table 1. Features available on the front of the 4 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSD drives for XE9640 Intel and NVIDIA
GPU configuration
Item
Ports, panels, and
slots
1
Left control panel
2
Drives
3
BOSS-N1
4
Right control panel
5
Express service tag
System configurations - rear view for PowerEdge
XE9640
Figure 2. XE9640 chassis rear view
Table 2. Rear view of the system
Item
Ports, panels, or slots
1
PCIe expansion card riser 1
(slot 1)
2
NIC Ports
3
PCIe expansion card riser 1
(slot 2)
4
OCP NIC card
5
System Identification (ID)
button
10
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Description
N/A
Contains the system health, system ID, and the status LED indicator.
N/A
Enables you to install drives that are supported on your system.
N/A
There are two M.2 connectors populated on the board and support
two NVMe drives for boot.
N/A
Contains the power button, USB port, iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB)
port.
N/A
The Express Service Tag is a slide-out label panel that contains
system information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so
on. If you have opted for the secure default access to iDRAC, the
Information tag will also contain the iDRAC secure default password.
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Description
NA
The expansion card riser enables you to connect PCI Express
expansion cards.
The NIC ports are embedded on the LOM card that is connected to
the system board.
NA
The expansion card riser enables you to connect PCI Express
expansion cards.
N/A
The OCP NIC card supports OCP 3.0. The NIC ports are integrated
on the OCP card which is connected to the system board.
The System Identification (ID) button is available on the front and
back of the system. Press the button to identify a system in a rack
by turning on the system ID button. You can also use the system ID
button to reset iDRAC and to access BIOS using the step through
mode. 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
toggle between on or off mode.
NOTE:
hold the System ID button for more than five seconds to enter
the BIOS progress mode
If the server stops responding during POST, press and
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