Hard-Drive Indicator Codes - Dell POWEREDGE 1950 Hardware Owner's Manual

Table 1-2. Front-Panel LED Indicators, Buttons, and Connectors (continued)
Ite Indicator, Button, or Connector
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4 LCD display
5 USB connectors (2)
6 Video connector
7 Hard drives (optional)
8 Optical drive (optional)
NOTE:
DVD devices are data only.

Hard-Drive Indicator Codes

If your hard drives are configured with the optional SAS RAID daughter card, two indicators on each of the
hard-drive carriers provide information on the status of the hard drives. See Figure 1-2 and Table 1-3. The
SAS backplane firmware controls the drive power-on/fault indicator.
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About Your System
Icon Description
Provides system ID, status information, and system error
messages.
The LCD display lights during normal system operation.
Both the systems management software and the
identification buttons located on the front and back of the
system can cause the LCD to flash blue to identify a
particular system.
The LCD display lights amber when the system needs
attention due to a problem with power supplies, fans,
system temperature, or hard drives.
NOTE:
error has been detected, the LCD display lights amber
regardless of whether the system has been powered on.
Connects USB 2.0-compliant devices to the system.
Connects a monitor to the system.
Four 2.5" drives or two 3.5" drives (shown in figure).
One optional slimline optical drive
If the system is connected to AC power and an