Lcd Panel Features - Dell PowerEdge T420 Owner's Manual

Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
4 LCD menu buttons
5 Information tag
6 LCD panel
7 Video connector
8 USB connectors (2)
9 Optical drive 1 (optional)
10 Optical drive 2 (optional)
11 Tape drive (optional)
12 Hard drives

LCD Panel Features

NOTE: The LCD panel is supported only on systems with hot-swappable hard drives.
The system's LCD panel provides system information and status and error messages to indicate when the system is
operating correctly or when the system needs attention. See System Error Messages for information about specific
error codes.
• The LCD backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights amber to indicate an error condition.
• The LCD backlight is off when the system is in standby mode and can be turned on by pressing either the Select,
Left, or Right indicator button on the LCD panel.
Icon Description
Allow you to navigate the control panel LCD menu.
A slide-out label panel which allows you to record system
information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and
so on.
Displays system ID, status information, and system error
messages. The LCD lights blue during normal system
operation. The LCD lights amber when the system needs
attention, and the LCD panel displays an error code
followed by descriptive text.
NOTE: If the system is connected to a power source
and an error is detected, the LCD lights amber
regardless of whether the system is turned on or off.
Allows you to connect a VGA display to the system.
Allow you to connect USB devices to the system. The
ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
Up to two optional SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW
drive.
NOTE: If your system is installed with a double-width
GPU card, the system supports only one 5.25 inch
removable media storage device.
One 5.25 inch optional tape drive.
NOTE: If your system is installed with a double-width
GPU card, the system supports only one 5.25 inch
removable media storage device.
Your system supports one of the following configurations:
• Up to eight 3.5 inch hot-swappable hard drives.
• Up to eight 2.5 inch hot-swappable hard drives
installed in 3.5 inch hard-drive carriers.
• Up to sixteen 2.5 inch hot-swappable hard drives.
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