Drive Carrier I/O; Rear I/O Panel; Raid Configuration - Rackable Systems S3118 User Manual

The S3118 server's front I/O panel (figure 6) provides (left to right) a power on/off button; power, hard
drive activity, and management LEDs; and an RJ45 serial port supporting serial redirection for remote
management. At the far left (not pictured), there is also an LCD screen that can be programmed via the
remote management card or from the host operating system. The CD-ROM drive is in the middle.
3.1.1 Power Button
There is one push-button button located on the front of the chassis. This is the power on/off button. When
the system is in an "off" state, pressing this button once powers the system on. When the system is in an
"on" state, pressing the button and then releasing it powers the system off. Please note that some
motherboards require pressing and holding the button before power off will take effect.
3.1.2 Front Control Panel LED's
On the right hand side of the S3118 chassis are three LED's that provide you with critical information
pertaining to the functioning of your system.
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Power: The yellow LED on the left indicates that the server is currently on. When the LED is off,
the system is off, even if the AC power cords are plugged into the server.
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Hard drive activity: The blue LED in the middle indicates that activity is occurring on the boot
hard drive.
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Management: The red LED on the right is a management/fault indicator light that is controlled via
the remote management card.
3.1.3 LCD and Remote Management Serial Port
On the far left side of the I/O panel is an LCD screen that can be used to display information about the
server. It can be accessed as a serial device in the operating system via the remote management card.
On the far right side of the I/O panel is an RJ45 port that provides remote serial management access to
the server via the remote management card. Please see the Rackable Systems Remote Management
Manual for more information on how to use these features.

3.2 Drive Carrier I/O

Each drive carrier provides a green LED for drive power and a blue LED for drive activity (figure 7).
For SCSI system configurations equipped with SAF-TE support, the power LED will turn amber to indicate
hard drive failure and will blink amber to indicate a drive that is rebuilding.

3.3 Rear I/O Panel

The S3118's rear I/O panel provides I/O ports for keyboard, mouse, video, Ethernet, USB, and serial
connectivity. If the floppy option was selected, it is accessible at the rear as well. This is where you will
find the two additional swappable drives not visible from the front of the server.

4 RAID Configuration

Before you can use your S3118 server you may want to reconfigure RAID.
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Figure 7: Hard drive carrier indicators
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Blue LED: hard drive activity
Green LED: hard drive power
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