Table 19 Server Panel, Ports, and Slots (continued)
Item Panel, Ports, and Slots Description
3 Rear handle The rear handle can be removed to enable any external cabling of
PCIe cards that are installed in the PCIe expansion card slot 6.
4 Drive slots The two rear 3.5 inch rear drive slots contain fillers.
5 Power supply unit (2) Two AC or DC power supply units (PSUs)
6 NIC ports The NIC ports that are integrated on the network daughter card
(NDC) provide network connectivity. The two left 10 GbE data ports
of each node connect to one of the data ports on the back-end
switches. The two right 10 GbE data ports of each node connect to
one of the data ports on the front-end switches.
7 USB port (2) The USB ports are 9-pin and 3.0-compliant. These ports enable you
to connect USB devices to the system.
8 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the system.
9 Serial port Enables you to connect a serial device to the system.
10 iDRAC9 dedicated port Enables you to remotely access iDRAC. For more information, see
the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) User’s
Guide.
11 System identification button The System Identification (ID) button is available on the front and
back of the systems. 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.
EX300 disk drives
Describes the disk drives that are integrated into the server chassis of the EX300 appliance.
EX300 nodes contain twelve 3.5 inch SATA front-accessible, hot-swappable drives in slots 0 to 11.
Disk size can be 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB, or 8 TB. All drives within a node must be of the same drive size,
but there can be nodes of differing drive sizes within a rack. In PCIe slot 1 of each node there is a
480 GB Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS) controller card with one M.2 stick.
EX300 Platform
ECS EXSeries Hardware Guide 65
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