Figure 5. Front view of 12 x 3.5 inch drive system
Figure 6. Front view of 8 x 3.5 inch drive system
Table 5. Features available on the front of the system
Item Panels and slots Icon Description
1 Left control panel N/A Contains system health and system ID, status LED, and the
optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless).
2 Drives N/A Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system.
3 Right control panel N/A Contains the power button, VGA port, iDRAC Direct micro USB
port and two USB 2.0 ports.
4 Information tag N/A
The Information 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 also contains the iDRAC secure default password.
5 Optical drive (optional) N/A Enables you to retrieve and store data on optical discs such as
compact discs (CD) and digital versatile discs (DVD).
6 USB 3.0 port (optional) The USB port is a 9-pin, 3.0-compliant. This port enables you to
connect USB devices to the system.
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