Table 1. 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
iDRA
C Quick Sync 2 (wireless).
2 Drive slots (3.5 inch or 2.5
inch drives)
N/A Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For
more information about drives, see the
Technical specica
tions
section.
3 Right control panel N/A Contains the power button, two USB 2.0 ports, iDRAC Direct port,
iDRAC Direct LED, and VGA port.
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). For more
information, see the
Technical specica
tions section.
6 USB 3.0 port (optional)
The USB port is a 9-pin, 3.0-compliant. This port enables you to
connec
t USB devices to the system.
Left control panel view
Figure 5. Left control panel without optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2.0 indicator
Figure 6. Left control panel with optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2.0 indicator
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