Table 5. Features available on the front of 12 x 3.5-inch drive system 
Item Ports, panels, and
slots
Icon Description
1 Left control panel N/A Contains the system health, system ID, and the status LED indicator.
2 Drive N/A Enables you to install drives that are supported on your system.
3 Right control panel N/A Contains the power button with integrated power LED, 1 x VGA port,
1 x 2.0 USB port, iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port, and the iDRAC
Direct status LED.
4 Information tag N/A The Express Service 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 will also contain the iDRAC secure default password.
NOTE: For more information about ports, panels, and slots, see the Technical specifications section.
Rear view of the system
Figure 6. Rear view of system Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) configuration
Table 6. Rear view of the system with Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) configuration 
Item Ports, panels, or slots Icon Description
1 PCIe expansion card riser 1
(slot 1 and slot 2)
N/A The expansion card riser enables you to connect PCI Express
expansion cards. For more information , see the Expansion card
installation guidelines section.
2 BOSS module N/A BOSS-N1 module.
3 PCIe expansion card riser 3
(slot 4 and slot 5)
N/A The expansion card riser enables you to connect PCI Express
expansion cards. For more information , see the Expansion card
installation guidelines section.
4 Coolant tubes N/A Cold coolant flows into the system from one tube and hot coolant
leaves the system from another tube.
5 PCIe expansion card riser 4
(slot 7 and slot 8)
N/A The expansion card riser enables you to connect PCI Express
expansion cards. For more information , see the Expansion card
installation guidelines section.
6 Power supply unit (PSU2) PSU2 is the secondary PSU of the system.
7 USB 2.0 port The USB port is 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. This port enables you to
connect USB devices to the system.
8 USB 3.0 port The USB port is 9-pin and 3.0-compliant. This port enables you to
connect USB devices to the system.
12 System overview