Table 5. Features available on the front of the 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 Optical blank (optional) N/A One optional slim SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW blank.
3 Drive N/A Enables you to install drives that are supported on your system.
4 Right control panel N/A Contains the power button, VGA port, USB port, iDRAC Direct
(Micro-AB USB) port and the iDRAC Direct status LED.
5 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 will also contain the iDRAC secure default password.
NOTE: For more information about ports, panels, and slots, see the Technical specifications section.
Left control panel view
Figure 6. Left control panel
Table 6. Left control panel
Item Indicator, button, or
connector
Icon Description
1 Status LED indicators NA Indicates the status of the system. For more information, see the
Status LED indicators section.
2 System health and system
ID
Indicates the system health. For more information, see the System
health and system ID indicator codes section.
Figure 7. Left control panel with optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicator
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System overview