Dell PowerEdge R910 - Front Panel View and Features; Figure 2. Front Panel View

Dell
Dell PowerEdge R910 Technical Guide 14
4.3 Front Panel View and Features
Figure 2. Front Panel View
The following components and connectors are located on the front of the R910:
 Power-on indicator, power button
 USB connectors; connects USB devices to the system; two 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant
 LCD menu buttons which allow you to navigate the control panel LCD menu
 LCD panel which provides system ID, status information, and system error messages
 Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button
 Ambient temperature sensor
 System identification button
 Optical drive (optional)
 Hard drives
The LCD panel is a graphics display controlled by the iDRAC. Error codes can be sent to the display by
either ESM or BIOS. See the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System
chapter of the PowerEdge R910 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals for more
information.
BIOS has the ability to enter a Secure Mode through Setup, which locks the Power and NMI buttons.
When in this mode, pressing either button has no effect and does not mask other sources of NMI and
power control.
The system control panel is located on the front of the system chassis to provide user access to
buttons, display, and I/O interfaces. See the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About
Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R910 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals
for more information.
Features of the system control panel include:
 ACPI-compliant power button with an integrated green power LED (controlled by iDRAC6)
 128x20 pixel LCD panel with controls
 Two navigation buttons
 One select button
 One system ID button
 Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button (recessed)
 Ambient temperature sensor
 Two external USB 2.0 connectors