Dell PowerEdge T420 - Chassis Features; Table 5. Chassis Features

14 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide
Chassis features
Table 5 lists the various features on the T420. For additional information, see the Dell PowerEdge
T420 Systems Owner’s Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals.
Table 5. Chassis features
Feature
Description
Power button
ACPI-compliant power button with an integrated green power LED
Front bezel
Covers the system’s front-loading hard drives and locks for security
NMI button
Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors; use only if directed
to do so by qualified support personnel or by the operating system's
documentation
System identification button
Buttons on the back and front of a system to help identify the unit in a data
center environment
Hard drives
Up to 16 2.5-inch drives
USB connectors
Connects USB devices to the server
Information tag
Slide-out label panel for recording system information
Video connector
Connects a monitor to the server; one port on the back of the tower chassis
or a port on both the front and back of the rack chassis
LCD panel and buttons
Displays system ID, status information, and system error messages;
two navigation butons on the hot-plug chassis to scroll through the menu
on the LCD and one select button
Optical drive
Optional half-height DVD or DVD+RW drive
Power supply units
Supplies power to the server
Power supply indicators
Indicates whether server has power
NIC indicators
Indicates network activity and status
PCIe slots
Connects PCIe expansion cards to the server
Ethernet connectors
Connects integrated 10/100/1000 NICs to the server
Serial connector
Connects a serial device to the server
iDRAC7 Enterprise port
Dedicated management port for optional iDRAC Ports card