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About Your System
Front-Panel Features And Indicators
Figure 1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Item Indicator, Button, or 
Connector
Icon Description
1 Power-on indicator, power 
button
The power-on indicator lights when the system power is 
on. The power button controls the power supply output to 
the system.
NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating systems, turning 
off the system using the power button causes the 
system to perform a graceful shutdown before power 
to the system is turned off.
2 NMI button
Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors 
when running certain operating systems. This button can 
be pressed using the end of a paper clip.
Use this button only if directed to do so by qualified 
support personnel or by the operating system's 
documentation.
3 System identification button The identification buttons on the front and back panels 
can be used to locate a particular system within a rack. 
When one of these buttons is pressed, the LCD panel on 
the front and the system status indicator on the back 
flashes until one of the buttons is pressed again.
Press to toggle the system ID on and off.
If the system stops responding during POST, press and 
hold the system ID button for more than five seconds to 
enter BIOS progress mode.
To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup) press 
and hold the button for more than 15 seconds.
4 Video connector Allows you to connect a VGA display to the system.
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