Item Panels, ports and slots Icon Description
1 Full-height PCIe
expansion card slot (3)
N/A The PCIe expansion card slot (riser 1) connects up to three full-height PCIe
expansion cards to the VxRail. For more information, see Expansion card
installation guidelines.
2 Half-height PCIe
expansion card slot
N/A The PCIe expansion card slot (riser 2) connects one half-height PCIe
expansion cards to the VxRail. For more information, see Expansion card
installation guidelines.
3 Rear handle N/A
The rear handle can be removed to enable any external cabling of PCIe
cards that are installed in the PCIe expansion card slot 6.
4 Drives N/A Enable you to install drives that are supported on your VxRail. For more
information about drives, see Technical specifications.
5 Power supply unit (2) N/A For more information, see Technical specifications.
6 NIC ports The NIC ports that are integrated on the network daughter card (NDC)
provide network connectivity. For more information about the supported
configurations, see Technical specifications.
7 USB port (2) The USB ports are 9-pin and 3.0-compliant. These ports enable you to
connect USB devices to the VxRail.
8 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the VxRail. For more
information, see Technical specifications.
9 Serial port Enables you to connect a serial device to the VxRail. For more information,
see Technical specifications.
10 iDRAC9 dedicated port
Enables you to remotely access iDRAC. For more information, see the
iDRAC User’s Guide at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
11 VxRail identification
button
The VxRail Identification (ID) button is available on the front and back of
the VxRail. Press the button to identify an VxRail in a rack by turning on
the VxRail ID button. You can also use the VxRail ID button to reset iDRAC
and to access BIOS using the step through mode.
NIC indicator codes
Each NIC on the back panel has indicators that provide information about the activity and link status. The activity LED indicator
indicates if data is flowing through the NIC, and the link LED indicator indicates the speed of the connected network.
The following figure shows the NIC indicator lights:
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VxRail overview
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