Frontview
Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecontrols,LEDs,andconnectorsonthefrontoftheserver.
Bay 1
Bay 2
Power button
USB connectorsUser tab
DVD drive
activity LED
DVD drive
eject button
Hard disk drive
activity LED (green)
Hard disk drive
status LED (yellow)
System TPM physical
presence button
Figure3.Frontviewofserver
Note:Thefrontbezelisnotshownsothatthedrivebaysarevisible.
•Power-controlbutton:Pressthisbuttontoturntheserveronandoffmanually.
•HarddiskdriveactivityLEDs:ThisLEDisusedonhot-swapSASorSATAharddiskdrives.Each
hot-swapharddiskdrivehasanactivityLED,andwhenthisLEDisflashing,itindicatesthatthedriveis
inuse.
•HarddiskdrivestatusLEDs:ThisLEDisusedonhot-swapSASorSATAharddiskdrives.Whenthis
LEDislit,itindicatesthatthedrivehasfailed.IfanoptionalServeRAIDadaptorisinstalledintheserver,
whenthisLEDisflashingslowly(oneflashpersecond),itindicatesthatthedriveisbeingrebuilt.When
theLEDisflashingrapidly(threeflashespersecond),itindicatesthatthecontrollerisidentifyingthedrive.
•DVDdriveactivityLED:WhenthisLEDislit,itindicatesthattheDVDdriveisinuse.
•DVDejectbutton:PressthisbuttontoreleaseaDVDorCDfromtheDVDdrive.
•Lightpathdiagnosticspanel:LightpathdiagnosticsisasystemofLEDsonvariousexternalandinternal
componentsoftheserver.Whenanerroroccurs,LEDsarelitthroughouttheserver.ByviewingtheLEDs
inaparticularorder,youcanoftenidentifythesourceoftheerror.See“Lightpathdiagnosticspanel”
onpage18formoreinformationaboutthelightpathdiagnostics.
•Operatorinformationpanel:ThispanelcontainscontrolsandLEDsthatprovideinformationaboutthe
statusoftheserver.ForinformationaboutthecontrolsandLEDsontheoperatorinformationpanel,see
“Operatorinformationpanel”onpage17
.
•SystemTPMphysicalpresencebutton:ItindicatesaphysicalpresencetothesystemTPMwhenon.
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