Figure13.12hard-diskdriveconfigurationfrontview
•Rackreleaselatches:Pressthelatchesoneachfrontsideoftheservertoslidetheserveroutfromthe
rackenclosure.
•HarddiskdriveactivityLEDs:ThesegreenLEDsareonallhotswapdrives.
–WhenthisLEDisflashing,itindicatesthatthedriveisactivelyreadingorwritingdata.
–ForSASandSATAdrives,thisLEDisoffwhenthedriveispoweredbutnotactive.
–ForNVMe(PCIeSSD)solidstatedrives,thisLEDisonsolidwhenthedriveispoweredbutnotactive.
•HarddiskdrivestatusLEDs:ThisLEDisusedonhot-swapSASorSATAharddiskdrives.Whenthis
LEDislit,itindicatesthatthedrivehasfailed.IfanoptionalServeRAIDcontrollerisinstalledintheserver,
whenthisLEDisflashingslowly(oneflashpersecond),itindicatesthatthedriveisbeingrebuilt.When
theLEDisflashingrapidly(threeflashespersecond),itindicatesthatthecontrollerisidentifyingthedrive.
•OptionalDVDejectbutton:PressthisbuttontoreleaseaDVDorCDfromtheoptionalDVDdrive.
•OptionalDVDdriveactivityLED:WhenthisLEDislit,itindicatesthattheoptionalDVDdriveisinuse.
•Operatorinformationpanel:ThispanelcontainscontrolsandLEDsthatprovideinformationaboutthe
statusoftheserver.ForinformationaboutthecontrolsandLEDsontheoperatorinformationpanel,see
“Operatorinformationpanel”onpage20
.
•Videoconnector:Connectamonitortothisconnector.Thevideoconnectorsonthefrontandrearof
theservercanbeusedsimultaneously.
Note:Themaximumvideoresolutionis1600x1200at75Hz.
•USBconnectors:ConnectaUSBdevice,suchasaUSBmouseorkeyboardtoanyoftheseconnectors.
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