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Indicator, button, or connector
4
Video connector
5
LCD menu buttons
6
LCD panel
7
USB management port/iDRAC
Direct port
8
USB connector
9
Information tag
10
Hard drives
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Optical drive (optional)
Figure 3. Front panel features and indicators — four 3.5-inch cabled hard drive chassis
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Description
system status indicator on the back flash until one of the buttons is
pressed again.
Press the button to turn 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.
Enables you to connect a display to the system.
Enable you to navigate the control panel LCD menu.
Displays system ID, status information, and system error messages.
See
LCD panel
NOTE:
chassis.
Functions as a regular USB port or provides access to the iDRAC
Direct features. For more information, see the iDRAC User's Guide
at Dell.com/idracmanuals.
Enables you to connect USB devices to the system. The port is
USB 2.0-compliant.
Contains system information such as service tag, NIC, MAC
address for your reference. The information tag is a slide-out label
panel.
Enables you to install up to four 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drives
or up to four 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drives in 3.5-inch hot
swappable adapters.
Enables you to install an optional slim SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD
+/-RW drive.
features.
LCD panel is not available in a cabled hard drive
About the PowerEdge R230 systems
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