Front panel features and indicatorsFigure 2. Front panel features and indicators — four 3.5-inch hot-swappable hard drive chassisTable 1. Front panel features and indicators— four 3.5-inch hot-swappable hard drive chassisItem Indicator, button, orconnector Icon Description1 Power-on indicator, powerbuttonEnables you to know the power status of the system. The power-on indicator glows when the system power is on. The powerbutton controls the power supply output to the system.NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating systems, turning offthe system by pressing the power button causes thesystem to perform a graceful shutdown before power tothe system is turned off.2 NMI button Enables you to troubleshoot software and device driver errorswhen running certain operating systems. This button can bepressed by using the end of a paper clip.Use this button only if directed to do so by qualified supportpersonnel or by the operating system's documentation.3 System identification button Enables you to locate a particular system within a rack. Theidentification buttons are on the front and back panels. When oneof these buttons is pressed, the LCD panel on the front and thesystem status indicator on the back flash until one of the buttonsis pressed again.Press the system identification button to turn the system ID on oroff.If the system stops responding during POST, press and hold thesystem ID button for more than five seconds to enter BIOSprogress mode.To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup), press and holdthe button for more than 15 seconds.4 Video connector Enables you to connect a display to the system.5 LCD menu buttons Enables you to navigate the control panel LCD menu.6 LCD panel Displays system ID, status information, and system error messages.See the LCD panel features section.11
