Front view

The front view of the server varies by model.

The illustrations in this topic show the server front views based on the supported drive bays.

Note

Your server might look different from the illustrations in this topic.

Figure 1. Front view of server models with optical drive bays

Front view of server models with two optical drive bays and eight 3.5-inch-drive bays	Front view of server models with two optical drive bays and sixteen 2.5-inch-drive bays

Table 1. Components on the front of server models with optical drive bays

Callout	Callout
1 Front panel	2 Optical-drive bay 2
3 Optical-drive bay 1	4 Drive activity LED (green)
5 Drive status LED (yellow)	6 Foot stands
7a 3.5-inch drive bays 0–3	7b 3.5-inch drive bays 4–7
7c 2.5-inch drive bays 0–7	7d 2.5-inch drive bays 8–15
8 Optical-drive status LED	9 Optical-drive eject/close button
10 Optical-drive manual-eject hole

1 Front panel

For information about the controls, connectors, and status LEDs on the front panel, see Front panel.

2 Optical-drive bay 2

The 5.25-inch optical-drive bay 2 is for a secondary optical drive or a tape drive. Some models have a secondary optical drive or a tape drive installed.

3 Optical-drive bay 1

Depending on the model, your server might come with an optical drive installed in the 5.25-inch optical-drive bay 1.

4 Drive activity LED

5 Drive status LED

Each hot-swap drive has two LEDs.

Drive LED	Status	Description
4 Drive activity LED (left)	Solid green	The drive is powered but not active.
	Blinking green	The drive is active.
5 Drive status LED (right)	Solid yellow	The drive has an error.
	Blinking yellow (blinking slowly, about one flash per second)	The drive is being rebuilt.
	Blinking yellow (blinking rapidly, about four flashes per second)	The RAID adapter is locating the drive.

6 Foot stands

For tower-form-factor models, your server comes with four foot stands. To help the server stand steadily, ensure that you install the foot stands correctly as shown. See Install the foot stands.

7a 7b 7c 7d Drive bays

The drive bays are used to install 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch storage drives. When you install drives, follow the order of the drive bay numbers. The EMI integrity and cooling of the server are protected by having all drive bays occupied. The vacant drive bays must be occupied by drive bay fillers or drive fillers. Depending on the model, your server supports one of the following drive bay configurations:

• Four 3.5-inch-drive bays

• Eight 3.5-inch-drive bays

• Eight 2.5-inch-drive bays

• Sixteen 2.5-inch-drive bays

Note

For the 2.5-inch-drive-bay models that support NVMe drives, you can install up to four NVMe drives in bays 4–7.

8 Optical-drive status LED

The optical-drive status LED is blinking in green when the optical drive is working or in the POST process.

9 Optical-drive eject/close button

Press this button to eject or close the optical drive when the server power is on.

10 Optical-drive manual-eject hole

Insert a straightened paper clip into the optical-drive manual-eject hole to eject the disc tray when the eject/close button does not work.

Figure 2. Front view of server models without optical drive bays

Front view of server models with eight 3.5-inch-drive bays and four 2.5-inch-drive bays	Front view of server models with twenty 2.5-inch-drive bays

Table 2. Components on the front of server models without optical drive bays

Callout	Callout
1 Front panel	2 Expansion drive cage
3 Drive activity LED (green)	4 Drive status LED (yellow)
5 Foot stands	6a 2.5-inch drive bays 8–11
6b 2.5-inch drive bays 16–19	6c 2.5-inch drive bays 8–15
6d 2.5-inch drive bays 0–7	7a 3.5-inch drive bays 4–7
7b 3.5-inch drive bays 0–3

1 Front panel

For information about the controls, connectors, and status LEDs on the front panel, see Front panel.

2 Expansion drive cage

For some server models, your server comes with an expansion drive cage. You can install up to four 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives to the cage.

3 Drive activity LED

4 Drive status LED

Each hot-swap drive has two LEDs.

Drive LED	Status	Description
3 Drive activity LED (left)	Solid green	The drive is powered but not active.
	Blinking green	The drive is active.
4 Drive status LED (right)	Solid yellow	The drive has an error.
	Blinking yellow (blinking slowly, about one flash per second)	The drive is being rebuilt.
	Blinking yellow (blinking rapidly, about four flashes per second)	The RAID controller is locating the drive.

5 Foot stands

For tower-form-factor models, your server comes with four foot stands. To help the server stand steadily, ensure that you install the foot stands correctly as shown. See Install the foot stands.

6a 6b 6c 6d 7a 7b Drive bays

The drive bays are used to install 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch storage drives. The EMI integrity and cooling of the server are protected by having all drive bays occupied. The vacant drive bays must be occupied by drive bay fillers or drive fillers. When you install drives, follow the order of the drive bay numbers.

Note

For the 2.5-inch-drive-bay models that support NVMe drives, you can install up to four NVMe drives in bays 4–7.