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Front view

The following illustration shows the controls, connectors, and hard disk drive bays on the front of the server.

The server configuration may be of the following seven:

12 hot-swap hard-disk drive configuration:

8 hot-swap hard-disk drive configuration with optical drive:

8 hot-swap hard-disk drive configuration with tape drive:

8 simple-swap hard-disk drive configuration with optical drive:

8 simple-swap hard-disk drive configuration with tape drive:

4 simple-swap hard-disk drive configuration with optical drive:

4 simple-swap hard-disk drive configuration with tape drive:

  • USB connectors: Connect a USB device, such as USB mouse or keyboard to either of these connectors.
  • Hard disk drive activity LED (front panel): When this LED is flashing, it indicates that the drive is in use. This function is reserved for simple-swap models. For existing models, please see the hot-swap hard disk drive activity and status LEDs (green and yellow) that pass from the backplane as the indicators for any activity or warning.
  • Hard disk drive status LED (yellow):This yellow LED is used on hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drives. Each hot-swap hard disk drive has a status LED. When this LED is lit, it indicates that the drive has failed. When this LED is flashing slowly (one flash per second), it indicates that the drive is being rebuilt as part of a RAID configuration. When the LED is flashing rapidly (three flashes per second), it indicates that the controller is identifying the drive.
  • Operator information panel: This panel contains the power control button and light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
  • Optional DVD-eject button: Press this button to release a CD or DVD from the optional DVD drive.
  • Optional DVD drive activity LED: When this LED is lit, it indicates that the optional DVD drive is in use.