Hardware reference guide

Front Panel

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Front Panel

Figure 1 shows the front panel of the M-100 appliance and Table 1 describes the front panel

features.

Figure 1. Front Panel

Table 1. Front Panel Features

Item Description

1) Disk Drives/Bays The M-100 has 8 disk drive bays. Starting from left to right, the bays

are labeled A1/A2, B1/B2 C1/C2, and D1/D2.

2) System Health Indicates overall system health. Green indicates healthy, red

indicates a system error.

3) Internal HDD Activity Blinks if there is disk drive activity.

4) LAN Activity Blinks if there is network activity.

5) UID Button (LED) The Unique Identification (UID) feature is a combination LED/button that

is used to assist a technician in locating a device when moving from the

back of a rack to the front of a rack. When you push the button, the rear

UID LED and the front panel LEDs will illuminate bright blue, assisting

the technician in identifying the device in a rack. Push the button again to

stop the LED from flashing.

Note that the UID button is very small and is located slightly to the left of

the UID port hole. Use a small object, such as a paper clip, to press the

button.

6) Power Button/LED Used to power on and off the M-100 device. To power off the system, hold

down the button until the system shuts down. 

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Note: When the system in initially plugged in, it will automatically power

on.

7) NMI Button The Non-Maskable Interrupt button is currently disabled on the M-100

device.

8)Drive LEDs • Top LED

—Blinks green when there is drive activity.

•Right LED—Illuminates red when a drive failure occurs.

9) Console DB-9 serial port for console access.

D1 / D2C1 / C2B1 / B2A1 / A2

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