Owners Manual

Front panel
The front panel provides access to the features available on the front of the server, such as the power button, NMI button,
system identification tag, system identification button, and USB and VGA ports. The hot swappable hard drives are accessible
from the front panel.
12 x 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch hard drives/SSDs system
Figure 2. Front panel features of a 12 x 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch hard drives/SSDs system
1.
diagnostic indicators 2. power button
3. information tag 4. hard drives or SSDs
Table 1. Front panel features of a 12 x 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch hard drives/SSDs system
Item Indicator, button, or
connector
Icon Description
1 Diagnostic indicators The diagnostic indicators light up to display error status. For
more information, see the Diagnostic indicators section.
2 Power button
Indicates if the system is powered on or off. Press the power
button to manually power on or off the system.
NOTE: Press the power button to gracefully shut down
an ACPI-compliant operating system.
3 Information tag
The Information tag is a slide-out label panel that contains
system information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address,
and so on. If you have opted for the secure default access to
iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC secure
default password.
4 Hard drives or SSDs Up to twelve 3.5 inch or 2.5 inch (in a hybrid drive carrier)
hot-swappable hard drives or SSDs.
Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system.
For more information about drives, see the Technical
specifications section.
Related references
Diagnostic indicators on the front panel on page 11
Drive specifications on page 19
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Dell DSS 2500 system overview