Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1 Power supplies (PSU1 and
PSU2)
Redundant power
supply
Up to two 495 W, 750 W, or 1100
W redundant AC power
supplies.
Non-redundant
power supply
One 550 W non-redundant AC
power supply.
NOTE: Non-redundant
power supply is supported
in systems with cabled hard
drives and systems with an
x8 backplane.
2 PCIe expansion card slots (6) Allows you to connect up to six full-height PCI expansion
cards.
3 vFlash media card slot Allows you to insert a vFlash media card.
4 iDRAC7 Enterprise port
Dedicated management port.
NOTE: The port is available for use only if the
iDRAC7 Enterprise license is installed on your
system.
5 System identification button The identification buttons on the front and back panels
can be used to locate a particular system within a rack.
When one of these buttons is pressed, the LCD panel on
the front and the system status indicator on the back
flash until one of the buttons is pressed again.
Press to toggle the system ID on and off.
If the system stops responding during POST, press and
hold the system ID button for more than five seconds to
enter the BIOS progress mode.
To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup), press
and hold for more than 15 seconds.
6 System identification
connector
Allows you to connect the optional system status
indicator assembly through the optional cable
management arm.
7 USB connectors (6) Allows you to connect USB devices to the system. The
ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
8 Ethernet connectors (2) Two integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps NIC connectors.
9 Video connector Allows you to connect a VGA display to the system.
10 Serial connector Allows you to connect a serial device to the system.
11 External cooling-fan power
cable slot
Slot for routing the power cable of the optional external
cooling fan into the chassis.
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