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Table 8 Features available on the back view (continued)
Item Panels, ports
and slots Icon Description
8 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the
appliance. For more information, see
Technical
specifications on page 25.
9 Serial port Enables you to connect a serial device to the
appliance. For more information, see
Technical
specifications on page 25.
10 iDRAC9 dedicated
port Enables you to remotely access iDRAC. For more
information, see the iDRAC User’s Guide at
Dell.com/idracmanuals.
11 Appliance
identification
button The Appliance Identification (ID) button is
available on the front and back of the appliances.
Press the button to identify an appliance in a rack
by turning on the appliance ID button. You can
also use the appliance ID button to reset iDRAC
and to access BIOS using the step through mode.
NIC indicator codes
Each NIC on the back panel has indicators that provide information about the activity
and link status. The activity LED indicator indicates if data is flowing through the NIC,
and the link LED indicator indicates the speed of the connected network.
Figure 9 NIC indicator codes
1. link LED indicator
2. activity LED indicator
The NIC indicators table describes different NIC indicator codes and condition of the
connectivity.
Table 9 NIC indicator codes
Status Condition
Link and activity indicators are off The NIC is not connected to the network.
Link indicator is green and activity
indicator is blinking green The NIC is connected to a valid network at its
maximum port speed and data is being sent or
received.
Overview
NIC indicator codes 15