Table 4. Front panel features — 8 x 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis (continued)
Indicator, button, or connector
Icon
Description
LCD menu buttons
The LCD menu buttons enable you to perform actions similar to
GUI, RACADM, and the WS-Man interfaces.
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.
LCD panel
The LCD panel displays system ID, status information, and system
error messages. For more information, see the LCD panel section.
NOTE:
The LCD panel is not available in a cabled hard-drive
system.
USB management port/iDRAC Direct
port
The iDRAC Direct port is micro USB 2.0-compliant. This port
enables you to access the iDRAC Direct features. For more
information, see the
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
User's Guide
at
.
Video connector
Enables you to connect a display device to the system. For more
information, see the Technical specifications section.
NOTE:
The video connector is available only in the rack-mode
configuration of your system. For information on converting
your system from tower to the rack mode, see the Preparing
a system for conversion from tower mode to rack mode section.
USB port
The USB ports are 9-pin and 3.0-compliant. These ports enable you
to connect USB devices to the system.
Optical drive or tape-drive bay
Allows you to install optical drives or tape drives. For more
information on supported optical drives and tape drives, see the
Optical drives and tape drives section..
Physical drives
Up to eight 3.5 inch, internal, hot-swappable SATA, or nearline SAS
hard drives.
NOTE:
2.5 inch hard drives in 3.5 inch carriers are supported
for SAS, and SATA SSD hard drives.
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