Dell ECS EX Series, Hardware Manual

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Figure 41. EX300 server chassis rear view
Table 19. Server Panel, Ports, and Slots
Item Panel, Ports, and Slots Description
1 Full-height PCIe expansion card slot
(3) The PCIe expansion card slot (riser 1) connects up to three full-height PCIe
expansion cards to the system. The Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem
(BOSS) controller card with one M.2 stick is in the top PCIe slot (slot 1).
2 Half-height PCIe expansion card slot The PCIe expansion card slot (riser 2) connects one half-height PCIe
expansion cards to the system.
3 Rear handle The rear handle can be removed to enable any external cabling of PCIe
cards that are installed in the PCIe expansion card slot 6.
4 Drive slots The two rear 3.5 inch rear drive slots contain fillers.
5 Power supply unit (2) Two AC or DC power supply units (PSUs)
6 NIC ports The NIC ports that are integrated on the network daughter card (NDC)
provide network connectivity. The two left 10 GbE data ports of each node
connect to one of the data ports on the back-end switches. The two right
10 GbE data ports of each node connect to one of the data ports on the
front-end switches.
7 USB port (2) The USB ports are 9-pin and 3.0-compliant. These ports enable you to
connect USB devices to the system.
8 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the system.
9 Serial port Enables you to connect a serial device to the system.
10 iDRAC9 dedicated port Enables you to remotely access iDRAC. For more information, see the
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) User’s Guide .
11 System identification button The System Identification (ID) button is available on the front and back of
the systems. Press the button to identify a system in a rack by turning
on the system ID button. You can also use the system ID button to reset
iDRAC and to access BIOS using the step through mode.
EX300 disk drives
Describes the disk drives that are integrated into the server chassis of the EX300 appliance.
EX300 nodes contain twelve 3.5 inch SATA front-accessible, hot-swappable drives in slots 0 to 11. Disk size can be 1 TB, 2 TB, 4
TB, 8 TB, or 16 TB. All drives within a node must be of the same drive size, but there can be nodes of differing drive sizes within
a rack. In PCIe slot 1 of each node there is a 480 GB Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS) controller card with one M.2
stick.
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