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About your PowerEdge R530xd system
The Dell PowerEdge R530xd is a rack server that supports up to two processors based on the Intel Xeon
E5 2600 V3 product family, up to sixteen DIMMs, and up to fourteen drive bays for hard drives/SSDs.
Front-panel features and indicators
Figure 1. Front-panel features and indicators
Item
Indicator, Button, or Connector Icon
Description
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Diagnostic indicators
The diagnostic indicators light up to display error
status.
For more information, see
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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 system status indicator on the back
flashes 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 BIOS progress mode.
To reset the iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC
setup) press and hold the button for more than
15 seconds.
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