Front view of the server
This information provides an overview of the components that are accessible from the front of the server.
The storage book, LCD system information display panel, front operator panel, front I/O panel, fan-packs 1
through 8, and the compute books are in the front of the server.
The following illustration shows the components in the front of the server.
Fan-pack 1
Fan-pack 2
Fan-pack 4
Fan-pack 6
Fan-pack 8
Storage
book
Compute book 1
Compute book 2 Compute book 3 Compute book 4
Fan-pack 3 Fan-pack 5 Fan-pack 7
LCD display
panel
Front
operator
panel
Service
card
Storage book
Use this information for an overview of the controls, connectors, LEDs, and components on the storage
book.
The storage book houses the drives and drive backplanes, the front operator panel, the LCD system
information display panel, the front I/O panel (USB 3.0/Video connectors), and the PCIe slots for the storage
host bus adapters.
Notes:
• Power to the storage book and the storage backplanes is provided by the standard I/O book.
• The PCIe slots on storage book are dedicated storage host bus adapters slots. Do not install any other
adapters in these slots. Other adapters are not supported in these slots.
• You must power-off the server and disconnect all power cords to remove or add adapters in the PCIe
slots on the storage book. The PCIe slots are not hot-swappable.
• Install internal RAID adapters and the adapter flash power modules in the storage book component.
The storage book provides the following slots and connectors:
• Two x16 (8, 4, 1) PCIe Gen3 low profile slots (8 GT/s) for storage host bus adapters
– PCIe slot 12 is the primary storage slot
– PCIe slot 11 is the secondary storage slot
• One VGA connector
• One USB 2.0 connectors
• Two USB 3.0 connectors
• The front operator panel connector
• The LCD system information display panel connector
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