NEC N8100-1429F, User Manual

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2-4 General Description
1 Front bezel
The front bezel is a cover protecting the front devices during daily operation. A security key is
provided to lock the cover.
2 Key slot
Insert the security key into this slot when unlocking the front bezel.
3 POWER LED (green)
This LED turns green when the power is turned on.
4 DISK ACCESS LED (green/amber)
This LED is green during access to the internal hard disk drives. The LED turns amber when
any one of the internal hard disk drives fails.
5 ACT/LINK LED (green)
This LED is on while the system is connected to the network.
6 UID (Unit ID) LED (blue)
This LED goes on when the UID switch is pressed. (The LED also goes on or blinks when
software issues a command.)
7 STATUS LED (green/amber) (on the front panel)
This LED indicates the server status. The LED is green during normal operation. The LED
turns amber or blinks when the server enters the abnormal state.
8 Serial port B (COM B) connector
The connector is used to connect the server to a device with the serial interface.
9 USB connector
These connectors are used to connect the server to a device with the USB interface.
10 Reset switch
Press this switch to reset the system. In normal operation, this switch is not used.
11 UID (Unit ID) switch
Press the UID switch to turn on/off the UID LED. Pressing the switch once turns on the LED.
Pressing it again turns it off.
12 POWER switch
The POWER switch is used to turn the power of the server ON/OFF. If you press this switch
once, the power is turned on with the POWER LED going on green. If you press the switch
again, the power is turned off with the LED going off. Keep pressing the switch for 4 seconds
or more forcibly shuts down the system. This switch can be used as a SLEEP switch if the OS
supports sleep feature. In SLEEP Mode, this LED blinks.
13 NMI (DUMP) switch
Press this switch to dump system memory. In normal operation, this switch is not used.
14 Optical disk drive
The optical disk drive reads data from the inserted disc.
14-1 Emergency hole
14-2 Access LED
14-3 Tray eject button
15 Internal USB floppy disk drive (option)
The floppy disk drive reads data from the inserted floppy disk.
15-1 Access LED
15-2 Eject button
15-3 Disk slot
16 Hard disk drive bays
Up to three hard disk drives can be installed in the bays. The last-digit number indicates the
channel number. In the standard configuration, the dummy sponge blocks are installed in all
the bays.
17 DISK LED (green/amber)
LED on the hard disk drive. Each LED is green during access to the hard disk drive. The LED
turns amber when the hard disk drive fails. The LED blinks green and amber alternately
during rebuild processing (in RAID configuration).