
Table 1. Features available on the front of the system
Item
Ports, panels and slots
Icon
Description
1
Left control panel
N/A
Contains system health and system ID, status LED and optional
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless).
2
Hard drives
N/A
Enable you to install hard drives that are supported on your system.
For more information about hard drives, see the Technical
specifications section.
3
Optical drive (optional)
N/A
Enables you to retrieve and store data on optical discs such as
compact discs (CD) and digital versatile discs (DVD). For more
information, see the Technical specifications section.
4
USB 3.0 port (optional)
The USB ports are 9-pin, 3.0-compliant. These ports enable you to
connect USB devices to the system.
5
Right control panel
N/A
Contains the power button, VGA port, iDRAC Direct micro USB port,
and two USB 2.0 ports.
6
Information tag
N/A
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 secure default access to iDRAC, the Information tag
also contains the iDRAC secure default password.
Related links
Left control panel view
Figure 5. Left control panel view
Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 Installation and Service Manual
PowerEdge R740 system overview
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