Back-Panel Features And Indicators - Dell PowerEdge R620 Owner's Manual

Drive-Status Condition
Indicator Pattern
(RAID Only)
Blinks green two Identifying drive or preparing for removal
times per second
Off Drive ready for insertion or removal
Blinks green, amber, Predicted drive failure
and off
Blinks amber four Drive failed
times per second
Blinks green slowly Drive rebuilding
Steady green Drive online
Blinks green three Rebuild aborted
seconds, amber three
seconds, and off six
seconds

Back-Panel Features And Indicators

Figure 5. Back-Panel Features and Indicators—8 Hard Drive System (2 PCIe Expansion Cards)
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
1 System identification button
2 System identification
connector
NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off until all hard drives are initialized after the
system is turned on. Drives are not ready for insertion or removal during this time.
Icon Description
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 LCD panel on
the front and the system status indicator on the back blink
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 iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup) press
and hold for more than 15 seconds.
Allows you to connect the optional system status indicator
assembly through the optional cable management arm.
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