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Overview of the Cisco UCS C420 Server
This chapter provides an overview of the Cisco UCS C420 server. The figures in this chapter show an
overview of external server features. Internal server features are shown in Figure 3-5 on page 3-10.
Figure 1-1 shows the front panel features of the server.
Figure 1-1 Front Panel Features
1 Modular drive bay 1 8 System status LED
2 Operations panel 9 Fan status LED
3 Modular drive bay 2 10 Temperature status LED
4 Hard drive fault LED 11 Power supply status LED
5 Hard drive activity LED 12 Network link activity LED
6 Power button/LED 13 Asset tag (serial number)
7 Identification button and LED 14 KVM console connector (used with a KVM cable that
provides two USBs, one VGA, and one serial connector)
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