1. Power button with integrated power LED
2. Two USB 3.0 ports
3. Micro-USB for iDRAC Direct
4. Status LED for iDRAC Direct
5. VGA port
Server rear view
This topic illustrates the rear view of EX300 server.
The EX300 server chassis provides dual hot-swappable power supplies with 1 + 1 redundancy, auto-sensing and auto-switching
capability.
Figure 78. EX300 server chassis rear view
Table 41. Server Panel, Ports, and Slots
Item Panel, Ports, and Slots Description
1 Full-height PCIe expansion card slot
(3)
The PCIe expansion card slot (riser 1) connects up to three full-height PCIe
expansion cards to the system. The Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem
(BOSS) controller card with one M.2 stick is in the top PCIe slot (slot 1).
2 Half-height PCIe expansion card slot The PCIe expansion card slot (riser 2) connects one half-height PCIe
expansion cards to the system.
3 Rear handle The rear handle can be removed to enable any external cabling of PCIe
cards that are installed in the PCIe expansion card slot 6.
4 Drive slots The two rear 3.5 inch rear drive slots contain fillers.
5 Power supply unit (2) Two AC or DC power supply units (PSUs)
6 NIC ports The NIC ports that are integrated on the network daughter card (NDC)
provide network connectivity. The two left 10 GbE data ports of each node
connect to one of the data ports on the back-end switches. The two right
10 GbE data ports of each node connect to one of the data ports on the
front-end switches.
7 USB port (2) The USB ports are 9-pin and 3.0-compliant. These ports enable you to
connect USB devices to the system.
8 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the system.
9 Serial port Enables you to connect a serial device to the system.
10 iDRAC9 dedicated port Enables you to remotely access iDRAC. For more information, see the
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) User’s Guide.
11 System identification button The System Identification (ID) button is available on the front and back of
the systems. Press the button to identify a system in a rack by turning
on the system ID button. You can also use the system ID button to reset
iDRAC and to access BIOS using the step through mode.
100 EX300 Platform