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9715 Server      Show Part Numbers

Top panel thumscrew Top panel thumscrew Optional local control panel Three USB 2.0 ports VGA monitor port VGA monitor port Optical drive bay Optical drive bay Two 5.25 peripheral drive bays A4-A0 hard drive bays B4-B0 hard drive bays This is the front of the Gateway 9715 6U Rack Mount Server with the bezel removed. This graphic shows the server with the optional local control panel (LCP) installed.

On the graphic or in the following table, click the hyperlinks for closer views.

Front with bezel installed

Item Description
A Top panel thumbscrews

There are three bays for hot swap fans located below the top panel thumbscrews. Each bay supports two fans for a total of six system fans.
B Control panel. Either the standard control panel or an optional local control panel (LCP), as shown here, can be installed in the server.
C Three USB 2.0 ports

Note: The non-maskable interrupt (NMI) button is located to the left of USB port 3. It is a recessed button.
D VGA monitor port

Note: It can take up to five minutes for video to appear after the server is turned on.
E Optical drive bay
F Two 5.25 peripheral drive bays (full height)
G Ten hot swap SCSI hard drive bays numbered from top to bottom A4-A0 and B4-B0

There are LEDs on each drive carrier that indicate the status of each drive as follows:

  • Green, On: Drive is being initialized
  • Green, blinking: Drive is active
  • Amber, On: Drive/slot failure
  • Amber, slow blinking (~ 1 Hz): Predictive drive/slot failure or array rebuild is in progress
  • Amber, fast blinking (~ 2.51 Hz): Array build interrupted, rebuild on empty slot, or identify slot