Guidelines for connecting external devices – Dell PowerEdge R715 User Manual

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About Your System

Guidelines for Connecting External Devices

• Turn off power to the system and external devices before attaching a new

external device. Turn on any external devices before turning on the system

(unless the documentation for the device specifies otherwise).

• Ensure that the appropriate driver for the attached device has been

installed on the system.

• If it is necessary to enable ports on your system, see "Using the System

Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 55.

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USB connectors (4)

Connect USB devices to the system. The

ports are USB 2.0-compliant.

13

Video connector

Connects a monitor to the system.

14

Serial connector

Connects a serial device to the system.

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VFlash media slot

(optional)

Connects an external SD memory card

for the optional iDRAC6 Enterprise

card.

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iDRAC6 Enterprise

port (optional)

Dedicated management port for the

optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card.

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Indicator, Button, or
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