Server front and rear identification

Skills you'll practise

• Identify drive bays, status LEDs and service tags on a server front
• Identify power supplies, network, management and serial ports on a server rear
• Explain how to confirm a port's role from printed legends and documentation

Course outline

1. 1.Reading a server's front and rearVideo · 2 min
2. 2.Front and back of a rack serverLesson · 12 min
3. 3.Front-panel controls, indicators and service tagsLesson · 12 min
4. 4.Rear modules: power supplies, risers and management portsLesson · 12 min
5. 5.Server front and rear identification: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 19 questions
6. 6.Remote hands patched the wrong portScenario
7. 7.Final exam6 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• Your equipment vendors' installation and service guides (rail kits, PSU and BMC documentation)