Front View

AMS Express with front bezel. The front bezel should be installed after rack mounting the server and remain installed for proper cooling of the unit.

A fully loaded system is shown below with the front bezel removed. The unit contains 12 drive bays that are numbered as shown.

The Control Panels on either side of the system contain LEDs and Buttons correspond to their respective controllers and each drive bay has LEDs described below.

Item	Component
1	Left Front Control Panel (Controller A)
2	Right Front Control Panel (Controller B)

Control Panel LEDs and Buttons (both control panels)

Item	LED/Button*	Indication/Function
1	Controller Power Status (LED/button)	Blue: Power on Off: Power off
2	Controller ID (LED/button)	Blue: Controller ID enabled Off: ID not lit
3	Controller Status (LED)	Red: Controller degraded Off: Controller healthy
4	LAN Port 1 Activity	Yellow: LAN1 (10 GbE) network activity Off: LAN1 link is down
5	LAN Port 2 Activity	Yellow: LAN2 (10 GbE) network activity Off: LAN2 link is down
6	NVD Save/Restore Activity	Blinking: NVD is saving or restoring data
7	NVD PCIe Up/Ready	On = NVD is healthy and connected to the PCIe interfaces
*LED/button displayed is specific to each controller's panel: Controller A - left control panel; Controller B - right control panel

LEDs for each drive

Item	LED location	LED State
1	Top Drive LED	Off: System off or drive not fully-seated Solid Blue: Online/Healthy status Blinking Blue: Drive access detected
2	Bottom Drive LED	Off: Healthy; no drive failure detected Solid Red: Drive error