"//" button on hp server case

Question

I was wondering what the button with the symbol "//" does? I couldnt find much from a google search. It is a HP server case, product number SCS299UP.

Are you sure that's an HP server? It doesn't look like any I've seen, the color and styling are off, and the LEDs looks like they only light up green. Also, the product number doesn't match anything. — Chris S, Nov 07 '14 at 02:06
actually you are right, there is no hp marking on the server case itself. The tape drive is only hp. There is no other marking on the case itself. — user2510809, Nov 07 '14 at 02:10
You could open up the case to trace the wire...or just press the button. — Mark Wagner, Nov 07 '14 at 02:18
To me this looks like an Intel case or a case housing an Intel server board — Antix, Nov 07 '14 at 02:31
Well, you got the manufacturer of the server wrong, evidently don't know what a reset button is, or the fact that they're ubiquitous on server hardware (and even desktops, for that matter), didn't know or check the ISO standard symbol, didn't check the manual... maybe other things too. All that... that's weak. — HopelessN00b, Nov 07 '14 at 03:07
When in doubt press it. At worst, you've just reset a mission critical server. That said, that's probably very obviously where a reset switch has been for every system I have used that didn't have a fancy gaming system. — Journeyman Geek, Nov 07 '14 at 03:50

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '14 at 02:19

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I'm going to hazard it's the reset button. ISO 7000:2012 - 1027 states the following of the symbol.

To identify the control that returns the machine mode to a previously determined operating condition or resets the content of an electronic file.

answered Nov 07 '14 at 02:19

jscott

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Or perhaps the button is just a shortcut for commenting code lines. :-) – Janne Pikkarainen Nov 07 '14 at 07:52

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