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About Your System, Accessing System Features During Startup - bios

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About Your System Accessing System Features During Startup The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup. Keystroke Description Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 53. Enters System Services, which opens the Lifecycle Controller. The Lifecycle Controller allows you to access utilities such as embedded system diagnostics. For more information, see the Lifecycle Controller documentation at support.dell.com/manuals. Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the UEFI Boot Manager, depending on the system's boot configuration. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 53. Starts PXE boot. Enters the iDRAC Configuration Utility, which allows access to the System Event Log (SEL) and configuration of remote access to the system. For more information, see the iDRAC user documentation at support.dell.com/manuals. Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see the SAS adapter documentation at support.dell.com/manuals. Enters the PERC configuration utility. For more information, see the PERC card documentation at support.dell.com/manuals. Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC at support.dell.com/manuals. About Your System 11

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About Your System
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About Your System
Accessing System Features During Startup
The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup.
Keystroke
Description
<F2>
Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup
Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 53.
<F10>
Enters System Services, which opens the Lifecycle Controller. The
Lifecycle Controller allows you to access utilities such as embedded
system diagnostics. For more information, see the Lifecycle Controller
documentation at
support.dell.com/manuals
.
<F11>
Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the UEFI Boot Manager,
depending on the system's boot configuration. See "Using the System
Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 53.
<F12>
Starts PXE boot.
<Ctrl><E>
Enters the iDRAC Configuration Utility, which allows access to the
System Event Log (SEL) and configuration of remote access to the
system. For more information, see the iDRAC user documentation at
support.dell.com/manuals
.
<Ctrl><C>
Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see the
SAS adapter documentation at
support.dell.com/manuals
.
<Ctrl><R>
Enters the PERC configuration utility. For more information, see the
PERC card documentation at
support.dell.com/manuals
.
<Ctrl><S>
Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more
information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC at
support.dell.com/manuals
.