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Viewing Home screen, Setup menu, View menu, Option, Description

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Table 2. LCD panel features Item Button 1 Left 2 Select 3 Right Description Moves the cursor back in one-step increments. Selects the menu item highlighted by the cursor. Moves the cursor forward in one-step increments. During message scrolling: ● Press and hold the button to increase scrolling speed. ● Release the button to stop. NOTE: The display stops scrolling when the button is released. After 45 seconds of inactivity, the display starts scrolling. Viewing Home screen The Home screen displays user-configurable information about the system. This screen is displayed during normal system operation when there are no status messages or errors. When the system turns off and there are no errors, LCD enters the standby mode after five minutes of inactivity. Press any button on the LCD to turn it on. Steps 1. To view the Home screen, press one of the three navigation buttons (Select, Left, or Right). 2. To navigate to the Home screen from another menu, complete the following steps: a. Press and hold the navigation button till the up arrow is displayed. b. Navigate to the using the up arrow c. Select the Home icon. d. On the Home screen, press the Select button to enter the main menu. Setup menu NOTE: When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action. Option iDRAC Set error Set home Description Select DHCP or Static IP to configure the network mode. If Static IP is selected, the available fields are IP, Subnet (Sub), and Gateway (Gtw). Select Setup DNS to enable DNS and to view domain addresses. Two separate DNS entries are available. Select SEL to view LCD error messages in a format that matches the IPMI description in the SEL. This enables you to match an LCD message with an SEL entry. Select Simple to view LCD error messages in a simplified user-friendly description. For more information about error messages, see the Dell Event and Error Messages Reference Guide at Dell.com/ openmanagemanuals > OpenManage software. Select the default information to be displayed on the Home screen. See View menu section for the options and option items that can be set as the default on the Home screen. Related references View menu on page 13 View menu NOTE: When you select an option in the View menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action. Dell PowerEdge R830 overview 13

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Table 2. LCD panel features
Item
Button
Description
1
Left
Moves the cursor back in one-step increments.
2
Select
Selects the menu item highlighted by the cursor.
3
Right
Moves the cursor forward in one-step increments.
During message scrolling:
●
Press and hold the button to increase scrolling speed.
●
Release the button to stop.
NOTE:
The display stops scrolling when the button is released. After 45
seconds of inactivity, the display starts scrolling.
Viewing Home screen
The
Home
screen displays user-configurable information about the system. This screen is displayed during normal system
operation when there are no status messages or errors. When the system turns off and there are no errors, LCD enters the
standby mode after five minutes of inactivity. Press any button on the LCD to turn it on.
Steps
1.
To view the
Home
screen, press one of the three navigation buttons (Select, Left, or Right).
2.
To navigate to the
Home
screen from another menu, complete the following steps:
a.
Press and hold the navigation button till the up arrow
is displayed.
b.
Navigate to the
using the up arrow
c.
Select the
Home
icon.
d.
On the
Home
screen, press the
Select
button to enter the main menu.
Setup menu
NOTE:
When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action.
Option
Description
iDRAC
Select
DHCP
or
Static IP
to configure the network mode. If
Static IP
is selected, the available fields are
IP
,
Subnet (Sub)
, and
Gateway (Gtw)
. Select
Setup DNS
to enable DNS and to view domain
addresses. Two separate DNS entries are available.
Set error
Select
SEL
to view LCD error messages in a format that matches the IPMI description in the SEL. This
enables you to match an LCD message with an SEL entry.
Select
Simple
to view LCD error messages in a simplified user-friendly description. For more information
about error messages, see the
Dell Event and Error Messages Reference Guide
at
Dell.com/
openmanagemanuals
>
OpenManage software
.
Set home
Select the default information to be displayed on the
Home
screen. See View menu section for the
options and option items that can be set as the default on the
Home
screen.
Related references
View menu
on page 13
View menu
NOTE:
When you select an option in the View menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action.
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