Dell PowerEdge T350 EMC BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide - Page 4
Pre-operating system management applications, System Setup
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1 Pre-operating system management applications You can manage basic settings and features of a system without booting to the operating system by using the system firmware. Options to manage the pre-operating system applications You can use any one of the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications: ● System Setup ● Dell Lifecycle Controller ● Boot Manager ● Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) Topics: • System Setup • Dell Lifecycle Controller • Boot Manager • PXE boot System Setup Using the System Setup option, you can configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of the system. You can access system setup by using any one of the following interfaces: ● Graphical User interface - To access go to iDRAC Dashboard, click Configurations > BIOS Settings. ● Text browser - To enable the text browser, use the Console Redirection. To view System Setup, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu. NOTE: If the operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart the system and try again. NOTE: The Intel 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable High Core Count (HCC) processors require a minimum BIOS revision of 1.2.x. The options on the System Setup Main Menu screen are described in the following table: Table 1. System Setup Main Menu Option System BIOS iDRAC Settings Device Settings Description Enables you to configure the BIOS settings. Enables you to configure the iDRAC settings. The iDRAC settings utility is an interface to set up and configure the iDRAC parameters by using UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). You can enable or disable various iDRAC parameters by using the iDRAC settings utility. For more information about this utility, see Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at www.dell.com/ poweredgemanuals. Enables you to configure device settings for devices such as storage controllers or network cards. 4 Pre-operating system management applications