Accessing the setup utility, Navigating through the setup utility – HP ProLiant DL140 G3 Server User Manual

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Accessing the Setup Utility

1.

Turn on the monitor and the server.
If the server is already turned on, save your data and exit all open applications, then restart the server.

2.

During POST, press F10.
If you fail to press F10 before POST is completed, you will need to restart the server.
The first page to be displayed will be the Main menu showing the Setup Utility’s menu bar. Use the left (←)

and right (→) arrow keys to move between selections on the menu bar.

Figure 1 Setup Utility’s Main menu

Navigating through the Setup Utility

Use the keys listed in the legend bar on the bottom of the Setup screen to work your way through the various

menu and submenu screens of the Setup Utility.

Table 1 Setup Utility’s navigation keys

Key Function

and →

To move between selections on the menu bar.

and ↓

To move the cursor to the field you want.
The currently selected field will be highlighted. The right side of each menu screen displays a field help
panel—Item Specific Help panel. This panel displays the help text for the currently selected field. It updates
as you move the cursor to each field.

PgUp and PgDn To move the cursor to the next or previous page of a multiple page menu.

Home

To move the cursor to the first page of a multiple page menu.

End

To move the cursor to the last page of a multiple page menu.

+

and -

To select a value for the currently selected field (only if it is user-configurable).
Press the (+) or (-) keys repeatedly to display each possible entry, or the Enter key to choose from a pop-up
menu.
A parameter that is enclosed in square brackets [ ] is user-configurable.
Grayed-out parameters are not user-configurable for one of the following reasons:

The field value is auto-configured or auto-detected.

The field value is informational only.

The field is password-protected.

Enter

To select a field value or display a submenu screen.

Indicates a submenu field.
To view a submenu screen, use the ↑ and ↓ keys to move the cursor to the submenu you want, then press
Enter.

Esc

If you press this key:

On one of the primary menu screens, the Exit menu displays.

On a submenu screen, the previous screen displays.

When you are making selections from a pop-up menu, closes the pop-up without making a selection.

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