About your system, Accessing system features during startup – Dell PowerVault DL2200 User Manual

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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 39.

<F10>

Enters System Services, which opens the Lifecycle Controller.
The controller allows you to access utilities such as embedded system
diagnostics. For information on Lifecycle Controller or any of the
Lifecycle Controller software components, see the Lifecycle
Controller documentation on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals.

<F11>

Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unified Extensible Firmware
Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager, depending on the system’s boot
configuration. See "Using the System Setup Program and
UEFI Boot Manager" on page 39.

<F12>

Starts Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot.

<Ctrl><E>

Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or 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 BMC or iDRAC user documentation.

<Ctrl><C> Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see the

SAS adapter documentation.

<Ctrl><R> Enters the RAID configuration utility. For more information, see the

documentation for your SAS RAID card.

<Ctrl><S>

Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more
information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.

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