About your system, Accessing system features during startup – Dell PowerEdge R415 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 57.

<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 57.

<F12>

Starts PXE boot.

<Ctrl><E> Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or iDRAC6

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 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.

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