About your system, Accessing system features during startup – Dell PowerEdge R910 User Manual

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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 63.

<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.

<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 63.

<F12>

Starts PXE boot.

<Ctrl><E> Enters the 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 iDRAC user documentation.

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

SAS adapter documentation.

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

PERC card documentation

<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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