About your system, Accessing system features during startup – Dell PowerEdge R310 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 53.

<F10>

Enters System Services, which opens the Unified Server Configurator.
The Unified Server Configurator allows you to access utilities such as
embedded system diagnostics. For more information, see the Unified
Server Configurator 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 53.

<F12>

Starts 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 at
support.dell.com/manuals.

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

SAS adapter documentation at support.dell.com/manuals.

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

documentation for your SAS RAID card 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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