About your system, Accessing system features during startup – Dell PowerVault DL2100 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."

<F10>

Enters System Services, which opens the Unified Server Configurator
(USC) from which you can access utilities such as system diagnostics.
See the Unified Server Configurator user documentation for more
information.

NOTE:

Some USC processing, such as software updates, can cause

virtual devices to be created that at times may appear as USB devices
attached to your system. These connections are both secure and
temporary, and can be disregarded.

<F11>

Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the UEFI Boot Manager,
depending on your system’s boot configuration. See "Using the
System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager."

<F12>

Enters PXE boot, if enabled.

<Ctrl><E> Enters the iDRAC Configuration Utility, which allows access to the

system event log (SEL) and configuration of remote access to the
system. See the iDRAC user documentation for more information.

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

documentation for your SAS controller.

<Ctrl><R> Enters the PERC Configuration Utility. For more information, see

the documentation for your PERC card.

<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more

information, see the documentation for your embedded NIC.

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