About your system, Accessing system features during startup – Dell PowerEdge R715 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 55.

<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 55.

<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 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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