Users Guide
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Using the system setup and boot manager
System Setup enables you to manage your system hardware and specify BIOS-level options.
The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup:
Table 15. System setup keystrokes
Keystroke
Description
<F2>
Opens the System Setup page.
<F10>
Opens and starts Lifecycle Controller, which supports systems management features such as
operating system deployment, hardware diagnostics, firmware updates, and platform configuration,
using a GUI. The feature set available in Lifecycle Controller is determined by the iDRAC license
installed.
<F11>
Opens the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager,
depending on the boot configuration of the system.
<F12>
Starts Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot.
From System Setup, you can:
• Change the NVRAM settings after you add or remove hardware
• View the system hardware configuration
• Enable or disable integrated devices
• Set performance and power management thresholds
• Manage system security
You can access System Setup using the:
• Standard graphical browser, which is enabled by default
• Text browser, which is enabled using Console Redirection
To enable Console Redirection, in System Setup, select System BIOS → Serial Communication screen → Serial
Communication, select On with Console Redirection.
NOTE: By default, help text for the selected field is displayed in the graphical browser. To view the help text in the text
browser, press <F1>.
Choosing the system boot mode
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System Setup enables you to specify one of the following boot modes for installing your operating system:
• BIOS boot mode (the default) is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.
• BIOS boot mode (the default) is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.
NOTE: Dell Storage NAS supports only BIOS mode. You must not change the boot mode to UEFI because the system
does not boot.
• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) (the default) boot mode is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface. If you have
configured your system to boot to UEFI mode, it replaces the system BIOS.
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