Users Guide

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 11. 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>.