Owners Manual

Entering the iDRAC Settings utility

1 Turn on or restart the managed system.

2 Press F2 during Power-on Self-test (POST).

3 On the System Setup Main Menu page, click iDRAC Settings.

The iDRAC Settings screen is displayed.

Changing thermal settings

About this task

The iDRAC settings utility enables you to select and customize the thermal control settings for your system.

NOTE: Selection of thermal prole does not change the default Fan speed. Fan speed automatically changes as per the system

temperature irrespective of the THERMAL PROFILE in eect or select the Custom fan speed option to set it to desired speed.

Steps

1 Click iDRAC Settings > Thermal.

2 Under SYSTEM THERMAL PROFILE > Thermal Prole, select one of the following options:

• Default Thermal Prole Settings

• Maximum Performance (Optimized)

• Minimum Power (Performance per Watt Optimized)

3 Under USER COOLING OPTIONS, set the Fan Speed Oset, Minimum Fan Speed, and Custom Minimum Fan Speed.

4 Click Back > Finish > Yes.

Device Settings

Device Settings enables you to congure device parameters.

Dell Lifecycle Controller

Dell Lifecycle Controller (LC) provides advanced embedded systems management capabilities including system deployment, conguration,

update, maintenance, and diagnosis. LC is delivered as part of the iDRAC out-of-band solution and Dell system embedded Unied

Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications.

Embedded system management

The Dell Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded system management throughout the lifecycle of the system. The Dell Lifecycle

Controller can be started during the boot sequence and can function independently of the operating system.

NOTE

: Certain platform congurations may not support the full set of features provided by the Dell Lifecycle Controller.

For more information about setting up the Dell Lifecycle Controller, conguring hardware and rmware, and deploying the operating system,

see the Dell Lifecycle Controller documentation at Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.

Pre-operating system management applications