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 13. 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>.

Topics:

• Choosing the system boot mode

• Entering System Setup

• System and setup password features

• Entering the UEFI boot manager

• Embedded systems management

• iDRAC settings utility

Choosing the system boot mode

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.

NOTE:

Dell Storage NAS supports only BIOS mode. You must not change the boot mode to UEFI because the system

does not boot.

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