Owners Manual

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:

Keystroke

Description

<F2>

Opens the System Setup page.

<F10>

Enters System Services and starts Lifecycle Controller, which

supports systems management features such as operating system

deployment, hardware diagnostics, rmware updates, and platform

conguration, using a graphical user interface. The feature set

available in Lifecycle Controller is determined by the iDRAC license

purchased. For more information, see Related Documentation topic.

<F11>

Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unied Extensible Firmware

Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager, depending on the system's boot

conguration.

<F12>

Starts Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot.

From the System Setup, you can:

• Change the NVRAM settings after you add or remove hardware

• View the system hardware conguration

• Enable or disable integrated devices

• Set performance and power management thresholds

• Manage system security

You can access the 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 eld 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 Setup Options

• System And Setup Password Features

• Entering The UEFI Boot Manager

• Embedded System Management

20 Using The System Setup and Boot Manager