Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge R930 Owner's Manual
- Contents
- About the PowerEdge R930
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
- System Setup
- Viewing System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS
- Viewing System BIOS
- System BIOS Settings details
- Boot Settings
- Network Settings
- System Security
- System Information
- Memory Settings
- Processor Settings
- SATA Settings
- Integrated Devices
- Serial Communication
- System Profile Settings
- Miscellaneous Settings
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Front bezel (optional)
- System cover
- Inside the system
- System memory
- Memory riser
- Memory riser and fan cage
- Cooling fans
- Cable management tray
- Hard drives
- Optical drive (optional)
- Internal USB memory key (optional)
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Removing the left or right expansion card riser blank
- Installing the left or right expansion card riser blank
- Removing the left or right expansion card riser
- Installing the left or right expansion card riser
- Removing an expansion card from expansion card risers
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion card risers
- Network Daughter Card riser
- Network daughter card
- Chassis intrusion switch
- SD vFlash card (optional)
- Internal dual SD module (optional)
- Integrated storage controller card
- Processors and heat sinks
- Power supply units
- Power distribution board
- System battery
- Hard drive backplane
- SAS expander daughter card
- Control panel
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Troubleshooting your system
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting a serial input and output device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting power supply units
- Troubleshooting cooling problems
- Troubleshooting cooling fans
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting an internal USB key
- Troubleshooting a micro SD card
- Troubleshooting an optical drive
- Troubleshooting a drive or SSD
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
Pre-operating system management
applications
You can manage basic settings and features of a system without booting to the operating system by using the system firmware.
Topics:
• Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
• System Setup
• Dell Lifecycle Controller
• Boot Manager
• PXE boot
Options to manage the pre-operating system
applications
Your system has the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications:
● System Setup
● Boot Manager
● Dell Lifecycle Controller
● Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
Related concepts
System Setup on page 34
Boot Manager on page 58
Dell Lifecycle Controller on page 58
PXE boot on page 59
System Setup
By using the System Setup screen, you can configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of your system.
NOTE:
Help text for the selected field is displayed in the graphical browser by default. To view the help text in the text
browser, press F1.
You can access system setup by using two methods:
● Standard graphical browser — The browser is enabled by default.
● Text browser — The browser is enabled by using Console Redirection.
Related references
System Setup details on page 35
Related tasks
Viewing System Setup on page 35
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