Owners Manual

Drives sent for service replacement do not have the utility partition and therefore do not have this capability. If pressed, the keystroke is
ignored on these drives.
NOTE: The utility partition is not protected from debug routines or the FDISK utility.
About system setup
By using the System Setup screen, you can configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of your system.
These settings have already been preconfigured per solution requirements. Contact Dell before you change these settings.
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 in two ways:
• Standard graphical browser—The browser is enabled by default.
• Text Browser—The browser is enabled by using Console Redirection.
Entering System Setup
1. Turn on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try
again.
System Setup Main Menu
Option
Description
System BIOS Enables you to configure BIOS settings.
iDRAC Settings Enables you to configure iDRAC settings.
The iDRAC Settings utility is an interface to set up and configure the iDRAC parameters using UEFI. You can
enable or disable various iDRAC parameters by using the iDRAC Settings utility. For more information about this
utility, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide at
dell.com/esmmanuals.
Device Settings Enables you to configure device settings.
Service Tag
Settings
Enables service tag of the system
System BIOS screen
You can use the System BIOS screen to view BIOS settings as well as edit specific functions such as boot order, system password, setup
password, setting RAID mode, and enabling or disabling USB ports.
In the System Setup Main Menu, click System BIOS.
The System BIOS screen details are explained below.
Menu Item
Description
System
Information
Displays information about the system such as the system model name, BIOS version, Service Tag, and so on.
Memory Settings Displays information and options related to installed memory.
Processor
Settings
Displays information and options related to the processor such as speed, cache size, and so on.
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