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Accessing System Features During Startup
The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup. The SAS/SATA card or PXE hotkey support are available only in the BIOS boot mode. Hotkey function is not available in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot mode.
Keystroke | Description |
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<F2> | Enters the System Setup program. See "System Setup Menu" on |
| page 67. |
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<F11> | Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unified Extensible |
| Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager, depending on the |
| system's boot configuration. |
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<F12> | Starts Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot. |
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<Ctrl><C> | Enters the LSI 2008 SAS Mezzanine Card Configuration Utility. |
| For more information, see the SAS adapter documentation. |
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<Ctrl><H> | Enters the LSI 2008 SAS Mezzanine Card Configuration Utility. |
| For more information, see the documentation for your SAS RAID |
| card. |
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<Ctrl><S> | Enters the utility to configure onboard NIC settings for PXE boot. |
| For more information, see the documentation for your integrated |
| NIC. |
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<Ctrl><I> | Enters the onboard SAS and SATA controller’s configuration |
| utility. |
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