About Your System
Accessing System Features During Startup
The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup.
Keystroke | Description |
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<F2> | Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup |
| Program and UEFI Boot Manager." |
<F10> | Enters System Services, which opens the Unified Server Configurator |
| (USC) from which you can access utilities such as system diagnostics. |
| See the Unified Server Configurator user documentation for more |
| information. |
| NOTE: Some USC processing, such as software updates, can cause |
| virtual devices to be created that at times may appear as USB devices |
| attached to your system. These connections are both secure and |
| temporary, and can be disregarded. |
<F11> | Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the UEFI Boot Manager, |
| depending on your system’s boot configuration. See "Using the |
| System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." |
<F12> | Enters PXE boot, if enabled. |
<Ctrl><E> | Enters the iDRAC Configuration Utility, which allows access to the |
| system event log (SEL) and configuration of remote access to the |
| system. See the iDRAC user documentation for more information. |
<Ctrl><C> | Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see the |
| documentation for your SAS controller. |
<Ctrl><R> | Enters the PERC Configuration Utility. For more information, see |
| the documentation for your PERC card. |
<Ctrl><S> | Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more |
| information, see the documentation for your embedded NIC. |
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