About Your System 11
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About Your System

Accessing System Features During Startup

The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup.

Keystroke Description
<F2> Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup
Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 39.
<F10> Enters System Services, which opens the Lifecycle Controller.
The controller allows you to access utilities such as embedded system
diagnostics. For information on Lifecycle Controller or any of the
Lifecycle Controller software components, see the Lifecycle
Controller documentation at support.dell.com/manuals.
<F11> Enters the BIOS Boot Manager, depending on the system’s boot
configuration. See "Using the System Setup Program and
UEFI Boot Manager" on page 39.
<F12> Starts Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot.
<Ctrl><E> Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or Integrated
Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) Configuration Utility,
which allows access to the system event log (SEL) and configuration
of remote access to the system. For more information, see the BMC
or iDRAC user documentation at support.dell.com/manual.
<Ctrl><R> Enters the RAID configuration utility. For more information, see the
documentation for your SAS RAID card at support.dell.com/manual.
<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more
information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC at
support.dell.com/manual.
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