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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 53.

<F10>

Enters System Services, which opens the Lifecycle Controller. The

 

Lifecycle Controller allows you to access utilities such as embedded

 

system diagnostics. For more information, see the Lifecycle Controller

 

documentation at support.dell.com/manuals.

<F11>

Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the UEFI Boot Manager,

 

depending on the system's boot configuration. See "Using the System

 

Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 53.

<F12>

Starts PXE boot.

<Ctrl><E>

Enters the 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 iDRAC user documentation at

 

support.dell.com/manuals.

<Ctrl><C>

Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see the

 

SAS adapter documentation at support.dell.com/manuals.

<Ctrl><R>

Enters the PERC configuration utility. For more information, see the

 

PERC card documentation at support.dell.com/manuals.

<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/manuals.

 

 

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