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 63.

<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.

<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 63.

<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.

<Ctrl><C>

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

 

SAS adapter documentation.

<Ctrl><R>

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

 

PERC card documentation

<Ctrl><S>

Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more

 

information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.

 

 

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