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Pre-operating system management applications
The pre-operating system management applications for your PowerEdge system help you manage
different settings and features of your system without booting to the operating system.
Your PowerEdge system has the following pre-operating system management applications:
• System Setup
• Boot Manager
• Dell Lifecycle Controller

Navigation keys

The navigation keys can help you access the pre-operating system management applications.
Key Description
<Page Up> Moves to the previous screen.
<Page
Down>
Moves to the next screen.
Up arrow Moves to the previous field.
Down
arrow
Moves to the next field.
<Enter> Enables you to type a value in the selected field (if applicable) or follow the link in the field.
Spacebar Expands or collapses a drop-down list, if applicable.
<Tab> Moves to the next focus area.
NOTE: This feature is applicable for the standard graphical browser only.
<Esc> Moves to the previous page until you view the main screen. Pressing <Esc> in the main
screen exits System BIOS/iDRAC Settings/Device Settings/Service Tag Settings and
proceeds with system boot.
<F1> Displays the System Setup help.

About System Setup

Using System Setup, you can configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of your
system.
You can access System Setup in two ways:
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