Contents

1 About Your System................................................................................................7

Overview................................................................................................................................................7
Front-Panel Features And Indicators....................................................................................................8
Solid State Drive Features.....................................................................................................................8
Using USB Diskette Or USB DVD/CD Drives......................................................................................10
iKVM Access.........................................................................................................................................10
Other Information You May Need......................................................................................................10

2 Using The System Setup And Boot Manager................................................. 12

Choosing The System Boot Mode......................................................................................................12
Entering System Setup........................................................................................................................13
Responding To Error Messages.....................................................................................................13
Using The System Setup Navigation Keys.....................................................................................13
System Setup Options.........................................................................................................................14
System Setup Main Screen............................................................................................................14
System BIOS Screen......................................................................................................................14
System Information Screen...........................................................................................................15
Memory Settings Screen................................................................................................................15
Processor Settings Screen.............................................................................................................16
Boot Settings Screen......................................................................................................................17
Integrated Devices Screen.............................................................................................................17
Serial Communications Screen.....................................................................................................18
System Profile Settings Screen......................................................................................................19
System Security Screen.................................................................................................................20
Miscellaneous Settings..................................................................................................................20
System And Setup Password Features................................................................................................21
Assigning A System And/Or Setup Password...............................................................................21
Using Your System Password To Secure Your System................................................................22
Deleting or changing an existing system and/or setup password..............................................22
Operating with a setup password enabled...................................................................................23
Entering the UEFI Boot Manager........................................................................................................23
Using the Boot Manager navigation keys.....................................................................................23
Boot Manager screen....................................................................................................................24
UEFI Boot menu............................................................................................................................24
Embedded System Management........................................................................................................25
iDRAC Settings Utility..........................................................................................................................25
Entering the iDrac Settings utility.................................................................................................25