Dell R300 owner manual Accessing System Features During Startup

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Accessing System Features During Startup

Table 1-1 describes keystrokes that may be entered during startup to access system features. If your operating system begins to load before you enter the keystroke, allow the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again.

Table 1-1. Keystrokes for Accessing System Features

Keystroke	Description
<F2>	Enters the System Setup program. See "Entering the System Setup
	Program" on page 45.
<F10>	Opens the utility partition, allowing you to run the system diagnostics.
	See "Running the System Diagnostics" on page 152.
<F11>	Enters the boot mode selection screen, allowing you to choose a boot
	device.
<F12>	Starts PXE boot.

<Ctrl+E> Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Management Utility, which allows access to the system event log (SEL) and configuration of the remote access controller (RAC) card. See the Dell OpenManage™ Baseboard Management Controller User’s Guide for more information on setup and use of BMC.

<Ctrl+C> This keystroke enters the SAS Configuration Utility. See your SAS controller User’s Guide for more information.

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