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About Your System
Accessing System Features During Startup
The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup.
Keystroke | Description |
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<F2> | Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup |
| Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 57. |
<F10> | Enters System Services, which opens the Lifecycle Controller. |
| The controller allows you to access utilities such as embedded system |
| diagnostics. For information on Lifecycle Controller or any of the |
| Lifecycle Controller software components, see the Lifecycle |
| Controller documentation at support.dell.com/manuals. |
<F11> | Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unified Extensible Firmware |
| Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager, depending on the system’s boot |
| configuration. See "Using the System Setup Program and |
| UEFI Boot Manager" on page 57. |
<F12> | Starts Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot. |
<Ctrl><E> | Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or iDRAC6 |
| Configuration Utility, which allows access to the system event log |
| (SEL) and configuration of remote access to the system. For more |
| information, see the BMC or iDRAC6 user documentation. |
<Ctrl><C> | Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see the |
| SAS adapter documentation. |
<Ctrl><R> | Enters the RAID configuration utility. For more information, see the |
| documentation for your SAS RAID card. |
<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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