Dell R805 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 "Using the System Setup
	Program" on page 48.
<F10>	Opens the utility partition, allowing you to run the system
	diagnostics. See "Running the System Diagnostics" on page 161
<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
	BMC User’s Guide for more information on setup and use of BMC.

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