Item

Button

Description

 

 

 

1

Left

Moves the cursor back in one-step

 

 

increments.

2

Select

Selects the menu item highlighted by

 

 

the cursor.

3

Right

Moves the cursor forward in one-step

 

 

increments.

 

 

During message scrolling:

• Press once to increase scrolling speed

• Press again to stop

• Press again to return to default scrolling speed

• Press again to repeat the cycle

Home Screen

The Home screen displays user-configurable information about the system. This screen is displayed during normal system operation when there are no status messages or errors. When the system is in standby mode, the LCD backlight turns off after five minutes of inactivity if there are no error messages. Press one of the three navigation buttons (Select, Left, or Right) to view the Home screen.

To navigate to the Home screen from another menu, continue to select the up arrow until the Home icon is displayed, and then select the Home icon.

From the Home screen, press the Select button to enter the main menu.

Setup Menu

NOTE: When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action.

Option

Description

iDRAC

Select DHCP or Static IP to configure the network mode. If Static IP is selected, the available

 

fields are IP, Subnet (Sub), and Gateway (Gtw). Select Setup DNS to enable DNS and to view

 

domain addresses. Two separate DNS entries are available.

Set error

Select SEL to display LCD error messages in a format that matches the IPMI description in the

 

SEL. This is useful when trying to match an LCD message with an SEL entry.

 

Select Simple to display LCD error messages in a simplified user-friendly description. See

 

System Error Messages for a list of messages in this format.

Set home

Select the default information to be displayed on the LCD Home screen. See View Menu to see

 

the options and option items that can be set as the default on the Home screen.

View Menu

NOTE: When you select an option in the View menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action.

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Dell R820 owner manual Home Screen, Setup Menu, View Menu