Dell T105 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 31.
<F10>	Opens the utility partition, allowing you to run the system
	diagnostics. See "Running the System Diagnostics" on page 128.
<F11>	Enters the boot menu selection screen, allowing you to choose a boot
	device.
<F12>	Initiates PXE boot.
<Ctrl+C>	Option is displayed for some SAS controller expansion cards. Enters
	the SAS Configuration Utility, which includes RAID configuration
	options. See your SAS adapter User’s Guide for more information.
<Ctrl+S>	Option is displayed only if you have PXE support enabled through
	the System Setup Program (see Table 2-1). This keystroke allows you
	to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more information, see
	the documentation for your integrated NIC.

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