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Pre-operating system management applications

The pre-operating system management applications for your system helps you manage different settings and features of your system without booting to the operating system.

Your system has the following pre-operating system management applications:

System Setup

Boot Manager

Dell Lifecycle Controller

Dell Lifecycle Controller allows you to perform useful tasks such as configuring BIOS and hardware settings, deploying operating system, updating drivers, and saving hardware profiles. For more information about Dell Lifecycle Controller, see the documentation at dell.com/esmmanuals.

Navigation keys

The navigation keys can help you access the pre-operating system management applications.

Table 9. Navigation keys

Key

Description

 

 

Page Up

Moves to the previous screen.

Page Down

Moves to the next screen.

Up arrow

Moves to the previous field.

Down

Moves to the next field.

arrow

 

Enter

Enables you to type a value in the selected field (if applicable) or follow the link in the field.

Spacebar

Expands or collapses a drop-down list, if applicable.

Tab

Moves to the next focus area.

 

NOTE: This feature is applicable for the standard graphical browser only.

Esc

Moves to the previous page until you view the main screen. Pressing Esc in the main

 

screen exits System BIOS/iDRAC Settings/Device Settings/Service Tag Settings and

 

proceeds with system boot.

F1

Displays the System Setup help.

F2

Enables you to enter System Setup

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