About Boot Manager; Entering Boot Manager; Boot Manager Main Menu; About Dell Lifecycle Controller - Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual

About Boot Manager

Boot manager enables you to add, delete, and arrange boot options. You can also access System Setup
and boot options without restarting the system.

Entering Boot Manager

The boot manager screen enables you to select boot options and diagnostic utilities.
1. Turn on, or restart your system.
2. Press F11 when you see the message F11 = Boot Manager.
If your operating system begins to load before you press F11, allow the system to complete the
booting, and then restart your system and try again.

Boot Manager main menu

Menu item Description
Continue Normal The system attempts to boot to devices starting with the first item in the boot
Boot order. If the boot attempt fails, the system continues with the next item in the boot
order until the boot is successful or no more boot options are found.
One Shot Boot Takes you to the boot menu, where you can select a one time boot device to boot
Menu from.
Launch System Enables you to access System Setup.
Setup
Launch Lifecycle Exits the Boot Manager and invokes the Lifecycle Controller program.
Controller
System Utilities Launches System Utilities menu such as System Diagnostics and UEFI shell.

About Dell Lifecycle Controller

Dell Lifecycle Controller enables you to perform tasks such as configuring BIOS and hardware settings,
deploying an operating system, updating drivers, changing RAID settings, and saving hardware profiles.
For more information about Dell Lifecycle Controller, see the documentation at Dell.com/idracmanuals.

Changing the boot order

You may have to change the boot order if you want to boot from a USB key or an optical drive. The
following instructions may vary if you have selected BIOS for Boot Mode.
1. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS → Boot Settings.
2. Click Boot Option Settings → Boot Sequence.
3. Use the arrow keys to select a boot device, and use the plus (+) and minus (-) sign keys to move the
device down or up in the order.
4. Click Exit, and then click Yes to save the settings on exit.
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