Options To Manage The Pre-Operating System Applications; System Setup; Viewing System Setup; System Setup Details - Dell E28S Series Owner's Manual

Pre-operating system management applications

Options to manage the pre-operating system applications

Your system has the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications:
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System Setup

By using the System Setup screen, you can configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and
device settings of your system.
You can access system setup by using two methods:
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Viewing System Setup

To view the System Setup screen, perform the following steps:
Procedure
1. Turn on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

System Setup details

The System Setup Main Menu screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
System BIOS
iDRAC Settings
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System Setup

Boot Manager
Dell Lifecycle Controller
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
Note: Help text for the selected field is displayed in the graphical browser by default. To view
the help text in the text browser, press F1.
Standard graphical browser — The browser is enabled by default.
Text browser — The browser is enabled by using Console Redirection.
F2 = System Setup
Note: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system
to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again.
Enables you to configure BIOS settings.
Enables you to configure iDRAC settings.
The iDRAC settings utility is an interface to set up and configure the iDRAC parameters by
using UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). You can enable or disable various iDRAC
parameters by using the iDRAC settings utility. For more information about this utility, see
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals.