Using The System Setup And Boot Manager - Dell EMC PowerEdge R620 Owner's Manual

Using the system setup and boot manager

System Setup enables you to manage your system hardware and specify BIOS-level options.
The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup:
Table 1. System setup keystrokes
Keystroke
<F2>
<F10>
<F11>
<F12>
From System Setup, you can:
• Change the NVRAM settings after you add or remove hardware
• View the system hardware configuration
• Enable or disable integrated devices
• Set performance and power management thresholds
• Manage system security
You can access System Setup using the:
• Standard graphical browser, which is enabled by default
• Text browser, which is enabled using Console Redirection
To enable Console Redirection, in System Setup, select System BIOS > Serial Communication screen > Serial Communication, select
On with Console Redirection.
NOTE: By default, help text for the selected field is displayed in the graphical browser. To view the help text in the text browser,
press <F1>.
Topics:
• Choosing the system boot mode
• Entering System Setup
• System Setup options
• System and setup password features
• Entering the UEFI boot manager
• Embedded systems management
• iDRAC Settings utility
Description
Opens the System Setup page.
Opens and starts Lifecycle Controller, which supports systems management features such as operating
system deployment, hardware diagnostics, firmware updates, and platform configuration, using a GUI.
The feature set available in Lifecycle Controller is determined by the iDRAC license installed.
Opens the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager,
depending on the boot configuration of the system.
Starts Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot.
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