Viewing Home Screen; Setup Menu; View Menu - Dell Precision 7920 Rack Owner's Manual

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Table 36. LCD panel features
Item Button or
display
1
Left
2
Select
3
Right
4
LCD display

Viewing Home screen

The Home screen displays user-configurable information about the system. This screen is displayed during normal system
operation when there are no status messages or errors. When the system turns off and there are no errors, LCD enters the
standby mode after five minutes of inactivity. Press any button on the LCD to turn it on.
Steps
1. To view the Home screen, press one of the three navigation buttons (Select, Left, or Right).
2. To navigate to the Home screen from another menu, complete the following steps:
a. Press and hold the navigation button until the up arrow
b. Navigate to the Home icon
c. Select the Home icon.
d. On the Home screen, press the Select button to enter the main menu.

Setup menu

NOTE:
When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action.
Option
Description
iDRAC
Select DHCP or Static IP to configure the network mode. If Static IP is selected, the available fields
are IP, Subnet (Sub), and Gateway (Gtw). Select Setup DNS to enable DNS and to view domain
addresses. Two separate DNS entries are available.
Set error
Select SEL to view LCD error messages in a format that matches the IPMI description in the SEL. This
enables you to match an LCD message with an SEL entry.
Select Simple to view LCD error messages in a simplified user-friendly description.
Set home
Select the default information to be displayed on the Home screen. See View menu section for the
options and option items that can be set as the default on the Home screen.

View menu

NOTE:
When you select an option in the View menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action.
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Technology and components
Description
Moves the cursor back in one-step increments.
Selects the menu item highlighted by the cursor.
Moves the cursor forward in one-step increments.
During message scrolling:
● Press and hold the right button to increase scrolling speed.
● Release the button to stop.
NOTE:
The display stops scrolling when the button is released. After 45 seconds of inactivity,
the display starts scrolling.
Displays system information, status, and error messages or iDRAC IP address.
using the up arrow
is displayed.
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