Chapter 5: Pre-Operating System Management Applications; Manage The Pre-Operating System Applications; Set Up The System - Dell VxRail VP-760 Manual

You can manage basic settings and features of the VxRail without booting into the operating system by using the system
firmware.
Dell Technologies optimizes your VxRail with the settings during installation and configuration. Do not change any basic settings
or features set by Dell Technologies to ensure best performance.
CAUTION: Performance may be impacted if settings and features configured by Dell Technologies are changed.

Manage the pre-operating system applications

VxRail contains options to manage the pre-operating system applications.
The following options are available:
● System Setup
● Boot Manager
● Dell Lifecycle Controller
● Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
Your VxRail was optimized by Dell Technologies during the initial configuration. Do not change any of the basic settings or
features set by Dell Technologies to ensure best performance.

Set up the system

Using the System Setup option, configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of your VxRail.
You can access system setup by using any one of the following interfaces:
● User interface: To access go to iDRAC Dashboard, click Configurations > BIOS Settings.
● Text browser: To enable the text browser, use the Console Redirection.
To view System Setup, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu.
NOTE: If the operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart
the system and try again.
The following table describes the options on the System Setup Main Menu screen:
Option
System BIOS
iDRAC Settings
Device Settings
Service Tag Settings
System BIOS
To view the System BIOS screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS.
Pre-operating system management
Description
To configure the BIOS 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.
To configure device settings for devices such as storage controllers or network cards.
To configure the System Service Tag.
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