About Your System; Accessing System Features During Startup - Dell PowerEdge C8000 Hardware Owner's Manual

About Your System

Accessing System Features During Startup

The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup.
The SAS/SATA card or PXE hotkey support are available only in the BIOS
boot mode. Hotkey function is not available in the Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot mode.
Keystroke
<F2>
<F11>
<F12>
<Ctrl><C>
<Ctrl><H>
<Ctrl><S>
<Ctrl><I>
Description
Enters the System Setup program. See "System Setup Menu" on
page 55.
Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager, depending on the
system's boot configuration. See "System Setup Options at Boot"
on page 56.
Starts Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot.
Enters the LSI 2008 SAS Mezzanine Card Configuration Utility.
For more information, see the SAS adapter documentation.
Enters the LSI 2008 SAS Mezzanine Card Configuration Utility.
For more information, see the documentation for your SAS RAID
card.
Enters the utility to configure onboard NIC settings for PXE boot.
For more information, see the documentation for your integrated
NIC.
Enters the onboard SAS and SATA controller's configuration
utility.
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