Accessing System Features During Startup - Dell PowerEdge T300 Series Hardware Owner's Manual

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Accessing System Features During Startup

Table 1-1 describes keystrokes that may be entered during startup to access
system features. If your operating system begins to load before you enter the
keystroke, allow the system to finish booting, and then restart your system
and try again.
Table 1-1. Keystrokes for Accessing System Features
Keystroke Description
<F2> Enters the System Setup program (see "Entering the System Setup
Program" on page 41).
<F10> Opens the utility partition, allowing you to run the system diagnostics
(see "Running the System Diagnostics" on page 163.
<F11> Enters the boot mode selection screen, allowing you to choose a boot
device.
<F12> Starts PXE boot.
<Ctrl+E> Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Management
Utility, which allows access to the system event log (SEL) and
configuration of the Remote Access Controller (RAC) card. See the
BMC User's Guide for more information on setup and use of BMC.
<Ctrl+C> This keystroke enters the SAS Configuration Utility. See your SAS
controller User's Guide for more information.
<Ctrl+R> If you have the optional battery-cached SAS RAID controller, this
keystroke enters the RAID configuration utility. For more information,
see the documentation for your SAS controller card.
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