About Boot Manager; Entering Boot Manager; Boot Manager Main Menu; About Dell Lifecycle Controller - Dell PowerEdge M830 Owner's Manual

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About Boot Manager

Boot Manager enables you to add, delete, and arrange boot options. You can also access System Setup
and boot options without restarting the system.

Entering Boot Manager

The Boot Manager screen enables you to select boot options and diagnostic utilities.
1.
Turn on or restart your system.
2.
Press F11 when you see the message F11 = Boot Manager.
If your operating system begins to load before you press F11, allow the system to finish booting, and
then restart your system and try again.

Boot Manager main menu

Menu Item
Continue Normal Boot
One Shot Boot Menu
Launch System Setup
Launch Lifecycle Controller
System Utilities

About Dell Lifecycle Controller

Dell Lifecycle Controller allows you to perform tasks such as configuring BIOS and hardware settings,
deploying an operating system, updating drivers, changing RAID settings, and saving hardware profiles.
For more information about Dell Lifecycle Controller, see the documentation at dell.com/esmmanuals.

Changing the boot order

You may have to change the boot order if you want to boot from a USB key or an optical drive. The
instructions given below may vary if you have selected BIOS for Boot Mode.
1.
In the System Setup Main Menu, click System BIOS → Boot Settings.
2.
Click Boot Option Settings → Boot Sequence.
3.
Use the arrow keys to select a boot device, and use the <+> and <-> keys to move the device down
or up in the order.
4.
Click Exit, click Yes to save the settings on exit.
Description
The system attempts to boot to devices starting
with the first item in the boot order. If the boot
attempt fails, the system continues with the next
item in the boot order until the boot is successful
or no more boot options are found.
Takes you to the boot menu, where you can select
a one time boot device to boot from.
Enables you to access System Setup.
Exits the Boot Manager and invokes the Lifecycle
Controller program.
Launches System Utilities menu such as System
Diagnostics and UEFI shell.
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