Dell EMC PowerEdge R620 - Using the System Setup and Boot Manager

Using the system setup and boot manager
System Setup enables you to manage your system hardware and specify BIOS-level options.
The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup:
Table 1. System setup keystrokes
Keystroke
Description
<F2>
Opens the System Setup page.
<F10>
Opens and starts Lifecycle Controller, which supports systems management features such as operating
system deployment, hardware diagnostics, rmware updates, and platform conguration, using a GUI.
The feature set available in Lifecycle Controller is determined by the iDRAC license installed.
<F11>
Opens the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager,
depending on the boot conguration of the system.
<F12>
Starts Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot.
From System Setup, you can:
• Change the NVRAM settings after you add or remove hardware
• View the system hardware conguration
• Enable or disable integrated devices
• Set performance and power management thresholds
• Manage system security
You can access System Setup using the:
• Standard graphical browser, which is enabled by default
• Text browser, which is enabled using Console Redirection
To enable Console Redirection, in System Setup, select System BIOS > Serial Communication screen > Serial Communication, select
On with Console Redirection.
NOTE
: By default, help text for the selected eld is displayed in the graphical browser. To view the help text in the text browser,
press <F1>.
Topics:
• Choosing the system boot mode
• Entering System Setup
• System Setup options
• System and setup password features
• Entering the UEFI boot manager
• Embedded systems management
• iDRAC Settings utility
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