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About your system, Accessing system features during startup – Dell PowerVault NX3100 User Manual

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About Your System

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About Your System

Accessing System Features During Startup

The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup.

Keystroke

Description

Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup

Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 41.

Enters System Services, which opens the Lifecycle Controller.

The controller allows you to access utilities such as embedded system

diagnostics. For information on Lifecycle Controller or any of the

Lifecycle Controller software components, see the Lifecycle

Controller documentation on the Dell Support website at

dell.com/support.

Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unified Extensible Firmware

Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager, depending on the system’s boot

configuration. See "Using the System Setup Program and

UEFI Boot Manager" on page 41.

Starts Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot.

Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or iDRAC

Configuration Utility, which allows access to the system event log

(SEL) and configuration of remote access to the system. For more

information, see the BMC or iDRAC user documentation.

Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see the

SAS adapter documentation.

Enters the RAID configuration utility. For more information, see the

documentation for your SAS RAID card.

Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more

information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.