Pre-operating system management applications
You can manage basic settings and features of a system without booting to the operating system by using the system firmware.
Options to manage the pre-operating system
applications
Your system has the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications:
•
System Setup
•
Dell EMC Lifecycle Controller
•
Boot Manager
•
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
System Setup
By using the
System Setup
screen, you can configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings and device settings of your system.
NOTE:
Help text for the selected field is displayed in the graphical browser by default. To view the help text in the text browser,
press F1.
You can access system setup by using two methods:
•
Standard graphical browser — The browser is enabled by default.
•
Text browser — The browser is enabled by using Console Redirection.
Viewing System Setup
To view the
System Setup
screen, perform the following steps:
1
Turn on, or restart your system
2
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
System Setup details
The
System Setup Main Menu
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
System BIOS
Enables you to configure BIOS settings.
iDRAC Settings
Enables you to configure iDRAC settings.
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Pre-operating system management applications
Summary of Contents for DSS8440
Page 100: ...Cable Routing Figure 82 Cable Routing 7 100 Cable Routing ...
Page 107: ...Figure 88 Fan cable assembly to fan bracket Cable Routing 107 ...
Page 109: ...Figure 91 Fan cable assembly to fan bracket Cable Routing 109 ...
Page 110: ...Fan cable MB PDB assembly to MB Figure 92 Fan cable MB PDB assembly to MB 110 Cable Routing ...
Page 114: ...IDC cable MB PDB assembly to PDB Figure 99 IDC cable MB PDB assembly to PDB 114 Cable Routing ...
Page 115: ...IDC cable MB PDB assembly to MB Figure 100 IDC cable MB PDB assembly to MB Cable Routing 115 ...
Page 138: ...System Board Connectors Figure 133 System Board Connectors 138 Jumpers and connectors ...