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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
• Boot Manager
• Dell Lifecycle Controller
• 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.
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.
The iDRAC settings utility is an interface to set up and configure the iDRAC
parameters by using UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). You can enable
or disable various iDRAC parameters by using the iDRAC settings utility. For more
information about this utility, see
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s
Guide
at
Dell.com/idracmanuals
.
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