Item
Button
Description
NOTE: The display stops scrolling when the button is
released. After 45 seconds of inactivity the display starts
scrolling.
Viewing Home screen
About this task
The
Home
screen displays user-configurable information about the system. This screen is displayed
during normal system operation when there are no status messages or errors. When the system is in
standby mode, the LCD backlight turns off after a few minutes of inactivity, if there are no error
messages.
Steps
1.
To view the
Home
screen, press one of the three navigation buttons (Select, Left, or Right).
2.
To navigate to the
Home
screen from another menu, complete the following steps:
a. Press and hold the up arrow
until the
Home
icon
is displayed.
b. Select the
Home
icon.
c. On the
Home
screen, press the
Select
button to enter the main menu.
Setup menu
NOTE: When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must confirm the option before
proceeding to the next action.
Option
Description
iDRAC
Select
DHCP
or
Static IP
to configure the network mode. If
Static IP
is selected,
the available fields are
IP
,
Subnet (Sub)
, and
Gateway (Gtw)
. Select
Setup DNS
to
enable DNS and to view domain addresses. Two separate DNS entries are available.
Set error
Select
SEL
to view LCD error messages in a format that matches the IPMI
description in the SEL. This enables you to match an LCD message with an SEL
entry.
Select
Simple
to view LCD error messages in a simplified user-friendly description.
For more information about error messages, see the
Dell Event and Error Messages
Reference Guide
at
Dell.com/openmanagemanuals
>
OpenManage software
.
Set home
Select the default information to be displayed on the
Home
screen. See View menu
section for the options and option items that can be set as the default on the
Home
screen.
Related Links
View menu
NOTE: When you select an option in the View menu, you must confirm the option before
proceeding to the next action.
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