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Dell PowerEdge R620 Owner's Manual

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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 . 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, firmware updates, and platform configuration, 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 Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager, depending on the boot configuration 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 configuration
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 field is displayed in the graphical browser. To view the help text in the text browser, press <F1>.