Dell PowerEdge XE9685L Installation and Service Manual

Restoring the system using Easy Restore

The Easy Restore feature enables you to restore your service tag, license, UEFI configuration, and the system configuration data after replacing the system board. All data is backed up in a backup flash device automatically. If BIOS detects a new system board, and the service tag in the backup flash device, BIOS prompts the user to restore the backup information.

1. Restore the service tag, license, and diagnostics information, press Y
2. Navigate to the Lifecycle Controller based restore options, press N
3. Restore data from a previously created Hardware Server Profile, press F10
   NOTE:When the restore process is complete, BIOS prompts to restore the system configuration data.
4. Restore data from a previously created Hardware Server Profile, press F10
5. To restore the system configuration data, press Y
6. To use the default configuration settings, press N
   NOTE:After the restore process is complete, system reboots.