About Your System 11
About Your System
Accessing System Features During Startup
The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup.
Keystroke Description
<F2> Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup
Program and UEFI Boot Manager."
<F10> Enters System Services, which opens the Unified Server Configurator
from which you can access utilities such as system diagnostics. See the
Unified Server Configurator user documentation for more information.
<F11> Boot Mode set to BIOS: Enters the BIOS Boot Manager, which allows
you to select a boot device.
Boot Mode set to UEFI: Enters the UEFI Boot Manager, which enables
you to manage your system’s boot options.
<F12> Enters PXE boot (if enabled in System Setup program).
<Ctrl<E> Enters the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility, which allows access to the
system event log (SEL) and configuration of remote access to the
system.
<Ctrl<C> Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. See your SAS adapter
documentation for more information.
<Ctrl<R> Enters the PERC configuration utility. For more information, see the
documentation for your PERC card.
<Ctrl<S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more
information, see the documentation for your embedded NIC.