Contents
1 About your system...................................................................................................................... 7
Front-Panel Features And Indicators....................................................................................................................... 7
Using USB Diskette or USB DVD/CD Drives.............................................................................................................7
Hard-Drive/SSD indicator patterns...........................................................................................................................8
Other Information You May Need.............................................................................................................................9
2 Using the System Setup and Boot Manager........................................................................ 10
Choosing the system boot mode.............................................................................................................................10
Entering System Setup............................................................................................................................................11
Responding to error messages........................................................................................................................11
Using the System Setup navigation keys.........................................................................................................11
System setup options..............................................................................................................................................11
System Setup main screen...............................................................................................................................11
System BIOS Screen........................................................................................................................................12
System Information Screen..............................................................................................................................12
Memory Settings Screen................................................................................................................................. 13
Processor Settings screen...............................................................................................................................13
SATA Settings screen......................................................................................................................................14
Boot Settings Screen....................................................................................................................................... 15
Integrated Devices Screen.............................................................................................................................. 15
Serial Communications screen........................................................................................................................16
System profile settings screen.........................................................................................................................17
System Security screen................................................................................................................................... 18
Miscellaneous Settings....................................................................................................................................18
System and setup password features....................................................................................................................19
Assigning a system and/or setup password....................................................................................................19
Using your system password to secure your system...................................................................................... 20
Deleting or changing an existing system and/or setup password...................................................................20
Operating with a setup password enabled......................................................................................................21
Entering the UEFI Boot Manager............................................................................................................................21
Using the Boot Manager navigation keys........................................................................................................21
Boot Manager screen......................................................................................................................................22
UEFI Boot menu................................................................................................................................................22
Embedded system management.............................................................................................................................22
iDRAC settings utility.............................................................................................................................................. 23
Entering the iDRAC Settings utility...................................................................................................................23
3 Installing Blade Components.................................................................................................. 24