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" on page 61.
<F10> Enters System Services, which opens the Unified Server Configurator.
The Unified Server Configurator allows you to access utilities such as
embedded system diagnostics. For more information, see the Unified
Server Configurator documentation.
<F11> Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the UEFI Boot Manager, depending
on the system’s boot configuration. See "Using the System Setup
Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 61.
<F12> Starts PXE boot.
<Ctrl+E> Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or iDRAC
Configuration Utility, which allows access to the system event log
(SEL) and configuration of remote access to the system. For more
information, see the BMC or iDRAC user documentation.
<Ctrl+C> Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see the
SAS adapter documentation.
<Ctrl+R> Enters the PERC configuration utility. For more information, see the
PERC card documentation.
<Ctrl+S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more
information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.
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