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You can manage basic settings and features of a system without booting to the operating system by using the system firmware.

Options to manage the pre-operating system applications

You can use any one of the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications:

● System Setup

● Dell Lifecycle Controller

● Boot Manager

● Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)

Topics:

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Dell Lifecycle Controller

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Boot Manager

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PXE boot

System Setup

Using the System Setup option, you can configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of the system.

You can access system setup by using any one of the following interfaces:

● Graphical User interface — To access go to iDRAC Dashboard, click Configuration, and click BIOS Settings.

● Text browser — The browser is enabled by using Console Redirection.

To view System Setup, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu.

NOTE:

If the operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart

the system and try again.

The System Setup Main Menu screen details are described as follows:

Table 1. System Setup Main Menu

Option

System BIOS

iDRAC Settings

Device Settings

Pre-operating system management applications

Pre-operating system management

Description

Enables you to configure the BIOS settings.

Enables you to configure the iDRAC settings. The iDRAC

settings utility is an interface to set up and configure

the iDRAC parameters by using UEFI (Unified Extensible

Firmware Interface). You can enable or disable various

iDRAC parameters by using the iDRAC settings utility. For

more information about this utility, see Integrated Dell

Remote Access Controller User's Guide at

poweredgemanuals.

Enabled you to configure device settings for devices such as

storage controllers or network cards.

applications