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Pre-operating system management applications
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
Your system has the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications:
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System Setup
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Dell Lifecycle Controller
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Boot Manager
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Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
NOTE:
The NX430 system does not support UEFI mode.
System Setup
By using the System Setup screen, you can configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of your system.
NOTE:
Help text for the selected field is displayed in the graphical browser by default. To view the help text in the text browser,
press F1.
You can access system setup by using two methods:
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Standard graphical browser—The browser is enabled by default.
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Text browser—The browser is enabled by using Console Redirection.
Viewing System Setup
To view the System Setup screen, perform the following steps:
1
Turn on, or restart your system.
2
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
System Setup details
The System Setup Main Menu screen provides the following options.
NOTE:
The NX Series systems support only BIOS mode. Do not change the boot mode to UEFI because the system will not load
the appliance OS when in UEFI mode.
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