Server Hardware Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About Your System
- Accessing System Features During Startup
- Front-Panel Features and Indicators
- LCD Panel Features (Optional)
- Hard-Drive Status Indicators
- Back-Panel Features and Indicators
- Guidelines for Connecting External Devices
- NIC Indicator Codes
- Power Indicator Codes
- Diagnostic Lights (Optional)
- LCD Status Messages (Optional)
- System Messages
- Warning Messages
- Diagnostics Messages
- Alert Messages
- Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Front Bezel (Optional)
- Opening and Closing the System
- Optical Drive (Optional)
- Hard Drives
- Removing a Drive Blank
- Installing a Drive Blank
- Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Installing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Expansion Card
- Expansion-Card Riser
- Internal USB Memory Key
- Cooling Shroud
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- System Memory
- Cooling Fans
- iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional)
- iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional)
- VFlash Media (Optional)
- Processor
- Power Supplies
- System Battery
- Control Panel Assembly
- SAS Backplane
- Power Distribution Board
- System Board
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Troubleshooting System Startup Failure
- Troubleshooting External Connections
- Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB Device
- Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supply
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting a Fan
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting an Expansion Card
- Troubleshooting the Processor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Index

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 53.
<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 at support.dell.com/manuals.
<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 53.
<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 at
support.dell.com/manuals.
<Ctrl><C> Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see your
SAS adapter documentation at support.dell.com/manuals.
<Ctrl><R> Enters the RAID configuration utility. For more information, see the
documentation for your SAS RAID card at
support.dell.com/manuals.
<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more
information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC at
support.dell.com/manuals.
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