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Pre-operating system management
applications
The pre-operating system management applications for your system helps you manage different settings
and features of your system without booting to the operating system.
Your system has the following pre-operating system management applications:
• System Setup
• Boot Manager
• Dell Lifecycle Controller
Dell Lifecycle Controller allows you to perform useful tasks such as configuring BIOS and hardware
settings, deploying operating system, updating drivers, and saving hardware profiles. For more
information about Dell Lifecycle Controller, see the documentation at dell.com/esmmanuals.
Navigation keys
The navigation keys can help you access the pre-operating system management applications.
Table 9. Navigation keys
Key Description
Page Up Moves to the previous screen.
Page Down Moves to the next screen.
Up arrow Moves to the previous field.
Down
arrow
Moves to the next field.
Enter Enables you to type a value in the selected field (if applicable) or follow the link in the field.
Spacebar Expands or collapses a drop-down list, if applicable.
Tab Moves to the next focus area.
NOTE: This feature is applicable for the standard graphical browser only.
Esc Moves to the previous page until you view the main screen. Pressing Esc in the main
screen exits System BIOS/iDRAC Settings/Device Settings/Service Tag Settings and
proceeds with system boot.
F1 Displays the System Setup help.
F2 Enables you to enter System Setup
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