Dell PowerEdge R640

BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide

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NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product.

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Contents

Chapter 1: Pre-operating system management applications.....4
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications.....4
System Setup.....4
Viewing System Setup.....4
System Setup details.....5
System BIOS.....5
iDRAC Settings utility.....26
Device Settings.....27
Dell Lifecycle Controller.....27
Embedded system management.....27
Boot Manager.....27
Viewing Boot Manager.....27
Boot Manager main menu.....27
One-shot UEFI boot menu.....28
System Utilities.....28
PXE boot.....28

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.

Topics:

• Options to manage the pre-operating system applications

System Setup

Dell Lifecycle Controller

Boot Manager

PXE boot

Options to manage the pre-operating system applications

Your system has the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications:

• System Setup

Dell Lifecycle Controller

Boot Manager

Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)

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.

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You can access system setup by one of the following:

Standard graphical browser—The browser is enabled by default.

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

Viewing System Setup

To view the System Setup screen, perform the following steps:

Steps

1. Power on, or restart your system.

2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

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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 details are explained as follows:

System BIOS

You can use the System BIOS screen to edit specific functions such as boot order, system password, and setup password, set the SATA and PCIe NVMe RAID mode, and enable or disable USB ports.

Viewing System BIOS

To view the System BIOS screen, perform the following steps:

Steps

1. Power on, or restart your system.

2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup