Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 User Manual

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 rmware.
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)
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System Setup
Dell Lifecycle Controller
Boot Manager
PXE boot
System Setup
By using the System Setup screen, you can congure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of your system.
NOTE
: Help text for the selected eld 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:
• Standard graphical browser—The browser is enabled by default.
• Text browser—The browser is enabled by using Console Redirection.
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System Setup details
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Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel Xeon Scalable processors
Management	iDRAC9
Max Processors	2 per node
Memory	DDR4
Storage	Up to 6 x 2.5" drives
Drive Bays	24 x 2.5" or 12 x 3.5"
Network	2 x 10GbE ports per sled
Power Supply	Dual, 2000W
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi
Maximum RAM	Up to 3TB per node
Max Memory	Up to 3TB per node