Dell DSS 8440 Owner's manual

Dell EMC DSS8440

Installation and Service Manual

Regulatory Model: B21S Series

Regulatory Type: B21S001

June 2021

Rev. A07

Notes, cautions, and warnings

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

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the problem.

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Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 7

Chapter 2: DSS8440 system overview........................................................................................... 8

DSS8440 system feature overview.................................................................................................................................9

Front view of the system.............................................................................................................................................9

Rear view of the system.............................................................................................................................................10

Chapter 3: Technical specifications.............................................................................................. 11

Chassis dimensions.............................................................................................................................................................11

Chassis weight....................................................................................................................................................................12

Processor specifications...................................................................................................................................................12

PSU specifications............................................................................................................................................................. 12

Cooling fans specifications.............................................................................................................................................. 13

System battery specifications.........................................................................................................................................13

Expansion card riser specifications................................................................................................................................13

GPU specifications.............................................................................................................................................................13

Memory specifications...................................................................................................................................................... 14

Drive specifications............................................................................................................................................................14

Ports and connectors specifications............................................................................................................................. 14

Environmental specifications.......................................................................................................................................... 15

System diagnostics and indicator codes...................................................................................................................... 15

NIC indicator codes..................................................................................................................................................... 16

Power supply unit indicator codes........................................................................................................................... 16

Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................ 18

Setting up your system.....................................................................................................................................................18

iDRAC configuration.......................................................................................................................................................... 18

Options to set up iDRAC IP address............................................................................................................................. 18

Log in to iDRAC.................................................................................................................................................................. 18

Chapter 5: Pre-operating system management applications........................................................ 20

Options to manage the pre-operating system applications.................................................................................... 20

System Setup.....................................................................................................................................................................20

Viewing System Setup............................................................................................................................................... 20

System Setup details...................................................................................................................................................21

System BIOS................................................................................................................................................................. 21

iDRAC Settings utility................................................................................................................................................. 40

Device Settings............................................................................................................................................................40

Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................................................40

Embedded system management..............................................................................................................................40

Boot Manager..................................................................................................................................................................... 41

Viewing Boot Manager................................................................................................................................................41

Boot Manager main menu.......................................................................................................................................... 41

One-shot UEFI boot menu......................................................................................................................................... 41

Contents

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System Utilities............................................................................................................................................................. 41

PXE boot.............................................................................................................................................................................. 41

Chapter 6: Installing and removing system components.............................................................. 42

Safety instructions............................................................................................................................................................42

Before working inside your system............................................................................................................................... 43

After working inside your system.................................................................................................................................. 43

Recommended tools......................................................................................................................................................... 43

System cover......................................................................................................................................................................43

Removing the system cover..................................................................................................................................... 43

Installing the system cover....................................................................................................................................... 44

Front bezel..........................................................................................................................................................................45

Removing the front bezel..........................................................................................................................................45

Installing the front bezel............................................................................................................................................ 46

Air shroud............................................................................................................................................................................ 48

Removing the air shroud............................................................................................................................................48

Installing the air shroud.............................................................................................................................................. 48

Drives................................................................................................................................................................................... 49

Removing a drive carrier and drive......................................................................................................................... 49

Installing the drive and drive carrier....................................................................................................................... 50

Drive backplane................................................................................................................................................................. 52

Removing the drive backplane................................................................................................................................. 52

Installing the drive backplane................................................................................................................................... 52

Power supply unit..............................................................................................................................................................53

Removing a power supply unit................................................................................................................................. 53

Installing a power supply unit................................................................................................................................... 54

Expansion cards and expansion card risers ............................................................................................................... 55

Removing a GPU......................................................................................................................................................... 55

Installing a GPU............................................................................................................................................................56

Removing a GPU support bracket...........................................................................................................................57

Installing a GPU support bracket.............................................................................................................................58

Removing the PCIe switch board............................................................................................................................ 59

Installing the PCIe switch board...............................................................................................................................61

Removing a GPU power interposer board.............................................................................................................63

Installing a GPU power interposer board...............................................................................................................63

Removing a butterfly module and riser 3 board...................................................................................................64

Installing the riser 3 board and butterfly module.................................................................................................65

Nvidia Tesla T4 GPU.........................................................................................................................................................67

Removing a T4 GPU....................................................................................................................................................67

Installing a T4 GPU..................................................................................................................................................... 69

Removing the Nvidia Tesla T4 GPU from butterfly module...............................................................................71

Installing the Nvidia Tesla T4 GPU in butterfly riser module............................................................................. 71

Nvidia A100 GPU and NVLink bridge............................................................................................................................ 72

Removing a A100 GPU and NVLink bridge............................................................................................................ 72

Installing a A100 GPU and NVLink bridge.............................................................................................................. 75

Nvidia A40 GPU and NVLink bridge..............................................................................................................................77

Removing a A40 GPU and NVLink bridge..............................................................................................................78

Installing a A40 GPU and NVLink bridge................................................................................................................80

Processor and heat sink.................................................................................................................................................. 83

Removing the processor and heat sink.................................................................................................................. 83

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Installing the processor.............................................................................................................................................. 83

System memory.................................................................................................................................................................85

Removing a memory module.....................................................................................................................................85

Installing a memory module.......................................................................................................................................85

Riser 2 module....................................................................................................................................................................87

Removing the riser 2 module.................................................................................................................................... 87

Installing the riser 2 module...................................................................................................................................... 88

Riser 1 module.................................................................................................................................................................... 90

Removing the riser 1 module.....................................................................................................................................90

Installing the riser 1 module.......................................................................................................................................90

Network daughter card.................................................................................................................................................... 91

Removing the network daughter card.................................................................................................................... 91

Installing the network daughter card......................................................................................................................92

System board tray module.............................................................................................................................................. 94

Removing the system board tray module..............................................................................................................94

Installing the system board tray module................................................................................................................ 95

System board and power interposer board.................................................................................................................97

Removing the system board and power interposer board.................................................................................97

Installing the system board and power interposer board.................................................................................. 98

Backup battery.................................................................................................................................................................100

Replacing the backup battery.................................................................................................................................100

Power distribution board................................................................................................................................................ 101

Removing the power distribution board................................................................................................................101

Installing the power distribution board ................................................................................................................ 102

PSB power interposer board.........................................................................................................................................102

Removing the PSB power interposer board........................................................................................................102

Installing the PSB power interposer board.......................................................................................................... 103

Front control module ..................................................................................................................................................... 104

Removing the front control module...................................................................................................................... 104

Installing the right control panel............................................................................................................................ 105

Fan louvers........................................................................................................................................................................106

Removing the fan louvers........................................................................................................................................106

Installing the fan louvers.......................................................................................................................................... 107

Cooling fans...................................................................................................................................................................... 108

Replacing a cooling fan.............................................................................................................................................108

Fan cage............................................................................................................................................................................ 109

Removing the fan cage............................................................................................................................................ 109

Installing the fan cage............................................................................................................................................... 110

Handle.................................................................................................................................................................................. 111

Removing the handle.................................................................................................................................................. 111

Installing the handle.................................................................................................................................................... 111

Slide rail installation..........................................................................................................................................................112

Chapter 7: Cable Routing............................................................................................................116

Dell EMC DSS8440 cable instruction...........................................................................................................................117

3M cable Installation-Config A left...............................................................................................................................119

3M cable Installation-Config A right........................................................................................................................... 120

Fan cable assembly to fan bracket ............................................................................................................................. 121

Fan cable MB-PDB assembly to MB ..........................................................................................................................125

Fan cable MB-PDB assembly to PDB ........................................................................................................................ 126

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Front control cable assembly control board to MB................................................................................................. 127

GPU power cable assembly GPU card to PSB......................................................................................................... 128

IDC cable MB-PDB assembly to PDB......................................................................................................................... 129

IDC cable MB-PDB assembly to MB........................................................................................................................... 129

IDC cable PDB-PIB assembly to PIB........................................................................................................................... 130

IDC cable PIB-PDB assembly to PDB.......................................................................................................................... 131

IDC cable Riser1-PDB assembly to PDB.....................................................................................................................132

IDC cable Riser1-PDB assembly to riser board1........................................................................................................132

IDC cable PIB-PDB assembly to PDB......................................................................................................................... 133

IDC cable Riser 2- PDB assembly to riser board 2.................................................................................................. 133

Mini SAS HD cable assembly PERC-HDBP............................................................................................................... 134

Mini SAS HD cable assembly HDBP-MB....................................................................................................................134

Power cable BP-PDB assembly to BP........................................................................................................................135

Power cable BP-PDB assembly to PDB..................................................................................................................... 135

Power cable assembly to PDB......................................................................................................................................136

Power cable assembly to PIB........................................................................................................................................144

Power cable1 assembly to Riser1..................................................................................................................................144

Power cable2 Riser-PDB assembly to PDB...............................................................................................................146

Power cable2 Riser-PDB assembly to Riser.............................................................................................................. 147

Chapter 8: Jumpers and connectors...........................................................................................148

System Board Connectors.............................................................................................................................................149

System board jumpers settings.....................................................................................................................................151

Disabling forgotten password........................................................................................................................................151

Chapter 9: Getting help............................................................................................................. 152

Contacting Dell EMC...................................................................................................................................................... 152

Documentation feedback...............................................................................................................................................152

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About this document

This document provides an overview about the system, information on installing and replacing components, technical

specifications, diagnostic tools, and guidelines to be followed while installing certain components.

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DSS8440 system overview

This chapter briefly describes the main features of the Dell EMC DSS8440 system. The chapter includes figures of the products,

a list of the server system features, and diagrams showing the location of the components and connections on the server

systems.

Figure 1. Dell EMC DSS8440 front View

Figure 2. Dell EMC DSS8440 rear view

Topics:

• DSS8440 system feature overview

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DSS8440 system feature overview

The DSS8440 is a 4U PCIe Accelerator Server by PCIe Switch Board(PSB) with PCIe downstream up to 10x general-purpose

double width graphics processing unit (GPGPU), 8x NVMe, 4x (center) + 4x (right, optional) rear-PCIe slots and upstream the

14G leveraged PowerEdge C4140.

The system contains configuration-A with 8x/10x double width GPGPU, 10x 2.5” hot-swap storage-drives (no expander), single

or dual Skylake processors, 845.4mm maximum length, PCIe slots (through PCIe Switch Board(PSB) and C4140 risers), 24x

DIMM slots, quad hot-plug power-supply units, rNDC, and the ability to use an HBA for the data drives.

Figure 3. DSS8440 system feature overview

Front view of the system

NOTE:

The handles in front control panel are not intended to lift the system.

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Control panel

Figure 4. Right control panel view

1. Power-on indicator/power button

2. System-health indicator

3. System identification button

Rear view of the system

Figure 5. Rear view of the system

1.

Slots-4, 5, 14, 15 2. Slots-[19..16]

3. Drive-[0..9] 4. Slot-1

5. Slot-3 6. ID

7. Power-Jack 8. RJ45

9. DB9 10. DB15

11. 2x USB-3.0 12. 2x RJ45 + 2xSFP+

13. Power Supply 1 to 4

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Technical specifications

The technical and environmental specifications of your system are outlined in this section.

Topics:

• Chassis dimensions

• Chassis weight

• Processor specifications

• PSU specifications

• Cooling fans specifications

• System battery specifications

• Expansion card riser specifications

• GPU specifications

• Memory specifications

• Drive specifications

• Ports and connectors specifications

• Environmental specifications

• System diagnostics and indicator codes

Chassis dimensions

Figure 6. Chassis dimensions

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Table 1. Dell EMC DSS 8440 chassis dimensions

Xa Xb Y Za Zb Zc

483.2 mm

(19.02 inches)

444.6 mm

(17.50 inches)

174.8 mm

(6.88 inches)

With bezel: 872.0

mm (34.33 inches)

836.5 mm

(32.93 inches)

850.2 mm

(34.47 inches)

Chassis weight

Table 2. Chassis weight

System Maximum weight (with all

drives)

DSS 8440 (2 CPU/ 10 GPU/ 10 HDD/ 1 H730P+/ 1 CX5) 46.3 Kg (102.07 lb)

Processor specifications

TheDell EMC DSS 8440 system supports two Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 24 cores per processor.

NOTE: Ensure that both the processors are populated and both are of the same type or model.

PSU specifications

The system supports up to four redundant AC power supply units (PSUs).

Table 3. PSU specifications

Functions 2400W Power supply

Input

Input voltage range AC input : 200Vac~240Vac @ High line : 2400W

Frequency 50/60 Hz

Efficiency VIN=230Vac

● 89% @ 10% load

● 93% @ 20%load

● 94% @ 50% load

● 100% load @ 91.5% load

Power Factor PF at 230Vac/50,60 Hz

● > 0.88 @ 10% load

● > 0.94 @ 20% load

● > 0.98 @ 50% load

● > 0.99 @ 100% load

iTHD 230Vac/60 Hz

● 25% @ 0% load

● 25% @10% load

● 10% @ 20% load

● 5% @50% load

● 4% @100% load

Hold-up Time 13.5ms @ 100% load

Conducted EMI Class A

Radiated EMI Class A

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Table 3. PSU specifications (continued)

Functions 2400W Power supply

Output

Main DC Output

Voltage Regulation 12.2V +/-5%

Output current 196.72A @ high line

Standby Output

Voltage Regulation 12V +/-5%

Output current 3.5A

Cooling fans specifications

The Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports up to twelve 60 mm x 60 mm (square) cooling fans.

System battery specifications

The Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports CR 2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell system battery.

Expansion card riser specifications

The Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports up to 10 x Dual width full height PCIe slots and rear I/O x8 full height full length x16

PCIe slots.

GPU specifications

The Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports up to 16 GPU:

● Double wide

● Nvidia V100 16 GB/32 GB GPU card

● Graph core C2 IPU card

● Nvidia T4 GPU card

● Nvidia A100 GPU card

● Nvidia A40 GPU card

Table 4. Nvidia Tesla T4 GPU configurations

Nvidia Tesla T4 number

PCIe Dummy bracket 8 GPUs 8 GPUs + optional riser 12 GPUs 16 GPUs

Quantity 12 8 8 5

Position(slot) 4, 5, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L,

11L, 12L,13L, 14, 15

6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L,

12L , 13L

6L, 7 L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L,

12L, 13L

6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L

Table 5. Nvidia A100/A40 GPU configurations

Nvidia A100/A40

Configurations 4 GPUs 8 GPUs 10 GPUs

Slot 8, 9, 10, 11 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15

NVLink Bridge [8,9][10,11] [6,7][8,9][10,11][12,13] N/A

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Memory specifications

Table 6. Memory specifications

DIMM type DIMM rank DIMM capacity

Dual processors

Minimum RAM Maximum RAM

RDIMM Dual rank 32 GB 64 GB 768 GB

RDIMM Dual rank 16 GB 32 GB 384 GB

RDIMM Single rank 8 GB 16 GB 192 GB

NOTE: Ensure that all the memory slots are populated either with DIMMs or DIMM blanks.

NOTE: It is recommended to have all DIMMs of the same type.

Drive specifications

The Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports 10 x 2.5 inch hard drives with following configurations:

● Drive 0–1: Support SATA/SAS only

● Drive 2–7: Support SATA/SAS/NVMe only

● Drive 8–9: Support NVMe only

Ports and connectors specifications

USB ports specifications

Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports two USB 3.0 ports available through back panel and one internal USB 3.0 port on system

board.

COM port specifications

Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports one 9 pin 16550 compliant com ports available through the back panel.

VGA port specifications

Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports one 15 pin VGA ports available through the back panel.

LOM port specifications

Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports two 10GbE SFP+ ports and two 1GbE RJ-45 ports available through the back panel.

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Environmental specifications

The following details define the system level operating and non-operating environmental limits.

Table 7. Maximum Temperature:

Maximum Temperature:

Operation:

Fan normal 10°C–35°C. (Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/300m (1°F/547ft) above 950 m (3117 ft)).

One rotor fan failure 10°C -35°C. (Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/300m (1°F/547ft) above 950 m (3117 ft)).

Non-Operation -40°C to 65°C

Table 8. Humidity

Humidity

Operation 10% to 80% RH, non-condensing

Non-Operation 5% to 95% RH, non-condensing

Table 9. Maximum Altitude

Maximum Altitude

Operation 10,000 ft

Non-Operation 30,000 ft

System diagnostics and indicator codes

Table 10. System diagnostics and indicator codes

Icon Indicator,

button, or

connector

Description

Power-on

indicator, power

button

The power-on indicator lights when the system powered on. The power button

controls the power supply output to the system.

NOTE: On APCI-compliant operating system, turning off the system using

power button causes the system to perform a graceful shutdown before power

to the system is turned off.

Health indicator Indicates the health of the system.

● If the system is powered on and in good health, the indicator lights solid blue.

No corrective action is required.

● The indicator blinks amber if the system is on or in standby, and if any error

exists (For example, a failed fan). See the System Event Log or system

messages for the specific issue. For information about the event and error

messages generated by the system firmware and agents that monitor system

components, go to qrl.dell.com > Look Up > Error Code, type the error code,

and then click Look it up.Invalid memory configurations can cause a blank

screen or no video output. See the Getting help section.

System

identification

button

The identification button on the front and back panels can be used to locate

a particular system within a rack. When one of these buttons is pressed, the

corresponding system identification button on the back flashes until one of the

buttons is pressed again.

Press the system identification button to turn the system ID on or off.

If the system stops responding during POST, press and hold the system ID button

for more than five seconds to enter BIOS progress mode.

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Table 10. System diagnostics and indicator codes (continued)

Icon Indicator,

button, or

connector

Description

To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup), press and hold the button for

more than 15 seconds.

NIC indicator codes

Each NIC on the back panel has an indicator that provides information about the network activity and link status. The activity

LED indicates whether the NIC is connected or not. The link LED indicates the speed of the connected network.

Figure 7. NIC indicators

1. link indicator

2. activity indicator

Table 11. NIC indicators

Convention Status Condition

A Link and activity indicators are off. The NIC is not connected to the network.

B Link indicator is green. The NIC is connected to a valid network at its

maximum port speed (1 Gbps or 10 Gbps).

C Link indicator is amber. The NIC is connected to a valid network at less than its

maximum port speed.

D Activity indicator is flashing green. Network data is being sent or received.

Power supply unit indicator codes

AC power supply units (PSUs) have an illuminated translucent handle that serves as an indicator. The indicator shows whether

power is present or a power fault has occurred.

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Figure 8. AC PSU status indicator

1. AC PSU status indicator/handle

Table 12. AC PSU status indicators

Convention Power indicator

pattern

Condition

A Green A valid power source is connected to the PSU and the PSU is operational.

B Flashing green When the firmware of the PSU is being updated, the PSU handle flashes green.

CAUTION: Do not disconnect the power cable or unplug the PSU when

updating firmware. if firmware update is interrupted, the PSUs do not

function.

C Flashing green and

turns off.

When hot-adding a PSU, the PSU handle flashes green five times at 4 Hz rate and

turns off. This indicates a PSU mismatch with respect to efficiency, feature set,

health status, and supported voltage.

CAUTION: If four PSU are installed, the four PSUs must have the same

type of label; for example, Extended Power Performance (EPP) label.

Mixing PSU from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not

supported, even if the PSU has same power rating. This results in a PSU

mismatch condition or failure to turn the system on.

CAUTION: When correcting a PSU mismatch, replace only PSU with the

blinking indicator. Swapping the PSU to make matched pair can result

in an error condition and unexpected system shutdown. To change from

a high output configuration to a low output configuration or vice versa,

you must turn off the system

CAUTION: The 120 V AC PSU is not recommended for this system.

Operating at 120 V AC results in the 2400W PSU de-rating to only

1400W, which can affect power redundancy policy and possibly system

throttling.

CAUTION: If four PSUs are used, they must be of the same type and

have the same maximum output power.

D Flashing amber Indicates a problem with the PSU.

E Not illuminated Power is not connected to the PSU.

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Initial system setup and configuration

Topics:

• Setting up your system

•

iDRAC configuration

• Options to set up iDRAC IP address

• Log in to iDRAC

Setting up your system

Complete the following steps to set up your system:

Steps

1. Unpack the system.

2. Install the system into the rack.

3. Connect the peripherals to the system.

4. Connect the system to its electrical outlet.

5. Turn the system on by pressing the power button or by using iDRAC.

6. Turn on the attached peripherals.

Results

For more information about setting up your system, see the Getting Started Guide that shipped with your system.

iDRAC configuration

The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) is designed to make system administrators more productive and improve

the overall availability of Dell EMC systems. iDRAC alerts administrators to system issues, helps them perform remote system

management, and reduces the need for physical access to the system.

Options to set up iDRAC IP address

You must configure the initial network settings based on your network infrastructure to enable the communication to and from

iDRAC. You must use the default iDRAC IP address 192.168.0.120 to configure the initial network settings, including setting up

DHCP or a static IP for iDRAC. You can set up the IP address by using one of the following interfaces:

NOTE:

To access iDRAC, ensure that you connect the Ethernet cable to the iDRAC direct port. You can also access iDRAC

through the shared LOM mode, if you have opted for a system that has the shared LOM mode enabled.

Log in to iDRAC

You can log in to iDRAC as:

● iDRAC user

● Microsoft Active Directory user

● Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) user

The default user name and password are root and calvin. You can also log in by using Single Sign-On or Smart Card.

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NOTE: You must have iDRAC credentials to log in to iDRAC

NOTE: Ensure that you change the default user name and password after setting up the iDRAC IP address.

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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.

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 EMC 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.

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.

Viewing System Setup

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

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.

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