Dell PowerEdge M420 Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 133

Boot Settings Screen, Integrated Devices Screen, Boot Mode, Hard disk, Floppy, Disabled, Enabled

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Boot Settings Screen Option Description Boot Mode (BIOS If the operating system supports Unified Extensible default) Firmware Interface, set this option to UEFI. Setting this (PowerEdge M910, M710, field to BIOS allows compatibility with non-UEFI M710HD, M610, and operating systems. M610x) NOTE: Setting this field to UEFI disables the Boot Sequence, Hard-Disk Drive Sequence, and USB Flash Drive Emulation Type fields. Boot Sequence If Boot Mode is set to BIOS, this field tells the system where the operating system files needed for startup are located. If Boot Mode is set to UEFI, you can access the UEFI boot manager utility by rebooting the system and pressing F11 when prompted to do so. Hard-Disk Drive Sequence Determines the order in which the BIOS attempts to boot from hard drives in the system during system startup. USB Flash Drive Emulation Type (Auto default) Determines the emulation type for a USB flash drive. Hard disk allows the USB flash drive to act as a hard drive. Floppy allows the USB flash drive to act as a removable diskette drive. Auto automatically chooses an emulation type. Boot Sequence Retry (Disabled default) If this field is enabled and the system has failed to boot, the system reattempts to boot after 30 seconds. Integrated Devices Screen Option Integrated SAS Controller or Integrated RAID controller (Enabled default.) User Accessible USB Ports (All Ports On default) Description Enables the integrated SAS or RAID controller. Enables or disables the system's USB ports. Options are All Ports On or All Ports Off. Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager 133

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Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
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Boot Settings Screen
Integrated Devices Screen
Option
Description
Boot Mode (
BIOS
default)
(PowerEdge M910, M710,
M710HD, M610, and
M610x)
If the operating system supports Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface, set this option to UEFI. Setting this
field to
BIOS
allows compatibility with non-UEFI
operating systems.
NOTE:
Setting this field to
UEFI
disables the
Boot
Sequence
,
Hard-Disk Drive Sequence
, and
USB Flash Drive
Emulation Type
fields.
Boot Sequence
If
Boot Mode
is set to
BIOS
, this field tells the system
where the operating system files needed for startup are
located. If
Boot Mode
is set to
UEFI
, you can access the
UEFI boot manager utility by rebooting the system and
pressing F11 when prompted to do so.
Hard-Disk Drive
Sequence
Determines the order in which the BIOS attempts to
boot from hard drives in the system during system
startup.
USB Flash Drive
Emulation Type
(
Auto
default)
Determines the emulation type for a USB flash drive.
Hard disk
allows the USB flash drive to act as a hard
drive.
Floppy
allows the USB flash drive to act as a
removable diskette drive.
Auto
automatically chooses an
emulation type.
Boot Sequence Retry
(
Disabled
default)
If this field is enabled and the system has failed to boot,
the system reattempts to boot after 30 seconds.
Option
Description
Integrated SAS
Controller
or
Integrated RAID
controller
(
Enabled
default.)
Enables the integrated SAS or RAID controller.
User Accessible USB
Ports
(
All Ports On
default)
Enables or disables the system's USB ports. Options are
All
Ports On
or
All Ports Off
.