Dell PowerEdge R830 Owners Manual - Page 38
Boot Settings details, Choosing the system boot mode
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Related tasks Boot Settings details on page 38 Changing the boot order on page 39 Boot Settings details About this task The Boot Settings screen details are explained as follows: Option Boot Mode Description Enables you to set the boot mode of the system. CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system is not installed in the same boot mode. If the operating system supports UEFI, you can set this option to UEFI. Setting this field to BIOS allows compatibility with non-UEFI operating systems. This option is set to BIOS by default. NOTE: Setting this field to UEFI disables the BIOS Boot Settings menu. Setting this field to BIOS disables the UEFI Boot Settings menu. Boot Sequence Retry Hard-Disk Failover Boot Option Settings BIOS Boot Settings Enables or disables the Boot Sequence Retry feature. If this option is set to Enabled and the system fails to boot, the system reattempts the boot sequence after 30 seconds. This option is set to Enabled by default. Specifies the hard drive that is booted in the event of a hard drive failure. The devices are selected in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence on the Boot Option Setting menu. When this option is set to Disabled, only the first hard drive in the list is attempted to boot. When this option is set to Enabled, all hard drives are attempted to boot in the order selected in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. This option is not enabled for UEFI Boot Mode. Configures the boot sequence and the boot devices. Enables or disables BIOS boot options. NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is BIOS. UEFI Boot Settings Enables or disables UEFI Boot options. The Boot options include IPv4 PXE and IPv6 PXE. This option is set to IPv4 by default. NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is UEFI. Related references Boot Settings on page 37 Choosing the system boot mode on page 38 Related tasks Viewing Boot Settings on page 37 Changing the boot order on page 39 Choosing the system boot mode System Setup enables you to specify one of the following boot modes for installing your operating system: ● BIOS boot mode (the default) is the standard BIOS-level boot interface. ● Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) (the default) boot mode is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface. If you have configured your system to boot to UEFI mode, it replaces the system BIOS. 1. From the System Setup Main Menu, click Boot Settings, and select Boot Mode. 2. Select the boot mode you want the system to boot into. 38 Pre-operating system management applications
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