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NVMe Settings details, Boot Settings

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3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4. On the System BIOS screen, click NVMe Settings. NVMe Settings details About this task The NVMe Settings screen details are explained as follows: Option Description NVMe Mode Enables you to set the NVMe mode. This option is set to Non RAID by default. Boot Settings You can use the Boot Settings screen to set the boot mode to either BIOS or UEFI. It also enables you to specify the boot order. • BIOS: The BIOS Boot Mode is the legacy boot mode. It is maintained for backward compatibility. • UEFI: The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a new interface between operating systems and platform firmware. The interface consists of data tables with platform related information, also boot and runtime service calls that are available to the operating system and its loader. The following benefits are available when the Boot Mode is set to UEFI: ○ Support for drive partitions larger than 2 TB. ○ Enhanced security (e.g., UEFI Secure Boot). ○ Faster boot time. NOTE: You must use only the UEFI boot mode in order to boot from NVMe drives. View Boot Settings To view the Boot Settings 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. 3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4. On the System BIOS screen, click Boot Settings. Boot Settings details About this task The Boot Settings screen details are explained as follows: Option Description Boot Mode Allows you to configure the Boot Sequence and Enable or Disable the individual boot options. The available options are BIOS and UEFI. The option is set to UEFI by default. Boot Sequence Retry Enables or disables the Boot Sequence Retry feature. If the last attempt to boot has failed, the system immediately performs a cold reset or retries to boot after 30 seconds time-out period base on the setting of Reset or Enabled. This option is set to Enabled by default. Hard-Disk Failover Specifies the drive that is booted in the event of a 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 drive in the list is attempted to boot. When this option is set to Enabled, all drives are attempted to boot in the order selected in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. This option is not enabled for UEFI Boot Mode. This option is set to Disabled by default. 30 Pre-operating system management applications

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3.
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4.
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
NVMe Settings
.
NVMe Settings details
About this task
The
NVMe Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
NVMe Mode
Enables you to set the NVMe mode. This option is set to
Non RAID
by default.
Boot Settings
You can use the
Boot Settings
screen to set the boot mode to either
BIOS
or
UEFI
. It also enables you to specify the boot order.
•
BIOS
: The
BIOS Boot Mode
is the legacy boot mode. It is maintained for backward compatibility.
•
UEFI
: The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a new interface between operating systems and platform firmware. The
interface consists of data tables with platform related information, also boot and runtime service calls that are available to the
operating system and its loader. The following benefits are available when the
Boot Mode
is set to
UEFI
:
○
Support for drive partitions larger than 2 TB.
○
Enhanced security (e.g., UEFI Secure Boot).
○
Faster boot time.
NOTE:
You must use only the UEFI boot mode in order to boot from NVMe drives.
View Boot Settings
To view the
Boot Settings
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.
3.
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4.
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
Boot Settings
.
Boot Settings details
About this task
The
Boot Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Boot Mode
Allows you to configure the Boot Sequence and Enable or Disable the individual boot options. The available options
are
BIOS
and
UEFI
. The option is set to
UEFI
by default.
Boot Sequence
Retry
Enables or disables the
Boot Sequence Retry
feature. If the last attempt to boot has failed, the system
immediately performs a cold reset or retries to boot after 30 seconds time-out period base on the setting of
Reset
or
Enabled
. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Hard-Disk Failover
Specifies the drive that is booted in the event of a 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 drive in the list
is attempted to boot. When this option is set to
Enabled
, all drives are attempted to boot in the order selected in
the
Hard-Disk Drive Sequence
. This option is not enabled for
UEFI Boot Mode
. This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
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