Dell PowerEdge T410 Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 68

Boot Settings Screen, Setting this field to BIOS allows

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Boot Settings Screen Option Description Boot Mode (BIOS default) CAUTION: Switching the boot mode could prevent the system from booting if the operating system was not installed in the same boot mode. If the system operating system supports Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, you can 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 provides the location of the operating system files for startup. If Boot Mode is set to UEFI, you can access the UEFI boot manager utility by rebooting the system and pressing 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. Auto automatically chooses the appropriate emulation type for the device. Boot Sequence Retry (Disabled default) If this field is Enabled and the system fails to boot, the system reattempts to boot after 30 seconds. 68 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager

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Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
Boot Settings Screen
Option
Description
Boot Mode
(
BIOS
default)
CAUTION:
Switching the boot mode could prevent
the system from booting if the operating system was
not installed in the same boot mode.
If the system operating system supports Unified
Extensible Firmware Interface, you can 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 provides the
location of the operating system files for startup. 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.
Auto
automatically chooses the appropriate emulation
type for the device.
Boot Sequence Retry
(
Disabled
default)
If this field is
Enabled
and the system fails to boot, the
system reattempts to boot after 30 seconds.