Dell 2 manual Setting First Boot Device, Pxe, Cd/Dvd

Setting First Boot Device

You can specify the CMC first boot device for each server. This may not be the actual first boot device for the server, or may not even represent a device present in that server. It represents a device sent by CMC to the server and used as its first boot device of that server. This device can be set as the default first-boot device or an one-time device so that you can boot an image to perform tasks such as running diagnostics or reinstalling an operating system.

You can set the first boot device for the next boot only or for all subsequent reboots. You can also set the first boot device for the server. The system boots from the selected device on the next and subsequent reboots and remains as the first boot device in the BIOS boot order, until it is changed again either from

the CMC web interface (Chassis Overview → Server Overview → Setup → First Boot Device) or from the

BIOS boot sequence.

NOTE: The first boot device setting in CMC web Interface overrides the system BIOS boot settings.

The boot device that you specify must exist and contain a bootable media.

You can set the following devices for first boot.

Table 10. Boot Devices

Boot Device	Description
PXE	Boot from a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) protocol on the Network Interface
	Card.
Hard Drive	Boot from the hard disk drive on the server.
Local	Boot from a CD or DVD drive on the server.
CD/DVD

Virtual Floppy Boot from the virtual floppy drive. The floppy drive (or a floppy disk image) is on another computer on the management network, and is attached using the iDRAC GUI console viewer.

Virtual	Boot from a virtual CD or DVD drive or CD or DVD ISO image. The optical drive or ISO
CD/DVD	image file is located on another computer or boot disk available on the management
	network and is attached using the iDRAC GUI console viewer.
Local SD	Boot from the local SD (Secure Digital) card—for servers that support iDRAC 6 and
Card	iDRAC 7 systems only.
Local Floppy	Boot from a floppy disk in the local floppy disk drive.
Remote File	Boot from a Remote File Share (RFS) image. The image file is attached using the iDRAC
Share	GUI console viewer.

Setting First Boot Device For Multiple Servers Using CMC Web Interface

NOTE: To set the first boot device for servers, you must have the Server Administrator privileges or Chassis Configuration Administrator privileges, and the iDRAC login privileges.

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