Editing boot settings screen

You can use the Boot Settings screen to set the Boot mode to either BIOS or UEFI. It also allows you to specify the boot order.

1.Go to System Setup Main Menu, and then click System BIOS.

2.On System BIOS, click Boot Settings. The Boot Settings screen displays.

Boot Settings

The Boot Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Table 16. Boot settings

Menu Item

Description

 

 

Boot Mode

Enables you to set the boot mode of the system.

 

NOTE: This system supports only BIOS boot mode.

 

CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from

 

booting if the operating system is not installed in the same boot

 

mode.

 

NOTE: Setting this field to UEFI disables the BIOS Boot Settings

 

menu. Setting this field to BIOS disables the UEFI Boot Settings

 

menu.

 

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. By default, the Boot Mode option is set to BIOS.

 

NOTE: This system supports only BIOS boot mode.

Boot Sequence Retry

Enables or disables the Boot Sequence Retry feature. If this field is

 

enabled and the system fails to boot, the system reattempts the boot

 

sequence after 30 seconds. By default, the Boot Sequence Retry option

 

is set to Enabled.

Hard-Disk Failover

Specifies which devices in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence are attempted

 

in the boot sequence. When the option is Disabled, only the first hard

 

disk device in the list is attempted to boot. When set to Enabled, all hard

 

disk devices are attempted in order, as listed in the Hard-Disk Drive

 

Sequence. This option is not enabled for UEFI Boot Mode.

Boot Option Settings

Configures the boot sequence and the boot devices.

Editing network settings

You can use the Network Settings screen to modify Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) device settings. Network Settings are only available in UEFI boot mode. BIOS does not control network settings in the BIOS boot mode. For BIOS boot mode, the network settings are handled by the network controllers option ROM.

1.Go to System Setup Main Menu, and then click System BIOS.

2.On System BIOS, click Network Settings.

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