○
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.
•
BIOS
: The
BIOS Boot Mode
is the legacy boot mode. It is maintained for backward compatibility.
Viewing Boot Settings
To view the
Boot Settings
screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Power 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
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
enables
compatibility with non-UEFI operating systems. This option is set to
UEFI
by default.
NOTE:
Setting this field to UEFI disables the BIOS Boot Settings menu.
Boot Sequence
Retry
Enables or disables the
Boot Sequence Retry
feature or resets the system. If the last attempt to boot has failed,
the system immediately performs a cold reset or retries to boot after a 30 seconds, depending on if this field is set
to
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.
Generic USB Boot
Enables or disables the USB boot option. This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
Hard-disk Drive
Placeholder
Enables or disables the Hard-disk drive placeholder option. This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
BIOS Boot
Settings
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.
Pre-operating system management applications
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