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 the
System BIOS
screen, click
Boot Settings
.
The
Boot Settings
screen displayed.
Boot Settings
The
Boot Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Table 17. 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 the
System BIOS
screen, click
Network Settings
.
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