Viewing Boot Settings
To view the
Boot Settings
screen, perform the following steps:
1
Turn 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
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
allows
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. If this option is set to
Enabled
and the system fails to boot,
the system re-attempts the boot sequence after 30 seconds. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Hard-Disk Failover
Specifies the hard drive that is booted in the event of a hard 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 hard
drive in the list is attempted to boot. When this option is set to
Enabled
, all hard 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
Disable
by default.
Boot Option
Settings
Configures the boot sequence and the boot devices.
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.
Choosing system boot mode
System Setup enables you to specify one of the following boot modes for installing your operating system:
•
BIOS boot mode is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.
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