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Pre-operating system managementapplications
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Boot Settings details
System BIOS Viewing
Boot Settings
Choosingthesystembootmode
Changingthebootorder
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
yoursystemandtryagain.
3
Onthe
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
Boot Settings
.
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Boot Settings
Boot Settings details
Choosingthesystembootmode
Changingthebootorder
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
notinstalledinthesamebootmode.
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
BIOS
bydefault.
NOTE:
Settingthisfieldto UEFIdisablesthe BIOSBoot Settingsmenu. Settingthisfieldto BIOS
disables the UEFI 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 reattempts 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
, onlythefirsthard
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 inthe
Hard-Disk Drive Sequence
.This option is not enabledfor UEFI Boot Mode.
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.
