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Appendix A
Controller Operating System and Configuration
Boot Setup Menu
Use this menu to configure settings related to the boot process and boot device priority.
•
Boot Settings Configuration Submenu
—Use this setting to access the Boot Settings
Configuration submenu.
•
SCSI Drive Boot
—This setting specifies whether or not boot support is enabled for legacy
mass storage devices, such as SCSI drives. When enabled, legacy mass storage controllers
with boot support will be displayed in the
Boot Option Priorities
menu. The default value
is
Enabled
.
•
PXE Network Boot
—This setting specifies whether or not the PXE network boot agent is
enabled. When enabled, the Intel Boot Agent will be displayed in the
Boot Option
Priorities
menu, allowing you to boot from a PXE server on the local subnet. Note that the
Intel Boot Agent device names are preceded by
IBA GE Slot 00c9 v1310
in the
Boot
Option Priorities
menu. The system must be restarted for this setting to take effect. The
default value is
Disabled
.
•
Boot Option Priorities
—When the DISABLE RT switch is set, these settings specify the
order in which the BIOS checks for bootable devices, including the local hard disk drive,
removable devices such as USB flash disk drives or USB CD-ROM drives, or the PXE
network boot agent. The BIOS will first attempt to boot from the device associated with
1st
Boot Device
, followed by
2nd Boot Device
, and
3rd Boot Device
. If multiple boot devices
are not present, the BIOS setup utility will not display all of these configuration options. To
select a boot device, press <Enter> on the desired configuration option and select a boot
device from the resulting menu. You can also disable certain boot devices by selecting
Disabled
.
•
When the DISABLE RT switch is not set, the only detectable boot options are
LabVIEW RT
and
LabVIEW RT Safe Mode
.
Note
Only one device of a given type is shown in this list. If more than one device
of the same type exists, use the
Device BBS Priorities
submenus to re-order the
priority of devices of the same type.
The following submenus are displayed if one or more bootable devices of the corresponding type
is present:
•
Hard Drive BBS Priorities Submenu
—Use this setting to access the Hard Drive BBS
Priorities submenu to re-order or disable bootable hard drive devices.
•
CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities Submenu
—Use this setting to access the CD/DVD
ROM Drive BBS Priorities submenu to re-order or disable bootable CD/DVD ROM drive
devices.
•
Floppy Drive BBS Priorities Submenu
—Use this setting to access the Floppy Drive BBS
Priorities submenu to re-order or disable bootable floppy drive devices.
•
Network Device BBS Priorities Submenu
—Use this setting to access the Network Device
BBS Priorities submenu to re-order or disable bootable network devices.