Dell PowerEdge M630 Owner's Manual page 28

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.
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Boot Settings
Boot Settings details
Choosingthe system boot mode
Changing the boot order
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.
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 by default.
Boot Sequence Enables or disables the Boot Sequence Retry feature. If this option is set to Enabled and the system fails to
Retry boot, the system reattempts theboot sequence after 30 seconds. This option is set to Enabledby 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-DiskDriveSequenceontheBoot OptionSettingmenu.Whenthisoptionissetto Disabled, onlythe
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.
Boot Option
Configures the boot sequence and the boot devices.
Settings
Related links
Boot Settings
Viewing Boot Settings
Choosingthe system boot mode
Changing the boot order
Choosing the system boot mode
System Setup enables you to specify one of the following boot modes for installing your operating system:
• BIOS boot mode (the default) is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.
• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot mode is anenhanced 64-bit boot interface. If youhave configured your
system to boot to UEFI mode, it replaces the system BIOS.
From the System Setup Main Menu, click Boot Settings, and select Boot Mode.
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2. Select the boot mode you want the system to boot into.
CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system is not installed in
thesamebootmode.
3. After the system boots in the specified boot mode, proceed to install your operating system from that mode.
NOTE: Operating systems must be UEFI-compatible to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating
systems do not support UEFI and can only be installed from the BIOS boot mode.
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CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system
isnotinstalledinthesamebootmode.
NOTE: Setting this field to UEFI disablesthe BIOS Boot Settings menu. Setting this field to BIOS
disables the UEFI Boot Settings menu.