Configuring Boot Options; Boot Options; Boot Mode; Selecting The Boot Mode - HPE ProLiant Gen9 User Manual

Configuring Boot Options

Boot Options

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Boot Mode

• UEFI Optimized Boot
• Boot Order Policy
• UEFI Boot Order
• Advanced UEFI Boot Maintenance
• Legacy BIOS Boot Order
Boot Mode
Use this option to set the boot mode for the system. ProLiant Gen9 servers and Synergy compute modules
provide two boot mode configurations: UEFI Mode and Legacy BIOS Mode. Certain boot options require that
you select a specific boot mode.
By default, the boot mode is set to UEFI Mode. The system must boot in UEFI Mode to use the following
options:
• Secure Boot, UEFI Optimized Boot, Generic USB Boot, IPv6 PXE Boot, iSCSI Boot, and Boot from URL
• Fibre Channel/FCoE Scan Policy
• Embedded User Partition
• BL140i Smart Array SW RAID controller
NOTE:
The boot mode you use must match the operating system installation. If not, changing the boot mode can
impact the ability of the server to boot to the installed operating system.

Selecting the boot mode

Prerequisite
When booting to UEFI Mode, leave UEFI Optimized Boot enabled so that the system to use native UEFI
graphic drivers.
Procedure
1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration
(RBSU) > Boot Options > Boot Mode and press Enter.
2. Select a setting and press Enter.
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