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Boot Settings
You can use the Boot Settings screen to set the boot mode to BIOS. It also enables you to specify the boot order.
BIOS: The BIOS Boot Mode is the legacy boot mode. It is maintained for backward compatibility.
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.
Boot Sequence
Enables or disables the Boot Sequence Retry feature. If this option is set to Enabled and the system fails to boot,
Retry
the system re-attempts the boot sequence after 30 seconds. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Hard-Disk Failover
Specifies the drive that is booted in the event of a 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 drive in the list is
attempted to boot. When this option is set to Enabled, all drives are attempted to boot in the order selected in the
Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Boot Option
Configures the boot sequence and the boot devices.
Settings
BIOS Boot Settings Enables or disables BIOS boot options.
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.
•
UEFI boot mode is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface.
NOTE:
The NX Series systems support only BIOS mode. Do not change the boot mode to UEFI because the system will not load
the appliance OS when in UEFI mode.
CAUTION:
Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system is not
installed in the same boot mode.
NOTE:
This option is enabled only if the boot mode is BIOS.
Pre-operating system management applications
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