Boot Settings Screen Details - Dell Precision 7920 Owner's Manual

Menu Item Description
Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
Drive Type
Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as
Capacity
optical drives.
Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as
Capacity
optical drives.
Sets the drive type of the selected device.
Port L
Displays the drive model of the selected device.
Model
Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
Drive Type
Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as
Capacity
optical drives.
Sets the drive type of the selected device.
Port M
Displays the drive model of the selected device.
Model
Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
Drive Type
Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as
Capacity
optical drives.
Sets the drive type of the selected device.
Port N
Displays the drive model of the selected device.
Model
Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
Drive Type
Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as
Capacity
optical drives.

Boot settings screen details

You can use the Boot Settings screen to set the Boot mode to either BIOS or UEFI. It also allows you to specify the boot
order.
About this task
You can view the Boot Settings screen by clicking System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > Boot Settings.
The Boot Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Menu Item Description
Enables you to set the boot mode of the system.
Boot Mode
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. By default, the Boot Mode option is set to UEFI.
Enables or disables the boot sequence retry feature. If this field is enabled and the system fails to boot,
Boot Sequence
the system reattempts the boot sequence after 30 seconds. By default, the Boot Sequence Retry
Retry
option is set to Enabled.
Specifies which devices in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence are attempted in the boot sequence. When
Hard Disk
the option is Disabled, only the first hard disk device in the list is attempted to boot. When set to
Failover
Enabled, all hard disk devices are attempted in order, as listed in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. This
option is not enabled for UEFI Boot Mode.
This field controls the UEFI boot order
UEFI Boot
Sequence
Integrated NIC 1 Port 1 Partition 1
CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating
system is not installed in the same boot mode.
Setting this field to UEFI disables BIOS Boot Settings menu. Setting this field to BIOS
NOTE:
disables the UEFI Boot Settings menu.
BIOS and UEFI 117