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Hard-disk Drive
Enables or disables the Hard-disk drive placeholder option. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Placeholder
UEFI Boot
Enables or disables UEFI Boot options. The UEFI options include PXE boot devices.
Settings
UEFI Boot
Enables you to change the boot device order.
Sequence
Boot Options
Enables you to select the enabled or disabled boot devices.
Enable/Disable
Choosing system boot mode
The BIOS boot mode (the default), is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.
NOTE:
The system also supports the UEFI boot 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.
NOTE:
For the latest information about supported operating systems, go to www.dell.com/ossupport.
Changing boot order
About this task
You may have to change the boot order if you want to boot from a USB key. You may have to change the boot order if you want
to boot from a USB key or an optical drive. The following instructions may vary if you have selected BIOS for Boot Mode.
Steps
1. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS > Boot Settings > UEFI/BIOS Boot Settings > UEFI/
BIOS Boot Sequence.
2. Click UEFI/BIOS Boot Sequence
NOTE:
Use the arrow keys to select a boot device, and use the plus (+) and minus (-) sign keys to move the device
down or up in the order.
3. Click Exit, and then click Yes to save the settings on exit.
Network Settings
You can use the Network Settings screen to modify UEFI PXE, iSCSI, and HTTP boot settings. The network settings option is
available only in the UEFI mode.
NOTE:
BIOS does not control network settings in the BIOS mode. For the BIOS boot mode, the optional Boot ROM of the
network controllers handles the network settings.
Viewing Network Settings
To view the Network Settings screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Power on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
This option is enabled only if the boot mode is UEFI.
Pre-operating system management applications
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