Setting First Boot Device - Dell PS-M4110 User Manual

• To remove a server VLAN, disable the VLAN capabilities of the specified server's network:
racadm setniccfg -m server-<n> -v
The valid values for <n> are 1-16.
For example:
racadm setniccfg -m server-1 -v

Setting First Boot Device

You can specify the CMC first boot device for each server. This may not be the actual first boot device for the server or
even represent a device present in that server; instead it represents a device sent by CMC to the server and used as its
first boot device in regard to that server.
You can set the default boot device and set a one-time boot device so that you can boot a image to perform tasks such
as running diagnostics or reinstalling an operating system.
You can set the first boot device for the next boot only or for all subsequent reboots. Based on this selection, you can set
the first boot device for the server. The system boots from the selected device on the next and subsequent reboots and
remains as the first boot device in the BIOS boot order, until it is changed again either from the CMC Web interface or
from the BIOS boot sequence.
NOTE: The first boot device setting in CMC Web Interface overrides the System BIOS boot settings.
The boot device that you specify must exist and contain bootable media.
You can set the following devices for first boot.
Table 13. : Boot Devices
Boot Device
PXE
Hard Drive
Local CD/DVD
Virtual Floppy
Virtual CD/DVD
iSCSI
Local SD Card
Floppy
RFS
Related Links
Setting First Boot Device For Multiple Servers Using CMC Web Interface
Setting First Boot Device For Individual Server Using CMC Web Interface
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Description
Boot from a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) protocol
on the network interface card.
Boot from the hard drive on the server.
Boot from a CD/DVD drive on the server.
Boot from the virtual floppy drive. The floppy drive (or a
floppy disk image) is on another computer on the
management network, and is attached using the iDRAC
GUI console viewer.
Boot from a virtual CD/DVD drive or CD/DVD ISO image.
The optical drive or ISO image file is located on another
computer or disk available on the management network
and is attached using the iDRAC GUI console viewer.
Boot from an Internet Small Computer System Interface
(iSCSI) device.
Boot from the local SD (Secure Digital) card - for servers
that support iDRAC6 and iDRAC7 systems only.
Boot from a floppy disk in the local floppy disk drive.
Boot from a Remote File Share (RFS) image. The image file
is attached using the iDRAC GUI console viewer.