About Dell Lifecycle Controller; Changing The Boot Order; Choosing The System Boot Mode - Dell PowerEdge T430 Owner's Manual

Menu Item
One Shot Boot Menu
Launch System Setup
Launch Lifecycle Controller
System Utilities

About Dell Lifecycle Controller

Dell Lifecycle Controller allows you to perform useful tasks such as configuring BIOS and hardware
settings, deploying an operating system, updating drivers, changing RAID settings, and saving hardware
profiles. For more information about Dell Lifecycle Controller, see the documentation at dell.com/
esmmanuals.

Changing the boot order

You may have to change the boot order if you want to boot from a USB key or an optical drive. The
instructions given below may vary if you have selected BIOS for Boot Mode.
1. In the System Setup Main Menu, click System BIOS → Boot Settings.
2. Click Boot Option Settings → Boot Sequence.
3. Use the arrow keys to select a boot device, and use the <+> and <-> keys to move the device down
or up in the order.
4. Click Exit, click Yes to save the settings on exit.

Choosing the system boot mode

System Setup enables you to specify the boot mode for installing your operating system:
• BIOS boot mode (the default) is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.
• UEFI boot mode is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface based on Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
(UEFI) specifications that overlays the system BIOS.
To choose the system boot mode follow the steps below.
1. You must select the boot mode in the Boot Mode field of the Boot Settings screen of System Setup.
2. Once you specify the boot mode, the system boots in the specified boot mode, proceed to install
your operating system from that mode.
3. You must boot the system in the same boot mode (BIOS or UEFI) to access the installed operating
system.
CAUTION: Trying to boot the operating system from the other boot mode will cause the system
to halt at startup.
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Description
item in the boot order until the boot is successful
or no more boot options are found.
Takes you to the boot menu where you can select
a one time boot device to boot from.
Enables you to access the System Setup.
Exits the Boot Manager and invokes the Lifecycle
Controller program.
Launches system utilities menu such as system
diagnostics and UEFI shell.