Boot Settings
Use this window to control the system boot settings.
NOTE: The help page may include information about features and values that are not supported on your system. Server Administrator displays only the features and values that are supported on your system.
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User Privileges
Selection | View | Manage |
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Boot Settings | Administrator, Elevated Administrator (Linux only) | Administrator, Elevated Administrator (Linux only) |
NOTE: For more details on user privilege levels, see
Privilege Levels In The Server Administrator GUI.
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Boot Mode
Determines whether the BIOS attempts to boot the operating system via the method defined by the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification or via the legacy (BIOS) method.
UEFI Boot Settings | Enables boot to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) capable operating systems. |
BIOS (default) | Ensures compatibility with operating systems that do not support UEFI. |
Boot Sequence Retry
Enables or disables the Boot Sequence Retry feature or resets the system.
Enabled | The system reattempts the Boot Sequence after a 30-second timeout if the last boot attempt has failed. |
Disabled (default) | The system will not reattempt the Boot Sequence. |
Generic USB Boot
When the option is set to Enabled, a Generic USB boot placeholder is placed in the UEFI Boot Sequence. This maps to the first bootable USB device in the boot sequence. This allows the entry to remain present even if the USB device is not present. This option is available only on UEFI Boot mode.
Enabled | The option enables the Generic USB boot placeholder. |
Disabled | The option disables the Generic USB boot placeholder. |
Hard-disk Drive Placeholder
When the option is set to Enabled, a generic RAID HDD placeholder is placed into the UEFI Boot sequence. The entry is available until an operating system or a bootable file is installed on the RAID disk. This option is available only on UEFI Boot mode.
Enabled | The option enables the generic RAID HDD placeholder. |
Disabled | The option disables the generic RAID HDD placeholder. |
Clean all Sysprep order and variables
None | No actions from BIOS. |
Yes | BIOS deletes variables of SysPrep and SysPrepOrder on next boot. |
This is a onetime option, which will reset to None when the variables are deleted. This setting is only available in UEFI Boot Mode.
Set Boot Order Enable
The SetBootOrderEnDis field specifies a list of FQDDs representing the boot option Enable to be applied on the next boot.
Set Boot Order Disabled
The SetBootOrderDis field specifies a list of FQDDs representing the boot option Disabled to be applied on the next boot.
Hard-Disk Failover
Specifies which devices in the Hard-Disk Drive sequence menu are attempted in the boot sequence. This field applies to BIOS Boot Mode only, and is disabled when BOOT Mode is set to UEFI.
Disabled (default) | Only the first Hard-Disk device in the list is attempted to boot. |
Enabled | The Hard-Disk devices are all attempted in order as listed in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. |
Set Boot Order FQDD1- FQDD16
The SetBootOrderFqdd fields specify a list of FQDDs representing the boot list to be applied on the next boot. The field displays the setting for n number of boot orders.
Set Legacy HDD Order FQDD1- FQDD16
The SetLegacyHddOrderFqdd fields specify a list of FQDDs representing the Legacy HDD list to be applied on the next boot.