Users Guide

Boot Device Description

Virtual Floppy 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.

Virtual CD/DVD Boot from a virtual CD or DVD drive or CD or DVD ISO image. The optical drive or ISO image file is

located on another computer or boot disk available on the management network and is attached

using the iDRAC GUI console viewer.

iSCSI Boot from an Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) device.

Local SD Card Boot from the local SD (Secure Digital) card—for servers that support iDRAC 6 and iDRAC 7 systems

only.

Local Floppy Boot from a floppy disk in the local floppy disk drive.

Remote File

Boot from a Remote File Share (RFS) image. The image file is attached using the iDRAC GUI console

viewer.

Setting First Boot Device For Multiple Servers Using CMC Web Interface

NOTE: To set the first boot device for servers, you must have the Server Administrator privileges or Chassis

Configuration Administrator privileges, and the iDRAC login privileges.

To set the first boot device for multiple servers:

1. In the left pane, click Server Overview → Setup → First Boot Device. A list of servers is displayed.

2. In the First Boot Device column, from the drop-down menu corresponding to a server, select the boot device you

want to use for a server.

3. If you want the server to boot from the selected device every time it boots, clear the Boot Once option for the

server. If you want the server to boot from the selected device only on the next boot cycle, select the Boot Once

option for the server.

4. Click Apply to save the settings.

Setting First Boot Device For Individual Server Using CMC Web Interface

NOTE: To set the first boot device for servers, you must have Server Administrator privileges or Chassis

Configuration Administrator privileges and iDRAC login privileges.

To set the first boot device for individual servers:

1. In the left pane, click Server Overview, and then click the server for which you want to set the first boot device.

2. Go to Setup → First Boot Device. The First Boot Device page is displayed.

3. From the First Boot Device drop-down menu, select the boot device you want to use for each server.

4. If you want the server to boot from the selected device every time it boots, clear the Boot Once option for the

server. If you want the server to boot from the selected device only on the next boot cycle, select the Boot Once

option for the server

5. Click Apply to save the settings.

Setting First Boot Device Using RACADM

To set the first boot device, use the cfgServerFirstBootDevice object.

To enable boot once for a device, use the cfgServerBootOnce object.

For more information about these objects, see the

Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM

Command Line Reference Guide

available at dell.com/support/manuals.