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.

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.