Users Guide

Table 10. Boot Devices

Boot Device Description

PXE Boot from a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) protocol on the Network Interface Card.

Hard Drive Boot using a Hard disk drive.

Local CD/DVD Boot from a CD or DVD drive on the server.

BIOS Setup Boot during the BIOS setup.

Virtual Floppy Boot from a virtual floppy disk.

Virtual CD/DVD Boot from a Virtual CD or DVD drive.

Local SD Card Boot from the local SD (Secure Digital) card.

Remote File

Boot from remote file share.

BIOS Boot

Manager

Boot using the BIOS boot manager.

Lifecycle

Controller

Boot using the Lifecycle controller.

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

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 FX2s RACADM Command Line

Reference Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.