Users Guide
NOTE: The rst boot device setting in CMC web Interface overrides the system BIOS boot settings.
The boot device that you specify must exist and contain a bootable media.
You can set the following devices for rst boot.
Table 18. Boot Devices
Boot Device Description
PXE Boot from a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) protocol on the Network Interface Card.
Hard Drive Boot from the hard disk drive on the server.
Local CD/DVD Boot from a CD or DVD drive on the server.
Virtual Floppy Boot from the virtual oppy drive. The oppy drive (or a oppy 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 le 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 oppy disk in the local oppy disk drive.
Remote File
Share
Boot from a Remote File Share (RFS) image. The image le is attached using the iDRAC GUI console viewer.
Setting First Boot Device For Multiple Servers Using CMC Web Interface
NOTE: To set the rst boot device for servers, you must have the Server Administrator privileges or Chassis
Conguration Administrator
privileges, and the iDRAC login privileges.
To set the rst 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 rst boot device for servers, you must have Server Administrator privileges or Chassis Conguration
Administrator privileges and iDRAC login privileges.
To set the rst 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 rst 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 rst boot device, use the cfgServerFirstBootDevice object.
To enable boot once for a device, use the cfgServerBootOnce object.
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