Users Guide
Setting First Boot Device
You can specify the CMC rst boot device for each server. This may not be the actual rst boot device for the server or even
represent a device present in that server; instead it represents a device sent by CMC to the server and used as its rst boot device
for that server.
You can set the default boot device and set a one-time boot device so that you can boot an image to perform tasks such as running
diagnostics or reinstalling an operating system.
You can set the rst boot device for the next boot only or for all subsequent reboots. Based on this selection, you can set the rst
boot device for the server. The system boots from the selected device on the next and subsequent reboots and remains as the rst
boot device in the BIOS boot order, until it is changed again either from the CMC Web interface or from the BIOS boot sequence.
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 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 drive on the server.
Local
CD/DVD
Boot from a CD/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/DVD drive or CD/DVD ISO image. The optical drive or ISO image le is on another computer
or 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.
NOTE: This option is supported only till Dell’s 11th generation of PowerEdge servers.
Local SD
Card
Boot from the local SD (Secure Digital) card - for servers that support iDRAC system only.
Floppy Boot from a oppy disk in the local oppy disk drive.
RFS Boot from a Remote File Share (RFS) image. The image le is attached using the iDRAC GUI console viewer.
UEFI
Device
Path
Boot from the Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) device path on the server.
Related link
Setting First Boot Device For Multiple Servers Using CMC Web Interface
Setting First Boot Device For Individual Server Using CMC Web Interface
Setting First Boot Device Using RACADM
Setting First Boot Device For Multiple Servers 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 multiple servers using the CMC Web interface:
1. In the system tree, go to Server Overview, and then click Setup → First Boot Device. A list of servers is displayed.
2. In the First Boot Device column, from the drop-down menu, select the boot device you want to use for each server.
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