Users Guide

For example:
racadm setniccfg -m server-1 -v
Setting First Boot Device
You can specify the CMC first boot device for each server. This may not be the actual first 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 first 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 first boot device for the next boot only or for all subsequent reboots. Based on this selection, you can set the first boot
device for the server. The system boots from the selected device on the next and subsequent reboots and remains as the first 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 first 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 first boot.
Table 19. : 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 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/DVD drive or CD/DVD ISO image. The optical drive or ISO image file 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 floppy disk in the local floppy disk drive.
RFS Boot from a Remote File Share (RFS) image. The image file is attached using the iDRAC GUI console viewer.
UEFI
Device Path
Boot from the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) device path on the server.
Related tasks
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 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 multiple servers using the CMC Web interface:
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Configuring Server