Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- PowerVault NX3340 Network Attached Storage System Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- NX3340 system product overview
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
- System Setup
- Viewing System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS
- Viewing System BIOS
- System BIOS Settings details
- System Information
- Viewing System Information
- System Information details
- Memory Settings
- Viewing Memory Settings
- Memory Settings details
- Processor Settings
- Viewing Processor Settings
- Processor Settings details
- SATA Settings
- Viewing SATA Settings
- SATA Settings details
- Boot Settings
- Viewing Boot Settings
- Boot Settings details
- Choosing system boot mode
- Changing boot order
- Integrated Devices
- Viewing Integrated Devices
- Integrated Devices details
- Serial Communication
- Viewing Serial Communication
- Serial Communication details
- System Profile Settings
- Viewing System Profile Settings
- System Profile Settings details
- System Security
- Viewing System Security
- System Security Settings details
- Creating a system and setup password
- Using your system password to secure your system
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Operating with setup password enabled
- Miscellaneous Settings
- Viewing Miscellaneous Settings
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Diagnostics and indicators
- Jumpers and connectors
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Front bezel
- System cover
- Backplane cover
- Inside the system
- Air shroud
- Cooling fans
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Network daughter card
- Integrated storage controller card
- Hard drives
- Drive backplane
- System battery
- USB module
- Optional internal USB memory key
- Optical drive—optional
- Power supply units
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- Getting help
Boot Settings
You can use the Boot Settings screen to set the boot mode to BIOS and to specify the boot order.
Viewing Boot Settings
To view the Boot Settings screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Turn on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4. On the System BIOS screen, click Boot Settings.
Boot Settings details
The Boot Settings screen provides the following options.
Option
Description
Boot Mode Enables you to set the boot mode of the system.
CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating
system is not installed in the same boot mode.
Boot Sequence
Retry
Enables or disables the Boot Sequence Retry feature. If this option is set to Enabled and the system
fails to boot, the system re-attempts the boot sequence after 30 seconds. This option is set to Enabled
by default.
Hard-Disk
Failover
Specifies the drive that is booted in the event of a drive failure. The devices are selected in the Hard-
Disk Drive Sequence on the Boot Option Setting menu. When this option is set to Disabled, only the
first drive in the list is attempted to boot. When this option is set to Enabled, all drives are attempted to
boot in the order selected in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Boot Option
Settings
Configures the boot sequence and the boot devices.
BIOS Boot
Settings
Enables or disables BIOS boot options.
NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is BIOS.
Choosing system boot mode
System Setup enables you to specify one of the following boot modes for installing your operating system:
● BIOS boot mode is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.
● UEFI boot mode is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface.
NOTE:
The NX Series systems support only BIOS mode. Do not change the boot mode to UEFI because the system will not
load the appliance OS when in UEFI mode.
1. From the System Setup Main Menu, click Boot Settings, and select Boot Mode.
2. After the system boots in the specified boot mode, proceed to install your operating system from that mode.
CAUTION:
Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system is not
installed in the same boot mode.
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