Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC XC740xd XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- Overview
- Documentation resources
- 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
- Persistent Memory 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
- Network Settings
- Viewing Network Settings
- Network Settings screen details
- UEFI iSCSI Settings
- Viewing UEFI iSCSI Settings
- UEFI iSCSI Settings details
- 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
- Redundant OS Control
- Viewing Redundant OS Control
- Redundant OS Control screen details
- Miscellaneous Settings
- Viewing Miscellaneous Settings
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Backplane cover
- Inside the system
- Air shroud
- Cooling-fan assembly
- Cooling fans
- Intrusion switch
- Hard drives
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Opening and closing the PCIe card holder latch
- Removing the expansion card from expansion card riser
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser
- Removing an expansion card riser 1
- Installing an expansion card riser 1
- Removing an expansion card riser 2
- Installing an expansion card riser 2
- Removing an expansion card riser 3
- Installing an expansion card riser 3
- IDSDM/vFlash card
- Network daughter card
- Hard drive backplane
- System battery
- Power supply units
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
- BOSS card
○ Support for hard drive partitions larger than 2 TB.
○ Enhanced security (e.g., UEFI Secure Boot).
○ Faster boot time.
● BIOS: The BIOS Boot Mode is the legacy boot mode. It is maintained for backward compatibility.
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
About this task
NOTE: The NVDIMM-N, RAID or UEFI settings are not supported.
The Boot Settings screen details are explained as follows:
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.
If the operating system supports UEFI, you can set this option to UEFI. Setting this field to BIOS allows
compatibility with non-UEFI operating systems. This option is set to UEFI by default.
NOTE: Setting this field to UEFI disables the BIOS Boot Settings menu.
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 hard drive that is booted in the event of a hard 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 hard drive in the list is attempted to boot. When this option is set to Enabled, all hard drives
are attempted to boot in the order selected in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. This option is not enabled
for UEFI Boot Mode. 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.
UEFI Boot
Settings
Enables or disables UEFI Boot options.
The Boot options include IPv4 PXE and IPv6 PXE. This option is set to IPv4 by default.
NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is set to UEFI.
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