Reference Guide

Option Description
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 not enabled for UEFI Boot
Mode. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Generic USB
boot
Enables or disables generic USB boot. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Hard-disk Drive
Placeholder
Enables or disables Hard-disk Drive Placeholder.
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 UEFI.
UEFI Boot
Sequence
Enables you to change the boot device order.
Boot Options
Enable/Disable
Enables you to select the enabled or disabled boot devices.
Network Settings
You can use the Network Settings screen to modify UEFI PXE, iSCSI, and HTTP boot settings. The network settings option is
available only in the UEFI mode.
NOTE:
BIOS does not control network settings in the BIOS mode. For the BIOS boot mode, the optional Boot ROM of the
network controllers handles the network settings.
Viewing Network Settings
To view the Network Settings screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Power 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 Network Settings.
Pre-operating system management applications
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