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3 Configuring server boot options on 14th generation Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Understanding PowerEdge boot mode ........................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Differences in boot mode .................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Boot mode BIOS settings ................................................................................................................................... 7
3 Boot Sequence ............................................................................................................................................................. 9
3.1 Default Boot Sequence ....................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2 UEFI Boot Sequence .......................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2.1 Removable media ............................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2.2 Fixed disk drives ................................................................................................................................................. 9
3.2.3 Hard Disk drive placeholder ............................................................................................................................. 10
3.2.4 Summary of how UEFI Fixed-disk Boot Options are displayed in BIOS .......................................................... 10
3.2.5 Generic USB Boot ............................................................................................................................................ 10
3.3 BIOS Boot Sequence ....................................................................................................................................... 11
3.4 BIOS Sequence Retry ...................................................................................................................................... 11
3.5 Changing Boot Sequence ................................................................................................................................. 11
3.5.1 Boot Sequence Attributes ................................................................................................................................. 11
3.5.2 SetBootOrderFqddN ......................................................................................................................................... 13
4 Summary .................................................................................................................................................................... 15
5 Additional Information ................................................................................................................................................. 16