White Papers

4 Configuring server boot options on 14th generation Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Executive summary
The BIOS for the 14
th
generation of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers supports a wide-range of sources for
bootstrapping Operating Systems (OSs), hypervisors, diagnostic programs, and other executable programs.
While the industry continues the transition from legacy BIOS to the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
(UEFI), PowerEdge BIOS provides server administrators with manual and programmable methods for
discovering, ordering, and enabling boot sources.
This technical white paper describes the options available from PowerEdge BIOS to manage and control boot
sources such as hard drives, solid-state drives (SSDs), PXE servers, and HTTP network shares for both
legacy BIOS and UEFI mode. Examples are provided to guide the configuration of boot mode, sources, and
sequence by using the BIOS Graphical User Interface (GUI) and programmable methods including Dell EMC
RACADM Command Line Interface (CLI).