Specifications

• Removable Media Boot allows you to boot from a removable media drive (CD/DVD drive).
This option does not support booting from a specific file on a specific removable media disc.
• The two Load Files are the EFI Shell and the LAN.
Add a Boot Option
Use this option to add items to the EFI boot menu.
This option displays the file systems that are on your server and lets you browse these file systems
for applications or drivers that are executable. Executable files end with the .efi extension. You
can also select remote boot (LAN) options that were configured on your network. The option you
have selected will be added to the EFI boot menu.
If you add a new drive to your server, you must manually add its boot options list if you want to
make it a bootable device.
When adding a boot option that already exists in the Boot Manager list of boot options, you can
choose whether to create a new option or modify the existing one. If you:
• Choose to modify an existing option, you may change the boot option name and/or add
boot option arguments to the existing option.
• Create a new boot option for an already existing option, multiple instances of the same boot
option exist.
For example:
Add a Boot Option. Select a Volume
NO VOLUME LABEL [Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM
Removable Media Boot [Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Secondary,Master)
Load File [EFI Shell [Built-in]]
Load File [Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(3|0)/Mac(00306E4C4F1A)]
Exit
In this example:
• Most of the items are the same options in Boot From a File.
• NO VOLUME LABEL is a hard drive. You can search through the disk for bootable applications
to add to the Boot Manager list of Boot options.
• Removable Media Boot treats the Removable Media (generally a CD) as a bootable device.
• Load File EFI Shell adds a new instance to the EFI Shell. Load File with the MAC address adds
a network boot option.
Delete Boot Option(s)
Use this option to remove boot options from the EFI boot menu.
NOTE: This does not delete any files, applications or drivers from your server.
This option displays a list of boot options that are configured on your server. The names match the
options on the main Boot Manager menu (above).
If you remove a drive from your server, you must manually delete it from the boot options list.
• To delete an item from the list, use the arrow keys to highlight the item and press Enter.
• To remove all of the entries from the EFI boot menu, select Delete All Boot Options. This setting
may be used as a security device on servers that are accessed remotely.
Change Boot Order
Use this option to change the order of boot options. The order in which options are listed in the
EFI boot menu also reflects the order in which the server attempts to boot. If the first boot option
fails, the server tries booting the second, then the third, and so forth, until a boot option succeeds
or until all options have failed.
Using the Boot Option Maintenance Menu 175