Installation Manual

remains as the first boot device in the BIOS boot order, until it is changed again either from the iDRAC7 Web interface or

from the BIOS boot sequence. You can set the first boot device to one of the following:

• Normal Boot

• PXE

• BIOS Setup

• Local Floppy/Primary Removable Media

• Local CD/DVD

• Hard Drive

• Virtual Floppy

• Virtual CD/DVD/ISO

• Local SD Card

• vFlash

• Lifecycle Controller

• BIOS Boot Manager

NOTE:

• BIOS Setup (F2), Lifecycle Controller (F10), BIOS Boot Manager (F11) only support boot once enabled.

• Virtual Console does not support permanent boot configuration. It is always boot once.

• The first boot device setting in iDRAC7 Web Interface overrides the System BIOS boot settings.

Setting First Boot Device Using Web Interface

To set the first boot device using iDRAC7 Web interface:

1. Go to Overview → Server → Setup → First Boot Device.

The First Boot Device page is displayed.

2. Select the required first boot device from the drop-down list, and click Apply.

The system boots from the selected device for subsequent reboots.

3. To boot from the selected device only once on the next boot, select Boot Once. Thereafter, the system boots from

the first boot device in the BIOS boot order.

For more information about the options, see the

iDRAC7 Online Help

Setting First Boot Device Using RACADM

• To set the first boot device, use the cfgServerFirstBootDevice object.

• To enable boot once for a device, use the cfgServerBootOnce object.

For more information about these objects, see the

RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC7 and CMC

available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Setting First Boot Device Using Virtual Console

You can select the device to boot from as the server is being viewed in the Virtual Console viewer before the server runs

through its boot-up sequence. You can perform boot once to all the supported devices listed in Setting First Boot Device.