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Option Description
CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system is not
installed in the same boot mode.
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 Species 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 rst 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 set to Disabled by default.
Boot Option
Settings
Congures the boot sequence and the boot devices.
BIOS Boot Settings Enables or disables BIOS boot options.
NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is BIOS.
Identifier GUID-9854BD18-2A44-48C8-BE8F-B9255271269D
Status Released
Choosing system boot mode
System Setup enables you to specify one of the following boot modes for installing your operating system:
• BIOS boot mode is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.
• UEFI boot mode (the default), is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface.
NOTE
: The Dell EMC Storage NX3240 system supports only BIOS mode. You must not change the boot mode to UEFI because
the system does not boot.
1 From the System Setup Main Menu, click Boot Settings, and select Boot Mode.
2 After the system boots in the specied boot mode, proceed to install your operating system from that mode.
CAUTION
: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system is not installed in the same
boot mode.
NOTE: Operating systems must be UEFI-compatible to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems
do not support UEFI and can only be installed from the BIOS boot mode.
NOTE: For the latest information about supported operating systems, go to Dell.com/ossupport.
Identifier GUID-FEDBEAC4-A5E8-429A-960E-55F382EFDFAD
Status Released
Changing boot order
About this task
You may have to change the boot order if you want to boot from a USB key or an optical drive. The following instructions may vary if you
have selected BIOS for Boot Mode.
NOTE
: The Dell EMC Storage NX3240 system supports only BIOS mode. You must not change the boot mode to UEFI because
the system does not boot.
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