Dell NX3230 - Changing Boot Order; Selecting System Boot Mode; Assigning System and Setup Password

Menu Item Description
System Utilities Opens system utilities menu such as system
diagnostics and UEFI shell.
Changing boot order
You may have to change the boot order if you want to boot from a USB drive or an optical drive. The
following instructions may vary if you have selected BIOS for Boot Mode.
1. In System Setup Main Menu, click System BIOS → Boot Settings.
2. Click Boot Option Settings → Boot Sequence.
3. Use the arrow keys to select a boot device, and use the <+> and <-> keys to move the device down
or up in the order.
4. Click Exit, and then click Yes to save the settings on exit.
Selecting system boot mode
System Setup enables you to specify the boot mode for installing your OS:
• BIOS boot mode (the default) is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.
• UEFI boot mode is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface based on Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
(UEFI) specifications that overlays the system BIOS.
To select the system Boot Mode:
1. In System Setup click Boot Settings and select Boot Mode.
2. Select the Boot Mode you want the system to boot into.
NOTE: After the system boots in the specified boot mode, proceed to install your OS from that
mode.
CAUTION: Trying to boot the OS from the other boot mode will cause the system to halt at
startup.
NOTE: OSs must be UEFI-compatible to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit OSs
do not support UEFI and can only be installed from the BIOS boot mode.
NOTE: For the latest information on supported OSs, go to dell.com/ossupport.
Assigning system and setup password
Prerequisites
NOTE: The password jumper enables or disables the System Password and Setup Password
features. For more information about the password jumper settings, see the System Board
Connectors section in this document.
You can assign a new System Password and Setup Password or change an existing System Password and
Setup Password only when the password jumper setting is enabled and Password Status is Unlocked.
If the password jumper setting is disabled, the existing System Password and Setup Password are deleted
and you need not provide the system password to boot the system.
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