Dell PowerEdge R930 - Choosing System Boot Mode

NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then restart
your system and try again.
3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4 On the System BIOS screen, click Boot Settings.
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Boot Settings
Boot Settings details
Choosing the system boot mode
Changing the boot order
Boot Settings details
The Boot Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Boot Mode Enables you to set the boot mode of the system.
CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system is not
installed in the same boot mode.
If the operating system supports UEFI, you can set this option to UEFI. Setting this eld to BIOS allows
compatibility with non-UEFI operating systems. This option is set to
BIOS by default.
NOTE: Setting this eld to UEFI disables the BIOS Boot Settings menu. Setting this eld to BIOS
disables the UEFI Boot Settings menu.
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 reattempts the boot sequence after 30 seconds. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Hard-Disk Failover Species the hard drive that is booted in the event of a hard 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 hard
drive in the list is attempted to boot. When this option is set to Enabled, all hard drives are attempted to boot in
the order selected in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. This option is not enabled for UEFI Boot Mode.
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.
UEFI Boot Settings Enables or disables UEFI Boot options. The Boot options include IPv4 PXE and IPv6 PXE. This option is set to
IPv4 by default.
NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is UEFI.
Related links
Boot Settings
Viewing Boot Settings
Choosing the system boot mode
Changing the boot order
Choosing the system boot mode
System Setup enables you to specify one of the following boot modes for installing your operating system:
• BIOS boot mode (the default) is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.
• Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot mode is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface. If you have congured your system to
boot to UEFI mode, it replaces the system BIOS.
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Pre-operating system management applications