boot support are displayed in the Boot Option Priorities menu. The default value is
Enabled.
• PXE Network Boot—This setting specifies whether the PXE network boot agent is
enabled. When enabled, the Intel Boot Agent is displayed in the Boot Option Priorities
menu, allowing you to boot from a PXE server on the local subnet. Note that the Intel
Boot Agent device names are preceded by IBA GE Slot in the Boot Option Priorities
menu. You must restart the system for this setting to take effect. The default value is
Disabled.
• Boot Option Priorities—These settings specify the order in which the BIOS checks for
bootable devices, including the local hard disk drive, removable devices such as USB
flash disk drives or USB CD-ROM drives, or the PXE network boot agent. The BIOS
first attempts to boot from the device associated with 1st Boot Device, followed by 2nd
Boot Device, and 3rd Boot Device. If multiple boot devices are not present, the BIOS
setup utility does not display all these configuration options. To select a boot device,
press <Enter> on the desired configuration option and select a boot device from the
resulting menu. You also can disable certain boot devices by selecting Disabled.
Note Only one device of a given type is shown in this list. If more than one device
of the same type exists, use the Device BBS Priorities submenus to re-order the
priority of devices of the same type.
The following submenus are displayed if one or more bootable devices of the corresponding
type is present:
• Hard Drive BBS Priorities—Use this setting to access the Hard Drive BBS Priorities
submenu to re-order or disable bootable hard drive devices. Refer to the Hard Drive BBS
Priorities Submenu section for more information.
• CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities—Use this setting to access the CD/DVD ROM
Drive BBS Priorities submenu to re-order or disable bootable CD/DVD ROM drive
devices. Refer to the CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities Submenu section for more
information.
• Floppy Drive BBS Priorities—Use this setting to access the Floppy Drive BBS
Priorities submenu to re-order or disable bootable floppy drive devices. Refer to the
Floppy Drive BBS Priorities Submenu section for more information.
• Network Device BBS Priorities—Use this setting to access the Network Device BBS
Priorities submenu to re-order or disable bootable network devices. Refer to the Network
Device BBS Priorities Submenu section for more information.
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