Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual

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 field to BIOS allows compatibility with non-UEFI operating systems. This option is set to BIOS by default.

NOTE: : Setting this field to UEFI disables the BIOS Boot Settings menu. Setting this field 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

Specifies 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 first 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

Configures 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.