- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
- System Setup
- Viewing System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS
- Viewing System BIOS
- System BIOS Settings details
- System Information
- Viewing System Information
- System Information details
- Memory Settings
- Viewing Memory Settings
- Memory Settings details
- Processor Settings
- Viewing Processor Settings
- Processor Settings details
- SATA Settings
- Viewing SATA Settings
- SATA Settings details
- NVMe Settings
- Viewing NVMe Settings
- NVMe Settings details
- Boot Settings
- Viewing Boot Settings
- Boot Settings details
- Choosing system boot mode
- Changing boot order
- Network Settings
- Viewing Network Settings
- Network Settings screen details
- Integrated Devices
- Viewing Integrated Devices
- Integrated Devices details
- Serial Communication
- Viewing Serial Communication
- Serial Communication details
- System Profile Settings
- Viewing System Profile Settings
- System Profile Settings details
- System Security
- Viewing System Security
- System Security Settings details
- Creating a system and setup password
- Using your system password to secure the system
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Operating with setup password enabled
- Redundant OS Control
- Viewing Redundant OS Control
- Redundant OS Control screen details
- Miscellaneous Settings
- Viewing Miscellaneous Settings
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
Dell PowerEdge R940 BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide
Boot Settings details
About this task
- 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 enables compatibility with non-UEFI operating systems. This option is set to UEFI by default.
NOTE Setting this field to UEFI disables the BIOS Boot Settings menu. - Boot Sequence Retry
- Enables or disables the Boot Sequence Retry feature or resets the system. If the last attempt to boot has failed, the system immediately performs a cold reset or retries to boot after a 30 seconds, depending on if this field is set to Reset or Enabled.This option is set to Enabled by default.
- Hard-Disk Failover
- Specifies 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 first 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 not enabled for UEFI Boot Mode. This option is set to Disabled by default.
- Generic USB Boot
- Enables or disables the USB boot option. This option is set to Disabled by default.
- Hard-disk Drive Placeholder
- Enables or disables the Hard-disk drive placeholder option. This option is set to Disabled by default.
- 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. - UEFI Boot Sequence
- Enables you to change the boot device order.
- Boot Options Enable/Disable
- Enables you to select the enabled or disabled boot devices.
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