- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Installing vSphere 5
- Downloading the ESXi installer media
- Installing, Enabling and Disabling ESXi
- USB key or SD memory card installation
- Overview – Dell NUMA Fault Resilient Memory
- Enabling Dell NUMA Fault Resilient Memory
- Overview — Dell Fault Resilient Memory
- Enabling Dell Fault Resilient Memory
- Installing ESXi on flash media
- Installing ESXi on the hard disk drive
- Enabling or Disabling flash storage device
- Configuring one-time boot to ESXi
- Configuring boot sequence to ESXi
- Downloading the patches and updates for ESXi
- Creating the vCenter Server installation media
- Installing vCenter Server
- Installing vSphere Web Client
- Installing vSphere Client
- Deploying vSphere 5
- Configuration backup and restore procedures
- Licensing information
- Troubleshooting ESXi
- ESXi installation
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the minimum RAM required to install VMware ESXi on Dell PowerEdge servers?
- Why are network adapters not detected during ESXi installation on PowerEdge servers?
- Why are target devices not available in the Disk Selection wizard of ESXi installer?
- Why does ESXi display the number of processors incorrectly with the Intel Xeon processors in the Dell 13th generation BIOS settings?
- Why are keyboard inputs not received by ESXi installer?
- Supported PowerEdge configurations for vSphere 5.x
- PowerEdge FC830 configuration
- PowerEdge FC630 configuration
- PowerEdge FC430 configuration
- PowerEdge M915 configuration
- PowerEdge M910 configuration
- PowerEdge M830 configuration
- PowerEdge M820 configuration
- PowerEdge M630 configuration
- PowerEdge M620 configuration
- PowerEdge M520 configuration
- PowerEdge M420 configuration
- PowerEdge R920 configuration
- PowerEdge R910 configuration
- PowerEdge R820 configuration
- PowerEdge R815 configuration
- PowerEdge R730 configuration
- PowerEdge R730xd configuration
- PowerEdge R720 configuration
- PowerEdge R720xd configuration
- PowerEdge R715 configuration
- PowerEdge R630 configuration
- PowerEdge R620 configuration
- PowerEdge R530 configuration
- PowerEdge R520 configuration
- PowerEdge R515 configuration
- PowerEdge R430 configuration
- PowerEdge R420 configuration
- PowerEdge R415 configuration
- PowerEdge R320 configuration
- PowerEdge R220 configuration
- PowerEdge R210 II configuration
- PowerEdge T630 configuration
- PowerEdge T620 Configuration
- PowerEdge T430 configuration
- PowerEdge T420 configuration
- PowerEdge T320 configuration
- PowerEdge T110 II configuration
- Getting help
VMware vSphere 5 On Dell PowerEdge Systems Deployment Guide
Configuring boot sequence to ESXi
Complete the
following steps to boot your system to ESXi. After the internal flash
device port is enabled, your system continues to boot to ESXi.
- Turn on your system.
The Dell logo is displayed.
- Press F2 to launch the Setup menu.
After you complete the system boot, the system BIOS configuration menu is displayed.
- Using the up- and down-arrow keys, select Hard Disk Boot Sequence, and then select SD Card: Multi Card.
- Press the hyphen key (-) to move the SD card or internal
USB port up in the order.
CAUTION: Dell recommends that you do not modify other settings unless you are familiar with the settings. Modifying settings could cause your system to fail to boot or function properly.
- Press Enter, and follow the on-screen procedure to save these changes.
- Restart your system.
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