Boot Settings
Use this window to control the system boot settings.
NOTE: This help page
may include information about features and values not supported by
your system. Server Administrator only displays the features and values
that are supported on your system.
User Privileges
Selection | View | Manage |
Boot Settings | Administrator, Elevated Administrator (Linux only) | Administrator, Elevated Administrator (Linux only) |
NOTE: For more
details on user privilege levels, see Privilege Levels
In The Server Administrator GUI.
Boot Mode
Determines the boot mode of the system.
UEFI Boot Settings | Enables booting to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) capable operating systems. |
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BIOS (default) | Ensures compatibility with operating systems that do not support UEFI. |
Boot Sequence Retry
Enables or disables the Boot Sequence Retry feature.
Disabled (default) | The system will not re-attempt the Boot Sequence. |
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Enabled | The system will re-attempt the Boot Sequence after a 30-second timeout if the last boot attempt has failed. |
Hard-Disk Failover
Specifies which devices in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence menu are attempted in the boot sequence. This field applies to BIOS Boot Mode only, and is disabled when BOOT Mode is set to UEFI.
Disabled (default) | Only the first Hard-Disk device in the list is attempted to boot. |
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Enabled | The Hard-Disk devices are all attempted in order as listed in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. |
Set Boot Order FQDD1- FQDD16
The SetBootOrderFqdd
fields specify a list of FQDDs representing the boot list to be
applied on the next boot. The field displays the setting for n number
of boot order.
Set Legacy HDD Order FQDD1- FQDD16
The SetLegacyHddOrderFqdd
fields specify a list of FQDDs representing the Legacy HDD list
to be applied on the next boot.
For an explanation of other buttons present on Server Administrator
Action pages, see Server Administrator Window Buttons.