Users Guide

You can set the default boot device and set a one-time boot device so that you can boot an image to perform tasks such as running

diagnostics or reinstalling an operating system.

You can set the rst boot device for the next boot only or for all subsequent reboots. Based on this selection, you can set the rst boot

device for the server. The system boots from the selected device on the next and subsequent reboots and remains as the rst boot device

in the BIOS boot order, until it is changed again either from the CMC Web interface or from the BIOS boot sequence.

NOTE: The rst boot device setting in CMC Web Interface overrides the System BIOS boot settings.

The boot device that you specify must exist and contain bootable media.

You can set the following devices for rst boot.

Table 19. : Boot Devices

Boot

Device

Description

PXE Boot from a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) protocol on the network interface card.

Hard Drive Boot from the hard drive on the server.

Local

CD/DVD

Boot from a CD/DVD drive on the server.

Virtual

Floppy

Boot from the virtual oppy drive. The oppy drive (or a oppy disk image) is on another computer on the management

network, and is attached using the iDRAC GUI console viewer.

Virtual

CD/DVD

Boot from a virtual CD/DVD drive or CD/DVD ISO image. The optical drive or ISO image le is on another computer or disk

available on the management network and is attached using the iDRAC GUI console viewer.

iSCSI Boot from an Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) device.

NOTE: This option is supported only till Dell’s 11th generation of PowerEdge servers.

Local SD

Card

Boot from the local SD (Secure Digital) card - for servers that support iDRAC system only.

Floppy Boot from a oppy disk in the local oppy disk drive.

RFS Boot from a Remote File Share (RFS) image. The image le is attached using the iDRAC GUI console viewer.