NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restartyour system and try again.3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.4 On the System BIOS screen, click Boot Settings.Related linksBoot SettingsBoot Settings detailsChoosing the system boot modeChanging the boot orderBoot Settings detailsThe Boot Settings screen details are explained as follows:Option DescriptionBoot 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 notinstalled in the same boot mode.If the operating system supports UEFI, you can set this option to UEFI. Setting this field to BIOS allowscompatibility 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 BIOSdisables the UEFI Boot Settings menu.Boot SequenceRetryEnables 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 harddrive in the list is attempted to boot. When this option is set to Enabled, all hard drives are attempted to boot inthe order selected in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. This option is not enabled for UEFI Boot Mode.Boot OptionSettingsConfigures 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 toIPv4 by default.NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is UEFI.Related linksBoot SettingsViewing Boot SettingsChoosing the system boot modeChanging the boot orderChoosing the system boot modeSystem Setup enables you to specify one of the following boot modes for installing your operating system:• BIOS boot mode (the default) is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot mode is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface. If you have configured your system toboot to UEFI mode, it replaces the system BIOS.38 Pre-operating system management applications
