Boot Options

The PXIe-8861 can boot from the following devices:

• The internal solid state drive
• An external SCSI hard drive or SCSI CD/DVD-ROM if an SCSI adapter, such as the PXI-8214, is used.
• A network PXE server on the same subnet.
• An external USB mass storage device such as a USB hard drive, USB CD/DVD-ROM, or USB flash drive.
• An external USB floppy drive.
• Most PCI or PCI Express-based devices that provide an Option ROM.

There are two ways to configure the controller to boot from these devices:

• Enter the BIOS setup by rebooting the controller and pressing <Delete> during the memory tests. Select the Boot menu. You will see a list of all bootable devices, ordered by device type. You can set the boot order by altering the 1st Boot Device, 2nd Boot Device, and 3rd Boot Device settings.
• To boot from a different device without permanently changing the boot order, press <F10> during POST. After the BIOS completes the POST and just before the controller boots the OS, the Boot menu is displayed. You can select the device type you want to boot from.