Boot Setup Menu

Use this menu to configure settings related to the boot process and boot device priority.

  • Boot Settings Configuration—Use this setting to access the Boot Settings Configuration submenu. Refer to the Boot Settings Configuration Submenu section for more information.
  • Network Boot—This setting specifies whether the PXE network boot Legacy or UEFI agent is enabled. When Legacy is selected, the Intel Boot Agent is displayed in the Boot Option Priorities menu, allowing you to boot from a PXE server on the local subnet. Note that IBA GE Slot or IBA CL Slot precedes the Intel Boot Agent device names in the Boot Option Priorities menu. Ethernet port 1(i210 Gigabit ethernet) allows an additional option for legacy iSCSI boot. When UEFI is selected, you must enable the supported UEFI Network boot option, IPv4 PXE, IPv6 PXE, IPv4 HTTP, or IPv6 HTTP. You must restart the system for this setting to take effect. Note that UEFI precedes the Intel Boot Agent device names, followed by the selected protocol. For example, if you choose PXE IPv4, PXE IPv4 precedes the device name in the Boot Option Priorities menu. The default value is Disabled.
  • Network Boot—This setting specifies whether the PXE network boot Legacy or UEFI agent is enabled. When Legacy is selected, the Intel Boot Agent is displayed in the Boot Option Priorities menu, allowing you to boot from a PXE server on the local subnet. Note that IBA GE Slot or IBA CL Slot precedes the Intel Boot Agent device names in the Boot Option Priorities menu. When UEFI is selected, you must enable the supported UEFI Network boot option, IPv4 PXE or IPv6 PXE. You must restart the system for this setting to take effect. Note that UEFI precedes the Intel Boot Agent device names, followed by the selected protocol. For example, if you choose PXE IPv4, PXE IPv4 precedes the device name in the Boot Option Priorities menu. The default value is Disabled.
  • Boot Option Priorities—These settings specify the order in which the BIOS checks for bootable devices, including the local hard disk drive, removable devices such as USB flash disk drives or USB CD-ROM drives, or the PXE network boot agent. The BIOS first attempts to boot from the device associated with 1st Boot Device, followed by 2nd Boot Device, and 3rd Boot Device. If multiple boot devices are not present, the BIOS setup utility does not display all these configuration options. To select a boot device, press <Enter> on the desired configuration option and select a boot device from the resulting menu. You also can disable certain boot devices by selecting Disabled.
Note Only one device of a given type is shown in this list. If more than one device of the same type exists, use the Device BBS Priorities submenus to re-order the priority of devices of the same type.

The following submenus are displayed if one or more bootable devices of the corresponding type is present:

  • Hard Drive BBS Priorities—Use this setting to access the Hard Drive BBS Priorities submenu to re-order or disable bootable hard drive devices. Refer to the Hard Drive BBS Priorities Submenu section for more information.