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4 boot options, 1 supported boot devices, 2 selecting the boot device – Artesyn ATCA-7480 Installation and Use (February 2015) User Manual

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BIOS

ATCA-7480 Installation and Use (6806800T17A)

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6.4

Boot Options

This section describes which boot devices are supported by the BIOS and how to select the
boot device.

6.4.1

Supported Boot Devices

The BIOS supports booting from the following devices/sources:

USB devices, such as floppy, CD ROM, and hard disk

Solid State Disk connected to the SATA interface (available only when SSD SATA is
assembled)

Storage devices connected to the SAS controller (by RTM)

Network (Front Panel Ethernet, Base Ethernet, and Ethernet on RTM)

6.4.2

Selecting the Boot Device

There are two possibilities to determine the device from which BIOS attempts to boot:

By setup, to select a permanent order of boot devices

By boot selection menu, to select any device for the next boot-up procedure only

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