Boot Menu - Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 User Manual

Boot menu

On the Boot menu, you can set the boot paths.
EFI searches connection paths to peripheral devices in the order shown in the
following table, and recognizes I/O devices at server blade startup. In Symmetric
Multiprocessing (SMP) configuration, I/O devices are recognized in ascending order
of server blade number.
Search Connection path to
order
1 Embedded HDD
2 Onboard NIC0 *1
3 Onboard NIC1 *1
4 I/O board #1 *2
5 I/O board #0 *2
6 Expansion card #0
7
8 Expansion card #1
9
*1 In SMP configuration, PXE boot is supported only by onboard NIC of the primary
blade.
*2 When an I/O slot expansion unit is connected, I/O devices are recognized in
ascending order of the I/O board slot number.
The boot devices are booted in the order (#n) set in the Boot Option Priorities (where
n: 1, 2, 3,...).
Up to four boot paths can be set. Items to be set in this screen depend on devices
connected.
Figure 5-10: Boot Menu
peripheral devices
Device name
Switch module slot
I/O board module slot
Switch module slot
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Connection in the server blade
Location
-
Even number
Slot No.
-
0
1
Odd number
2
3
4
5