- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Installing vSphere VMware ESXi 8.0
- Download the Dell customized ESXi image files
- To install, enable or to disable ESXi
- Enabling Dell Fault Resilient Memory
- Enable Dell NUMA Fault Resilient Memory
- Dell NVDIMM-N persistent memory
- Intel Optane Data Center Persistent Memory Module
- 4K Native hard drive support with ESXi hosts
- Trusted Platform Module
- Quick Boot
- HTTP or HTTPS boot
- vSphere Life Cycle Manager
- Dell add-on package
- Surprise removal of NVMe device
- Data Processing Unit
- Installing ESXi on flash media
- Installing ESXi on the hard drive
- Installing ESXi on the BOSS-S1 or BOSS-N1 device
- Enabling or disabling flash storage device
- Configuring one-time boot to ESXi
- Configuring boot sequence to ESXi
- VMware ESXi Secure boot support for Dell PowerEdge Servers
- Downloading patches and updates for ESXi
- Creating vCenter Server installation media
- Installing vCenter Server
- Deploying VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x
- Back up and restore configuration
- Troubleshooting ESXi
- Getting help
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x on Dell PowerEdge Systems Installation Instructions and Important Information Guide
Configuring boot sequence to ESXi
About this task
NOTE:After the internal flash device port is enabled, your system continues to boot to ESXi.
Steps
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Turn on your system.
The Dell logo is displayed.
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Press F2 to open the
System Setup page.
After you complete the system boot, the System BIOS configuration menu is displayed.
- Select Hard-Disk Boot Sequence by using the up- and down-arrow keys, and then select the relevant boot device.
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Press the hyphen key (-) to move up the relevant boot device in the order.
CAUTION: It is recommended that you do not modify other settings unless you are familiar with the settings. Modifying settings could cause your system to fail to boot or function properly.
- Press Enter, and then follow the on-screen procedure to save these changes.
- Restart your system.
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