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Configuring one-time boot

To temporarily ignore the configured boot and instead boot to a specified device one time, use the information in this topic.

Click Boot Options under Server Configuration and select a device from the drop-down menu to configure the device that the system will boot to one-time on the next server restart. The following choices are available:

PXE network
Sets up your server to attempt a Preboot Execution Environment network boot.
Primary removable media
The server is booted from the default USB device.
Default CD/DVD
The server is booted from the default CD/DVD drive.
F1 system setup
The server is booted into the Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager.
Diagnostic Partition
The server is booted into the Diagnostics section of the Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager.
Default Hard Disk
The server is booted from the default disk drive.
Primary remote media
The server is booted from the mounted virtual media.
No one-time boot
The configured boot order is used. There is no one-time boot override of the configured boot order.
When you change the type of boot to be performed with the one-time boot device, you can also specify the boot to be a legacy boot or a UEFI boot. Click the Prefer Legacy Boot check box if you would like the boot to be a legacy BIOS boot. Uncheck the box if would like a UEFI boot. When you select a one-time change to the boot order, you must select a restart option before applying the change.
  • Restart server immediately: The boot order change is saved and the server is restarted immediately without shutting down the operating system.
  • Restart server normally: The boot order change is saved and the operating system is shutdown before restarting the server.
  • Manually restart later: The boot order change is saved, but will not take effect until the next time the server is rebooted.