Select the BIOS Boot Mode

The BIOS firmware supports both legacy BIOS Boot Mode and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot Mode; the default setting is Legacy BIOS Boot Mode.

Options for setting the BIOS Boot Mode before installing the OS are:

If the OS supports legacy BIOS only, make sure that BIOS is set to Legacy BIOS Boot Mode before you install the OS.
If the OS supports both legacy BIOS and UEFI BIOS, you can select either Legacy BIOS Boot Mode or UEFI BIOS Boot Mode before you install the OS.

Note - Upon initial release of the Sun Blade X4-2 server, Solaris 11.1 does support UEFI Boot Mode, and Solaris 10 1/13 does not support UEFI Boot Mode.

Refer to: Oracle x86 Administration Guide for X4 Series Servers for more information.

Power on the server.
POST messages appear on the console.
Watch the messages, and, when the prompt appears, press F2 to access the BIOS Setup Utility.
The BIOS Setup Utility main screen appears.
In the BIOS Setup Utility, use the left or right arrow keys to navigate to the Boot screen.
The Boot Menu screen appears.
Use the down arrow key to select the UEFI/BIOS Boot Mode field.
Select the desired boot mode option supported by your OS.
Press Enter and use the up or down arrow keys to select the Legacy or UEFI BIOS Boot Mode option.
To save the changes, and exit the BIOS Setup Utility, press F10.

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