Powering on a virtual machine to BIOS in VMware Workstation & Vsphere 5.5

Sometimes we may run into a situation wherein we need to go the BIOS of the virtual machine.
One such scenario could be if you are trying to boot the VM in rescue mode from an ISO & you need to modify the boot order of devices to be used for boot.
To boot the VM to the BIOS perform the following steps:

1. Right click on the VM & hover the mouse to the VM to the power option.
2. You'll now see the available options. From there click on 'Power On to firmware' & you are done.

Given below is a screen shot to illustrate the same:

To force a VM to boot to the BIOS screen in Vsphere do the following:

1. Open up the Vpshere web client. Right click the VM & go to edit settings & select VM options.
2. From there you'll see a check box "The next time the system boots, force entry into BIOS screen".
3. Mark that check box & enter a boot delay value of a couple of seconds & that's it.

Here is a screen shot to illustrate: