Dell PowerEdge M710HD User Manual download pdf

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DeployingUEFI

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AwareOperating

SystemsonDell™PowerEdge™

Servers

ByAnandJoshi,BillMunger,MarkShutt,

ThomasCantwell,andJohnSieber

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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - Servers

 DeployingUEFI‐AwareOperatingSystemsonDell™PowerEdge™ServersByAnandJoshi,BillMunger,MarkShutt,ThomasCantwell,andJohnSi

Page 2

 PageiiTHISWHITEPAPERISFORINFORMATIONALPURPOSESONLY,ANDMAYCONTAINTYPOGRAPHICALERRORSANDTECHNICALINACCURACIES.THEC

Page 3 - Table of Contents

 Page1Table of ContentsHistory...

Page 4 - WhatisUEFI?

 Page2HistoryInthemid‐1990sduringthedevelopmentofIntel’sItanium‐basedsystem,PCBIOSlimitations(forexample,16‐bitprocessormode,1

Page 5 - WhatUEFIhastoOffer

 Page3WhatUEFIhastoOfferTheprimarygoalofUEFIistodefineanarchitecturethatcanscalewithtimeandtoofferstructuredcodingenviron

Page 6 - UEFIBootOptions

 Page4DifferencesbetweenBIOSandUEFIBootModesThefollowingtablehighlightsthedifferencesbetweenthebootmodes. FeatureBootModeBIOS

Page 7 - UEFIBootManager

 Page5UEFIBootManagerTheUEFIBootManagerisenteredbypressing<F11>duringthepre‐bootphaseofsystemstartup.InUEFIbootmode,

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 Page6DeployingaUEFI‐AwareOperatingSystemOncethehardwareandfirmwaresupportUEFI,theoperatingsystemneedstoberedesignedtosupport

Page 9 - Limitations

 Page7Oncetheoperatingsystemisinstalled,youcaninstallapplicationsandusethesystemnormallywithafewcaveats.Thereareapplications