Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual
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Table of Contents
History ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
What is UEFI? ................................................................................................................................................................. 2
What UEFI has to Offer .................................................................................................................................................. 3
How is Dell’s UEFI implemented? .................................................................................................................................. 3
Differences between BIOS and UEFI Boot Modes ..................................................................................................... 4
UEFI Boot Options...................................................................................................................................................... 4
Automatic and Manual Boot Options .................................................................................................................... 4
Booting to a Removable Media Device .................................................................................................................. 4
UEFI Boot Manager .................................................................................................................................................... 5
Boot Options .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
UEFI Boot Settings ................................................................................................................................................. 5
System Utilities ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
Deploying a UEFI Operating System .............................................................................................................................. 6
Limitations ................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Large Operating System Partitions ........................................................................................................................ 7
Third Party Imaging Utilities .................................................................................................................................. 7
Transferring Hard Disks ......................................................................................................................................... 7
UEFI Legacy Boot Controllers ................................................................................................................................. 7