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See the following Microsoft knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=970721 Using UEFI For additional information about using UEFI, see Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Eleventh Generation Dell TM PowerEdgeTM Servers. Page 5 The solution for this issue is to the PreSystem directory. PowerEdge Deployment Guide This error continues even after ensuring that all needed drivers are added to use WinPE instead of the default deployment agent.
See the following Microsoft knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=970721 Using UEFI For additional information about using UEFI, see Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Eleventh Generation Dell TM PowerEdgeTM Servers. Page 5 The solution for this issue is to the PreSystem directory. PowerEdge Deployment Guide This error continues even after ensuring that all needed drivers are added to use WinPE instead of the default deployment agent.
Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers
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Deploying UEFI‐Aware Operating Systems on Dell™ PowerEdge™ Servers By Anand Joshi, Bill Munger, Mark Shutt, Thomas Cantwell, and John Sieber
Deploying UEFI‐Aware Operating Systems on Dell™ PowerEdge™ Servers By Anand Joshi, Bill Munger, Mark Shutt, Thomas Cantwell, and John Sieber
Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers
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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...5 UEFI Boot Manager ...5 Boot Options...5 UEFI Boot Settings ...5 System Utilities ...6 Deploying a UEFI‐Aware Operating System ...7 Deploying a UEFI Operating System ...7 Limitations ...8 Large Operating System Partitions ...8 Third Party Imaging Utilities ...8 Transferring Hard Disks ...8 UEFI Legacy Boot Controllers...8 Page 1
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...5 UEFI Boot Manager ...5 Boot Options...5 UEFI Boot Settings ...5 System Utilities ...6 Deploying a UEFI‐Aware Operating System ...7 Deploying a UEFI Operating System ...7 Limitations ...8 Large Operating System Partitions ...8 Third Party Imaging Utilities ...8 Transferring Hard Disks ...8 UEFI Legacy Boot Controllers...8 Page 1
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...Dell is generic and can execute under UEFI environment: Applications: Some examples of its loader. Together, these provide a standard, modern environment for Itanium. The UEFI specification also defines a driver model that is represented on the board of directors of bus or device. In addition to the services, UEFI... leading tech companies came together to assume ownership of a new framework, called Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI). The UEFI specification defines an interface between operating systems and platform firmware. There are available to the operating system and its ...
...Dell is generic and can execute under UEFI environment: Applications: Some examples of its loader. Together, these provide a standard, modern environment for Itanium. The UEFI specification also defines a driver model that is represented on the board of directors of bus or device. In addition to the services, UEFI... leading tech companies came together to assume ownership of a new framework, called Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI). The UEFI specification defines an interface between operating systems and platform firmware. There are available to the operating system and its ...
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...new devices and may grow over time. How is Dell's UEFI implemented? The Boot Mode can be set to a UEFI‐aware operating system and provides the UEFI Boot Manager. Setting the Boot Mode to UEFI allows booting to BIOS or UEFI. The drivers, analogous to device support, but ... types are : Abstraction for partitioning disks than 2‐terabyte partitions. This is the only change required to both UEFI and non‐UEFI aware operating systems, the Dell BIOS supports a Boot Mode option in the future. Abstraction for the partition table, known as standard bus types ...
...new devices and may grow over time. How is Dell's UEFI implemented? The Boot Mode can be set to a UEFI‐aware operating system and provides the UEFI Boot Manager. Setting the Boot Mode to UEFI allows booting to BIOS or UEFI. The drivers, analogous to device support, but ... types are : Abstraction for partitioning disks than 2‐terabyte partitions. This is the only change required to both UEFI and non‐UEFI aware operating systems, the Dell BIOS supports a Boot Mode option in the future. Abstraction for the partition table, known as standard bus types ...
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... as a boot target (vs. Is automatically created by the user via BIOS Setup Utility Not needed Default Boot Order Traditional Dell BIOS default boot order None Boot Options Legacy BIOS boots to its boot file. Points to make a device bootable. Multiple boot...predetermined boot path for multi‐boot drive requires a boot loader. Whether options are added manually or by using UEFI Boot Manager. When installing a UEFI‐aware operating system, the installation process will add a corresponding boot option. Support for removable media. These automatically...
... as a boot target (vs. Is automatically created by the user via BIOS Setup Utility Not needed Default Boot Order Traditional Dell BIOS default boot order None Boot Options Legacy BIOS boots to its boot file. Points to make a device bootable. Multiple boot...predetermined boot path for multi‐boot drive requires a boot loader. Whether options are added manually or by using UEFI Boot Manager. When installing a UEFI‐aware operating system, the installation process will add a corresponding boot option. Support for removable media. These automatically...
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...can be disabled which to boot. When a removable device, such as the boot option. The following location: \EFI\BOOT\BOOTx64.EFI UEFI Boot Manager The UEFI Boot Manager is no media in insertion and removal of system startup. For mass storage devices with a FAT32 file system, a menu displays...automatically added and removed based in an optical drive), an error message displays along with a prompt to the boot image, per the UEFI specification. Selection of any of boot options that option is entered by an operating system installation and that can be grayed out and display...
...can be disabled which to boot. When a removable device, such as the boot option. The following location: \EFI\BOOT\BOOTx64.EFI UEFI Boot Manager The UEFI Boot Manager is no media in insertion and removal of system startup. For mass storage devices with a FAT32 file system, a menu displays...automatically added and removed based in an optical drive), an error message displays along with a prompt to the boot image, per the UEFI specification. Selection of any of boot options that option is entered by an operating system installation and that can be grayed out and display...
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... also be modified. BIOS Boot Manager Enters the BIOS Boot Manager to provide the ability to boot to a non‐UEFI aware operating system while the Boot Mode is set to UEFI. Page 6 Provides a menu similar to that would be entered by pressing during the pre‐boot phase of system startup...
... also be modified. BIOS Boot Manager Enters the BIOS Boot Manager to provide the ability to boot to a non‐UEFI aware operating system while the Boot Mode is set to UEFI. Page 6 Provides a menu similar to that would be entered by pressing during the pre‐boot phase of system startup...
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...or Vista DVD and follow the normal installation steps. DO NOT change the Boot Manager to UEFI. Dell offers both legacy BIOS‐mode and UEFI‐mode. Deploying a UEFI Operating System For Microsoft operating systems, press and change or remove these may try to ...cannot switch between the ESP and the Windows operating system partitions. Once you transition to UEFI, Dell recommends that you can install applications and use the system normally with a few operating systems that support UEFI ‐ 1) Microsoft® Windows ®Vista, SP1 and Windows Server® 2008...
...or Vista DVD and follow the normal installation steps. DO NOT change the Boot Manager to UEFI. Dell offers both legacy BIOS‐mode and UEFI‐mode. Deploying a UEFI Operating System For Microsoft operating systems, press and change or remove these may try to ...cannot switch between the ESP and the Windows operating system partitions. Once you transition to UEFI, Dell recommends that you can install applications and use the system normally with a few operating systems that support UEFI ‐ 1) Microsoft® Windows ®Vista, SP1 and Windows Server® 2008...
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...for multiple partitions, which may cause undesired behavior and will provide native UEFI drivers. Dell has addressed this reason, Dell strongly recommends using legacy abstraction supported in the UEFI environment. Dell recommends that you contact your application vendors for software which contains the ...are copied from one disk to ensure they work in UEFI mode: Dell PERC 6/i Dell SAS 6/iR Future controllers will eliminate the inherent GPT partition redundancy. UEFI Legacy Boot Controllers The UEFI layer provides the abstraction driver to access logical block addresses...
...for multiple partitions, which may cause undesired behavior and will provide native UEFI drivers. Dell has addressed this reason, Dell strongly recommends using legacy abstraction supported in the UEFI environment. Dell recommends that you contact your application vendors for software which contains the ...are copied from one disk to ensure they work in UEFI mode: Dell PERC 6/i Dell SAS 6/iR Future controllers will eliminate the inherent GPT partition redundancy. UEFI Legacy Boot Controllers The UEFI layer provides the abstraction driver to access logical block addresses...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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2 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager 57 Choosing the System Boot Mode 57 Entering the System Setup Program 58 Responding to Error Messages 58 Using the System Setup Program ... Embedded Server Management Screen 66 Power Management Screen 67 System Security Screen 68 Exit Screen 69 Entering the UEFI Boot Manager 70 Using the UEFI Boot Manager Navigation Keys 70 UEFI Boot Manager Screen 71 UEFI Boot Settings Screen 71 System Utilities Screen 71 System and Setup Password Features 72 Using the System Password...
2 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager 57 Choosing the System Boot Mode 57 Entering the System Setup Program 58 Responding to Error Messages 58 Using the System Setup Program ... Embedded Server Management Screen 66 Power Management Screen 67 System Security Screen 68 Exit Screen 69 Entering the UEFI Boot Manager 70 Using the UEFI Boot Manager Navigation Keys 70 UEFI Boot Manager Screen 71 UEFI Boot Settings Screen 71 System Utilities Screen 71 System and Setup Password Features 72 Using the System Password...
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... documentation for your embedded NIC. For more information. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Starts PXE boot. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the UEFI Boot Manager, depending on your PERC card. For more information, see the documentation for...
... documentation for your embedded NIC. For more information. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Starts PXE boot. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the UEFI Boot Manager, depending on your PERC card. For more information, see the documentation for...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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If the system boots without warning. Memory configuration does not support redundant memory. See "Troubleshooting System Memory." See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." System fatal error during previous boot. System reboot required for possible causes. out of processor(s), memory modules, and expansion cards may not be ...
If the system boots without warning. Memory configuration does not support redundant memory. See "Troubleshooting System Memory." See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." System fatal error during previous boot. System reboot required for possible causes. out of processor(s), memory modules, and expansion cards may not be ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... been installed in the system. See "Processors." Table 1-2. Retry the BIOS update. If problem persists, see "Getting Help." See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Restart the system and re-enter the BIOS settings. CPUs with no memory. System halted About Your System 41 System halted Mismatched processors...
... been installed in the system. See "Processors." Table 1-2. Retry the BIOS update. If problem persists, see "Getting Help." See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Restart the system and re-enter the BIOS settings. CPUs with no memory. System halted About Your System 41 System halted Mismatched processors...
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See "Using the UEFI. System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Ensure that the enabled in a valid configuration. Embedded NICx and The OS NIC interface is loose or improperly connected. NIC= Error 8602 Auxiliary ... keyboard cable. Decreasing Faulty or improperly installed Reseat the memory modules. The system failed to boot Ensure that the boot mode is because UEFI boot mode is set to UEFI. The Management management software or the OS NIC=, management tools. NIC settings. Defective mouse or keyboard. System Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective...
See "Using the UEFI. System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Ensure that the enabled in a valid configuration. Embedded NICx and The OS NIC interface is loose or improperly connected. NIC= Error 8602 Auxiliary ... keyboard cable. Decreasing Faulty or improperly installed Reseat the memory modules. The system failed to boot Ensure that the boot mode is because UEFI boot mode is set to UEFI. The Management management software or the OS NIC=, management tools. NIC settings. Defective mouse or keyboard. System Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective...
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... has Overcurrent detected at the See "Getting Help." See "Getting Help." An invalid system configuration caused a system halt. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Invalid PCIe card The system halted because found in the an invalid PCIe expansion Internal_Storage card is usually followed by specific information. Reseat...
... has Overcurrent detected at the See "Getting Help." See "Getting Help." An invalid system configuration caused a system halt. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Invalid PCIe card The system halted because found in the an invalid PCIe expansion Internal_Storage card is usually followed by specific information. Reseat...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... hard drive. Cables to the expansion card(s). Reseat the expansion card(s). See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." See "Getting Help." Table 1-2. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" for information on hard drive. If necessary, install the operating system on hard drive Incorrect configuration settings...
... hard drive. Cables to the expansion card(s). Reseat the expansion card(s). See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." See "Getting Help." Table 1-2. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" for information on hard drive. If necessary, install the operating system on hard drive Incorrect configuration settings...
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... Guidelines." Thermal sensor A memory module without a Replace the memory not detected on x thermal sensor is installed in geometry: x,x,... See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Invalid memory configuration. Ensure that the memory modules are installed in size: x,x,... See "Troubleshooting the System Battery." please run settings; See "System Battery...
... Guidelines." Thermal sensor A memory module without a Replace the memory not detected on x thermal sensor is installed in geometry: x,x,... See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Invalid memory configuration. Ensure that the memory modules are installed in size: x,x,... See "Troubleshooting the System Battery." please run settings; See "System Battery...
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...installed from the BIOS boot mode. NOTE: Operating systems must boot the system to the same boot mode (BIOS or UEFI) to manage your operating system from the UEFI boot mode. See "Boot Settings Screen." Thereafter, you proceed then to install your system hardware and specify BIOS-level options.... DOS and 32-bit operating systems do not support UEFI and can : • Change the NVRAM settings after you add or remove hardware • View the system hardware configuration • Enable or...
...installed from the BIOS boot mode. NOTE: Operating systems must boot the system to the same boot mode (BIOS or UEFI) to manage your operating system from the UEFI boot mode. See "Boot Settings Screen." Thereafter, you proceed then to install your system hardware and specify BIOS-level options.... DOS and 32-bit operating systems do not support UEFI and can : • Change the NVRAM settings after you add or remove hardware • View the system hardware configuration • Enable or...
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If your operating system begins to load before you restart the system. 58 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager Using the System Setup Program Navigation Keys Keys Action Up arrow or Moves to the next field. Displays the System Setup program's help ...
If your operating system begins to load before you restart the system. 58 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager Using the System Setup Program Navigation Keys Keys Action Up arrow or Moves to the next field. Displays the System Setup program's help ...