Sun Microsystems Server X4-2, Installation Manual

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About Server Features and Components 29
UEFI BIOS Boot Mode
Choose UEFI BIOS Boot Mode to use UEFI drivers when software and adapters have
UEFI drivers. UEFI BIOS Boot Mode is manually selected during setup. For
instructions for making the selection, refer to the
Oracle X4 Series Servers
Administration Guide at
http://www.oracle.com/goto/x86AdminDiag/docs
.
In UEFI BIOS Boot Mode, only boot candidates that support UEFI BIOS Boot Mode
appear on the BIOS Setup Utility screens in the Boot Options Priority list.
Currently, the following operating systems support UEFI BIOS Boot Mode. For
updates to this list, refer to
Sun Server X4-2 Product Notes at
http://www.oracle.com/goto/x4-2/docs
.
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Oracle Solaris 11.1
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Oracle Linux 6.x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 2012
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VMware ESXi 5.x
These operating systems can use either UEFI BIOS Boot Mode or Legacy BIOS Boot
Mode. All other operating systems must use Legacy BIOS Boot Mode. However, once
you choose a boot mode and install an operating system, if you reboot the server and
select a different boot mode, the installed image is not accessible and cannot be used.