Technical white paper
UEFI: successor to legacy BIOS
With the HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Server
Table of contents
Abstract .................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2
UEFI overview ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Why UEFI now? .................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Comparing UEFI to legacy BIOS ....................................................................................................................................... 4
UEFI implementation in the HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 server ......................................................................................... 6
HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 server UEFI boot experience ............................................................................................... 7
Enhanced UEFI Shell ......................................................................................................................................................... 8
iLO 4 management access ............................................................................................................................................... 8
UEFI considerations .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Functionality requiring UEFI ............................................................................................................................................. 9
Upgrading existing resources .......................................................................................................................................... 9
OS installation .................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Boot considerations .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
UEFI variables ................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Resources, contacts, or additional links .......................................................................................................................... 10
HP information sources ................................................................................................................................................. 10
HP documentation ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
UEFI.org information sources ....................................................................................................................................... 10
Operating system sources ............................................................................................................................................ 10
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