Table 19, Uefi summary – Dell R510 User Manual

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Table 19. UEFI Summary

UEFI IS

UEFI IS NOT

Compliant with UEFI specification 2.1

A layer on top of the existing legacy BIOS

Independent of processor and chipset technology.

Running in 64-bit long mode

Supportive of GUID Partition Table (GPT)
formatted disks

A PIWG (DXE, PEI) implementation

A complete rewrite of the system firmware

Developed as a server UEFI implementation or
desktop and notebook implementations.

Associated to AMD or Intel based platforms.

Running in 16-bit real mode

Supportive of legacy MBR formatted disks



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