Ever thought a lot about advantages of UEFI over legacy BIOS? No? Who does that anyway?
To start with, UEFI firmware is a successor to legacy BIOS firmware that supports larger hard drives, faster boot time and provides more security features.
Creating and starting VMs with UEFI firmware provides the following advantages.
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Faster boot time
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Avoid legacy option ROM address constraints
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Include robust reliability and fault management
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Use UEFI drivers
AOS 5.11 onwards we have a functionality to see the Boot Configuration from Prism UI by following the steps below:-
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Navigate to the VM page -> select your VM.
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Click on Update.
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Under boot configuration, you can see if its Legacy BIOS or UEFI.
Want to know more about UEFI Support for VM in Nutanix, click here
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