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Dell PowerEdge: Install OS in BIOS or UEFI mode with AMD EPYC 7000 series (R6415 R7415 R7425)

Summary: Install OS in BIOS mode with AMD PowerEdge Servers

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Symptoms

QNA44328_en_US__1icon The legacy BIOS boot mode is not available for Dell AMD servers. Therefore, users may only select operating systems that are UEFI-capable. Additional OS installation requirements may apply.


Table of Contents

  1. Windows
  2. VMware
  3. Linux
 

Windows

To install Windows Server 2016 RTM using the operating system (OS) installation media:
  1. Press F2 during the POST to access System Settings and disable Virtualization Technology in the Processor settings. 
  2. Install Windows Server 2016 with the OS installation media.  
  3. Apply the latest Update Rollup via Windows Update. Windows Server 2016 RTM requires a hotfix (available on June 2017 Update Rollup and later) for a known AMD IOMMU issue. Deployments after Windows Server version 1709 no longer need this hotfix.
  4. Go to System Settings (F2 during the POST) and enable Virtualization Technology in the Processor settings. 
QNA44328_en_US__1icon If you wish to use Windows live debugging and want to use USB 3.0 as your debug transport, for the R6415 and R7415 platforms, only the internal USB port on the motherboard can be used for debugging. This will require you to open the case. On the R7425, no USB ports can be used for USB debugging, so you must resort to serial debugging for live debug.
 

VMWare 

For VMWare, be sure to use the latest ESXi Customized file available on Dell.com/support
Downloading the ESXI Dell ISO installation is explained in this article. 

 

Linux

For RHEL7.4, there is a bug that will prevent system boot up due to a kernel panic. The fix for the kernel panic is in this errata kernel:
http://hb.us.dell.com/~charles/from-rh/rhel7.4/kernel-3.10.0-709.el7.bz1483747.x86_64.rpm

You can find the AMD CPUs and supported RHEL table in this RHEL article.

 

Cause

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Resolution

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Affected Products

PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge R7415, PowerEdge R7425