OSs Supporting UEFI Boot Mode
The ECS boot mode can be BIOS or UEFI. For details about the differences between them, see How Is BIOS Different from UEFI?
Table 1 lists the OSs that support the UEFI boot mode.
| OS | Version |
|---|---|
| Windows | 64-bit: Windows Server 2025 Standard 64-bit: Windows Server 2025 Datacenter 64-bit: Windows Server 2022 Standard 64-bit: Windows Server 2022 Datacenter 64-bit: Windows Server 2019 Standard 64-bit: Windows Server 2019 Datacenter 64-bit: Windows Server 2016 Standard 64-bit: Windows Server 2016 Datacenter 64-bit: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64-bit: Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter 64-bit: Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 64-bit: Windows Server 2012 Standard 64-bit: Windows Server 2012 Datacenter 64-bit: Windows 10 64-bit: Windows 11 |
| CentOS | 64-bit: CentOS 7.4/7.0/6.9/6.6 |
| AlmaLinux | 64-bit: AlmaLinux 10.1/10.0/9.7/9.6/9.5/9.4/9.3/9.2/9.1/9.0/8.10 |
| Debian | 64-bit: Debian GNU/Linux 8.8.0 |
| EulerOS | 64-bit: EulerOS 2.3/2.2 |
| Fedora | 64-bit: Fedora 24 |
| openSUSE | 64-bit: openSUSE 15.7/15.6/15.5/15.4 64-bit: openSUSE 42.1 |
| Oracle Linux | 64-bit: Oracle Linux Server release 10.0 64-bit: Oracle Linux Server release 9.6/9.5/9.4/9.3/9.2/9.1/9.0 64-bit: Oracle Linux Server release 8.10/8.9/8.8/8.7/8.6/8.5/8.4/8.3/8.2/8.1/8.0 64-bit: Oracle Linux Server release 7.4 64-bit: Oracle Linux Server release 6.9 |
| Red Hat | 64-bit: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 10.0 64-bit: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 9.6/9.5/9.4/9.3/9.2/9.1/9.0 64-bit: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 8.10/8.9/8.8/8.7/8.6/8.5/8.4/8.3/8.2/8.1/8.0 64-bit: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 7.9/7.8/7.7/7.6/7.5/7.4/7.3/7.2/7.1/7.0 64-bit: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 6.9/6.5 32-bit: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 6.6 |
| Rocky Linux | 64-bit: Rocky Linux 9.7/9.6/9.5/9.4/9.3/9.2/9.1/9.0 64-bit: Rocky Linux 8.10 |
| SUSE | 64-bit: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7/15 SP6/15 SP5/15 SP4/15 SP3/15 SP2/15 SP1/15 64-bit: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5/12 SP4/12 SP3/12 SP2/12 SP1 64-bit: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 |
| Ubuntu | 64-bit: Ubuntu 24.04/22.04/20.04/18.04/16.04/14.04 Server |
