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Add recommendations on UEFI instances controllers
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- On KVM, it is recommended to set boot type to UEFI, and boot mode to SECURE.
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- UEFI is required for some Windows versions.
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.. note::
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**Recommendations for UEFI-based instances on KVM (volumes and NICs)**
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UEFI-based instances on KVM may encounter PCI slot exhaustion when attaching additional
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volumes or network interfaces, due to high PCI device usage from the default
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disk bus and NIC adapter selections. To avoid these issues:
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- **Disk bus**: For Linux-based UEFI guests, it is recommended to use **SCSI** as
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the guest disk bus instead of VIRTIO. This reduces PCI device usage and improves
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support for attaching additional volumes.
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- **NIC adapter**: Set the NIC adapter type to **e1000** for UEFI instances to avoid
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NIC attachment issues caused by PCI slot exhaustion.
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Both of these settings can be configured in the **VM Settings** for an instance.
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|vm-settings-virtual-tpm-model-kvm.png|
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TPM model for KVM. There are two options:
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