HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup Whitepaper

August 2018
919946-003
HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup
© Copyright 2016-2018 HP Development Company, L.P.
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Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
IPv4 Subnet Mask
Setting
When IPv4 settings are manual, configure a valid IPv4 address for
subnet mask
IPv4 Gateway
Setting
When IPv4 settings are manual, configure a valid IPv4 address for
gateway.
DNS Configuration
Setting
Configure a list of DNS addresses. The following settings are
possible:
• Automatic
• Manual
Automatic
DNS Addresses
Setting
When DNS configuration is manual, configure a comma separated
list of DNS addresses
Data Transfer Timeout
Setting
Set data transfer timeout in seconds. It is recommended not to use
values under 15 seconds
30 or 100
seconds.
 Force HTTP No Cache
Setting
When checked, disables HTTP caching. This means that caching in
upstream proxies is disabled as well, which guarantees that the
BIOS goes all the way to the content source for any updated BIN
files or catalog files but might slow down downloads slightly.
Unchecked
3.5 System IDs Menu
This sub-menu provides identification strings assigned by an enterprise to track the system.
Table 7 System IDs Menu features
Level
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
2
Asset Tracking
Number
Setting
Allows custom configuration of an asset tag (up to 18
characters)
Blank
2
Ownership Tag
Setting
Allows custom configuration of an ownership tag (up to 80
characters)
Blank
3.6 Change Date and Time
Allows the system current Date and Time settings to be configured.
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
Set Date (MM/DD/YYYY)
Setting
Set the current date using MM/DD/YYYY format.
Set Time (HH:MM)
Setting
Set the current time using HH:MM (24 hour) format.