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 
SOL Terminal 
Emulation Mode 
Setting 
Specifies the Serial Over Lan (SOL) terminal emulation 
mode. The following settings are possible: 
•  ANSI 
•  VT100 
ANSI 
Intel only 
 Show 
Unconfigure ME 
Confirmation 
Prompt 
Setting 
When checked, requires user confirmation when 
unconfiguring Intel® Management Engine. 
Checked 
Intel only 
 Verbose Boot 
Messages 
Setting 
When checked, report additional information when a boot 
message is displayed 
NOTE: Unavailable when AMT is disabled. 
Unchecked 
Intel only 
 Watchdog 
Timer 
Setting 
When checked, enables Watchdog Timers. 
Checked 
Intel only 
 OS Watchdog 
Timer (min.) 
Setting 
Sets OS Watchdog Timer (minutes). Possible values are 
from 5 to 25. 
5 
Intel only 
 BIOS Watchdog 
Timer (min.) 
Setting 
Sets BIOS Watchdog Timer (minutes). Possible values are 
from 5 to 25. 
5 
Intel only 
CIRA Timeout 
(min.) 
Setting 
Client Initiated Remote Access timeout. Possible values 
are from 1 to 4 minutes or never. 
1 
Intel only 
5.13 MAC Address Pass Through Menu (select products only) 
For detailed information on the features in the MAC address pass through menu, see the following table. 
NOTE: This menu is available starting with 2016 notebook systems only. 
Feature 
Type 
Description 
Default 
Notes 
Host Based MAC 
Address 
Setting 
Can be set to Disabled, System, or Custom. Setting to 
System will allow HBMA settings to be modified except 
the custom MAC address. Setting to custom allows all 
settings including the custom MAC address to be 
modified. 
Disable 
Notebook only 
MAC ADDRESS 
Setting 
Configure a custom MAC address. Shows the current 
factory and system MAC addresses as well. 
Factory MAC 
Address 
Notebook only 
Reuse 
Embedded LAN 
Address 
Setting 
When checked, enables the ability to reuse the embedded 
LAN address 
Disable 
 Pre-boot 
HBMA Support 
Setting 
Set Host Based MAC Address (HBMA) support in the pre-
boot environment such as PXE. 
Checked but 
greyed out until 
Host Based MAC 
Address is 
Enabled 
Notebook only 










