HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup Administration Guide For Commercial Platforms using HP BIOSphere Gen 3-5 2016 -2019 Technical Whitepaper

HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup
June 2019
919946-004
© Copyright 2016-2019 HP Development Company, L.P.
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3.5 Network Configuration Settings Menu
The “System BIOS submenu configures the network connection to the server that is the host for the system firmware
updates.
Table 6 Network Configuration Settings Menu features
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
 Proxy Server
Setting
When checked, enables the use of a proxy server.
Unchecked
Edit Proxy Server
Setting
Specify the Proxy Server Address and the Port Number through the
common-used <server>:<port> notation.
Test Network
Connection
Action
Check the network connection using current BIOS update
configuration.
IPv4 Configuration
Setting
The following settings are configurable:
• Automatic
• Manual
Automatic
IPv4 Address
Setting
When IPv4 settings are manual, setup for static IPv4 address.
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. Do not use values less than
15 seconds.
100
 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
3.6 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)
Action
Set the current date using MM/DD/YYYY format.
Set Time (HH:MM)
Action
Set the current time using HH:MM (24 hour) format.