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.
5 Advanced Menu 48
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
 Pre-boot
HBMA Support
Setting
Set Host Based MAC Address (HBMA) support in the
preboot environment such as PXE.
Checked but
disabled until
Host Based MAC
Address is
Enabled
Notebook Only
 Windows
HBMA Support
Setting
Set host-based MAC address (HBMA) support in the
Windows OS environment.
Checked but
greyed out until
Host Based MAC
Address is
Enabled
Notebook Only
 Single NIC
Operation
(Disable All Other
NICs when HBMA
is active on one
NIC)
Setting
When within Windows OS, only one NIC will operate using
Host Based MAC Address (HBMA). This feature does not
apply to PXE environments.
Unchecked but
greyed out until
Host Based MAC
Address is
Enabled
Notebook Only
HBMA Priority
List
Setting
Change the priority of USB and embedded Network
Interface Cards (NICs) for the system.
Notebook Only
5.14 Thunderbolt Options
The following table describes various settings for configuring Thunderbolt ports, previously located in the Port Options
menu. This menu organization is new in 2019 for platforms supporting Thunderbolt technology. There still remains a
setting in Port Options to turn the Thunderbolt port on or off.
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
 Thunderbolt
Mode
Setting
When checked, enables Thunderbolt connections on the
Type-C port.
Checked
 Require BIOS
PW to change
Thunderbolt
Security Level
Setting
When checked, Thunderbolt Security Level cannot be
changed unless a BIOS administrator password has been
created. This setting cannot be disabled if DMA Protection
(System Options) is enabled.
Checked