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. 










