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 2019 HP Development Company, L.P. 
Table of contents 2 
Table of contents 
1 Abstract ................................................................................................................................. 6 
2 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 7 
2.1 Supported models ........................................................................................................................................... 7 
2.2 New in 2019 .................................................................................................................................................... 9 
3 F10 Main Menu .................................................................................................................... 10 
3.1 Main Menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 
3.2 BIOS Event Log Menu .................................................................................................................................... 12 
3.3 Update System BIOS Menu ............................................................................................................................ 13 
3.4 BIOS Update Preferences Menu ..................................................................................................................... 14 
3.5 Network Configuration Settings Menu ........................................................................................................... 15 
3.6 Change Date and Time .................................................................................................................................. 15 
3.7 System IDs Menu ........................................................................................................................................... 16 
4 Security Menu ...................................................................................................................... 17 
4.1 Password Policies Menu ................................................................................................................................ 20 
4.2 Administrator Authentication Policies Menu .................................................................................................. 21 
4.3 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Embedded Security Menu ........................................................................... 22 
4.4 BIOS Sure Start Menu .................................................................................................................................... 23 
4.5 Smart Cover Menu (Desktop Only) ................................................................................................................. 24 
4.6 Secure Platform Management (SPM) ............................................................................................................ 24 
4.7 Enhanced BIOS Authentication Mode (EBAM) ................................................................................................ 25 
4.8 Hard Drive Utilities Menu ............................................................................................................................... 26 
4.9 DriveLock/Automatic DriveLock Menu ........................................................................................................... 27 
5 Advanced Menu ................................................................................................................... 28 
5.1 Advanced Menu ............................................................................................................................................. 29 
5.2 Display Language Menu ................................................................................................................................ 30 
5.3 Scheduled Power-On Menu ........................................................................................................................... 31 
5.4 Boot Options Menu ........................................................................................................................................ 31 
5.5 HP Sure Recover ............................................................................................................................................ 33 










