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. 
List of tables 4 
List of tables 
Table 1 Notebook Generations ........................................................................................................................... 7 
Table 2 Desktop Generations ............................................................................................................................. 9 
Table 3 Main Menu features .............................................................................................................................. 12 
Table 4 Update System BIOS Menu features ................................................................................................. 13 
Table 5 BIOS Update Preferences Menu features ......................................................................................... 14 
Table 6 Network Configuration Settings Menu features .............................................................................. 15 
Table 7 System IDs Menu features .................................................................................................................. 16 
Table 8 Security Menu features ........................................................................................................................ 18 
Table 9 Password Policies Menu features ...................................................................................................... 20 
Table 10 Password Policies Menu features.................................................................................................... 21 
Table 11 TPM Embedded Security Menu features ........................................................................................ 22 
Table 12 BIOS Sure Start Menu features ........................................................................................................ 23 
Table 13 Smart Cover Menu features ............................................................................................................. 24 
Table 14 Secure Platform Management Menu features .............................................................................. 25 
Table 15 Enhanced BIOS Authentication Mode (EBAM) Menu features ..................................................... 25 
Table 16 Hard Drive Utilities Menu features ................................................................................................... 26 
Table 17 DriveLock Menu features .................................................................................................................. 27 
Table 18 Advanced Menu features .................................................................................................................. 29 
Table 19 Display Language Menu features .................................................................................................... 30 
Table 20 Scheduled Power-On Menu features .............................................................................................. 31 
Table 21 Boot Options Menu features ............................................................................................................ 31 
Table 22 HP Sure Recover ................................................................................................................................. 33 
Table 23 Secure Boot Configurations Menu features ................................................................................... 34 
Table 24 System Options Menu features ....................................................................................................... 35 
Table 25 Built-in Device Options Menu features ........................................................................................... 39 
Table 26 Port Options Menu features ............................................................................................................. 43 
Table 27 Option ROM Launch Policy Menu features ..................................................................................... 45 
Table 28 Power Management Options Menu features ................................................................................. 45 
Table 29 Remote Management Options Menu features .............................................................................. 46 
Table 30 Remote HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Features ............................................................................ 50 
Table 31 Computer notifications ...................................................................................................................... 53 










