HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup Administration Guide For Business Notebook and Desktop 2015 Models - Technical whitepaper

May 2016
857394-002
HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup
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Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
2014 Notebook & Desktop: New
IPv4 Address
Setting
When IPv4 settings are manual, setup for static IPv4 address
2014 Notebook & Desktop: New
IPv4 Subnet Mask
Setting
When IPv4 settings are manual, configure a valid IPv4 address for
subnet mask
2014 Notebook & Desktop: New
IPv4 Gateway
Setting
When IPv4 settings are manual, configure a valid IPv4 address for
gateway.
2014 Notebook & Desktop: New
DNS Configuration
Setting
Configure a list of DNS addresses. The following settings are
possible:
 Automatic
 Manual
2014 Notebook & Desktop: New
Automatic
DNS Addresses
Setting
When DNS configuration is manual, configure a comma separated
list of DNS addresses
2014 Notebook & Desktop: New
Data Transfer Timeout
Setting
Set data transfer timeout in seconds. It is recommended not to use
values under 15 seconds
2014 Notebook & Desktop: New
30
 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.
2014 Notebook & Desktop: New
Unchecked
3.5 System IDs Menu
This sub-menu provides identification strings assigned by an enterprise to track the system.
Table 8 System IDs Menu features
Level
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
2
Asset Tracking
Number
Setting
Allows custom configuration of an asset tag (up to 18
characters)
2014 Notebook & Desktop: Security -> System IDs -> Asset
Tracking Number
Serial
Number
2
Ownership Tag
Setting
Allows custom configuration of an ownership tag (up to 80
characters)
2014 Notebook:
Security -> System IDs -> Ownership Tag (40 characters)
Security -> System IDs -> Ownership Tag 2 (40 characters)
2014 Desktop: Security -> System IDs
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