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

May 2016
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HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup
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Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
Automatic BIOS Update
Setting
Setting
Defines how automatic updates behave. The following settings
are possible:
 Do not update
 Check for BIOS updates automatically, but let me decide
whether to install them
 Download and install normal BIOS update automatically
 Download and install important BIOS updates automatically
2014 Notebook: Main -> Network Update Settings ->
Automatic BIOS Update Setting
2014 Desktop: Advanced -> Update BIOS via Network ->
Automatic BIOS Update Setting
Do Not
Update
BIOS Update Frequency
Setting
Sets the frequency of checks to the BIOS update server. If a
newer version of BIOS has been made available on the network
server, the system will prompt to update the BIOS
 Daily
 Weekly
 Monthly
2014 Notebook: Main -> Network Update Settings -> BIOS
Update Frequency
2014 Desktop: Advanced -> Update BIOS via Network ->
Automatic Update Frequency
Monthly
3.4 Network Configuration Settings Menu
The “Update System BIOS” sub-menu configures the network connection to the server that is the host for the system
firmware updates
Table 7 Network Configuration Settings Menu features
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
 Proxy Server
Setting
When checked, enables the use of a proxy server
2014 Notebook: Main -> Network Update Settings -> Proxy server
2014 Desktop: Advanced -> Connected BIOS -> Use Proxy
Unchecked
Edit Proxy Server
Setting
Specify the Proxy Server Address and the Port Number through the
common-used <server>:<port> notation
2014 Notebook: Main -> Network Update Settings -> Edit Proxy
Server
2014 Desktop: Advanced -> Connected BIOS -> Use Proxy
Test Network
Connection
Action
Check the network connection using current BIOS update
configuration
2014 Notebook: Main -> Network Update Settings -> Test Network
Connection
2014 Desktop: New
IPv4 Configuration
Setting
The following settings are possible:
 Automatic
 Manual
Automatic