Technical Whitepaper HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup Administration Guide For Commercial Platforms using HP BIOSphere Gen 3-6 2016 -2021 April 2021 919946-006 HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup April 2021 919946-006 Table of contents 1 Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….7 2 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Supported models – 2020 (UEFI only) ........................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Supported models – prior generations (with legacy support) ....................................................................... 10 2.3 New in 2020 .................................................................................................................................................. 13 3 F10 Main Menu .................................................................................................................... 14 3.1 Main Menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 3.2 BIOS Event Log Menu .................................................................................................................................... 16 3.3 Update System BIOS Menu ............................................................................................................................ 17 3.4 BIOS Update Preferences Menu ..................................................................................................................... 18 3.5 Network Configuration Settings Menu ........................................................................................................... 19 3.6 Change Date and Time .................................................................................................................................. 20 3.7 System IDs Menu ........................................................................................................................................... 20 4 Security Menu ...................................................................................................................... 21 4.1 Password Policies Menu ................................................................................................................................ 24 4.2 Administrator Authentication Policies Menu .................................................................................................. 25 4.3 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Embedded Security Menu ........................................................................... 26 4.4 BIOS Sure Start Menu .................................................................................................................................... 27 4.5 Secure Boot Configuration Menu ................................................................................................................... 28 4.6 Secure Platform Management (SPM) ............................................................................................................ 29 4.7 Smart Cover Menu ......................................................................................................................................... 30 4.8 Hard Drive Utilities Menu ............................................................................................................................... 31 4.9 DriveLock/Automatic DriveLock Menu ........................................................................................................... 32 5 Advanced Menu ................................................................................................................... 33 5.1 Advanced Menu ............................................................................................................................................. 34 5.2 Display Language Menu ................................................................................................................................ 35 5.3 Scheduled Power-On Menu ........................................................................................................................... 36 5.4 Boot Options Menu ........................................................................................................................................ 36 © Copyright 2021 HP Development Company, L.P. Table of contents 2 HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup April 2021 919946-006 5.5 HP Sure Recover ............................................................................................................................................ 37 5.6 System Options Menu ................................................................................................................................... 39 5.7 Built-in Device Options Menu ......................................................................................................................... 43 5.8 Port Options Menu ......................................................................................................................................... 47 5.9 Power Management Options Menu ............................................................................................................... 48 5.10 Remote Management Options Menu (Intel Only) ......................................................................................... 50 5.11 MAC Address Pass Through (Notebook Only) .............................................................................................. 50 5.12 Thunderbolt™ Options ................................................................................................................................ 51 5.13 Remote HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Settings............................................................................................ 53 6 F10 Main Menu (Legacy) ...................................................................................................... 54 6.1 Main Menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 55 6.2 BIOS Event Log Menu .................................................................................................................................... 55 6.3 Update System BIOS Menu ............................................................................................................................ 56 6.4 BIOS Update Preferences Menu ..................................................................................................................... 57 6.5 Network Configuration Settings Menu ........................................................................................................... 58 6.6 Change Date and Time .................................................................................................................................. 58 6.7 System IDs Menu ........................................................................................................................................... 59 7 Security Menu (Legacy) ....................................................................................................... 60 7.1 Password Policies Menu ................................................................................................................................ 63 7.2 Administrator Authentication Policies Menu .................................................................................................. 64 7.3 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Embedded Security Menu ........................................................................... 65 7.4 BIOS Sure Start Menu .................................................................................................................................... 66 7.5 Smart Cover Menu (Desktop Only) ................................................................................................................. 67 7.6 Secure Platform Management (SPM) ............................................................................................................ 67 7.7 Enhanced BIOS Authentication Mode (EBAM) ................................................................................................ 68 7.8 Hard Drive Utilities Menu ............................................................................................................................... 69 7.9 DriveLock/Automatic DriveLock Menu ........................................................................................................... 70 8 Advanced Menu (Legacy) ..................................................................................................... 71 8.1 Advanced Menu ............................................................................................................................................. 72 8.2 Display Language Menu ................................................................................................................................ 73 8.3 Scheduled Power-On Menu ........................................................................................................................... 74 8.4 Boot Options Menu ........................................................................................................................................ 74 © Copyright 2021 HP Development Company, L.P. Table of contents 3 HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup April 2021 919946-006 8.5 HP Sure Recover ...........................................................................................................................................