Network Options; Network Boot Options; Setting The Pre-Boot Network Environment; Setting The Ipv6 Dhcp Unique Identifier Method - HPE ProLiant Gen10 User Manual

Network options

Network Boot Options

• Pre-Boot Network Environment Policy
• IPv6 DHCP Unique Identifier
• Network Boot Retry Support
• Network Interface Cards (NICs)
• PCIe Slot Network Boot
• HTTP Support
• UEFI iSCSI Policy

Setting the Pre-Boot Network Environment

Use the Pre-Boot Network Environment option to set a preference for how your network boot targets
appear in the UEFI Boot Order list. This option also controls the Pre-Boot network operations from
Embedded UEFI Shell.
Procedure
1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration
(RBSU) > Network Options > Network Boot Options > Pre-boot Network Environment.
2. Select a setting.
• Auto—All network operations initiated in the pre-boot environment occur over IPv4 or IPv6. The
order of the existing network boot targets in the UEFI Boot Order list is not modified. New network
boot targets are added to the end of the list using the default policy of the system BIOS.
• IPv4—All network operations initiated in the pre-boot environment only occur over IPv4. Removes
all existing IPv6 network boot targets in the UEFI Boot Order list. New IPv6 network boot targets
are not added to the list.
• IPv6—All network operations initiated in the pre-boot environment only occur over IPv6. Removes
all existing IPv4 network boot targets in the UEFI Boot Order list. New IPv4 network boot targets
are not added to the list.
3. Save your changes.

Setting the IPv6 DHCP Unique Identifier method

Use the IPv6 DHCP Unique Identifier option to control how the IPv6 DHCP Unique Identifier (DUID is set.
Procedure
1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration
(RBSU) > Network Options > Network Boot Options > IPv6 DHCP Unique Identifier.
2. Select a setting.
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