Pre-Boot Network Settings - HPE ProLiant Gen9 User Manual

a. PXE Boot—Enables PXE boot.
b. Disabled—Disables PXE boot.
4. Press F10.

Pre-Boot Network Settings

Use this option to configure a pre-boot network interface and related settings.
IMPORTANT:
You do not need to use the Embedded UEFI Shell ifconfig command on a network interface if you
plan to run webclient or ftp over the same interface because these interface and IP address settings
are automatically selected by the Pre-Boot Network Settings configured in the System Utilities.
If the interface used by ftp and webclient happens to be configured by ifconfig, that setting is
erased and, instead, the System Utilities Pre-Boot Network Settings menu is applied on the interface
when the commands are run.
• Pre-Boot Network Interface—Specifies the network interface used for pre-boot network connections.
◦ Auto—The system uses the first available port with a network connection.
◦ Embedded NIC—The system uses the selected NIC. If the selected NIC has more than one port, the
system only uses the first available port with a network connection.
• DHCPv4—Enables or disables obtaining the pre-boot network IPv4 configuration from a DHCP server.
◦ Enabled—Enables DHCPv4 IPv4 network address configuration.
NOTE:
This setting makes IPv4 address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS settings unavailable because
values are supplied automatically.
◦ Disabled—Disables DHCPv4 address configuration, requiring you to manually configure the following
static IP address settings.
– IPv4 Address
– IPv4 Subnet Mask
– IPv4 Gateway
– IPv4 Primary DNS
– IPv4 Secondary DNS
• Boot from URL—Specifies a network URL to a bootable ISO or EFI file. Enter a URL in either HTTP or
FTP format, using either an IPv4 server address or host name. IPv6 addresses are not supported. When
configured, this URL is listed as a boot option in the UEFI Boot menu. Then you can select this option from
the boot menu to download the specified file to the system memory and enable the system to boot from
the file.
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