HP Unified Extensible Firmware Interface - Manual (Page 8)

Enabling the Embedded UEFI Shell
You can enable or disable the Embedded UEFI Shell. The UEFI Shell is a pre-boot command line
environment for scripting and running UEFI applications, including UEFI boot loaders. The UEFI
Shell also provides CLI-based commands to obtain system information and configure and update
the system BIOS. Enabling this option adds the Embedded UEFI Shell to the UEFI boot options. You
can only configure this option if Boot Mode is set to UEFI. See
“Selecting the UEFI Mode” (page 7)
for more information.
To set the Embedded UEFI Shell:
1.
From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration
→BIOS/Platform Configuration
(RBSU)
→System Options→UEFI Shell Options→Embedded UEFI Shell and press Enter.
2. Select one of the following options:
•
Enabled (default)
•
Disabled
3. Press F10 to save your selection.
4. See the HP UEFI Shell User Guide details on running Shell scripts.
Figure 3 UEFI Shell Options — Embedded UEFI Shell screen
Configuring the UEFI Shell
The following sections explain how to add the Embedded UEFI Shell to the boot order list and
change the location in the boot order list if needed. You can set the UEFI Shell as the last entry if
you want to troubleshoot a failed boot.
Adding Embedded UEFI Shell to the boot order list
Adding the Embedded UEFI Shell as an entry in the Boot Order list is only applicable when the
Embedded UEFI Shell is enabled and Boot Mode is set as UEFI. Otherwise, this option is grayed
out.
NOTE: When enabling this option, the Embedded UEFI Shell does not appear in the UEFI Boot
Order list until the next system reboot.
8 Introduction