Setting HTTP support

Prerequisites

Use this option to control the UEFI HTTP(s) boot support when in UEFI Mode and using the Embedded UEFI Shell > Discover Shell Auto-Start Script using DHCP setting.

To enable HTTPS boot, either by selecting Auto or HTTPS only, you must enroll the respective TLS certificate of the HTTPS server under Server Security > TLS (HTTPS) Options.

Procedure
  1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Network Options > Network Boot Options > HTTP Support.
  2. Select a setting.

    • Auto—Automatically adds HTTP(S) boot options to the UEFI Boot Order list for every network port that is enabled for Network Boot. Enables the system to boot to the HTTP or HTTPS URLs provided by the DHCP server. Any other URLs provided by the DHCP server are ignored.

    • HTTP only—Automatically adds HTTP boot options to the UEFI Boot Order list for every network port that is enabled for Network Boot. Enables the system to boot to the HTTP URLs provided by the DHCP server, and to ignore any HTTPS or other URLs that are provided.
    • HTTPs only—Automatically adds HTTPS boot options to the UEFI Boot Order list for every network port that is enabled for Network Boot. Enables the system to boot to the HTTPS URLs provided by the DHCP server, and to ignore any HTTP or other URLs that are provided.

    • Disabled

  3. Save your changes.