Reference Guide

BIOS Settings Name Description Supported
Operating
System(s)
Trusted Platform Module Activation
This property is used to activate the TPM if it is deactivated,
unowned and a BIOS Admin password is set and has been
verified; otherwise this property reports the status of the TPM
Activation BIOS option.
Possible values are:
• Deactivate
• Activate
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
TPM PPI ACPI Support
Enables or disables the TPM ACPI physical presence commands.
Possible values are:
• Enable
• Disable
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
TPM PPI Provision Override
Enables or disables the physical presence for the ACPI TPM PPI
provision operations.
Possible values are:
• Enable
• Disable
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
TPM PPI Deprovision Override
Enables or disables the physical presence for the ACPI TPM PPI
deprovision operations.
Possible values are:
• Enable
• Disable
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
Type-C Battery Overload Protection
Configures the maximum power for type-C connector.
Possible values are:
• 0 – 7.5 Watts
• 1 – 15 Watts
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
UART Power Down
Allow the operating system to power down or Prohibit OS from
powering down UART.
Possible values are:
• Disable
• Enable
Microsoft Windows
Uefi Boot Path Security
Determines whether the system should prompt the user to enter
the Admin password, if set, while booting from a UEFI boot path,
from the F12 Boot Menu.
Possible values are:
• Always except internal hdd — All UEFI boot paths require
the user to enter the Admin password, except for the boot
paths that are hosted on an internal hard disk drives.
• Always Except Internal HDD and PXE - All UEFI boot paths
requires the Admin password, except for boot paths hosted
on internal hard disk drives or PXE Boot.
• Always — Booting from any UEFI boot path requires the
user to enter the Admin password.
• Never — The Admin password is not required for booting
from UEFI boot paths.
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
UEFI Network Stack
Possible values are:
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
292 BIOS settings supported in Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1