Owners Manual

Option Description
By default, the drive will not have a password set.
System
Password
Allows you to set, change or delete the system password.
NOTE: Password changes take effect immediately.
By default, the drive will not have a password set.
Strong Password Allows you to enforce the option to always set strong passwords.
Default Setting: Enable Strong Password is not selected.
NOTE: If user interface is enabled, Admin and System passwords must contain at least one
uppercase character, one lowercase character and be at least 8 characters long.
Password
Configuration
Allows you to determine the minimum and maximum length of Administrator and System passwords.
Password Bypass Allows you to disable or enable the permission to bypass the System and the Internal hard drive password,
when they are set. The options are:
● Disabled. This option is selected by default.
● Reboot bypass
Password
Change
Allows you to enable or disable permission to the System and Hard Drive passwords when the admin
password is set.
Allow Non-Admin Password Changes This option is selected by default.
Non-Admin Setup
Changes
Allows you to determine whether changes to the setup options are allowed when an administrator
password is set. If disabled the setup options are locked by the admin password.
UEFI Capsule
Firmware
Updates
This option controls whether the system allows BIOS updates via UEFI capsule update packages.
Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates option is selected by default.
NOTE: Disabling this option will block BIOS updates from services such as Microsoft Windows
Update and Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS).
TPM 2.0 Security Allows you to enable the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) during POST.
You can control whether the trusted platform module is visible to the operating system. The option is:
● TPM on This option is selected by default.
● Clear
● PPI Bypass for Enable Commands This option is selected by default.
● Attestation Enable. This option is selected by default.
● PPI Bypass for Disable Commands
● Key Storage Enable. This option is selected by default.
● SHA-256. This option is selected by default.
CAUTION: For the TPM upgrade/downgrade process, it is recommended to complete the
process in an AC power with AC adapter plugged into the computer. The upgrade/
downgrade process without the AC adapter plugged in might damage the computer or hard
disk.
NOTE: Disabling this option does not change any settings you have made to the TPM, nor does it
delete or change any information or keys you may have stored in the TPM. Changes to this setting
take effect immediately.
Computrace (R) Allows you to activate or disable the optional Computrace Service from Absolute software. The options
are:
● Deactivate
● Disable
● Activate
70 System setup