Setup and Specifications

Option Description
Strong Password
Allows you to enforce the option to always set strong password.
• Enable Strong Password
This option is not set by default.
Password Conguration
You can dene the length of your password. Min = 4, Max = 32
Password Bypass
Allows you to bypass the System password and the Internal HDD password, when it is set, during a system
restart.
Click one of the options:
• Disabled—Default
• Reboot bypass
Password Change
Allows you to change the System password when the administrator password is set.
• Allow Non-Admin Password Changes
This option is set 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.
• Allow Wireless Switch Changes
This option is not set by default.
UEFI Capsule Firmware
Updates
Allows you to update the system BIOS via UEFI capsule update packages.
• Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates
This option is set by default.
HDD Security
This options controls the mechanism used by BIOS to block external Self Encrypting Drives (SED)
management software to take ownership of the SED. The options are:
• SED Block SID Authentication
• PPI Bypass for SED Block SID Command
Both the options are disabled by default.
NOTE: This option is applicable with laptops shipped with SED
TPM 2.0 Security
Allows you to enable or disable the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) during POST.
The options are:
• TPM On—Default
• Clear
• PPI Bypass for Enable Command—Default
• PPI Bypass for Disbale Command
• PPI Bypass for Clear Command
• Attestation Enable—Default
• Key Storage Enable—Default
• SHA-256—Default
Absolute® This eld lets you Enable, Disable, or Permanently Disable the BIOS module interface of the optional
Absolute Persistence Module service from Absolute® Software. This option is enabled by default.
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